Blog Action Day happens annually and aims to unite the world's bloggers by posting about the same issue, on the same day. This in turn triggers a positive global discussion around an important issue. It has, since its inception...
If I had to put into three words what the last seven years of the Age Demands Action (ADA) campaign has meant to me I would say participation, leadership and raising awareness. It's these characteristics that have led to...
The pictures emerging from Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) an Indian state on the east coast by the Bay of Bengal after cyclone Phailin are astonishing, and make the currently very low number of reported fatalities all the more...
The International Day for Disaster Reduction (13 October) is to remind us about the disasters that keep affecting the lives of so many people around the world and how much loss of life and assets could be prevented by...
On the 1st and 2nd of October HelpAge International and the Church of Sweden held a conference on social protection and social pensions. It provided an opportunity for those interested in social protection, in Sweden and internationally, to share...
1 October 2013 marked the 7th year of our Age Demands Action campaign. Campaigners in 59 countries took part in this massive global campaign. It was an extremely successful day and we want to thank everybody across the world...
Last week I attended this year's UN General Assembly, which had a strong focus on reviewing the Millennium Development Goals and discussing what the future Sustainable Development Goals should target beyond 2015. The peak of the week was the...
Today is my first day as HelpAge International's new Chief Executive Officer. My first four hours as part of this global movement dedicated to fighting for older people's rights have already reinforced to me what I already knew. I...
These past weeks, older activists from Nairobi and neighbouring towns gathered at the HelpAge Kenya offices to discuss their activities for the Age Demands Action (ADA) campaign. Among those present were veterans of the campaign like Mama Rhoda Ngima...
Part of HelpAge's work in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) focuses on providing healthcare for older people. Our work in this area has been successful thanks, in part, to partnerships we've established with health centres and organisations working..
On 1 October, the United Nations International Day of Older Persons, older people campaign against injustice and age discrimination as part of our Age Demands Action (ADA) campaign. This year, 58 countries will take part, with countries such as...
This is a guest post from Mateja Kozuh Novak, the President of the Slovene Federation of Pensioners' Associations. I was very glad and honoured when I received the invitation from HelpAge to join their delegation to on the fourth...
