Events specifically dedicated to older people's issues are rare in Mozambique but for some years now, the Government has, in partnership with civil society the Forum of Older People Associations (FTI) has held the National Conference on Old Age...
1 October has been the major international campaign day for Age Demands Action (ADA) in Ethiopia since its conception in 2007. Our ADA delegation here has made a lot of progress since we started working to raise awareness of...
It is becoming increasingly evident that for many people with HIV, physical health is not the only issue. For many people living with the virus; emotional, psychological, social and spiritual - psychosocial - support is extremely important as well....
On 18 October, we celebrated the UN International Day of Older Persons and Age Demands Action in Khartoum, Sudan. The celebration was organised in the social and cultural centre for older people in Omdurman. With us were senior officials...
Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa with a population of over 140 million. 48% are roughly Christians, 50% practice Islam and about 2% adhere to other religions. The northern part of the country is predominantly Muslim with...
For over a year, the HelpAge global network has been engaged in the process to establish a new development framework to follow on from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): The post-2015 process. With our most recent discussion paper, "Building...
From 8-19 October, I attended a training course called “Policy Formulation, Planning, Implementation and Monitoring of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA)” in Malta. I was intrigued by the topic as MIPAA overarches all ou
I am Anka Tominšek, a representative of the Association of Retired People of Ljubljana, Slovenia. I am also a member of the group of older Age Demands Action (ADA) campaigners in Slovenia. I was very happy to be invited...
My name is Karel, I‘m 23, live in Prague and have been involved in HelpAge’s Make it Ageless campaign since the beginning of the year. I attended the recent meeting in Brussels with HelpAge to call on the EU...
As a proud partner of Blog Action Day which is today, 15 October, we are celebrating the Blog Action Day theme "the Power of We" through the success of our biggest Age Demands Action campaign yet! On 1 October,...
This International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), I was thinking how much HelpAge's work on disaster risk reduction has expanded over the past few years. Our work in communities to help older people respond to disasters is much better...
On 4 October, I attended the “Age-friendly EU development cooperation” meeting that took place in the European Parliament in Brussels. With me were several other Make it Ageless and Age Demands Action activists from the Czech Republic and Keny
