Older women are critical to achieving the MDGs, so why are they discriminated against by society - and by development targets? The Millennium Declaration on which the MDGs are all based, pledged "to promote gender equality and the empowerment...
HelpAge first met Tatay Delfin Caranzo after his house was completely destroyed by typhoon Ketsana in 2009. HelpAge and the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE) helped him and his wife to rebuild their home . A year...
Generosa Macaiba is an Age Demands Action activist who works for the Coalition of Services of the Elderly in the Philippines. Here, she talks about the success of the campaign to date and their plans for the future: "COSE...
The Polytechnic near Risalpur in Nowshera accommodates several villages these days. We interviewed the older people including Sultana and Mulak Aman (below) who were living in the camps there who told us their stories. Sultana Bibi (right) was punched...
Bertin Meance is the Recovery Coordinator for HelpAge International in Haiti and an Age Demands Action (ADA) activist. Here, he talks about the preparations for the campaign in Haiti: More than 700 older people joined forces "In preparation for...
Tima Suale is an Age Demands Action activist working for HelpAge Mozambique. Here, she explains how she took part in our survey about people's perspectives on ageing in the country: "We did the ADA survey in Mozambique in nine...
This year, as part of Age Demands Action, we are doing a survey to find out what people around the world really think about what it's like to get older. People in 48 countries worldwide are taking part in...
Two days into the trip and I have diarrhoea and a growing sense of futility at the scale of the task ahead which is only tempered by the fact that I know to do nothing would be criminal. Anything...
Back in Pakistan to support our team here. Ten minutes to landing at Sukkur airport in Sindh province and as far as the eye can see, which is pretty far at 6,000ft, the ground is covered with water. Only...
Age Demands Action is set to be even bigger and better in the Caribbean this year with activities being planned in Jamaica, Dominica, Haiti and, for the first time, Belize! Older people make their voices heard Older campaigners are...
We frequently debate within our Network how to influence government policies on ageing. We usually agree that we all require strategic patience, we used the persistence of the spider weaving its spider web. But we also need, from time...
Welcome to our new website! We are thrilled to be launching a brand new www.helpage.org. We hope the clear, clean design appeals to you, that it’s easy for you to find what you’re looking for, and that you are...
