Generosa Macaiba is an ADA activist who works for the Coalition of Services for the Elderly in the Philippines. Here she talks about ADA 2008: ADA 2008 was great for us in the Philippines! 1600 older persons marched to...
Life in the camps around Port-au-Prince is tough for those affected by the 12 January Haiti earthquake. No electricity, no light, nothing to do. Day after day the same routine. We will be doing as much as we can...
Hundreds of people of all ages took action in Europe last year to show their solidarity with older activists across the globe. They took action to support older people worldwide who are standing up for their rights and fighting...
Edna Mbesa is an Age Demands Action activist who works for Muthande Society in South Africa. Here she talks about their ADA activities: "Last year was an amazing one for us in South Africa as we all went and...
From Sierra Leone, to Ghana, to Tanzania, campaigners have shown their support for Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by joining together and raising their index fingers at 1pm on 1 October - but they didn't...
Older people stood up for their rights in Latin America ADA activists across Latin America are taking a stand against age discrimination. Last year, in Bolivia, older people marched through the cities to show their government that they are...
Right across the Caribbean from Jamaica to Dominica, older people have been making governments sit up and take notice! Raising awareness of older people's rights In Jamaica, 300 older people marked 1 October with a procession through the capital...
Over the past two years, older people across South Asia have joined together around 1 October to demand an end to age discrimination. In 2008 in India, an amazing 850 older people boarded an officially named "HelpAge Special" train...
The fantastic campaigning efforts of older people across Eastern Europe and Central Asia has led to real change over the past two years! Older people take action Hundreds of older people have joined forces each year on 1 October...
Right across the Asia Pacific region, the inspiring campaigning efforts of Age Demands Action activists have made national governments sit up and listen! Older people from Cambodia, to Fiji, to Thailand and the Philippines have met the decision makers,...
One month after the flooding in Pakistan began, HelpAge International's Pakistan Programme Manager Asma Akbar sends her latest update: "People are starting to migrate and go back to their homes now. They are trying to go back as they...
Margaret Chilcott (pictured right), 62, is an Emergency Programme Coordinator for HelpAge International: "Why, at 62, am I still in humanitarian aid work? I guess the simple answer is that I can. "I am still active, can keep up...
