HelpAge Healthy Ageing Platform: a hub for collaboration and impact

Through a community-based approach, this project is  

transforming the health and wellbeing of older people by advocating to embed healthy ageing into local and national policies.  

Working in partnership with District Coordination Committees, Ageing Nepal are piloting innovative initiatives, empowering older people, stakeholders, and Female Community Health Volunteers to promote active ageing.

By improving access to health promotion, disease prevention, and management support, this project is transforming care for 500 older people in Jos, Plateau State. It is empowering 20 caregivers and healthcare workers with community-based care skills and creating support groups to foster social connection for 100 older people.

Through a community-based model, this project is empowering sustainable, community-owned approaches to healthy ageing. By building capacity and leadership, it is creating vibrant, self-reliant communities where older people shape their own futures by leading initiatives to promote healthy ageing.

Driven by a community-approach, this project is shaping a locally–led future for healthy ageing. By partnering with grassroots organisations, older people and caregivers are being equipped with the tools to drive change and deliver improved health and care services, and to advocate for policies that put ageing on the agenda. TESFA is creating lasting impact and intending to ensure that in Ethiopia Universal Health Coverage meet the needs and upholds the rights of older people.

By strengthening community-based health teams in Uganda to develop better programmes and policies for care interventions, this project aims to leave lasting solutions to improve the health and wellbeing of older people. Through HANU it is seeking to build a future where ageing populations not only receive the support they need but thrive in healthier, more inclusive communities. 

By integrating climate and inclusion into caregiver resources, FAID is strengthening home-based care for healthy ageing. Using innovative tools that address the challenges of climate change, they are empowering caregivers and communities to provide more resilient and effective support. 

Red Colombiana and Fundación Horizontes are empowering urban communities in Colombia and Bolivia with self-care and caregiving knowledge, sparking a movement for healthy ageing. By using collective action, these communities are driving change and expanding this impactful model to cities across Colombia and Bolivia. 

Surcos Prioridad is identifying critical areas to improve care policies for ageing populations. They are gathering insights and systematising findings in order to advocate for the priorities identified to be included in the public agenda, sparking meaningful changes that will improve care for older people. 

This initiative is driving advocacy that amplifies the voices of older people to advance healthy ageing in Nigeria and Togo. By promoting inclusive and gender-responsive Universal Health Coverage and engaging in ECOWAS regional healthy ageing discourses, the goal is clear: equitable, person-centred services that priories reaching  those left furthest behind. 

In rural Nakuru and Kakamega counties, this project is transforming healthy ageing through community-driven approaches. Empowering older people and health promoters to advocate for better services, increase national health insurance enrolment, and hold stakeholders accountable, partners are strengthening Universal Health Coverage and improving overall well-being.