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HelpAge International joined partnership with Tony Blair Faith Foundation to engage with students across the globe about issues that affect older people and knowledge about their faiths and beliefs.

HelpAge International is helping 1,000 older people and their families affected by this year's flooding in Pakistan.

Thanks to HelpAge's campaigning, the draft document of the UN High Level Meeting on non communicable diseases (NCDs)contains specific references to population ageing, Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

HelpAge International is distributing cash grants to older people affected by the East Africa drought so they can buy food.

This week, older activists involved in HelpAge's Age Demands Action campaign are standing up for older people's rights at the United Nations Open Ended Working Group on Ageing session (OEWG in New York.

It is one year since the devastating flooding in Pakistan which affected 20 million people and killed over 3,000. Even now though, the country is struggling to recover and the monsoon season is fast approaching.

As millions are going hungry in East Africa, HelpAge is stepping up its emergency response for older people in Ethiopia and Kenya.

HelpAge International is providing emergency relief to 6,400 households in Borena, Ethiopia. We are distributing cash grants to older people so they can buy the food they need, and animal feed and veterinary care for livestock.

As the presidential election in Peru ended on 5 June, the prospect of a social pension for all Peruvians came a step closer. The winner was Ollanta Humala who, as a key election pledge, promised that his government would introduce a minimum pension for everyone over the age of 65.

15 June is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). HelpAge International and its partners across the world are calling for legal protection and justice for older people facing violence.

The UN High Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV closed on Friday 10 June. The final declaration produced failed to address the ageing of the HIV epidemic and the importance of carers in dealing with the disease.