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Around 20% of older people living in temporary camps in Haiti are going hungry, according to a survey conducted by HelpAge.

HelpAge International is giving food baskets, hygiene kits and useful items to older people affected by the Colombia floods.

Days of torrential rain have brought widespread flooding to the north of Colombia, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 20 people. Around 150 people are missing.

An innovative scheme in Kyrgyzstan is aiming to develop a police force dedicated to meeting the needs of older people.

10 December is Human Rights Day. The theme this year is human rights defenders who work to end discrimination.

HelpAge International in Tanzania will offer free HIV and AIDS tests to older people to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December.

Last week in New York, the Third Committee, one of the working committees of the UN General Assembly, adopted a landmark resolution on older people’s rights.

HelpAge International has deployed over 200 staff and volunteers to eight communes in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to work in cholera prevention with at-risk communities. These include nurses, community support workers and volunteer home-based carers.

Twenty leaders of older people’s associations from Asian countries and HelpAge Network members have called for G20 action to build societies for all ages.

HelpAge International in Kyrgyzstan is hosting a large celebration in Bishkek for World Diabetes Day 2010.

A HelpAge International study has found just 0.2% of humanitarian funding is allocated specifically for older people during emergencies.

13 Latin American countries have openly and directly supported a motion to work towards a regional convention on the rights of older people.