Publications

This issue of Ageing in Africa provides the developments of the Hunger Safety Net Project in Kenya. It also provides highlights of the Age Demands Action October 2011 campaign in Africa.

Declaracion final de la Reunion de la Sociedad Civil

Spanish translation of Protecting older people in emergencies: good practice guide. This good practice guide highlights the need for agencies to better understand and address older people’s needs during emergencies, and to integrate their contributions into interventions.

The mid-2011 drought in the Horn of Africa affected millions, particularly in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. This briefing paper analyses the needs and capacities of older people displaced by the drought crisis, and urges humanitarian actors to adequately consider and integrate the needs of older people into humanitarian responses.

This is the Service Directory Older People’s Association (OPAs)from the provinces of Battambang and Banteay Meanchey. It is developed with the aim to provide necessary information to all OPAs so they can engage in networking, exchange of information,sharing best practices and peer support.

Right to life without violence in old age reports on a project coordinated by HelpAge International in Kyrgyzstan to collect evidence of elder abuse and build the capacity of crisis centres to support older victims of abuse.

Right to life without violence in old age reports on a project coordinated by HelpAge International in Kyrgyzstan to collect evidence of elder abuse and build the capacity of crisis centres to support older victims of abuse.

Right to life without violence in old age reports on a project coordinated by HelpAge International in Kyrgyzstan to collect evidence of elder abuse and build the capacity of crisis centres to support older victims of abuse.

Highly vulnerable groups such as older people and people with disabilities face specific challenges in humanitarian crises. This HelpAge International and Handicap International report shows that less than 1% of humanitarian aid targets older people and people with disabilities, and stresses an urgent need to integrate these groups into humanitarian responses.

Highly vulnerable groups such as older people and people with disabilities face specific challenges in humanitarian crises. This HelpAge International and Handicap International report shows that less than 1% of humanitarian aid targets older people and people with disabilities, and stresses an urgent need to integrate these groups into humanitarian responses.

This report of a survey in camps in north-eastern Kenya shows that older people are vulnerable to malnutrition but often not recognised as such. It recommends how to measure older people’s nutritional status.

All over the world, older people are coming together to claim their rights – and becoming a real force for change. Their global grassroots movement, is called Age Demands Action (ADA). It’s the only one of its kind in the world.