HelpAge International - Promoting the rights of older people
WEBThe HelpAge global network is a worldwide partnership working with and for older people globally, with a special focus on low and middle-income countries. Our mission is to promote the wellbeing and inclusion of older women and men, and reduce poverty and discrimination in later life. HelpAge International is a global non-profit organisation ...
About us - HelpAge International
WEBAbout us. HelpAge International is a global non-profit organisation that works to improve the lives of older people around the world. We work through the HelpAge global network, an alliance of organisations committed to the wellbeing, dignity and voice of older people. The organisation was founded in 1983, and the global network has 199 global ...
WEBAdvocacy by older people, with older people and for older people. HelpAge International is a global network of not-for-profit organisations with a mission to work with and for disadvantaged older people worldwide to achieve a lasting improvement in the quality of their lives. Any parts of this publication may be reproduced without permission ...
Support healthy ageing - HelpAge International
WEBTo catalyse action and advance progress on healthy ageing, HelpAge International and over 100 partners globally have launched the HelpAge Healthy Ageing Platform. The platform brings together country-based partners to connect, build capacity, share knowledge and drive collective action with and for older people from grassroots to global levels.
COVID-19: Guidance and advice for older people
WEBThe most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, a dry cough and shortage of breath. Some people may have aches and pains, a runny nose, sore throat or diarrhoea. Some people become infected but don’t develop any symptoms and don’t feel unwell. Most people (about 80%) recover from COVID-19 without needing special treatment.
WEBWhile Agenda 2030 is an integrated development agenda, the following SDGs or global goals have particular relevance for the HelpAge global network, since they relate directly to our strategic priorities as set out in HelpAge’s 2020 Strategy: End poverty in all its forms everywhere. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and ...
WEBReg charity no. 288180 HelpAge International 2021 Resource Development Training 2 Module 3: Project proposal and concept note writing Part 1. General
WEBLevels of protection intervention. programming:safe programmingp. tection mainstreamingtailored protection programming.Safe programming, or the “Do No Harm” approach, means ensuring that assistance does not have negative co. sequences for the safety and security of the population. Safe programming is.
WEBarch 2022 ©The brief was developed under the guidance of Elijah Otiende Marambo, (Income Security Portfolio Lead, HelpAge International) and Rania Eghnatios (Social Protection Officer, International Labour. rganization). Maya Abi Chahine (specialist in Ageing and Public Policy), is the lead author, with contributions from Rania Eghnatios, and ...
WEBlder people themselves.This leads to a lack of services targeted at people in older age and older people not seeking treatment until their co. dition is well advanced. This increases the risk of complications, such as heart attacks, kidney failure, blindness and amputations.10 When surveyed, 15 per cent of people with type 2 diabetes in South ...