As aftershocks hit Haiti once more, aid agencies are working round the clock to meet the needs of the Haitian people. Urgently needed assistance is reaching older people affected by the massive...
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Support the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal
Haiti's worst earthquake for two centuries has devastated one of the world's poorest countries. Older people will potentially be among the worst affected because many will be too frail to overcome...
Indonesian earthquake update
Monsoon season has just begun in Java and earthquake survivors are at the mercy of torrential rain and high winds. The needs of older people in affected communities remain overwhelming. Help the Aged...
India: Update on Asian earthquake relief work
The Help the Aged Mobile Medicare Unit (MMU) has now treated over 300 earthquake victims in Jammu. Help the Aged is providing this relief through its partners HelpAge International and HelpAge India. ...
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Help the Aged responds to South Asia earthquake
Help the Aged, through its partners HelpAge International and HelpAge India, responded to the earthquake in Kashmir on Saturday 8 October soon after it struck, providing medical help and other basic...
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South Asia: Tsunami six months on
Help the Aged and its partner HelpAge International reports on its work in the tsunami-affected areas of Mantara, Batticaloa, Ampara in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, Kerala in India. The tsunami has left...
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Tsunami fund reaches £300 million as appeal closes
The Tsunami Earthquake Appeal fund, which closes today on the two-month anniversary of the disaster, has raised an unprecedented =A3300 million, says the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). DEC...
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Tsunami aid update from HelpAge India and Sri Lanka - 13 Jan 2005
Following the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day, Help the Aged international partner NGOs have been formulating plans for long-term rehabilitation. HelpAge India and HelpAge Sri Lanka...
Tsunami aid moves to next phase
As relief operations in communities devastated by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami continue, charities are planning for the future. In India, where 14,500 people died, HelpAge India is...
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Tsunami aid update from HelpAge India and Sri Lanka - 06 Jan 2005
The tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean has left many older survivors without children or relatives. In some cases, older people have been left to support young children orphaned by the disaster. ...
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Tsunami survivors in desperate need
Latest reports from India and Sri Lanka show that aid is continuing to reach the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day. But news from HelpAge International...
Help reaches Indian tsunami survivors
Relief teams from HelpAge India are distributing aid to victims of the earthquake tsunami that hit on December 26. More than 124,000 people are now confirmed dead in the disaster that hit the Indian...
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Fears for elderly as tsunami aid starts to arrive
Relief teams and supplies are now arriving to help the millions at risk from hunger and disease, five days after the earthquake in the Indian Ocean, but have yet to reach the hardest hit and remote...
Crisis in western Sudan - Latest news 17 Aug 2004
The joint Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Appeal has raised =A320 million for the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan, but older people in Darfur are being excluded from the aid response,...
Crisis in western Sudan
A serious humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Darfur in western Sudan where many people have been forced to leave their homes to flee the fighting and insecurity in the region. The size of the crisis...