Improve the quality of life of older persons, support their independence and inclusion, and provide services and programs in support of that.
Joined June 2012
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29 Sep 2012
October 1 is celebrated as International Day of Older Persons by the United Nations. Let's celebrate the contributions made by our seniors!
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14 Sep 2012
Old and Forgotten: The Crisis of Africa’s Elderly bit.ly/OutOCf
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3 Sep 2012
Great to see older women accused of witchcraft included in new report on witch camps in #Ghana by @ActionAidUK ht.ly/dl7MG
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30 Aug 2012
Great story! Canada’s greatest tennis player is an 82-year-old globetrotter who lives in his car
nationalpost.com/m/news/blog…
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30 Aug 2012
The 9 Nanas -- and the business they kept secret for 30 years -- is still inspiring! huff.to/NiU4ZJ
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28 Aug 2012
"some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90... Time is a concept that humans created"
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#haiti #yele Vulnerable Haiti gets hurricane warning: Not yet a hurricane, Tropical Storm Isaac has already deli... tinyurl.com/9pl2pbc
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23 Aug 2012
An Inuit Village, Too Remote for Cars, Gets Street View nyti.ms/REIIqL
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17 Aug 2012
"A person's a person, no matter how small." - Dr. Seuss
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13 Aug 2012
Elderly people are being robbed by family to feed their drug habits and falling victim to abuse by loan sharks #abuse globalaging.org/elderrights/…
13 Aug 2012
Elderly abuse needs to stop. An Georgian woman thought she was helping her grandson when she sent money to a con artist.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video…
13 Aug 2012
Susan's last visit to India. Susan is a HelpAge volunteer and will travelling to India this fall to visit our Grans.
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13 Aug 2012
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9 Aug 2012
Happy International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! Here in Canada, Nunavut has something to celebrate: unicef.ca/en/blog/celebratin…
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8 Aug 2012
Executive Director Jacques Bertrand has departed from Bunia, #DRC. He spoke with the courageous women of SOFEPADI.
3 Aug 2012
3 Aug 2012
To make any kind of progess, we need to imagine a different reality and believe it's possible - Tali Sharot #inspire