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			<title><![CDATA[Leadership]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Board of Directors
Cindy Cox RomanChair of HelpAge USA, CEO of WIT Consulting LLC and board member of HelpAge International
Patricia AllmanPresident of Dillon Allman & Partners LLC
Richard BlewittChief Executive of HelpAge International
Donna CordnerTreasurer of HelpAge USA and Managing Director...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Davos 2012: Older people’s rights at the World Economic Forum]]></title>
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By Navdha Malhotra
HelpAge is at the World Economic Forum this week where HelpAge International Chief Executive, Richard Blewitt, will be speaking about the rights of older people at sessions on "New Models for Aging Societies" and "Healthy Brains, Bright Economies."
Lack of protection for older...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/newsroom/news/davos-2012-older-peoples-rights-at-the-world-economic-forum/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Haiti earthquake]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[  
At least 3 million people, including 200,000 older people, were affected directly by the Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2010. Older Haitians have told us that their livelihoods have been either fully or partially destroyed by the earthquake.They also say they want to actively participate in rec...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/emergencies/disaster-relief/haiti-earthquake/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Haiti earthquake two years on: "Discrimination against older people  is rife"]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
By Rachel Trayner and Navdha Malhotra
Over three million people, including 200,000 older people were affected by the Haiti earthquake of January 12th, 2010.
Since the earthquake, HelpAge has provided 25,000 older people and their families with food, cash, essential basic items, shelter and mobil...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/newsroom/news/haiti-earthquake-two-years-on/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Healing Haiti: Treating older people's trauma]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Surviving an ordeal like the Haiti earthquake is a traumatic experience. But for many survivors the most difficult aspect of a disaster is not the event itself, it is coping with day-to-day life in the aftermath.
Resilience is one of the key traits that enables people to survive traumatic events....]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/newsroom/features/healing-haiti-treating-older-peoples-trauma/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[What happens when seven billion babies grow up?]]></title>
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By Rachel TraynerOctober 31
 
Urgent investment in older people critical to building a secure world as population tops seven billion
"The world will not solely belong to the young, older people must not be sidelined", HelpAge International CEO says.
As world population reaches seven billion to...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/newsroom/news/what-happens-when-seven-billion-babies-grow-up/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[ADA 2011: Fighting for rights, pensions and healthcare around the world]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[By John McGeachy
On October 1st, people around the world celebrated the UN International Day of Older Persons. However, this was not the only reason to celebrate. October 1st marked the fifth year of HelpAge's campaign, Age Demands Action (ADA).
ADA is the only globally coordinated campaign led by...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/newsroom/news/ada-2011-fighting-for-rights-pensions-and-healthcare-around-the-world/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[UN High Level Meeting on Non Communicable Diseases]]></title>
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We live in an aging world, in which better public health has resulted in longevity. By 2030, those over 60 will outnumber those under 15, with the fastest growth in the developing world.
However, this demographic change has led to an epidemiological transition. The predominance of infectious dise...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/newsroom/news/un-high-level-meeting-on-non-communicable-diseases/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[East Africa crisis: cash grants to older people]]></title>
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By Navdha Malhotra
HelpAge has been working to help older and vulnerable people affected by the severe drought in East Africa.
We have been working in Borana zone in Ethiopia distributing cash transfers to nearly 5,000 older people so they can buy food.
Around 3.2 million people in southern Eth...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/newsroom/news/east-africa-crisis-cash-grants-to-older-people/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guidance on including older people in emergency shelter programs]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Shelter is a basic human right for people of all ages, but for older people, the sense of security and comfort that a home provides is particularly important.
Losing their home in a disaster or conflict therefore has a profound psychological impact, particularly on the "oldest old" (people above 80...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/emergencies/older-people-in-emergencies/guidance-on-including-older-people-in-emergency-shelter-programmes/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[A study of humanitarian financing for older people]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[This study quantifies the humanitarian aid explicitly directed at older people through the UN Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) and Flash Appeals in 12 humanitarian crises since 2007, covering a total of 1,912 projects.
Its key findings reveal a significant disparity between the needs of older peo...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/emergencies/older-people-in-emergencies/a-study-of-humanitarian-financing-for-older-people/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Global Grandparents]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
We estimate that up to half of the world's children who have been orphaned by AIDS are being brought up by their grandparents.  Other grandparents are caring for children orphaned by war, natural disasters or whose parents have left to find work.  With little or no resources, many older people str...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/global-grandparents/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[East Africa crisis: HelpAge to scale up response]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[By Navdha Malhotra
85-year-old Galgollo Guyo lives in Borana, Ethiopia. On the days he does not receive food rations, he cuts trees and sells firewood to earn money.
He says: "When the market is good, I can sell firewood and get about 10 Birr. With 10 Birr, I am able to buy 1 kg of maize meal. Thi...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/newsroom/news/east-africa-crisis-helpage-to-scale-up-response/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Age Demands Action]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
What is Age Demands Action?
Age Demands Action (ADA) is a grassroots campaign to fight age discrimination and combat the perception that older people are not important. ADA campaign activites take place throughout the year, but October 1st is UN International Day of Older People and a key date fo...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/rights/age-demands-action/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Support us]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ The aging of the global population is one of the triumphs of development over the last century. However, the fact that nearly two-thirds  of the world's older people live in low and middle income countries also calls for urgent action. A secure income and good health in old age are attainable goals...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/support-us/support-us/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tackling the impact of HIV and AIDS in Africa: Project scrapbook]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[@@SHARE@@
To see how we're working with partner organisations in Africa to tackle the impact of HIV and AIDS, hover your mouse over countries around the scrapbook below, then click for more in-depth information. Hover towards the centre to return to the main page.
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			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/health/tackling-the-impact-of-hiv-and-aids-in-africa-project-scrapbook/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tackling HIV: Improving home-based care in Tanzania]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[HelpAge's project in Tanzania trains older people as volunteer community carers so they can provide quality home-based care and support to people affected by HIV and AIDS.
The impact of HIV on older people and their families
It is estimated around half of all children in Tanzania orphaned by AIDS ...]]></description>
			<author>Caroline Dobbing &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/health/tackling-the-impact-of-hiv-and-aids-in-africa-project-scrapbook/tackling-hiv-improving-homebased-care-in-tanzania/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tackling HIV: Strengthening communities in Ethiopia]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our project in Ethiopia supports community organisations to provide quality HIV and AIDS care and information to older people and their families.
The impact of HIV and AIDS
Kolfe Keranio is a poor area dominated by slum dwellings that has suffered heavily from the HIV and AIDS epidemic.
The death...]]></description>
			<author>Caroline Dobbing &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/health/tackling-the-impact-of-hiv-and-aids-in-africa-project-scrapbook/tackling-hiv-strengthening-communities-in-ethiopia/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tackling HIV: Training traditional healers in South Africa]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our South Africa project teaches HIV prevention to traditional health practitioners, who are often the first source of information and treatment for older people and their families.
The role of traditional healers in tackling HIV
Traditional health practitioners (also known as traditional healers)...]]></description>
			<author>Caroline Dobbing &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/health/tackling-the-impact-of-hiv-and-aids-in-africa-project-scrapbook/tackling-hiv-training-traditional-healers-in-south-africa/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tackling HIV: Making memory books in Uganda]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our project in Uganda teaches parents living with HIV how to make a will and create a memory book with their children. The books provide comfort to the orphans after the parent has gone and the wills help protect the family's inheritance from manipulative relatives or landgrabbers.
How HIV affects ...]]></description>
			<author>Caroline Dobbing &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/health/tackling-the-impact-of-hiv-and-aids-in-africa-project-scrapbook/tackling-hiv-making-memory-books-in-uganda/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tackling HIV: Boosting small businesses in Kenya]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Through our HIV project in Thika, Kenya we're transforming the livelihoods of older people and the children in their care by offering alternative options to sex work and drugs. We're giving them skills and start-up grants to start their own businesses.
The impact of HIV
Thika district has one of t...]]></description>
			<author>Caroline Dobbing &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/health/tackling-the-impact-of-hiv-and-aids-in-africa-project-scrapbook/tackling-hiv-boosting-small-businesses-in-kenya/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women's rights in Tanzania]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Working with communities to stop witchcraft accusations
Imagine living in a community your whole life. Then suddenly, you are accused of witchcraft and told to leave. Or you are sent threatening letters saying you have bewitched a neighbour's child. Or you are attacked and slashed with a machete ...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/rights/womens-rights-in-tanzania-working-with-communities-to-stop-witchcraft-accusations/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Healthy aging]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
How older people's associations are changing lives in Asia
Spending 12-hour days pedalling on an old-fashioned sewing machine would leave most people in pain.
When you are in your sixties, it is going to take a huge toll. Just ask Piyaseeli from Sri Lanka, who ended up exhausted, her knees and j...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rights abuses: Older people speak out]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Older people across the globe talk about age discrimination, rights abuses and the issues that matter to them.
Click on the images below to hear what they have to say.
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			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/rights/rights-abuses-older-people-speak-out/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sign the ADA petition]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Add your name to our petition and we'll use it as part of a global campaign pushing for a UN Convention on Older People's Rights.
I believe older people everywhere must be included in society as equal citizens with equal rights.  I call on my government and the international community to actively i...]]></description>
			<author>Kim Karris &lt;no-reply@www.helpageusa.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.helpageusa.org/what-we-do/rights/age-demands-action/sign-the-ada-petition/</link>
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