Bolivia

We help older Bolivians escape poverty by championing their efforts to claim pensions and healthcare.
We work on projects that focus on cutting the risks presented by emergencies and disasters.
In La Paz, Potosi, Sucre and Santa Cruz, our socio-legal centres help older people with legal issues such as claiming social benefits and health insurance.

Our socio-legal centres have helped over 25,000 older people access pensions and health insurance. These centres deal with around 9,600 cases a year.
Thanks to our efforts, around 12,000 more older people are now included in 30 municipal programmes and budgets. This has resulted in more people having access to social health insurance.
We've created two new older people's organisations in the rural areas of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. These give older people the opportunity to lead and to voice their needs to local and national government.

We will work with the government to develop a national programme for older people - tackling age discrimination, abuse and exclusion.
We will also work with the government to make sure health services reach more older people.
We will ensure humanitarian agencies don't overlook older people's needs in their emergency policies and responses.

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