Discover the HelpAge Global Network
More than 200 organizations across 99 countries
As part of the HelpAge global network, we actively support a global movement for change. Made up of 208 organizations from 99 primarily low- and middle-income countries, it unites groups to advance the rights and wellbeing of older people.
The HelpAge Global Network in Action
Across regions and contexts, HelpAge global network members lead change for older people, shaping policy, delivering community-based solutions, and responding in crises.
Policy and Advocacy
Malawi
Tanzania
Healthy Aging and Care
Ukraine
Lebanon
Age-Inclusive Humanitarian Response
Venezuela
Syria
Working Together for Collective Impact
Across Africa
Across Africa, HelpAge global network members collaborate to strengthen health and care, respond to crises, expand social protection, and support older people in the face of climate change.
- In Kenya and Tanzania, we help older farmers use local wisdom and skills to grow food and cope better with droughts and bad weather.
- In Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Togo, global network partners—working alongside our Older People’s Associations (OPAs)—improved health outreach and services for older people, developed training centers for healthcare workers and caregivers, and expanded community-based services for older people.
- In Ethiopia, Tesfa Social Development Organization partnered with HelpAge Ethiopia to pilot WHO’s Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) and strengthen geriatric care infrastructure, marking an important policy win.
Across Latin America
In Latin America and the Caribbean, HelpAge global network partners collaborate through national and sub-regional networks to advance older people’s rights, healthy aging, and climate-resilient communities.
- In Colombia, network leadership contributed to the country’s accession to the Inter-American Convention on the Rights of Older Persons and ongoing pension reform discussions.
- In Venezuela, our global network partner Convite monitors rights violations affecting older people and elevates humanitarian protection through national and regional advocacy.
- Members in cities such as Bogotá and Mexico City are advancing age-friendly and climate-resilient community initiatives, with strong participation from older people.
Across the Middle East
Across the Middle East, HelpAge global network members work in complex policy and humanitarian contexts to strengthen care systems, protect older people’s rights, and advance healthy aging.
- In places like Pakistan and Lebanon, our OPAs set up specialized support for health issues, like dementia and mental health, to improve wellbeing.
- In countries like Yemen, our partners help people access pensions and financial aid from the government so they have a stable income and can cope with extreme poverty.
In conflict-affected areas like Syria, our teams deliver timely support, addressing severe economic distress and ensuring older people, especially those with disabilities, receive essential aid.
Across Asia
Our global network partners work across Asia to improve older people’s lives and raise awareness about the issues that affect them. We advocate for social protection, ensure older people can access health and care services, support Older People’s Associations (OPAs), and help older people affected by natural disasters and conflict.
- In Vietnam, network members helped pioneer Intergenerational Self-Help Clubs—community-based groups supporting health, income generation, social inclusion, and care. Adopted by the Government of Vietnam as national policy, the model now operates nationwide, forming the country’s largest home- and community-care system for older people.
- The Vietnamese model has been endorsed regionally, with countries across Asia exploring how to adapt community-based, rights-focused approaches to aging in their own contexts.
HelpAge Global Network Members
Africa
Burundi
Integrated Change Agent (ICA)
Website: ica.org.bi
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Elderly and Pensioners National Association (EEPNA)
HelpAge Ethiopia
Website: helpageeth.org
Tefsa Social and Development Association (TSDA)
Website: tesfa.et
Rehabilitation and Development Organization (RaDO)
Website: 4rado.org
Rift Valley Children and Women Development Organisation (RCWDO)
Website: riftvalley.org.et
Kenya
Ageing Concern Foundation (ACF)
AgeWatch Africa Foundation (AAF)
Website: agewatchafrica.com
County Trackers Elderly Foundation
HelpAge International, Kenya
Kenya Pro-Ageing Organization
Website: thekenyaproageing.com
Kibera Day Care Centre for the Elderly (KDCCE)
Kenyan Aged People Require Information, Knowledge and Advancement (Karika)
Website: karikakenya.or.ke
Kenya Society for People with Aids (KESPA)
Mangu Integrated Community Project (MICOP Kenya)
Website: micop.co.ke
PAMOJA Community-Based Organization
Senior Women Citizens for Change (SWCC)
The District Pastoralist Association (DPA)
Women for Dementia Africa (WFDA)
Rwanda
NSINDAGIZA
Somalia
Horn International Relief and Development Organization (HIRDO)
Website: hirdo.org
Kaalmo Relief and Development (KRD)
Website: kaalmosom.org
South Sudan
Africa Development Aid (ADA)
Humanitarian Development Consortium (HDC)
Website: hdcafrica.org
South Sudan Older People’s Organization (SSOPO)
Sudan
Almanar Voluntary Organization (AMVO)
Website: amvo-sudan.org
Sudanese Society for the Care of Older People (SSCOP)
Tanzania
HelpAge Tanzania
Website: helpagetan.org
Relief to Development Society (REDESO)
Saidia Wazee Karagwe (SAWAKA)
Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI)
Website: padi.or.tz
Uganda
Community-Based Rehabilitation Alliance (COMBRA)
Website: combra.org
Grandmothers Consortium
Website: grandmothersconsortium.org
Health Nest Uganda (HENU)
Website: healthnestuganda.org
HelpAge Advocacy Network Uganda (HANU)
Website: helpageadvocacy.org
Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU)
Website: pcauganda.org
Reach a Hand Uganda (RAHU)
Website: reachahand.org
Reach One Touch One Ministries (ROTOM)
Voice of the Elderly
Democratic Republic of Congo
HelpAge Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Lesotho
The Maseru Women Senior Citizens Association
Malawi
Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre (MHRRC)
Malawi Network of Elderly Persons Organisation (MANEPO)
Website: manepo.org
Mauritius
Droit Humains Ocean Indien (DIS-MOI)
Mauritius Family Planning and Welfare Association (MFPWA)
Senior Citizens’ Council of Mauritius (SCC)
Website: sencico.org
Mozambique
Association of Retired Persons Mozambique (APOSEMO)
Association for Community Development Action in Sofala (ASADEC)
HelpAge International, Mozambique
South Africa
Age-in-Action
Website: age-in-action.co.za
Elim Hlanganani Society for the Care of the Aged
Muthande Society for the Aged (MUSA)
Website: muthande.org.za
Zambia
Support to Older People (STOP)
Zimbabwe
National Age Network of Zimbabwe (NANZ)
Website: agezim.org
Burkina Faso
Promo-Femmes/Developpment Solidarite (PF/DS)
Website: promofemmes.fr
Cameroon
Cameroon Association for Elderly Care (ACAMAGE)
Community Development Volunteers for Technical Assistance (CDVTA)
Website: cdvta.org
Moje Foundation
The Regional Centre for the Welfare of Ageing Persons (RECEWAPEC)
Website: recewapec.net
The Gambia
Ageing with a Smile Initiative (ASI)
Website: asigambia.weebly.com
Ghana
HelpAge Ghana
Joncaring Foundation (JCF)
Website: joncaringfoundation.wordpress.com
Liberia
Center for Community Advancement and Family Empowerment (CECAFE)
National Senior Citizens Organisation of Liberia (NASCOL)
Nigeria
Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN)
The Fantsuam Foundation
Website: fantsuam.org
Sierra Leone
Current Evangelism Ministries (CEM)
Togo
Univers de solidarité et de développement (UNI.SOL.D)
Asia
China
China National Committee on Ageing (CNCA)
Website: cncaprc.gov.cn
Instituto de Acção Social (IAS)
Helping Hand Hong Kong
Website: helpinghand.org.hk
Ageing China Development Centre (ACDC)
Korea
HelpAge Korea
Website: helpage.or.kr
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Association for the Aged and Institute of Geriatric Medicine (BAAIGM)
Website: baaigm.org.bd
Bangladesh Women’s Health Coalition (BWHC)
Website: bwhc.org.bd
Resource Integration Centre (RIC)
Website: ric-bd.org
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)
Website: ahsaniamission.org.bd
HelpAge International, Bangladesh
India
Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (GRAVIS)
Website: gravis.org.in
HelpAge India
Website: helpageindia.org
Nepal
Ageing Nepal
Website: ageingnepal.org
National Senior Citizen Federation (NASCIF)
Nepal Participatory Action Network (NEPAN)
Senior Citizens Chautari (SCC)
Website: seniorcitizenchautari.org
Pakistan
Foundation for Ageing and Inclusive Development (FAID)
Website: faid.org.pk
Pakistan Medico International
Sri Lanka
HelpAge Sri Lanka
Cambodia
HelpAge Cambodia
Website: helpagecambodia.org
Indonesia
Yayasan Emong Lansia (YEL)
Malaysia
National Council of Senior Citizens Organisations Malaysia (NACSCOM)
Myanmar
AGE Myanmar
Website: agemyamnar.org
Philippines
Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE)
Website: cose.org.ph
Singapore
Society for Women’s Initiative for Ageing Successfully (WINGS)
Website: wings.sg
Tsao Foundation
Website: tsaofoundation.org
Thailand
Foundation for Older Persons Development (FOPDEV)
Help Without Frontiers Thailand Foundation
Website: helpwithoutfrontiers.org
Senior Citizen Council of Thailand (SCCT)
Vietnam
Center for Ageing Support and Community Development (CASCD)
HelpAge Vietnam
Vietnam Association of Elderly (VAE)
Website: hoinguoicaotuoi.vn
Australia
Council on the Ageing (COTA)
Website: cota.org.au
Fiji
Fiji Council of Social Services/FCOSS HelpAge Centre
Eurasia and the Middle East
Kazakhstan
ARDAGER
Kyrgyzstan
Resource Center for Elderly (RCE)
Website: rce.kg
Babushka Adoption
Website: babushkaadoption.org
Tajikstan
Central Asian Gerontology Centre
Iraq
Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights
Website: jiyan.org
Jordan
King Hussain Foundation / Institute for Family Health (KHF/iFH)
Website: kinghusseinfoundation.org
Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI)
Website: sigi-jordan.org/en
Lebanon
Alzheimer’s Association Lebanon (AAL)
Amel Association International
Website: amel.org
Center for the Studies on Aging (CSA)
HelpAge Lebanon
Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC)
Website: idraac.org
University for Seniors – American University of Beirut
Website: aub.edu.lb/seniors
Palestine
El-Wedad Society for Community Rehabilitation (WSCR)
Palestinian Center for Communication & Development Strategies (PCCDS)
Website: pccds.com
Juzoor
Website: juzoor.org
Syria
The Syrian Networks League (SNL)
Website: snl.ngo
Türkiye
Hope Revival Organization (HRO)
Website: hope-revival.ngo
Syrian Medical Association for Syrian Expatriates (SEMA)
Website: sema-sy.org
Türkiye Emekliler Derneği-Türkiye retired persons organization (TUED)
Website: tued.com.tr
United Arab Emirates
4get-me-not Alzheimer’s
Website: 4get-me-not.org
Yemen
Life Makers Meeting Place Organisation (LMMPO)
Website: lmmpoye.org/ar
The Yemen Family Care Association (YFCA)
Website: web.yfca.org/en/
Albania
Albanian Association of Geriatric and Geriatrics (AAGG)
Armenia
Mission Armenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Association for Psychosocial Help and Development of Voluntary Work (OSMIJEH)
Moldova
HelpAge Moldova
Website: helpage.md/en
Russia
Dobroe Delo
Serbia
Red Cross of Serbia
Website: redcross.org.rs
Ukraine
Starenki Charitable Foundation
Website: starenki.com.ua
Turbota pro Litnih v Ukraini (TLU)
Website: tlu.org.ua
Right to Protection (R2P)
Website: r2p.ngo/en
HelpAge Ukraine
Europe
Croatia
Croatian Red Cross City of Valpovo
Czech Republic
Beauty of Help Foundation (“Nadace Krása Pomoci” in Czech” -NKP)
Website: krasapomoci.cz
Zivot 90
Website: zivot90.cz
Denmark
Globale Seniorer
Website: globaleseniorer.dk
DaneAge Association
Website: aeldresagen.dk/in-english
Finland
Valli – the Union for Senior Services
Website: valli.fi
Germany
HelpAge Deutschland
Website: helpage.de
Ireland
Age Action Ireland CLG
Website: ageaction.ie
Italy
HelpAge Italia Onlus
Website: helpage.it
Malta
Caritas Malta
Website: caritasmalta.org
Netherlands
Dorcas International
Website: dorcas.org
Poland
Foundation for Seniors ‘Bonum Vitae’
Website: bonumvitae.org.pl
Slovenia
Slovene Philanthropy
Website: filantropija.org
Spain
HelpAge International España
Website: helpage.es
Sweden
Pensionärernas Riksorganisation (PRO)
Website: pro.se
Switzerland
Kwa Wazee Switzerland
Website: kwawazee.ch
United Kingdom
Age International
Website: ageinternational.org.uk
Centre for Policy on Ageing
Website: cpa.org.uk
Latin America and the Caribbean
Dominica
Dominica Council on Ageing
Dominican Republic
NTD Foundation
Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicanas Inc (SSID – The Dominican Church Social Service)
Website: ssid.org.do
Haiti
Haitian Society for the Blind (SHAA)
Jamaica
St. Catherine Community Development Agency (SACDA)
Belize
HelpAge Belize
Costa Rica
Asociación Gerontológica Costarricense (AGECO)
Website: ageco.org
Yamuni Tabush Foundation (FYT)
Website: yamunitabush.org
El Salvador
Asociación Alianza de Salvadoreños Retornados (ALSARE)
Cordes Foundation
Website: cordes.org.sv
Guatemala
CADENA CJG Guatemala ONG
Website: cadena.ngo
Argentina
Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA)
Asociación Mutual de Protección Familiar (AMPF – Family Protection Mutual Association)
Website: ampf.org.ar
Argentinian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (ASGG)
Website: sagg.ar
CADENA
Website: cadena.ngo
Fundación Instituto de la Salud, Medio Ambiente, Economía y Sociedad (ISALUD Foundation)
Website: isalud-edu.ar
Fundación Navarro Viola
Website: fnv.org.ar
Fundación Nuevo Hogar y Centro de ancianos para la comunidad judía (Hogar LeDor VaDor)
Website: hogarledorvador.org
Fundación SIDOM
Website: fundacionsidom.org
Fundación Red de Actividad Física para Adultos Mayores (RAFAM – Network of Physical for Older People)
Surcos Asociación Civil
Website: surcos.org
Bolivia
Fundación Horizontes / Horizons Foundation
Website: fundacionhorizontes.org
Sumaj Punchay
Website: sumajpunchay.org.bo
Brazil
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Website: ufsc.br
Chile
Caritas Chile
Website: caritaschile.org
Centro Gerópolis – Universidad de Valparaíso
Website: geropolis.uv.cl
Colombia
Fundación Acción Familiar Alzheimer Colombia (AFACOL)
Website: alzheimercolombia.org
Asociación Cultural Casa del Niño (ACCN)
Website: asociacionccnino.com
Consejo Distrital de Sabios y Sabias
ProVida Colombia
Paraguay
Central Association of the Retired Public Official and Teachers of Paraguay (Asociación Central de Funcionarios Públicos y Docentes Jubilados)
Peru
Mesa de Trabajo de ONG’S y Afines sobre Personas Mayores – Mesa, Perú (Peru Coordinating Group for Older People)
Pro Vida Peru
Uruguay
Uruguyan Association of Animators and Gerontological Assistants (AUDAAG)
Venezuela
Convite Asociación Civil
Website: conviteac.org
North America
AARP
Website: aarp.org
HelpAge USA
Website: helpageusa.org
HelpAge Canada
Website: helpagecanada.ca
AVU
Website: avu.mx
Centro Mexicano Alzheimer AC
Website: cmalzheimer.org
Rhizome Center for Migrants
Website: rhizomecenter.org
