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

MANEPO, a national consortium of more than 60 civil society organizations, is widely recognized as the leading voice on ageing in Malawi. In 2024, MANEPO played a pivotal role in advocating for the passage of Malawi’s Older Persons Act, marking a major step forward in protecting the rights and wellbeing of older people.

Tanzania

HelpAge Tanzania led the development of the country’s first National Assistive Technology Strategy, improving access to essential tools for older people and people with disabilities.

Healthy Aging and Care

Ukraine

In Ukraine, we partnered with global network members to support healthy aging through community-based care and peer support, including palliative and home-based care for older people living with chronic illness and disabilities. Working with local partners, this approach strengthened social connection, dignity, and access to care for older Ukrainians, including those who have been displaced.

Lebanon

Amel’s Ageing Unit serves as a national training and technical hub on healthy aging in Lebanon, working with government and civil society to strengthen community-based responses and advance policy dialogue, including efforts toward a national coordination mechanism on older people’s issues.

Age-Inclusive Humanitarian Response

Venezuela

Our global network partner Convite is a leading human rights organization monitoring and responding to the humanitarian crisis affecting older people in Venezuela. Through rights observatories and regional advocacy spaces, Convite has helped elevate international awareness of older people’s protection, health, and medication needs.

Syria

In conflict-affected Syria, SEMA has evolved from emergency health delivery to a broader focus on the rights and care needs of older people. Working in hard-to-reach areas, SEMA supports health services, community-based care models, and advocacy to ensure older people are not left behind in humanitarian and recovery efforts.

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: www.ica.org.bi

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Elderly and Pensioners National Association (EEPNA)
Website: eepna.org.et

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)
Website: a-cf.org

AgeWatch Africa Foundation (AAF)
Website: agewatchafrica.com

County Trackers Elderly Foundation
Website: Facebook

HelpAge International, Kenya
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/africa/east-africa

Kenya Pro-Ageing Organisation
Website: www.thekenyaproageing.org

Kibera Day Care Centre for the Elderly (KDCCE)
Website: kdcce.org

Kenyan Aged People Require Information, Knowledge and Advancement (Karika)
Website: karikakenya.or.ke

Kenya Society for People with Aids (KESPA)
Email: kespa@swiftkisumu.com

Mangu Integrated Community Project (MICOP Kenya)
Website: www.micop.co.ke

PAMOJA Community-Based Organization
Website: www.pamojapamoja.org

Senior Women Citizens for Change (SWCC)
Website: www.seniorwomencitizensforchange.or.ke

The District Pastoralist Association (DPA)
Website: kulmiye.org.so

Women for Dementia Africa (WFDA)
Website: womenfordementiaafrica.squarespace.com

Rwanda

NSINDAGIZA
Website: www.nsindagiza.org

Somalia

Horn International Relief and Development Organization (HIRDO)
Website: www.hirdo.org

Kaalmo Relief and Development (KRD)
Website: www.kaalmosom.org

South Sudan

Africa Development Aid (ADA)
Website: www.adadevelopment.org

Humanitarian Development Consortium (HDC)
Website: www.hdcafrica.org

South Sudan Older People’s Organization (SSOPO)
Web: A Case Study of SSOPO

Sudan

Almanar Voluntary Organization (AMVO)
Website: amvo-sudan.org

Sudanese Society for the Care of Older People (SSCOP)
Website: Facebook

Tanzania

HelpAge Tanzania
Website: helpagetan.org

Relief to Development Society (REDESO)
Website: www.redeso.or.tz

Saidia Wazee Karagwe (SAWAKA)
Website: www.sawaka.or.tz

Tanzania Mission to the Poor and Disabled (PADI)
Website: padi.or.tz

Uganda

Community-Based Rehabilitation Alliance (COMBRA)
Website: combra.org

Grandmothers Consortium
Website: www.grandmothersconsortium.org

Health Nest Uganda (HENU)
Website: healthnestuganda.org

HelpAge International, Uganda
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)
Website: www.reachone-touchone.org

Voice of the Elderly
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/africa/east-africa

Democratic Republic of Congo

HelpAge Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Website: www.helpagerdc.org

Lesotho

The Maseru Women Senior Citizens Association
Email: raditapolethabisot@yahoo.com

Malawi

Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre (MHRRC)
Website: Find out more

Malawi Network of Elderly Persons Organisation (MANEPO)
Website: www.manepo.org

Mauritius

Droit Humains Ocean Indien (DIS-MOI)
Website: www.dismoi.org

Mauritius Family Planning and Welfare Association (MFPWA)
Website: mauritiusfamilyplanning.com

Senior Citizens’ Council of Mauritius (SCC)
Website: www.sencico.org

Mozambique

Association of Retired Persons Mozambique (APOSEMO)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/africa/south-africa

Association for Community Development Action in Sofala (ASADEC)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/africa/south-africa

HelpAge International, Mozambique
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/africa/south-africa

South Africa

Age-in-Action
Website: www.age-in-action.co.za

Elim Hlanganani Society for the Care of the Aged
Website: Facebook

Muthande Society for the Aged (MUSA)
Website: www.muthande.org.za

Zambia

Support to Older People (STOP)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/africa/south-africa

Zimbabwe

National Age Network of Zimbabwe (NANZ)
Website: www.agezim.org

Burkina Faso

Promo-Femmes/Developpment Solidarite (PF/DS)
Website: www.promofemmes.fr

Cameroon

Cameroon Association for Elderly Care (ACAMAGE)
Email: Intergen_acamage@yahoo.fr

Community Development Volunteers for Technical Assistance (CDVTA)
Website: www.cdvta.org

Moje Foundation
Website: Facebook

The Regional Centre for the Welfare of Ageing Persons (RECEWAPEC)
Website: www.recewapec.net

The Gambia

Ageing with a Smile Initiative (ASI)
Website: www.asigambia.weebly.com

Ghana

HelpAge Ghana
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/africa/west-africa

Joncaring Foundation (JCF)
Website: joncaringfoundation.wordpress.com

Liberia

Center for Community Advancement and Family Empowerment (CECAFE)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/africa/west-africa

National Senior Citizens Organisation of Liberia (NASCOL)
Website: Facebook

Nigeria

Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN)
Website: cosropin.org

The Fantsuam Foundation
Website: www.fantsuam.org

Sierra Leone

Current Evangelism Ministries (CEM)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/africa/west-africa

Togo

Univers de solidarité et de développement (UNI.SOL.D)
Email: unisold2005@yahoo.fr

Asia

China

China National Committee on Ageing (CNCA)
Website: www.cncaprc.gov.cn

Instituto de Acção Social (IAS)
Website: www.ias.gov.mo

Helping Hand Hong Kong
Website: www.helpinghand.org.hk

Ageing China Development Centre (ACDC)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/asia/east-asia

Korea

HelpAge Korea
Website: www.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: www.bwhc.org.bd

Resource Integration Centre (RIC)
Website: www.ric-bd.org

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)
Website: www.ahsaniamission.org.bd

HelpAge International, Bangladesh
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/asia/south-asia

India

Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (GRAVIS)
Website: www.gravis.org.in

HelpAge India
Website: www.helpageindia.org

Nepal

Ageing Nepal
Website: ageingnepal.org

National Senior Citizen Federation (NASCIF)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/asia/south-asia

Nepal Participatory Action Network (NEPAN)
Website: nepan.org.np

Senior Citizens Chautari (SCC)
Website: seniorcitizenchautari.org

Pakistan

Foundation for Ageing and Inclusive Development (FAID)
Website: faid.org.pk

Pakistan Medico International
Email: pmiboik@khi.compol.com

Sri Lanka

HelpAge Sri Lanka
Website: www.helpagesl.org

Cambodia

HelpAge Cambodia
Website: www.helpagecambodia.org

Indonesia

Yayasan Emong Lansia (YEL)
Web: www.gerbanglansia.org

Malaysia

National Council of Senior Citizens Organisations Malaysia (NACSCOM)
Website: www.nacscom.org.my

Myanmar

AGE Myanmar
Website: www.agemyamnar.org

Philippines 

Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE)
Website: www.cose.org.ph

Singapore

Society for Women’s Initiative for Ageing Successfully (WINGS)
Website: www.wings.sg

Tsao Foundation
Website: tsaofoundation.org

Thailand

Foundation for Older Persons Development (FOPDEV)
Website: www.fopdev.or.th

Help Without Frontiers Thailand Foundation
Website: www.helpwithoutfrontiers.org

Senior Citizen Council of Thailand (SCCT)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/asia/south-east-asia

Vietnam

Center for Ageing Support and Community Development (CASCD)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/asia/south-east-asia

HelpAge Vietnam
Website: helpagevietnam.org/en

Vietnam Association of Elderly (VAE)
Website: www.hoinguoicaotuoi.vn

Australia

Council on the Ageing (COTA)
Website: www.cota.org.au

Fiji

Fiji Council of Social Services/FCOSS HelpAge Centre
Email: fcoss@kidanet.net.fj

Eurasia and the Middle East

Kazakhstan

ARDAGER
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/eurasia-and-the-middle-east/central-asia

Kyrgyzstan

Resource Center for Elderly (RCE)
Website: www.rce.kg

Babushka Adoption
Website: www.babushkaadoption.org

Tajikstan

Central Asian Gerontology Centre
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/eurasia-and-the-middle-east/central-asia

Iraq

Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights
Website: jiyan.org

Jordan

King Hussain Foundation / Institute for Family Health (KHF/iFH)
Website: www.kinghusseinfoundation.org

Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI)
Website: www.sigi-jordan.org/en

Lebanon

Alzheimer’s Association Lebanon (AAL)
Website: www.alzlebanon.org

Amel Association International
Website: amel.org

Center for the Studies on Aging (CSA)
Website: www.csa.org.lb/en

HelpAge Lebanon
Website: www.helpage.org/resource/lebanon-ageing-in-the-arab-regionenglish

Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC)
Website: www.idraac.org

University for Seniors – American University of Beirut
Website: www.aub.edu.lb/seniors

Palestine

El-Wedad Society for Community Rehabilitation (WSCR)
Website: www.elwedad.org/en

Palestinian Center for Communication & Development Strategies (PCCDS)
Website: www.pccds.com

Juzoor
Website: www.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: www.4get-me-not.org

Yemen

Life Makers Meeting Place Organisation (LMMPO)
Website: www.lmmpoye.org/ar

The Yemen Family Care Association (YFCA)
Website: www.yfca.org/en

Albania

Albanian Association of Geriatric and Geriatrics (AAGG)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/eurasia-and-the-middle-east/eastern-europe

Armenia

Mission Armenia
Website: Learn more

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Association for Psychosocial Help and Development of Voluntary Work (OSMIJEH)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/eurasia-and-the-middle-east/eastern-europe

Moldova

HelpAge Moldova
Website: helpage.md/en

Russia

Dobroe Delo
Email: edkar@mail.ru

Serbia

Red Cross of Serbia
Website: www.redcross.org.rs

Ukraine

Starenki Charitable Foundation
Website: www.starenki.com.ua

Turbota pro Litnih v Ukraini (TLU)
Website: www.tlu.org.ua

Right to Protection (R2P)
Website: www.r2p.org.ua

HelpAge Ukraine
Website: helpage.org

Europe

Croatia

Croatian Red Cross City of Valpovo
Website: Facebook

Czech Republic

Beauty of Help Foundation (“Nadace Krása Pomoci” in Czech” -NKP)
Website: www.krasapomoci.cz

Zivot 90
Website: www.zivot90.cz

Denmark

Globale Seniorer
Website: globaleseniorer.dk

DaneAge Association
Website: www.aeldresagen.dk/in-english

Finland

Valli – the Union for Senior Services
Website: www.valli.fi

Germany

HelpAge Deutschland
Website: www.helpage.de

Ireland

Age Action Ireland CLG
Website: www.ageaction.ie

Italy

HelpAge Italia Onlus
Website: www.helpage.it

Malta

Caritas Malta
Website: www.caritasmalta.org

Netherlands

Dorcas International
Website: www.dorcas.org

Poland

Foundation for Seniors ‘Bonum Vitae’
Website: www.bonumvitae.org.pl

Slovenia

Slovene Philanthropy
Website: www.filantropija.org

Spain

HelpAge International España
Website: www.helpage.es

Sweden

Pensionärernas Riksorganisation (PRO)
Website: www.pro.se

Switzerland

Kwa Wazee Switzerland
Website: www.kwawazee.ch

United Kingdom

Age International
Website: www.ageinternational.org.uk

Centre for Policy on Ageing
Website: www.cpa.org.uk

Latin America and the Caribbean

Dominica

Dominica Council on Ageing
Website: www.dcoainc.org

Dominican Republic

NTD Foundation
Website: fundacionntdingredientes.org

Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicanas Inc (SSID – The Dominican Church Social Service)
Website: ssid.org.do

Haiti

Haitian Society for the Blind (SHAA)
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/the-caribbean

Jamaica

St. Catherine Community Development Agency (SACDA)
Website: www.sacdaja.org

Belize

HelpAge Belize
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/central-america

Costa Rica

Asociación Gerontológica Costarricense (AGECO)
Website: ageco.org

Yamuni Tabush Foundation (FYT)
Website: www.yamunitabush.org

El Salvador

Asociación Alianza de Salvadoreños Retornados (ALSARE)
Website: Facebook

Cordes Foundation
Website: www.cordes.org.sv

Guatemala

CADENA CJG Guatemala ONG
Website: www.cadena.ngo

Argentina

Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA)
Website: www.amia.org.ar

Asociación Mutual de Protección Familiar (AMPF – Family Protection Mutual Association)
Website: www.ampf.org.ar

Argentinian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (ASGG)
Website: sagg.ar

CADENA
Website: www.cadena.ngo​

Fundación Instituto de la Salud, Medio Ambiente, Economía y Sociedad (ISALUD Foundation)
Website: www.isalud-edu.ar

Fundación Navarro Viola
Website: www.fnv.org.ar

Fundación Nuevo Hogar y Centro de ancianos para la comunidad judía (Hogar LeDor VaDor)
Website: hogarledorvador.org

Fundación SIDOM
Website: www.fundacionsidom.org

Fundación Red de Actividad Física para Adultos Mayores (RAFAM – Network of Physical for Older People)
Website: www.rafaminternacional.simplesite.com

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: www.ufsc.br

 Chile

Caritas Chile
Website: www.caritaschile.org

Centro Gerópolis – Universidad de Valparaíso
Website: geropolis.uv.cl

Colombia

Fundación Acción Familiar Alzheimer Colombia (AFACOL)
Website: www.alzheimercolombia.org

Asociación Cultural Casa del Niño (ACCN)
Website: www.asociacionccnino.com

Consejo Distrital de Sabios y Sabias
Website: www.helpage.org/global-network/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/south-america

ProVida Colombia
Website: www.providacolombia.org

Paraguay

Central Association of the Retired Public Official and Teachers of Paraguay (Asociación Central de Funcionarios Públicos y Docentes Jubilados)
Email: asodejubilados@gmail.com

Peru

Mesa de Trabajo de ONG’S y Afines sobre Personas Mayores – Mesa, Perú (Peru Coordinating Group for Older People)
Email: mesaperumayores@gmail.com

Pro Vida Peru 
Email: providaperu@infonegocios.net.pe

Uruguay

Uruguyan Association of Animators and Gerontological Assistants (AUDAAG)
Email: audaag@gmail.com

Venezuela

Convite Asociación Civil
Website: conviteac.org

North America

AARP
Email: member@aarp.org
Website: www.aarp.org

HelpAge USA
Email: info@helpageusa.org
Website: www.helpageusa.org

HelpAge Canada
Email: info@helpagecanada.ca
Website: www.helpagecanada.ca

AVU
Website: avu.mx

Centro Mexicano Alzheimer AC
Website: www.cmalzheimer.org.mx

Rhizome Center for Migrants
Website: rhizomecenter.org

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