Age International
Published on 11 January 2018 11:41 AM
In the UK, we are of course concerned about older people on low incomes, but did you know only 1 in 4 older people in poorer countries get a pension?
Age International is a subsidiary charity of Age UK, the UK member of the HelpAge Global network and a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee. Over the last year, they have helped older people in Myanmar, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe among others. Thanks to their support, 517,000 older people in 21 countries have benefited from health and care projects. This included Age International's partner HelpAge Tanzania working with the Government to introduce East Africa's first ever social pension. This means anyone over 70 is entitled to a pension of 20,000 Tanzanian shillings (£7.30) a month.