Posts Tagged ‘Ukraine’
100 Days on: Millions of older people neglected in Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis
HelpAge Canada warns that more must be done to prioritize the particular challenges and needs of millions of older people caught in Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis. People over the age of 65 are being overlooked in the humanitarian response, despite making up a quarter of the country’s population. A new survey from HelpAge International offers an…
Read MoreOlder people on the edge of survival in eastern Ukraine
For immediate release Older people living in sub-zero conditions and heavily shelled areas of Eastern Ukraine desperately need food, clean drinking water and medication, according to a survey released today. The survey taken by HelpAge International staff and volunteers offers a glimpse of the conditions older people in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk…
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