Features

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• East Africa Crisis: Hunger as livestock lost to drought and cattle raiders
• Ukraine Crisis: I had to leave my home and family
• First steps towards a Commonwealth for people of all ages
• East Africa crisis: Droughts putting an end to traditional lifestyle
• Ukraine conflict: We're taken care of, but I miss home
• Rahima's story - surviving COVID-19 and a difficult winter in Afghanistan
• Ukraine conflict: Younger people ran from the shelling – we couldn’t
• East Africa Crisis: Four young mouths to feed and no food
• ‘The worst feeling is needing to eat but having no money for food’
• Forced to migrate in search of food
• Ukraine conflict: Ekaterina's story
• Ukraine conflict: We spent months in an underground shelter
• Ukraine conflict: We thought we were the lucky ones
• Ukraine conflict: We fled but must go back
• Ukraine conflict: I fled with my entire family
• Qabale's story - drought has killed my livestock and my way of life
• Ukraine conflict: Leaving with only a bag
• Ukraine conflict: A carer, a civilian and a volunteer
• Ukraine conflict: Volunteer visits give me hope
• Ukraine conflict: Staying behind
• Ukraine conflict: The volunteer staying behind
• Ukraine conflict: Galina's story
• Ukraine conflict: Viktoria's story
• Ukraine Conflict: Lyudmila's story
• Fighting fear of the coronavirus vaccine
• In their own words: What our COVID response in India meant to older people
• Ukraine conflict: arriving to safety in Moldova
• Flooding in South Sudan – Nyataba’s story
• Ukraine conflict: receiving refugees in Moldova
• Ukraine conflict: an update from our colleague
• Ukraine conflict: Olga's story
• Ukraine conflict: Lydia's story
• Staff interview - How our Coronavirus Appeal for India helped thousands of older people
• What is life like for older people living in crisis in Afghanistan?
• Staff interview - adapting to the pandemic
• Five things you can do to help older people across the world in 2022
• "People are suffering" - a report from our colleague in Afghanistan
• Why do older people in Afghanistan need my support? Where will my money go? And other questions.
• Improved access to healthcare for older people in rural Mozambique
• Restoring eyesight in Ethiopia: Elemtu’s story
• Helping older refugees gain independence – Gura’s story
• Helping Mohammad to dream of a better life in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
• Finding independence through livelihood
• Connection through technology
• In their own words: "Being aged is my advantage"
• A first-hand account of India's second wave of COVID
• Injured and alone in the world’s largest refugee camp – Ali’s story
• Supporting older people during the second wave of COVID in India
• In pictures: Better healthcare for older people in rural Tanzania
• At the front of COVID-19 fight in India
• Caring for older refugees in Ethiopia through COVID-19
• In their own words: Life as an older refugee in Ethiopia
• Supporting older people in India during coronavirus
• Helping vulnerable older people get vaccinated before India's deadly second wave
• India’s volunteer COVID heroes
• Blind and coping with the coronavirus pandemic in South Sudan
• Caring for older refugees in Ethiopia through COVID-19
• In their own words: Zaina and Bibi's stories
• In their own words: How 99-year-old Jane regained her independence
• Alemtsehay's journey to became a home care volunteer
• Challenging the misconceptions about coronavirus - Abu Fawaz's story
• Photo series: Reaching older people in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, part 3
• Photo series: Reaching older people in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, part 2
• Supporting mental health in Syrian refugee camps: Ahmed's story
• A photo series: reaching older people in Cox's Bazar refugee camp
• The loneliness of COVID-19 – Maria’s story
• Preventing coronavirus in Syrian refugee camps: Mrs Um Abdullah
• Learning how to stay safe from coronavirus: Abu Muhammad's story
• The impact of COVID in a South Sudan camp – Teresa’s story
• In their own words: Why Angelina in South Sudan went thirsty due to coronavirus
• The life changing impact of cataract surgery in Ethiopia
• Mythbusting with Age International
• Empowering older Burundian refugees with health information
• "I feel weaker and there wasn't enough food for all of us."
• "I woke up in a refugee camp in the middle of coronavirus"
• Five years as a refugee and still not safe to go home
• Surviving disaster at 90-years-old: Joao’s story
• Supporting older people through community self help groups
• Rebuilding after Cyclone Idai: Jose’s story
• Life during the pandemic in an IDP camp – Mary’s story
• In their own words: The sexual assault victims of COVID-19
• On the frontline: Duncan Odhiambo
• In their own words: A lifeline for older people affected by conflict
• In their own words: Life after the Beirut explosion
• In their own words: Conflict and coronavirus in Ukraine
• A firsthand account: Being a frontline healthworker in Syria during COVID-19
• Beirut explosion: Hayat and Amal's stories
• A firsthand account: Responding to the Beirut blast
• Beirut explosion: Laila and Jamal’s stories
• In their own words: Kamal and Georges talk about life after the Beirut blast
• How COVID-19 has trapped Abu Khaled at home in Gaza
• Living without clean water or healthcare in the COVID-19 era
• Turkey Syria 6 months
• A firsthand account: Facing the virus in a refugee site with no medical staff
• A firsthand account: Living alone during coronavirus
• Living in lockdown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• A firsthand account: Supporting older people during COVID-19 in Kyrgyzstan
• In their own words: How hunger puts older people at risk of COVID-19 in South Sudan
• In their own words: Supporting older people through the pandemic in Indonesia
• A firsthand account: Facing the pandemic in South Sudan’s refugee camps
• A firsthand account: Supporting older people in the DRC during COVID-19
• In their own words: Surviving lockdown in Syria’s refugee camps
• In their own words: Surviving the lockdown in Bangladesh
• In their own words: Facing COVID-19 after fleeing war
• Surviving the coronavirus lockdown in Gaza: Two stories
• A firsthand account: Social distancing in Tanzania
• Fighting loneliness and COVID-19 in Vietnam
• In pictures: prevention is key to mitigating the deadly impact of coronavirus in Cox's Bazar
• A firsthand account: the battle against coronavirus in India
• In pictures: supporting older people during the coronavirus crisis in Indonesia
• In pictures: supporting older people during the coronavirus crisis in Syria
• Rebuilding lives and regaining hope
• How an older refugee returned to dance
• In pictures: a space for older Rohingya refugees
• Getting a picture of older women’s work
• Rewrite the story
• Bringing hope back
• Against all odds
• The impossible choices a grandmother makes in Yemen
• Older women lead the way