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HelpAge Canada

@HelpAgeCanada

Improve the quality of life of older persons, support their independence and inclusion, and provide services and programs in support of that.

 Ottawa, Canada
helpagecanada.ca/
Joined June 2012
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October 1 is celebrated as International Day of Older Persons by the United Nations. Let's celebrate the contributions made by our seniors!
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Old and Forgotten: The Crisis of Africa’s Elderly bit.ly/OutOCf
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Great to see older women accused of witchcraft included in new report on witch camps in #Ghana by @ActionAidUK ht.ly/dl7MG
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HelpAge is helping flood victims in the Philippines: helpage.org/newsroom/latest-…
Great story! Canada’s greatest tennis player is an 82-year-old globetrotter who lives in his car nationalpost.com/m/news/blog…
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Huff/Post50@huffpost5030 Aug 2012
The 9 Nanas -- and the business they kept secret for 30 years -- is still inspiring! huff.to/NiU4ZJ
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"some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90... Time is a concept that humans created"
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Aid Haiti@AidHaiti23 Aug 2012
#haiti #yele Vulnerable Haiti gets hurricane warning: Not yet a hurricane, Tropical Storm Isaac has already deli... tinyurl.com/9pl2pbc
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The New York Times
@nytimes23 Aug 2012
An Inuit Village, Too Remote for Cars, Gets Street View nyti.ms/REIIqL
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UNICEF USA
@UNICEFUSA17 Aug 2012
"A person's a person, no matter how small." - Dr. Seuss
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Elderly people are being robbed by family to feed their drug habits and falling victim to abuse by loan sharks #abuse globalaging.org/elderrights/…
Elderly abuse needs to stop. An Georgian woman thought she was helping her grandson when she sent money to a con artist.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video…
Susan's last visit to India. Susan is a HelpAge volunteer and will travelling to India this fall to visit our Grans.
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Health status of poor deteriorating, poll shows soc.li/Qw8i6sH #healthcare #poverty #homelessness
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UNICEF Canada
@UNICEFCanada9 Aug 2012
Happy International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! Here in Canada, Nunavut has something to celebrate: unicef.ca/en/blog/celebratin…

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Congratulations to our #Canadian Women's Soccer team for winning bronze at the #Olympics! Great job ladies!
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Executive Director Jacques Bertrand has departed from Bunia, #DRC. He spoke with the courageous women of SOFEPADI.
For 27$ per month, Canadians are supporting 1031 grans in 8 countries through our Adopt-a-Gran program #help #info
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17 quotes that #inspire us to change the world by @Oprah_Flipboard oprah.com/spirit/Quotes-Abou…
To make any kind of progess, we need to imagine a different reality and believe it's possible - Tali Sharot #inspire
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