HelpAge Canada

Objet publié

With DFATD’s support, HelpAge is implementing an integrated support package, which includes psychosocial support, protection, hygiene kits, multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA), legal aid, winterisation non-food items (NFIs), to meet the needs of 11,158 older people, caregivers, stakeholders (including 7,811 female and 3,347 male), in Dnipro, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv. HelpAge will suspend its operations in the Donetsk region starting in 2026 - 2027. Project activities include: (1) revising response program activities, outcomes, and monitoring frameworks, to address and monitor specific age and gender-related needs where relevant; (2) providing basic psychosocial support, assistive products, and training on fitting and maintaining devices with older persons and caregivers. Also offering legal, psychological, and social services to at-risk older people; (3) distributing MPCA, winterization non-food items such as winter clothes and blankets, and hygiene kits that include diapers and urological pads, to most at-risk older people. These include those with and without disabilities; and (4) organizing awareness raising workshops and seminars for humanitarian actors on age and disability inclusion.