HelpAge works for and with older people by : lobbying governments to achieve policy change , undertaking research programmes , and via community projects on the ground . The organisation focuses on issues that affect older people worldwide , such as disaster risk reduction and climate change , rights , health , social protection , HIV and AIDS , and work . HelpAge also works in emergency responses , such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines , and the Earthquake in Nepal . HelpAge also campaigns around and influences the Post-2015 Development Agenda . HelpAge 's main campaign , Age Demands Action , is a grassroots movement of older and younger activists across the world , who fight for a better and fairer world for older people . HelpAge is a part of other campaigning coalitions , most recently the Action/2015 campaign . Action/2015 All Ages has seen direct support from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and Bolivian Actress Erika Andia . Kenyan singer , Avril , together with John Katana ( Them Mushrooms ) , John Nzenze , Teddy Kalanda Harrison , Dar Mjomba , Judith Bwire , and the Afro-Simba Band , recorded Hoja Zetu especially for the campaign
Earthquake in Nepal
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
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