HelpAge India envisions a society where the elderly have the right to an active, healthy and dignified life. It works through 26 State Offices across India, running numerous programmes on-ground, addressing elder needs and advocating for their rights. It strives to achieve this by taking a comprehensive approach to our programmes and interventions, ensuring seamless interlinkages between them and a holistic system of care for elders. The organisation’s programmes are focussed on direct impact in the areas of: Advocacy & Awareness, Agecare, Healthcare, Livelihoods & Disaster Management, Research & Policy.
HelpAge India reaches approximately 2 million disadvantaged elderly directly and indirectly every year. It collaborates with multiple stakeholders, including the government, corporates, educational institutions and social sector organizations in advancing its mission. In 2020, it became the first and only Indian organisation to be honoured with the ‘UN Population Award’ for its exemplary work in the field of ageing.
It runs numerous programmes on-ground, addressing elder needs and advocating for their rights, such as their right to Universal Pension, quality Healthcare, action against elder abuse and many more at a national, state and societal level with Central and State governments. It advocates for elder friendly policies and their implementation thereof. It played a major contributing role towards the formation of the National Policy on Older Persons in 1999 as well as the the promulgation of The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.