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HelpAge India runs and supports the following Service Projects:
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Ophthalmic Care: HelpAge India conducts screening camps all over the country to detect eye diseases and subsequently organizes surgery where required with help from reputed eye hospitals. |
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Mobile Medicare Units: Mobile Medicare Units: 55 HelpAge India Mobile Medicare Units criss-cross the country in an effort to provide healthcare at the doorsteps of needy older persons in rural areas and urban slums
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Income Generation Schemes: Aiming at empowering the aged, HelpAge India has implemented income generation schemes that help the elderly earn their livelihood and be independent. |
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Day Care Centres: HelpAge India has supported 135 day care centres across the country. |
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Adopt-A-Gran: Under this unique project, HelpAge India links sponsors to destitute older people who have no form of support. Approximately 17,000 older persons have been adopted under this scheme.
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Homes for the Aged: For those who have fallen through the family net, HelpAge India-supported old age homes are safe havens. >>
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Disaster Mitigation: The super cyclone in Orissa, the earthquake in Bhuj, the war in Kargil, the devastating Tsunami, or the killer earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir – wherever there is a disaster, HelpAge is prompt in providing relief and rehabilitation, making sure that the elderly do not get overlooked.>>
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Advocacy: Acting as the voice of the aged, HelpAge India constantly lobbies with governments and pressure groups to bring about policies benefiting older persons.>>
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Cancer care: One of HelpAge’s focus areas, the organization provides support for early detection, provides infrastructure to hospitals>>
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Alzheimer’s disease: HelpAge has started a campaign for caregivers of Alzheimer’s victims, in the form of educational programmes, support groups for care givers and counseling>> |
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You can receive regular updates information about HelpAge’s activities by subscribing to our e-newsletter. For more information on HelpAge publications, please contact HelpAge India at the following address…
Address:
Communications & Publications Deptt. HelpAge India
C-14, Qutab Institutional Area,
New Delhi 110016
Tel.No.: +91-11-41688955-56, 26868689
Fax: 91-11-26852916
Email: headoffice@helpageindia.org
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