A brief on Helpage India and its work

1. Of all the needy ones
you may wish to support,
here’s one group
that has nothing
on its side…
not health,
not money,
not even age

2. Elder Scenario and
HelpAge India’s contribution
• Today there are estimated 100 million
elders
– 55 million of them sleep hungry
– 30 million live alone
– 12 million are blind & cannot afford treatment
– 90 million need to work to be able to eat
• In 2030, the elder population is expected
to touch 200 million elders, the elder issue
deserves even more and urgent action.
• Today, HelpAge is able to reach out to 1.25
million needy elders just over 1% of the
100 million.

3. HelpAge India
• A not-for-profit organization
registered under the Societies'
Registration Act of 1860.
• Started from a rented two-room
office 35 years back, today
HelpAge is spread across 26
States with 90 project offices
• Through its various programmes
& services, HelpAge has moved
from only welfare to a welfare,
development and rights based
based organization.

4. Mobile Medical Units (MMU) – Flagship Programme
• Mobile medical Vans provide free doctor consultations, free
medicines and even home visits
• Over 1.7 million treatments through its 81 MMU vans covering
840 locations across India

5. • This programme has been recognized as Asia’s largest Mobile Medical
Programme for the elderly
• ONGC, BHEL, EIL, Asian Paints, BEL, NSIC are few of are major sponsors.
• Annual Project cost for running 81 MMUs is Rs 14 crores

6. Cataract Surgeries
These surgeries help
the affected elderly get
back to work & earn a
living once again,
freeing them from
financial dependency
on anyone, enabling
them to live a life of
dignity
• HelpAge India has funded over 30,000 cataract surgeries for the
needy elderly every year
• Annual Project cost for 30,000 eye surgeries is Rs 3.6 crores

7. Agecare/ Physiocare
Centres
• Infrastructure costs for starting
a physiotherapy centre is
Rs 2.5 lacs
Supports over 16,000 elders
in physiocare centres
across 22 States
Elderly are impacted by the
onset of arthritis and other
related disease. Physiotherapy
restores their ability to work
and therefore earn their living.

8. Health Camps
• For conducting 150 general
health camps, annual costs is
Rs 75 lacs
• For conducting 50 specialized
health camps, annual costs is
Rs 75 lacs
200 Health Camps are
organized every year in over
22 States covering
approximately 800 villages
Health camps focus on
preventive health care
especially in areas where there
is no access to basic healthcare

9. Cancer and Palliative Care
• HelpAge India
provides palliative
care to end stage
patients suffering
from Cancer.
• Minimum Rs 75,000
per patient is
required to support
for a 3 year period
Last year, over 7500 patients and their families
were provided help

10. Support A Gran
Enables over 30,000
destitute elderly to sustain
themselves with
regular supplies of food
rations, clothing and basic
healthcare
This program enables
these elders live with
dignity and independence

11. Old Age Homes/
Day Care Centres
Over 60 old age homes
supported across the country
every year
A roof over their heads is the critical,
need of the destitute, the sick and
the abandoned, the uprooted by
disasters and emergencies.

12. Disaster Relief and
Rehabilitation
• HelpAge has stepped in at
every major disaster,
delivering specialized relief
and rehabilitation measures.
• These range from floods in
Assam, Bihar, Odisha, UP,
Tsunami in Tamil Nadu to
earthquakes in Gujarat and
J&K and the recent
Uttarakhand Floods.

13. Livelihood Programmes
Income generation
schemes enable
otherwise needy elders
to set up self help
groups to avail micro
credit and start
commercial enterprises.
It helps them regain
their financial
independence
Over 3200 Elder Self Help Groups, covering more than
42,000 elders operate across India

14. Tamaraikulam Elders Village
(TEV)
• TEV is a unique rehabilitation
project situated on the Cuddalore-
Puducherry road, Tamil Nadu, built
by HelpAge-NDTV Viewers after the
Tsunami in 2004
• Elder victims of the Tsunami
devastation were given a safe place
to live in a model elder village
which provides health care,
professional care, livelihood
options and recreational facilities.
• The annual cost of supporting the
elder village is Rs 75 lacs

15. Advocacy
• HelpAge advocates for elder rights
through its various interventions.
• Raising public awareness,
interacting with media, legislators
and governments to espouse
elder cause is an essential and
continuous activity of HelpAge
India.
• Works with almost 1000 Senior
Citizen Associations across the
country

16. Working with Youth
• Student Action for Value Education (SAVE) aims to inculcate
care & respect for elderly through long standing programmes
with schools across the country.
• Currently working
with 10 lac
students across
India.
• Trying to include
Age Care Values in
School Curriculums

17. Working with Youth
• Help Unite Generations (HUG) initiative aims at involving
college students and young professional to engage with
elders and keep in regular touch with them, providing them
companionship in their lonely, later years.

18. Working with Government – for Elder-friendly
Policies and Laws
formulation of the
National Policy on Older
Persons and the
enhancement of the
Maintenance & Welfare
of the Parents and
Senior Citizens Act
(2007)
• Sensitizing legislators and governments in States and Centre has
resulted in HelpAge India contributing significantly to the

19. AdvantAge Card Programme for Active Ageing
• It helps card holders to
stretch household
budgets, especially of
those elder citizens
living on limited/ fixed
incomes.
• Currently it has over
1.3 lakh members in
over 200 towns & cities
across India
• This Benefit Card Programme encourages elder to be physically
active as the discount card requires their visiting to the retail
outlets themselves.

20. AdvantAge Centres
• Each center can be
supported by a one-time
capital expenditure of
Rs 3.5 lacs
• Urban elders face loneliness and isolation.
• AdvantAge Centres provide like-minded elders with the space to
come together and means to engage in socially useful productive
work.
Outcome: elders perceive
themselves as useful
contributors to society,
regain self confidence,
live happy, healthy lives.

21. We are able to achieve this because of the support of
corporates who become the agents of social change.
To name some of our donors:
Asian Paints Ltd, BHEL, DMRC, GAIL, Hi-tech Arai Pvt. Ltd, NMDC Ltd,
NSIC Technical Service Centre, OCL India Ltd, Parrys Sugar Industries Ltd,
RITES Ltd, Sai Engineering Foundation, State Bank of India, Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd, Titagarh Wagons Ltd, United Way of Mumbai

22. Support the elder
cause today.
The old cannot wait
for tomorrow.
The Government of India has
recognised HelpAge India’s work
by according donations made to it
eligible for tax exemptions.
For more information
email to
sino.antony@helpageindia.org