HelpAge International and Coalition of Services of the Elderly, Inc. (HelpAge-COSE) Typhoon Yolanda Response Programme recognise the vulnerability and capacity of older people in disasters. HelpAge-COSE's community-based disaster risk reduction and management activities included and trained older people [...]
The Typhoon Haiyan response, delivered by the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE) and HelpAge International, sets a high standard for partnerships for humanitarian response to disasters. It provided a solution to the current situation and prepares communities for future [...]
In the Philippines we have teamed up with the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE) to provide healthcare to older people who survived Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in November 2013. Language: English Published: HelpAge International and [...]
FOUR indigent senior citizens who lost their houses in Medellin, Cebu during typhoon Yolanda now have new homes. Fifty-four more senior citizens who became homeless because of Yolanda will soon have new dwellings, thanks to HelpAge-Cose, a coalition of [...]
January 2015 - Australia The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Volume 30 Issue 1, 2015 reported the role of older people as a key to success in rebuilding Haiyan-affected communities. The story is based on the report entitled Typhoon Haiyan one year [...]
Eleazar, 61, has 5 children and 4 grandchildren. His youngest daughter Eleabe, 9, has had a visual impairment since birth. He’s taken care of Eleabe since his wife died in 2008. Two of his children live with him [...]
Pelagia is a strong, vibrant person and still enjoys gardening at the age of 86. Her optimism and cheerfulness radiates on her face. She is absolutely content with her life no matter how simple it may seem. She [...]
This report marks the one-year anniversary of the typhoon that the Philippines on 8 November 2013. It details our joint work with our local partner COSE to support older people to recover from the disaster. Language: English Published: HelpAge [...]
Bonifacio Gonzaga is 65 years old, lives by himself in a small hut and has never married. He has been completely blind since he was 18 months old. His house is on a small piece of land which [...]
Romeo, 62, is married to Josefina, 64, who had recently survived a stroke in January 2014. He is father to two children: Roldan 28 and Rominick 24 who live together in the same house. “I was earning an [...]
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