 Relevant Facts

 HelpAge India Introduction

 Core Values
 HelpAge India’s Projects
 Nicholas Piramal
 Areas of partnership & interest
 Our Support
 Contact Details
 India has 90 million (current estimate) grey
population
 33% of the old live below the poverty line
 90% are from the unorganized sector with no
social security
 And 73% of them are illiterate & dependent on
physical labour
 HelpAge India touches 15 lakh elders per year
through our services
 HelpAge India is the leading advocate for
Older People’s rights
 We help the elders live with dignity,
independence & self-fulfilment
 We are a secular, not-for-profit
organization registered under the Societies'
Registration Act of 1860
 “HelpAge India's mission
is to work for the cause
and care of disadvantaged
older persons and to
improve their quality of
life”
The aims & objectives of HelpAge India
are: 
 To foster the welfare of the aged in India

especially the needy aged  

 To raise the resources for projects which

assist the elderly irrespective of cast or

creed  
 To create in the younger generation and

in society an awareness about the

problems of the elderly in India today
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln

Age does not protect you from love, but love to some extent protects you from age.
- Jeanne Moreau

Donors don't give to institutions. They invest in ideas and people in whom they
believe.
- G.T. Smith

You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.
- Winston Churchill
  Help Age's Chief
Executive represents the organisation on the National Planning Commission
Elder Abuse

Ending Isolation

Fighting Crime

Parents Maintenance

Bill
Budget Allocation
 Help Age reaches out in :

 Emotional security
 Health
 Disaster Management
 Financial
 Livelihood support:
 Income Generation and Micro-Credit
Schemes
 Help elders regain their status
 HelpAge India has helped 114 projects
having this objective enabling the cause
 Old age homes/Day care centres:
 HelpAge has provided support to 253
Old Age Homes and 135 Day Care
Centres
 In addition, 97 health-related and 93
health infrastructure projects have
been supported
 Rising trend is being noticed among
the urban elderly-Catering to their
needs
 HelpAge India conducts special
projects for the benefit of
Cancer/ Alzheimer affected
patients and also supports the
campaigns working for it.
 Mobile healthcare:
 Launched in 1982
 Clinics with Specialist doctor, pharmacist
and social worker
 Free Treatment
 More than 10 lakh people benefitted in 2008
 Restoration of vision:
 85% of the 12 million visually
impaired in India can be cured by
a simple operation that costs
about Rs. 1000 and takes only 15
minutes to perform
 HelpAge India facilitates 15,000-
30,000 free cataract operations
every year
 Sponsor-a-grandparent:
 HelpAge India is widely acclaimed for the
concept, this programme comes as a ray of
hope for many elders with no family,
financial or social support
 Nearly 17,000 people have been adopted
under this project
 HelpAge India partners with more then 200
rural and urban based NGOs in 23 states of
the country
 Core Value-Bhakti yoga-the
principle of care and compassion
 Some initiatives like “E-
Swasthya” & “helpyourbody”
 Hospital
 Rural outreach
 Education
 Health insurance for the elderly
 Diabetes and Oncological Campaigns
 Rural Benefits
 Cataract operations partnership-
Rajasthan
 Disaster Management
 Micro-credit and Education
 Resources generated for projects
 Gifting of HelpAge merchandising products (cards and
gift items like flowers, sweets, accessories)
 Donation of money to HelpAge India through Cheques/
Demand Drafts/ Cash
 Online donation through credit cards/ Net Banking
 All the financial transactions are audited every year by:
Vishwanath, Singh & Associates, Chartered
Accountants, New Delhi
Flowers Scientific Calculator

Sweets
Dry Fruits
Ladies’ Purse
 Our website space offerings
 Campaigns indicating confluence
with HelpAge India
 Advertising
 Media Offerings
 Income Tax benefits
HEAD OFFICE:
C-14 Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi – 110016
Ph: 011 41688955-56
E-mail: headoffice@helpageindia.org
NATIONAL OFFICES
Chennai, Kolkata
 33 offices across India. Details

available on website:
www.helpageindia.org