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Protecting a Dignified Way Of Life
We work to ensure that more older people have improved dignity, income security and resilience through improved social protection in old age, greater social accountability and stronger inter-linkages between relevant policy sectors. Our program put more emphasis on three pillars: Gender, Learning, and Cash Transfer.
Our interventions seek to address the barriers affecting older people which who are amongst the poorest and most marginalized in Tanzania including lack of awareness on rights /entitlements, Ageing not effectively mainstreamed in key policies, Social Protection not being explicitly gender responsive, Specific and multiple barriers to older women in control/ownership of assets and resources, Limited public engagement/awareness on ageing issues, Weak social accountability mechanism, Lack of inclusion of older women and men, Gaps in policy frameworks and reduction of space of civil society to engage with/hold duty bearers to account.
Our Stratergy
We have contributed immensely to pushing ageing agenda and ensuring realization of human rights, dignity and respect among older men and women in Tanzania. HelpAge has supported and reinforced the formulation of
Provision of effectively designed and delivered social protection programmes (including cash transfers) responsive to the specific needs of OPs, including the most marginalised.
At individual and community level, individuals and groups of all ages are informed & mobilised to better support the realisation of OPs rights and entitlements.
Coordinated advocacy plans (including media, research, technical support to governments, civil society networks) to support a robust legal and policy framework advancing the rights of older people to more dignified, secure and resilient lives (focus on social and health protection).
Learning on best practices, innovations and impact is shared with the wider HelpAge network and disseminated widely across the sector at global level; programme-based learning to review ToC and inform programme adaptation.
Our Acheivements
HelpAge Tanzania has contributed immensely to pushing ageing agenda and ensuring realization of human rights, dignity and respect among older men and women in Tanzania. HelpAge has supported and reinforced the formulation of older people’s structures across the country that has created a platform where older people can discuss and deliberate on their issues.
Influenced enactment of Zanzibar Elderly Affairs Act.
Supported the development of Zanzibar Universal pension Management Information System (MIS)
Influenced increased inclusion of older people in TASAF cash transfer program benefiting 574,608 OP – 316,034 older women.
Increased Zanzibar Universal Pension (ZUP) value from the current TZS 20,000 to TZS 50,000 which is 150% benefiting at least 28,513 older people where 16,614 older women.
Influenced development of Social Protection Policy which is inclusive of Universal Pension for older people in Tanzania Mainland.
At least 120,000 older people (56% women) accessing financial institutions and local council’s top-up funds to engage in small income generation activities.
Older people having high levels of confidence in dealing with financial service providers.
More older men and women have increased access to digital literacy including ability to own a mobile phone.
increased number of governments, MPs and CSOs championing and mainstreaming older people issues in plans and budgets.
National social protection policies, public governance systems and structures at all levels being more responsive and accountable to older women and men's income security needs and rights.
Where we Work
