AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HELPAGE INDIA INC
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Mission Statement
American Friends of HelpAge India (AFHI) is the US affiliate for HelpAge India and seeks to enable disadvantaged elders live happy, healthy, active and dignified lives. HelpAge India has been operating for over 45 years and works in 26 states of India, across 175 districts, and serves over 2400 villages, thus reaching the most vulnerable and needy elderly in some of the most remote parts of India.
About This Cause
American Friends of HelpAge India (AFHI) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States to advance the cause and care of disadvantaged elders. Our primary partner in India is HelpAge India which has been serving the needs of India's disadvantaged elders for over 43 years. From the donations collected in the United States, AFHI sends grants to HelpAge India periodically to be deployed for programs on the ground across various states in India and for different interventions such as healthcare access, livelihoods, disaster relief, Covid relief etc. HelpAge India is a secular, not-for-profit organization in India, registered under the Societies’ Registration Act of 1860. Set up in 1978, the organization works for ‘the cause and care of disadvantaged older persons to improve their quality of life’ HelpAge envisions a society where elderly have the right to an active, healthy and dignified life. It recently became the first and only Indian organization to be honoured with the ‘UN Population Award 2020’ for its exemplary work in the field of ageing, relief efforts work during the Covid 19 pandemic and recognition of the organization’s outstanding contribution to population issues and efforts in the realization of older persons rights in India. Currently there are a projected 138 million elderly in India. HelpAge India voices their concerns, so they can lead secure & dignified lives. The organization’s programs are focused on direct interventions in the areas of Healthcare (mobile healthcare units, cataract surgeries), Agecare (helplines, senior citizen care homes and day care centres, physiotherapy), Livelihoods (elder-self-help groups; linkages with government schemes), Disaster Response (e.g. covid19 relief response), as well as Advocacy and Awareness on rights and policies relating to elders.