INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE - JAPAN

The Secretary General
1-12-1, Takaido-nishi
Suginami-ku
Tokyo 168-8510
Japan
Tel: (81-3) 59411031
Fax (81-3) 59411032
E-mail ilc-japan@geocities.co.jp, icljapan@mba.sphere.ne.jp

JAPAN AGEING RESEARCH CENTRE (JARC)

The Director
Diamond Plaza Bldg.
25 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102
Japan
Tel: (81-3) 32652343
Fax (81-3) 32216744

JAPANESE COUNCIL OF SOCIAL WELFARE

The Director
International Division
(Japanese National Committee, ICSW)
4F Shin-kasumigaseki Building
3-3-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100
Japan
Tel: (81-3) 35921390
Fax (81-3) 35817854
E-mail icsw@po.ptopnet.or.jp

Date of establishment 12 January 1951

Brief history

The Council was developed from the Central Charitable Foundation. In cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, it promotes the activities of local Social Welfare Councils and strives to promote social welfare in Japan.

Goals/objectives

To welfare-related issues and to develop and engage in various welfare activities with the involvement
of social welfare entities, volunteers and others

Affiliation/membership International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW)

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Community-based services
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Research
• Information/communication activities

Publications/newsletters Monthly Welfare; Fureai Care; Various books and magazines on relevant issues

JAPANESE ORGANIZATION FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN FAMILY PLANNING (JOICFP)

The President
International Programme Division
Hoken Kaikan Shinkan Building
1-10 Ichigaya, Tamachi Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 162
Japan
Tel: (81-3) 32685875
Fax (81-3) 32357090

Goals/objectives

• To promote an ‘‘Integrated Family Planning Project’’ through enhancing full and active participation of people at the grassroots level in developing countries
• To play an advocacy role to increase awareness of issues in this field

Subject areas of ageing

- Policy development and capacity building on ageing through regional networking

Main functions

• Information/communication activities (distribution of information through publications)
• Advocacy (policy development and capacity- building through Asian regional networking)
• Funding for project activities, US$ 17,600 annually (financial support from UNFPA)
• A video will be produced in 1997 to raise awareness of the International Year of Older Persons (1999)

Publications/newsletters

Ageing – An Update; JOICFP News; Seminar on Population Ageing (19-28 October, 1994) - Summary Report; Women in an Ageing Society (14-17 March, 1994); Seminar on Population Ageing (5-16 July, 1993) - Summary Report; Population Ageing in Asia

Asian countries such as China, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia (advocacy of national policy on ageing)

JAPAN NGO NETWORK ON AGEING

The Chairperson
Koushin Building 204
2-24-12, Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 169-0073
Japan
Tel: (81-3) 33624542
Fax (81-3) 33624543
Email jin@crown-ts-jp

Brief history

On 1 October 1998, about 50 Japanese organizations working on issues relating to older persons organized the Japan NGO Network for International Year of Older Persons (IYOP 1999) to promote nationwide activities for the Year, such as the diffusion and realization of the “United Nations Principles of Older Persons” on the basis of peace, welfare and human rights. With the intent to sustain activities relating to older persons, the Network has continued and now been renamed as “Japan NGO Network on Ageing”.

Goals/objectives

• To elaborate long-term strategies on ageing
• To promote interchange and cooperation with other Asian NGO organizations on ageing
• To continually work for the realization of the “United Nations Principles of Older Persons”

Publications/newsletters Older Persons in Japan Now

All countries in Asia

JAPAN WORKERS’ COOPERATIVE UNION (JIGYODAN or JWCU)

Tokyo Rodokaikan
2-33-10 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku
Tokyo 170-0005
Japan
Tel: (81-3) 59782190
Fax (81-3) 59782192
Web site http://www.roukyou.gr.jp

Date of establishment 1971

Size In 2000, there were 42 member cooperatives comprising of 9,000 worker members and 25,000 Elderly Persons’ Cooperatives (EPCs) members

Goals/objectives

• To create a society which respects workers, and to contribute to the development of the national economy and the stabilization of the lives of the people
• To promote more active and healthy ageing in Japan by creating and promoting Elderly Persons’ Cooperatives which are based on three key issues – work, welfare and quality of life

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Housing and environment
• Health and nutrition
• Volunteering
• Social welfare
• Community-based services
• Membership organization
• Political lobbying

Main functions

• Training
• Organization of cooperatives for older persons
• Assistance to or care of older persons
• Job creation
• Advocacy (political lobbying)
• Funding for project activities

Publications/newsletters Report 2001 New Era for Job Creation

KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAO
The Director
Rua Coelho Amaral
Hospital ‘Kiang Wu’
Macao, China
Tel: (853) 2956202
Fax (853) 365244
Email van@kwne.edu.mo

KOREA ASSOCIATION OF SENIOR CITIZENS’ WELFARE INSTITUTIONS (KASCWI)
The Chairperson
Room 1359, Samchang Plaza Building
173 Dohwa-Dong, Mapo-Ku
Seoul 121-745
Republic of Korea
Tel: (82-2) 7194666, 7129763
Fax (82-2) 7049932
Date of establishment 22 March 1954

Goals/objectives

• To provide better service, through research for the welfare of senior citizens in 155 institutions throughout the Republic of Korea
• National and international coordination, sponsorship and funding of programmes

Affiliation/membership International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research by visiting institutions at home and abroad
• Information/communication activities (holding seminars and information exchange)
• Advocacy of respect and service for older persons

Publications/newsletters Welfare Institutions for Senior Citizens (biannual)

Countries in South-East Asia and West Pacific (information exchange)


THE KOREAN INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICE CENTRE ON AGEING (KISCA)

Ms. Hyekyung Suh, Executive Director
907-13, Daechi-dong,
Seoul 135-280
Republic of Korea
Tel: (82-2) 34539333
Fax (82-2) 34536618
E-mail noinshk@hanmail.net, suhhk@hallym.ac.kr

Goals/objectives

• To provide the best quality of service and performance in assisting older persons and their families
• To gather information on issues such as health, employment, welfare services, family, death and legal concerns of older persons
• To offer professional counselling services for older adults and their families

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research: (1) analysis of counselling cases; (2) case studies for volunteers; (3) a directory of Korean NGOs for older people; and (4) establishment of an image information system for older persons
• Information/communication activities (health, employment, welfare services, family relationship, death and legal concerns of older persons)
• Advocacy
• Funding for project activities, US$ 353,000 annually

Publications/newsletters Silver Line (quarterly magazine); Analysis of Counseling Cases I. II. III (1995, 1996, 1997); Case studies for volunteers (1996); Directory of Korean NGOs for elderly people (1997)

KOREAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY

The Director
Central P.O. Box 8825
Seoul
Republic of Korea
Tel: (82-2) 7149000, 7145345
Fax (82-2) 7116865

Goals/objectives

• To survey life conditions of older people
• To advocate policies on older persons’ welfare policy
• To host a conference on older persons’ concerns
• To undertake academic interchange with international and national institutes

Affiliation/membership

• Gerontological Society of America
• Korea Gerontological Society

Subject areas of ageing- Social welfare

Main functions

• Research (actual life conditions of older persons)
• Information/communication activities

Publications/newsletters Journal of Elderly Welfare Policy (quarterly); The Handbook on Retirement Living Facilities; Elderly Welfare in Europe

United States of America and Japan (older persons welfare policy)

KOREAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN (KNCW)

40-427, 3Ka Hankang-ro
Yongsan-Ku
Seoul 140-013
Republic of Korea
Tel: (82-2) 7944560
Fax (82-2) 7964995
E-mail kncw@soback.kornet.nm.kr

Goals/objectives

• To enhance cooperation among women’s organizations in the Republic of Korea
• To enhance women’s participation in the building of an advanced welfare society, and to register the organized voices of women in the governmental and societal processes

Size Current membership includes 43 organizations.

Affiliation/membership International Council of Women (ICW)

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Training
• Research
• Funding for project activities, US$ 930,250 annually

Publications/newsletters Yo Sung (Voices of Women – monthly); Korean Women (annually)

KOREA NATIONAL COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WELFARE (KNCSW)

The President
704 Sam Chang Building 173 Dowha-Dong
Mapo-gu, Seoul 121040
South Korea
Tel: (82-2) 7134884-86
Fax (82-2) 7195643
E-mail kncsw@unitel.co.kr
Web site http://www.kncsw.or.kr

LADIES CHARITABLE SOCIETY (LCS)

The Chairperson
No. 1 Setareh St.
Bagh Ferdous, Vali Asr Ave.
Tehran 19617
Islamic Republic of Iran
Tel: (98-21) 2712006, 2715628
Fax (98-21) 2701832
E-mail lcs-ngo@kahrizaklcs.org
Web site http://www.kahrizak.org

Brief history

LCS is a strong arm of Kahrizak Home for the Disabled and Elderly (KHDE). With about 2,000 members in the Islamic Republic of Iran and overseas, it consists of professional and non-professional women of all ages and status who provide their services on a completely voluntary basis according to their abilities and the needs of the institution they arise. LCS is a non-governmental, people-supported charitable society with no membership restrictions. The basic requirements are dedication, love and care.

Goals/objectives

To provide health and medical services, run daily literacy and other educational classes and render more than 50 per cent of the nursing services needed

Subject areas of ageing-

• Health and nutrition
• Volunteering
• Social welfare
• Community-based services

Main functions

• Health and medical services
• Training and education
• Communication and publicity

THE LAO WOMEN’S UNION (LWU)

The Vice President
P.O. Box 59
Vientiane
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Tel: (856-21) 214303 / 06
Fax (856-21) 214306

Goals/objectives

• To protect the rights and legal benefits of Lao women of all ethnic groups and in all social strata
• To be the national organization committed to the promotion of the role, status, and the advancement of women and of women’s equal rights in all spheres of life

Affiliation/membership The International Democratic Women’s Federation

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons (women)
• Training
• Information/Communication activities (IEC)
• Advocacy of women’s rights and legal benefits

Publications/newsletters Meying Lao Newspaper (Lao women’s newspaper)

Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, and HelpAge International (sharing of experiences to promote policies and other organization on ageing- care of older people)

THE MACAU HOLY HOUSE OF MERCY

Santa Casa de Misericordia de Macau
Edificio de Sede da Santa Casa
Travessa da Misericordia, No. 2, lo-andar
Macao, China
Tel: (853) 313418
Fax (853) 975198

Goals/objectives

To provide pensions and residential care services for older persons and disabled people, thus contributing to fostering a better life in society

Affiliation/membership

• Santa Casa de Misericordia – Portugal
• Fundacao Belchior Carneiro – Portugal

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Funding for project activities
• The completion in 1997 of a new hostel with 110 beds for older persons

Portugal and China, including Hong Kong, China



MCKEAN REHABILITATION CENTRE

The Director
P.O. Box 53
Chiang Mai, 50000
Thailand
Tel: (66-53) 817170, 817171
Fax (66-53) 282495
E-mail mckeanrc@chmai.loxinfo.co.th

Goals/objectives

• To provide comprehensive extended rehabilitation services to disabled persons to enable them to achieve their full potential
• To provide a home environment where older disabled people may live with dignity while receiving appropriate support

Affiliation/membership

• HelpAge International
• Council of Social Welfare of Thailand
• Foundation of Churches of Christ in Thailand

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition

Main functions Assistance to, or care of, older persons

Publications/newsletters

• Annual report
• Biannual newsletters

Japan, Taiwan Province of China, and the Republic of Korea (retirement housing or accommodation programmes)


MEALS ON WHEELS, GUILD OF SERVICE

Ms Saras Gopalakrishnan
Meals on Wheels
29 Casamajor Road
Madras, 600008
India
Tel: (91-44) 8240260

Goals/objectives

To provide need-based support to destitute older people with an emphasis on sponsorship, nutrition, eye care, foster care arrangement, counselling, and medical referral work

Affiliation/membership Association for Homes of the Aged

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Health and nutrition
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Assistance to, or care, of older persons
• Advocacy
• Funding for project activities, US$ 13,333 annually

South-East Asian countries, United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia (research and newsletters)


MISSION ARMENIA

The President
22, Yeghbairoutian, Ap. 68
Yerevan 375039
Armenia
Tel: (374-1) 427608
Fax (374-1) 427658
E-mail ripsik@arminco.com , mission@arminco.com
Web site http://www.mission.am

MISSION ARMENIA CHARITY UNION (MACU)

The President
42, Garegin Nzhdeh St.
Yerevan 375026
Armenia
Tel: (374-1) 444792, 444793, 444761, 444732
Fax (374-1) 444792
E-mail ripsik@arminco.com
Web site http://www.mission.am , http://www.spyur.am/mission.htm

Brief history

MACU is a non-profit, non-political organization most active in making a consistent effort to solve the fundamental social problemsfaced by older persons. Having launched its first activities with only 150 lonely elderly in 1993, the organization has gradually increased the scope and scale of its operation. Today, it takes care of and provides services to over 2,500 single elderly people, the majority of whom are women.

Goals/objectives

• To support the single elderly, displaced and disabled people by providing them with medical, social, legal and psychological assistance
• To contribute to the establishment in Armenia of a databank on these segments of the population
• To promote collaboration between government agencies and non-governmental organizations

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Housing and environment
• Health and nutrition
• Volunteering
• Social welfare
• Community-based services

Main functions

• Training
• Charity and social service provision
• Networking and advocacy
• Communication and publicity

MONGOLIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELDERLY PEOPLE

The Director
Post Office - 44
Chingis Avenue - 3
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Tel: (976-1) 326138, 329692
Fax (976-1) 326138
E-mail axmad@nbox.mn

Goals/objectives To cooperate with the Government in implementing measures to ensure subsistence support for older people

Affiliation/membership The Association seeks affiliation with regional or national bodies.

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research

The Association seeks cooperation with any country and in any ageing-related area. Assistance from other NGOs is needed.

MONGOLIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY

The Programme Coordinator
Community-based Care for the Elderly
Central Post Office
P.O. Box 537
Ulaanbaatar-13
Mongolia
Tel: (976-1) 312578, (976-1) 313103
Fax (976-1) 320934
E-mail ccelderly@magicnet.mn

NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE
P.O. Box 31
Parkville,
3052 Victoria
Australia
Tel: (61-3) 83872148
Fax (61-3) 93874030
E-mail info@nari.unimelb.edu.au
Web site http://www.mednwh.unimelb.edu.au/

Goals/objectives

To conduct research into all aspects of the biology of ageing and inquire into the provision and effectiveness of clinical care provided to older persons. The results of such research will play a major part in determining how the needs of older persons in Australia are met on all levels.

Affiliation/membership

• Australian Association of Gerontology
• International Association of Gerontology
• Australian Society of Geriatric Medicine
• Australian Association of Medical Research Institutes
• International Association for the Study of Pain
• Relevant professional organizations

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research (biology, clinical research, public health/
health services research)
• Information/communication activities (programmes for health professionals and also community information activities)
• Advocacy (lobbying government and service providers on issues related to ageing and services for older people)

Publications/newsletters Ageing Well (quarterly newsletter); Contributions by individual researchers to peer-reviewed and scientific publications

OECD countries (public policy)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OLDER PERSONS OF VIET NAM

The Chief
12 Le Hong Phong Street
Hanoi, Viet Nam
Tel: (84-4) 7339461
Fax (84-4) 7334474
Email vae@fpt.vn

Goals/objectives

• To help older persons improve their conditions of life
• To promote the integration of older persons into communities

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research (gerontology and geriatrics – especially social gerontology)
• Information/communication activities (through clubs)
• Funding for project activities, US$ 500,000 annually

Publications/newsletters Bimonthly journal; Newsletters

Any country

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGEING AND SENSORY LOSS (NCASL)
Mr Richard Osborn
7 Main Street
Brighton, Victoria 3180
Australia
Tel: (61-3) 95988555
Fax (61-3) 95984158

Goals/objectives

To improve the quality of life, through education and advocacy, for people acquiring sensory loss as they age

Subject areas of ageing- Health and nutrition

Main functions

• Training
• Research (issues concerning ageing-related vision and hearing loss)
• Advocacy (lobbying policy makers)

Publications/newsletters Newsletters; Design Right (book)

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SENIOR CITIZENS ORGANIZATIONS MALAYSIA (NACSCOM)

The President
Room 9 & 10, 2nd Floor
Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
16 Jalan Utara
46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Tel: (603) 7585794
Fax (603) 7585949
E-mail lkint@pd.jaring.my
Web site http://www.nacscom.cjb.net
Date of establishment 1990

Goals/objectives

• To generate community interest, support and participation in organizing programmes and activities for older persons
• To coordinate the work of the various senior citizens’ associations and to encourage and assist in the establishment of senior citizens’ organizations throughout Malaysia
• To raise funds

Affiliation/membership

• HelpAge International (associate member)
• International Federation on Ageing (associate member)

Subject areas of ageing-

• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Information/communication activities
• Advocacy (to raise funds for old-age homes and welfare services)

Publications/newsletters Newsletter (quarterly)

Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and China (fund raising)



NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICES (NCSS)

The Chief Executive Officer
Ulu Pandan Community Building
170 Ghim Moh Road # 01-02
Singapore 279621
Tel: (65) 3315306, 2102500, 4681012
Fax (65) 3324149
E-mail ncssdmpr@singnet.com.sg, ncss_webmaster@ncss.gov.sg
Web site http://www.ncss.org.sg

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN, TUVALU

P.O. Box 15
Vaiaku
Funafuti
Tuvalu
Tel: (688) 20822
Fax (688) 20643

Note: There is currently no NGO in Tuvalu working especially for older persons. Older people are taken care of by their relatives. Women are often expected to be the main carers. Consequently, the National Council of Women are keen to become involved in implementing programmes regarding women and older people.

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (NCSD)

The President
16 Mother Ignacia corner Roces Avenue
Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: (63-2) 4485480, 3723577
Fax (63-2) 7363239, 3732169
E-mail norfil@philonline.com.ph
Web site http://www.angelfire.com/country/ncsd

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WELFARE OF THAILAND (NCSWT)

The Secretary General
Mahidol University
Rajavithi Road, Khet Rajathevi
Bangkok 10400
Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 2461457-61, 2461948
Fax (66-2) 2476279
E-mail nareewan@as.nida.ac.th
Web site http://www.ncswt.or.th

NATIONAL SENIORS ASSOCIATION

The Chief Executive
Level 11, 255 Adelaide Street
Brisbane 4000 QLD
Australia
Tel: (61-7) 32119611
Fax (61-7) 32119339

Goals/objectives

• To provide economic and social benefits to members
• To represent the concern of members to all levels of government
• To raise funds and provide grants to charities assisting people 50 years and over

Affiliation/membership International Federation on Ageing

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Research (all issues related to the well-being of people 50 years and over)
• Information/communication activities
• Advocacy (lobbying to Federal and State Governments)
• Funding for project activities, US$ 20,000 annually
• largest non-governamental organizations representing seniors-policy agenda derived from grass roots membership.

Publications/newsletters 50 something (magazine)

United States of America, United Kingdom and countries in Asia


NEPAL PARTICIPATORY ACTION NETWORK

P.O. Box 13791
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel: (977-1) 482955
Fax (977-1) 489170
E-mail nepan@mos.wlink.com.np

NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF GERONTOLOGY

The President
6 Taupo Crescent
Plimmerton
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: (64-4) 2339016
Fax (64-4) 2339016

Brief history

The New Zealand Association of Gerontology was formed in November 1981, following the disbanding of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Ageing. The administrative headquarters rotates between the branches in Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Wellington and Christchurch.

Goals/objectives

• To study ageing in all its aspects
• To encourage training of those caring for older people
• To act as advisors to interested persons, bodies or groups on aspects of ageing
• To promote gerontological research
• To stimulate interest in and action on all matters concerning the welfare of older people

Affiliation/membership International Association of Gerontology

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Housing and environment
• Health and nutrition
• Community-based services

Main functions

• Provision of training
• Assistance to, or care, of older persons
• Information/communication activities (organizing branch meetings and holding a national biennial conference)
• Advocacy (at the government level)
• Funding for project activities

Publications/newsletters National newsletter

NEW ZEALAND FEDERATION OF VOLUNTARY WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS (NZFVWO)

The President
4th floor Wellington Trade Centre
173/175 Victoria Street
P.O. Box 9517, Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: (64-4) 3850981
Fax (64-4) 3853248
E-mail nzfvwo@xtra.co.nz

OLDER WOMEN’S NETWORK
87 Lower Fort Street
Millers Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Tel: (61-2) 92477046
Fax (61-2) 92474207

Goals/objectives

To promote the rights, dignity and well-being of older women by focusing on skill development, social action, empowerment and fun

PAKISTAN MEDICO INTERNATIONAL

The Director
Medico Health Centre
Orangi Town, Sector 4
Karachi 75800
Pakistan
Tel: (92-21) 6656831
Fax (92-21) 6651910
E-mail pmiboik@khi.compol.com

PAKISTAN SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
Mr Qutbuddin Aziz, T. Pk., Senior Vice President

7/1, Khayaban-e-Hafiz
Defence Housing Authority
P.O. Box 12223
Karachi 75500
Pakistan
Tel: (92-21) 5873613, 5838609
Fax (92-21) 5863515
E-mail szaki@compol.com

Goals/objectives

To generate awareness of issues of concern to senior citizens and to serve as an apex organization for the protection of their rights and privileges

Affiliation/membership

• Consultative status with UN ECOSOC
• Rotary International, USA
• International Federation on Ageing
• Pakistan National Committee on Ageing

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research (under organizational stage, research paper on ageing published)
• Information/communication activities
• Advocacy (at the government and public levels, including at the international level)
• Funding for project activities from government and public sources

Publications/newsletters Four books on ageing have been published in Pakistan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus several research papers on ageing.

India, Thailand, Singapore, Turkey, and Malta (training and socio-economic development)


THE PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE

9 Stadium Link
Singapore 397750
Tel: (65) 3448222
Fax (65) 4402791

Goals/objectives

To promote racial harmony and social cohesion and to act as a bridge between the government and the people

Subject areas of ageing- Social, educational, cultural, sports and recreational activities

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Organization of a wide range of social, educational, cultural, sports and recreational activities to help older persons lead an active, healthy and meaningful life so that “life’s still great after 60"

Publications/newsletters Evergreen Magazine (quarterly issue); Booklet on Senior Citizens’ Programmes (biannual)

China, Germany, Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia (social and recreational needs of senior citizens)

PHILIPPINE RETIREMENT AUTHORITY MEMBERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION, INC. (PRAMA FOUNDATION)

The President
Unit 1504, 15/F Antel 2000 Corporate Centre
121 Valero St., Salcedo Village Makati City 1200
Philippines
Tel: (63-2) 7519300, 7519301, 7519302, 7519303
Fax (63-2) 8453489
E-mail prama@eastern.com.ph

Publications/newsletters Pramagram

POSITIVE AGEING FOUNDATION

The Chief Executive/Director
Old Cloisters Building
200 St. George’s Terrace
Perth 6000
Western Australia
Tel: (61-8) 94822000
Fax (61-8) 94822001
E-mail info@positiveageing.com.au
Web site http://www.positiveageing.com.au

Brief history and objectives

The Positive Ageing Foundation is a non-governmental organization which opens new opportunities for older Australians. It is actively working with mature Australians as partners in service delivery, education, advocacy and applied research. It supports and encourages older people to become community developers, teachers, mentors and researchers and to take up roles as leaders and inventors in the community. The Foundation also supports seniors to speak out, and assist them to translate their views, ideas and experiences into new services, campaigns and research projects which tackle out-dated attitudes about ageing.

RESEARCH CENTRE FOR AGEING SUPPORT (RECAS)

82 Linh Lang Street
Cong Vi, Ba Dinh District
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Tel: (84-4) 7662710
Fax (84-4) 7662711
E-mail recas@fpt.vn

Brief history

Established on 1 October 1991, RECAS is a non-governmental organization and a member of the Viet Nam Red Cross. RECAS aims to conduct research on elderly-related topics and carry out social assistance for the older people. Its members and collaborators include skillful and kind-hearted professors, medical doctors, social researchers, artists, lawyers and social workers.

Goals/objectives

• To conduct research on the elderly with special focus on their relationship with the family, community and society, and suggest recommendations for effective social policies toward them
• To promote social programmes to generate jobs suitable for older people
• To provide different kind of consultancy, counseling and services
• To implement home and community-based care for the elderly
• To conduct training courses on ageing, nutrition, health care, social relationships, and others

RESOURCE INTEGRATION CENTRE (RIC)

The Director

GPO Box 2789
3/9, Block-C, Lalmatia,
Dhaka 1207
Bangladesh
Tel: (880-2) 8118475
Fax (880-2) 8114034
E-mail ricbdesh@dhaka.agni.com

Date of establishment 1981

Goals/objectives

To help older people maintain a life free from deprivation and distress created by poverty, exclusion from family and
social lives, and to ensure intergenerational equity in the rural power structure

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security
• Humanitarian support
• Socialization
• Community-based medicare services

Main functions

• Training
• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Information/communication activities

ROYAL PALMS (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

The Chairman
Survey No. 169, Aarey Milk Colony
Near Unit No. 26, Goregaon (East)
Mumbai 400-065
India
Tel: (91-22) 6859432
Fax (91-22) 6858536
E-mail palms@vsnl.com

SAMADEEPA SAMAJA KENDRAYA

The President
Jayanthi Mawatha
Anuradhapura
Sri Lanka
Tel: (94-25) 35140
Fax (94-25) 21115
E-mail samadeepa@lankanet.jca.apc.org

SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND

The President
Din Daeng Social Service
Centre for the Elderly
4641 Mitmaitree Road, Din Daeng
Bangkok 10320
Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 2463246, 2434072
Fax (66-2) 2463246

Goals/objectives

• To mobilize the skills and abilities of retired persons for assistance to other people and for the development of the community
• To cooperate with other organizations in providing community services

Affiliation/membership

• HelpAge International (associate member)
• Senior Citizens Council of Thailand

Subject areas of ageing-

• Social welfare
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Volunteering
• Promotion of further education and national culture

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Information/communication activities (a weekly radio programme)
• Funding for project activities, US$ 20,000 – 30,000 annually
• Support for older persons’ clubs

Publications/newsletters Voice of the Elderly (bimonthly newsletter)

Any country (exchanging knowledge and experience)

SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF THAILAND

The President
Wang Gromluang Singhawigroom Kriang Krai
Department of Public Welfare
Krungkasem Road
Bangkok 10100
Thailand

Tel: (66-2) 2827716, (66-2) 2812386
Fax (66-2) 2827716

Goals/objectives

• To serve as a centre for senior citizens’ associations within the country
• To share knowledge and encourage exchanges of views among older persons

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research

Japan and China


SILVER CIRCLE

1. Silver Circle – Victoria
Level 1, 600 North Road
Ormond, VIC 3204
Australia
2. Silver Circle – New South Wales
Suite 2A, 80 Cooper St.
Surry Hills, NSW 2010
Australia

Tel: 1. (61-3) 95776666
2. (61-2) 92815444
Fax 1. (61-3) 95776600
2. (61-2) 92815570
E-mail care@silvercircle.com.au
Web site <http://www.silvercircle.com.au >

Brief history

Silver Circle is a caring support service for anyone needing help at home or who simply wants the comfort of knowing someone who cares is close by. It was established in 1991.

Goals/objectives

• To provide high quality home support services
• To enable clients to live with dignity and security
• To enhance clients’ independence
• To work with families, carers and others in the community

THE SILVER INSTITUTE

The YMCA of Chiangmai
11 Sermsuk Road, Mengrairasmi
Chiangmai 50300
Thailand
Tel: (66-53) 221819 ext. 2217
Fax (66-53) 215523

Brief history and objectives

The Silver Institute was founded by the YMCA of Chiangmai. It offers senior citizens in Thailand a good opportunity to keep up-to-date with the world today. The institute is designed to be a centre for senior citizens to build up their physical, mental and spiritual health.

SINGAPORE ACTION GROUP OF ELDERS (SAGE)

The Executive Director
19 Toa Payoh West
Singapore 318876
Tel: (65) 3537159, 3563525
Fax (65) 3537148, 3563527
E-mail sage@cyberway.com.sg

Date of establishment 26 May 1977

Brief history

SAGE was established in 1977 by a group of volunteer citizens who were concerned about the welfare and problems of older people. Since then, SAGE has played a significant role in the development of older persons’ activities.

Goals/objectives

• To enable older people to continue to live full, enjoyable and productive lives in the community for as long as possible
• To organize programmes, activities and services which provide physical and psychological support to older people

Affiliation/membership

• HelpAge International (HAI)
• International Federation on Ageing (IFA)

Subject areas of ageing-

• Income security and employment
• Social welfare
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Membership organization

Main functions

• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research on ageing

Publications/newsletters Newsletter and journal

United State of America, Japan, China, Australia, member countries of ASEAN and those in Europe (suitable activities for older persons to maintain good the other organizations on health and an active life in third age for as long as ageing- possible)

SINGAPORE ACTION GROUP OF ELDERS – COUNSELLING CENTRE

The Director
19 Toa Payoh West
Singapore 318876
Tel: (65) 3541191
Fax (65) 3541905
E-mail sagecc@pacific.net.sg

Goals/objectives

To enhance the total well-being of older persons and their caregivers with a special focus on the psychological and social aspects of their health

Affiliation/membership

• Singapore Action Group of Elders (SAGE)
• HelpAge International
• International Federation on Ageing

Subject areas of ageing-

• Social welfare
• Community-based services
• Health (mental and physical) and nutrition
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research (efficacy of helpline services in reducing anxiety and depression)
• Information/communication activities (information and referral assistance)
• Face-to-face counselling
• Helping volunteer development
• Comprehensive health screening
• Older persons outreach programme

Publications/newsletters Line BLH Hotline & Counselling Service, Geriatric Medicine for Singapore, Gerontological Society of Singapore (1996)

Asia Training Centre on Ageing (establishing helpline, counselling and other services for older people)


THAI NGUYEN MEDICAL COLLEGE

Luong Ngoc Quyen Street
Thai Nguyen City
Viet Nam
Tel: (84-280) 855193
Fax (84-280) 855710

TSAO FOUNDATION LIMITED

The Director, Division of Interagency Collaboration/
The President/CEO
12-01 Suntec City Tower Five,
5 Temasek Boulevard
Singapore 038985
Tel: (65) 4332740
Fax (65) 3379719
E-mail tsao1@pacific.net.sg

Date of establishment 7 April 1993

Brief history

The TSAO Foundation is a non-profit family foundation whose programmes are directed at the health and well-being of older people. The organization provides health education, training and direct services in elder care. It specializes in the provision of home care which includes arrangement of medical care, meals and volunteer visitors. The Foundation also helps organize hospital care and accompanying support where necessary.

Goals/objectives

• To develop innovative duplication models of community-based health services for older people and their families (such as home-based care, geriatric clinics, day health centres, traditional medicine etc.)
• To enhance positive attitudes and caring skills through public education and training activities targeted at various audiences (e.g. the public, youth, family carers, volunteers, professionals, etc.)
• To encourage interagency collaboration and international exchange

Affiliation/membership

• HelpAge International (HAI)
• Working relationship with the International Longevity Centre (ILC) group (ILC-USA, ILC-Japan, ILC-France) and the Ageing Research Institute
• International Federation on Ageing

Subject areas of ageing-

• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Training and consultation
• Promotion of interagency collaboration/international exchange
• Consultation on programme/service development

Main functions

• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Information/communication activities: (1) organizing conferences/ seminars to facilitate dialogue between experts and relevant personnel; and (2) Web site/homepage (currently being developed)
• Promotion of networking and collaboration
• Consultation with other NGOs on service planning/implementation (e.g. development of day health centres, etc.)
• Facilitating the transfer of information, service models and programmes, etc., that are available in other countries to interested NGOs

Publications/newsletters Age Concerns (quarterly newsletter)

Any Asian and Pacific country (training, sharing duplication methods and consultation on programme development and implementation)
other organization on ageing-

UNION OF SOCIAL WELFARE

The Secretary General
P.O. Box 23
Moscow 129075
Russia
Tel: (7-095) 2165798, (7-095) 2099536
Fax (7-095) 2165798
E-mail panov.home@mtu-net.ru

UNITINGCARE AUSTRALIA

P.O. Box 519
Mawson ACT 2607
Australia
Tel: (61-2) 62902160
Fax (61-2) 62902163
E-mail mail@nat.unitingcare.org.au
Web site <http://www.unitingcare.org.au >

Brief history

UnitingCare Australia is the national body for community services in the Uniting Church supporting service delivery and advocacy for children, young people, families, people with disabilities and older people. It provides an important link between the caring role of community services and the political action and advocacy of the Uniting Church. Its role is defined in its mandate, which is based on established theological and philosophical foundations.

Goals/objectives

• To develop, reflect on and refine the policies and practices of the Uniting Church in community services
• To take up community service issues within the framework of the social justice perspectives of the Uniting Church
• To pursue appropriate community service issues within the Uniting Church and with other churches, the Australian communities and governments

USIAMAS (GOLDEN AGE FOUNDATION)

The Chairperson
P.O. Box 11897
50760 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: (603) 4219849, 4242169
Fax (603) 4219849, 2549995
E-mail baginda@pop.jaring.my

Goals/objectives

To engage in various community-based age care services, so that older people in Malaysia, irrespective of race, creed or religion, can lead an active, meaningful and more comfortable life during
their remaining years

Affiliation/membership

• HelpAge International (affiliate)
• International Federation on Ageing (individual)
• RSVP International (individual)

Subject areas of ageing-

• Social welfare
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Organization of self-help programmes by or for older persons
• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Information/communication activities (resource centre)
• Advocacy (awareness raising, promotional activity)

Publications/newsletters USIA (3 times a year)

The Republic of Korea (home help)


VIET NAM WOMEN’S UNION

The Director International Relations Department
39 Hang Chuoi
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Tel: (84-4) 9717225
Fax (84-4) 9713143
E-mail vwunion@netnam.org.vn

Goals/objectives

• To take care of and protect legitimate and legal rights and interests of women
• To create conditions for women to realize equality and development

Subject areas of ageing-

• Social welfare
• Housing and environment
• Health and nutrition

Main functions Assistance to, or care of, older persons

Publications/newsletters Women of Viet Nam Magazine; a newspaper

WEST JAPAN NGO NETWORK ON AGEING, JAPAN

The President
Green Building, 1-3-15
Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka
Japan 530-0041
Tel: (81-52) 2614621
Fax (81-52) 2516931
E-mail frgs7830@mb.infoweb.ne.jp

YAYASAN EMONG LANSIA

Dr Tony Setiabudhi, Chairman
JI. Probolinggo No. 5
Jakarta Pusat 10350
Indonesia
Tel: (62-21) 3920653, 3921772
Fax (62-21) 3920653, 8196421
E-mail yel@cbn.net.id, sbudhi@indosat.net.id
Web site http://www.dnet.net.id/yel

Goals/objectives

To assist and support other NGOs in providing better services for older people, particularly to the poorest groups

Affiliation/membership

• HelpAge International
• National Communication Forum for Older Persons in Indonesia (FKKU)
• PERGERI (Indonesian Association for Gerontology)

Subject areas of ageing-

• Social welfare
• Community-based services
• Health and nutrition
• Volunteering

Main functions

• Training
• Assistance to, or care of, older persons
• Research (in cooperation with higher educational institutes)
• Information/communication activities
• Advocacy (as a member of National Forum)
• Funding (from HelpAge International)

Member countries of ASEAN and countries in the ESCAP region (through HelpAge International and the Asia Training
Centre on Ageing)