HelpAge International is an international NGO that helps older people claim their rights, challenge discrimination, and overcome poverty, to lead dignified, secure, active and healthy lives. Organizations from Canada, Colombia, Kenya, India and the United Kingdom set up HelpAge International in 1983 to provide a network to support older people worldwide. It now has over 100 affiliates and works with more than 200 other partners in some 70 countries. It has offices in London and Brussels and regional centres in Africa, the Caribbean, East Asia, Eastern Europe/Central Asia, European Union, Latin America, London, the Middle East, and South Asia.