New Programs, More Impact

Executive Director’s Message
Jacques Bertrand

There are many changes coming this Fall to Help the Aged and you will soon discover our new look. The most important change, however, will be with our programs. In order to strengthen our impact, we decided to focus on two main areas.

More about our new programs…

Haiti Update

Michel Noel de Tilly and Suzanne Provost, Quebec-based physiotherapists, travelled to Haiti in a continuing effort to train Haitians to perform physiotherapy with the elderly..

More on the Haiti update…

Our Programs

Learn more about our programs and projects in Canada and developing countries:

Adopt-A-Gran	Our program in Haiti	Kenya Gift Catalogue
Health/Agroforestry (Congo)	Programs across Canada	Local programs in Ottawa

Welcome to Help the Aged (Canada)

Help the Aged (Canada) is a non-denominational, non-profit, registered (118955921 RR0001) international development organization meeting the needs of poor or destitute elderly people in Canada and the developing world since 1975.

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Our Patron: The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean

During the last two years, Help the Aged has been very fortunate to benefit from the patronage of our Governor General. Madame Jean’s appreciation and sense of social commitment to those in need truly reflects our mission to assist poor and destitute seniors in developing countries and in Canada.

See Her Excellency's biography…

Annual Report

View our 2009-2010 Annual Report to see the latest news about our programs and activities.

Donate Shoppers Points to Help Grans         

Shoppers Drug Mart has established a program in which people can donate their Shoppers Optimum Points to Help the Aged!  By donating a few or all your points to Help the Aged, this helps us buy supplies for overseas partners to assist the Grans in various countries.

Please visit: www.shoppersdrugmart.ca/english/optimum/donate_points/ to donate your Shoppers Optimum points!  We appreciate any donation small or large! Thank you!

Please call Shoppers at 1-800-746-7737 if you have any problems or wish to donate points over the telephone.

International Youth Internships

Looking for a totally awesome life experience? Then you should consider Help the Aged Canada’s International Youth Internship Program

Adopt-A-Gran: Anglo-Indian Program

Learn more about our program in Kolkata (Calcutta)…

BMO Nesbitt Burns makes single largest corporate donation ever to Help the Aged (Canada)

While many companies are supporting children’s programs, BMO Nesbitt Burns chose to help seniors in need.

Statistics show that 647,000 seniors in Canada 65 and over live below the poverty line, says Pierre Barbeau, executive director of Help the Aged (Canada)…

December, 2007

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