many older persons in rural Tanzania especially  women are accused of every thing from witchcrfat to preventing or causing too much rain for this they are tortured and assaulted we request you to support plan to end this

Attitude that see older people as use use less,spentforces,ugly and evil need to change so that older people are no longer relegated to the bottom of social structures

older persons especialy women in Tanzania play a major role by caring for people affected by HIV/AIDS and then bringing up orphaned grand chldren.

There are just over 2 million older people in Tanzania - 4.64 per cent of the population.

• Older people continue to play a key role in Tanzania’s economic and social development.

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cent of Tanzania’s 2 million orphans and vulnerable children are cared for by older people.

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Older people – particularly older women – frequently experience discrimination, rights abuse and

 

social exclusion.

Addressing old age poverty is key to addressing inter-generational poverty in a context where 53 per

Some 73 per cent of older people remain economically active – mostly in agriculture.

Older people and their families face high health care costs associated with accessing health services

 

for a range of chronic illnesses.

Older people are more likely to experience ill-health and disability than other age groups and

 

constitute around 30 per cent of the disabled population nationally.

Around 30 per cent of households in the poorest three income deciles include an older person.

Older people and their families are highly likely to experience poverty: poverty rates amongst

 

households with older people are 22.4 per cent higher than the national poverty rate (40.9 per cent).

Some 82 per cent of older people live in rural areas.

Older people are present in almost one in four households nationally.