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.

wazee wengi katika maeneo ya vijijini hasa wanawake Tanzania ni mshitakiwa wa kila kitu kutoka witchcrfat kuzuia au kusababisha mvua sana kwa hii ni kuteswa na kudhalilishwa sisi kuwaomba msaada wa mpango wa kukomesha hii

Hali ambayo kuona wazee kama kutumia matumizi ya chini, spentforces, ugly na mabaya yanahitaji kubadilika ili watu wakubwa tena inaachwa chini ya miundo ya kijamii

watu wakubwa especialy wanawake katika Tanzania na jukumu kubwa na kujali kwa watu walioathirika na VVU / UKIMWI na kisha kulea yatima chldren kuu.

Kuna zaidi ya watu milioni 2 wakubwa katika Tanzania - asilimia 4.64 ya wakazi.

• Wazee kuendelea na jukumu muhimu katika maendeleo ya Tanzania kiuchumi na kijamii.

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asilimia ya watoto yatima wa Tanzania milioni 2 na watoto ni kutunzwa na wazee.

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Wakubwa watu - hasa wanawake wazee - mara nyingi uzoefu ubaguzi, na haki za binadamu

kijamii.

Akizungumza na uzee umaskini ni muhimu kwa kushughulikia baina ya vizazi umaskini katika mazingira ambapo 53 kwa kila

Baadhi ya asilimia 73 ya wazee kubaki kiuchumi kazi - hasa katika kilimo.

Wazee na familia zao uso gharama kubwa za huduma za afya zinazohusiana na upatikanaji wa huduma ya afya

kwa aina mbalimbali ya magonjwa sugu.

Wazee ni zaidi ya uzoefu wa wagonjwa na ulemavu kuliko makundi mengine umri na

yanachukua karibu asilimia 30 ya idadi ya watu wenye ulemavu kitaifa.

Karibu asilimia 30 ya kaya maskini zaidi deciles mapato tatu ni pamoja na mtu mzima.

Wazee na familia zao ni yenye uwezekano wa uzoefu umaskini: viwango vya umaskini miongoni mwa

kaya kwa watu wakubwa ni asilimia 22.4 zaidi ya kiwango cha kitaifa umaskini (asilimia 40.9).

Baadhi ya asilimia 82 ya wazee wanaishi katika maeneo ya vijijini.

Wazee waliopo katika kaya karibu moja ya nne kitaifa.