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Sola Mahoney

Sola Mahoney

HelpAge International Trustee and member of Ageing with a Smile, in Gambia.

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Aging in the 21st-century is both a celebration and a challenge

The gift and blessing of aging should really be a celebration for every one of us. But realistically, it cannot always be that way. For far too many older people, ageing is still a real challenge.

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"Many schools do not have adequate resources to address the diversity and specific needs of individual students."

What are the socio-environmental impacts of the clothes we wear? Do we know the path it takes to reach us and where it ends up once we launch it?

For some people in vulnerable situations, the arrival of Christmas can become a bitter period that further accentuates the social and economic inequalities they are experiencing.