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GAA Staff interns and volunteers visit Gracie Mansion, home of the
New York Mayor. November 2001
Interns Hitomi Sakamoto (Japan) and Mylène Barra (France) with Amb.
Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic) during Preparatory Meetings for
the World Assembly on Ageing. Alvarez has been the leading proponent
of aging issues at UN for 20 years. December 2001
Professor Christian Joly from the Institute of Political Science in
Aix-en-Provence visits his student Mylène Barra in New York in
January to review her internship work at the United Nations and in
GAA's office
Hitomi Sakamoto discusses contrasting approaches to rapid
demographic growth in China and Japan with Xiao Caiwei, Deputy
Director, International Department, China National Committee on
Ageing. Mr Xiao served on the China Mission delegation to the
Preparatory Meetings for the Second World Assembly on Ageing.
February 2002
GAA staff interview Ruth Teubal, aging activist from Argentina, who
briefed us on the painful situation of elderly persons caught in the
financial collapse of Argentina. February 2002
Armenian Gayane Khachatryan, an Edmund Muskie Freedom Support
scholar, accepts congratulations from NGO Committee on Aging Chair,
Helen Hamlin. Gayane presented a paper on the extreme penury facing
older women in her home country since the dissolution of the Soviet
Union. February 2002
Computer consultants Jame Wong, US, and Jeffrey Li, US, meet with
GAA's intern websearchers, Thais de Souza and Mylène Barra to
celebrate GAA's tremendous website growth. May 2002
Gayane Khachatryan (Armenia) and Mylène Barra (France) both make
presentations about the Multigenerational Relationships in their
home country to the concluding session of the NGO Committee on Aging
in New York. An international audience of 65 persons peppered them
with questions. On the left, is Esperance Kayombo, former GAA
administrative staff person, who was also on the panel. June 2002
A rainy day did not keep Global Action on Aging from
demonstrating with other aging activists against the high cost of
pharmaceuticals in the US. March 2002
GAA volunteer Anne-Marie Mayer is outraged that low cost generics
are not allowed on the US market due to the legal maneuvers of high
cost Prilosec manufacturers. March 2002
Florence Daniels, retired trade union member sends a message to the
New York Federal Court judges hearing the Prilosec case. March 2002
Large canvas poster outside the NGO Forum on Ageing in Madrid.
April 2002
The Iranian Ladies Charitable Society displays craftwork made by
residents in Kahrizak. This organization has built a model home for
abandoned elderly and disabled in Iran. April 2002
Global Action on Aging organized 50 persons from twenty national
and international organizations to attend an offer workshops and
panels at the NGO Forum on Ageing. This courtyard view shows the
vast Conference Center in Madrid. April 2002
Judy Lerner, a GAA volunteer and Peace Action activist, gets to know
Ladies Charitable Society volunteer from Teheran. April 2002
Global Action on Aging President, Susanne Paul (right), confers
with Reverend Richard Gentzler, a leading aging activist in USA
church circles and Carol Traynor, GAA volunteer and aging activist.
April 2002
GAA volunteers and partner organization members enjoy a hearty lunch
together in Madrid at the NGO Forum on Ageing. April 2002
Hitomi Sakamoto, intern from Japan, describes changing
responsibilities for care of older family members. Hitomi
highlighted her mother's 35 year-long stint of caregiving for her
in-laws. April 2002
Seminars for retiree groups are major program areas for Global
Action on Aging. Here some New York City retirees listen to
Hitomi's presentation before entering into a lively dialogue with
her. April 2002
GAA volunteer Ruth Prudente joins interns Thais de Souza (Brazil)
and Mylène Barra to say farewell to Hitomi Sakamoto as she returns
to Japan. April 2002
Mme. Godelieve Makasi of Kinshasa, Congo, and her associate visit
GAA to describe their NGO project for an alms house for abandoned
elderly. Esperance Kayombo, (R.), Regional Missionary accompanies
them. May 2002
Evgeniy V. Perevodchikov, Nilufar Rakhamonova, and Kristin
LoCurto, interns at GAA, Summer, 2002
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