Tutu Lends Support to Age Campaign

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is lending his support to a campaign to ensure the rights of older people. The Nobel Laureate wants the issue included in the new U.N. Sustainable Development Goals being finalized late this year Help Age International estimated there are nearly 900-million people aged 60 and over, representing 12-percent of the world’s population. Archbishop Tutu, who’s 83, has joined the organization’s Action 2015 campaign. “As we get older, our bodies change. We lose some...

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