A wave of longevity is sweeping across Africa, but the continent isn’t ready

(2 Sep 2025)
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Muhanga, Uganda – 19 November 2024
1. Drone shot of farm fields and houses

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Mukono, Uganda – 22 November 2024
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Edith Wakumire, 74
Mukono, Uganda – 22 November 2024
"It is (a) very difficult place for people to grow old. Especially, I have now become old, and I’m starting to feel the challenges of growing old."
3. Various of Wakumire getting blood pressure checked
4. Tight of family photo with Wakumire and husband David
5. Wide of Wakumires at hospital (NATS) "What do you mean?"
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Edith Wakumire, 74:
"So many people die in the community. They are hungry. They are sick. The body is sick. And nothing is attended to."

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Muhanga, Uganda – 20 November 2024
7. Wide of hospital bed in clinic

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Muhanga, Uganda – 18 November 2024
8. Tight photo of woman feeding man with spoon

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Mukono, Uganda – 22 November 2024
9. Wide of man pushing David Wakumire in wheelchair

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Rwamucucu, Uganda – 20 November 2024
10. Exterior of church to NATS of singing
11. Wide of child dancing as elders chant and drum

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Muhanga, Uganda – 21 November 2024
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Mugayehwenkyi, Founder, Reach One Touch One Ministries:
"For so many years, the government of Uganda health policy was child and maternal health. Focusing on making sure babies are delivered, they grow, their mothers are taken care of."

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Rwamucucu, Uganda – 20 November 2024
13. Mid panning shot of elders clapping, singing

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Muhanga, Uganda – 21 November 2024
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Mugayehwenkyi, Founder, Reach One Touch One Ministries:
"Seniors are not attractive. They are not sexy. They’re not fancy. When you see them, you see pain, you see suffering, you see close to end of life. So, there’s not many nonprofits helping elderly people."

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Magogo, Uganda – 16 November 2024
15. Tight pan of woman in wheelchair

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Muhanga, Uganda – 21 November 2024
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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Mugayehwenkyi, Founder, Reach One Touch One Ministries:
"We are over 2 million older persons as a country. Sixty-four percent are in extreme poverty. … They would be living in a mud and wattle shack. The floors would be dirt floors."

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Mubushuro, Uganda – 20 November 2024
17. Various of man walking mountain path
18. Wide of man walking to mud house
19. Wide of woman emerging, dancing

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Nabalanga, Uganda 11/16/24
20. Wide of woman feeding disabled son on floor of home

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Muhanga, Uganda – 21 November 2024
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21. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Mugayehwenkyi, Founder, Reach One Touch One Ministries:
"That’s the old people I see. The old people that are not supported by any agency or ROTOM. That’s how I find them in these small villages."

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Nkulagirire, Uganda – 15 November 2024
22. Man and woman sitting in home with brick wall

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Muhanga, Uganda – 21 November 2024
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23. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenneth Mugayehwenkyi, Founder, Reach One Touch One Ministries:
"In Uganda, there is no universal pension. So, elderly people do not access any form of social security from the government."

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Rwabuhimbira, Uganda 19 November 2024
24. Mid of woman farming on hillside

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Muhanga, Uganda – 20 November 2024

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