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OKRA flashmob marks Older Persons’International Day and shows worldwide solidarity

OKRA logo To mark the International Day of Older Persons on 1st October 2016, the Belgium organisation OKRA organised together with the NGO Wereldsolidariteit een flashmob in the central station of Antwerpen. About 500 older persons came together and danced under Shakira’s song ‘Waka waka (this time for Africa)’, to express their solidarity with older persons around the world, calling for a decent pension and affordable health care for everyone worldwide.

OKRA flashmob 2016

Read more in Dutch and view the flashmob on OKRA website

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