Si chinsinsi kwa aliyense yemwe gulu la padziko lonse likukalamba pang'onopang'ono. Ziwerengero za padziko lonse zikusonyeza kuti kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2002, munthu wazaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi (60) adali ndi zaka khumi ndi ziwiri, koma pofika mu 2050 adzakhala munthu aliyense wachisanu pa dziko lapansi, ndipo pofika 2150 gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a anthu onse padziko lapansi adzakhala anthu oposa makumi asanu ndi limodzi.
Choncho, mu 1982, bungwe la International Vienna Action Plan pa zovuta za ukalamba linalengezedwa. Kumapeto kwa 1990, bungwe la United Nations General Assembly, pamsonkhano wawo wa 45, linakhazikitsa Tsiku Ladziko Lonse la Anthu Okalamba ndipo linaganiza zokondwerera pa 1 Oktoba . Chaka chotsatira, bungwe la United Nations linakhazikitsira mfundo za mfundo za anthu okalamba.
Poyamba, tchuthi la okalamba linakondwerera ku Ulaya kokha. Kenaka adatoledwa ku US , ndipo kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka zapitazo lero adayamba kukondwerera padziko lonse lapansi.
Patsikuli, lomwe mu Chingerezi likumveka ngati International Day of Older Persons, lapangidwa kuti liwathandize kusintha maganizo a anthu ena okalamba. Ndipotu, anthu omwe tsopano ali ndi zaka zoposa makumi asanu ndi limodzi ali ndi chidziwitso, nzeru, luso komanso nzeru. Masiku ano anthu okalamba ndi omaliza otengera chikhalidwe chakumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 20, nthawi yomwe makhalidwe monga kulemekeza, kulekerera, ndi kulera anayamikira kwambiri. Makhalidwe onsewa athandiza anthu okalamba kukhala olemekezeka kuti athe kupirira zoopsa zonse za nkhondo, zozizwitsa, zachiwawa.
Zochitikazo zoperekedwa ku International Day of Okalamba
Pa nthawi ya International Day of Older Persons, yomwe idakondwerera pa 1 Oktoba, bungwe la United Nations likudandaulira maboma onse, magulu a anthu onse ndi onse okhala padziko lapansili kuti apange gulu lomwe limayenera kulipidwa kwa anthu a misinkhu yonse, kuphatikizapo okalamba. Izi zinatchulidwanso mu Millennium Declaration yomwe inakhazikitsidwa kumapeto kwa 2000. Khama lonse pankhaniyi liyenera kukhazikitsidwa osati kuti anthu azikhala ndi moyo wautali, komanso kuti akhale ndi moyo wabwino wa anthu onse, komanso kuti kukhala kwawo kwakhala kokwanira, mosiyana komanso kubweretsa okalamba chimwemwe ndi kukhutira.
Padziko Lonse la Anthu Okalamba, zochitika zosiyanasiyana zikuchitika m'mayiko osiyanasiyana kuti zitheke. Awa ndiwo misonkhano ndi misonkhano yomwe idaperekedwa kwa ufulu wa anthu achikulire, komanso malo awo mdziko lathu. Misonkhano yapadziko lonse yotetezera ufulu wa anthu achikulire amapanga zikondwerero, pamene ndalama ndi mabungwe a boma akukonzekera zochitika zosiyanasiyana. Izi ndi mafilimu aulere komanso mafilimu a okalamba, madzulo a zosangalatsa ndi zosangalatsa.
Masewera a masewera ndi mpikisano wothamanga pakati pa okalamba ndi osangalatsa. M'mizinda ndi midzi ya midzi yambirimbiri kapena okwatirana omwe akhala pamodzi zaka 40, 50 kapena kupitilira. Patsikuli likhoza kuwonetsedwa nthawi zosiyanasiyana zowonetsera,
Kukondwerera Tsiku la Achikulire kumachitika chaka chilichonse m'matope osiyanasiyana. Choncho, chaka cha 2002 chinali cholinga chobweretsa ubwino wa moyo wa anthu okalamba kumalo atsopano, ndipo mu 2008 mwambowu udaperekedwa kwa ufulu wa anthu okalamba.
International Day of the Elderly m'mayiko onse padziko lapansi akukamba nkhani yeniyeni lero, yokhudzidwa ndi zofuna za anthu osakwatira omwe ndi okalamba omwe ali ndi ndalama zochepa, zomwe zikuchuluka padziko lonse lapansi. Nkhani zothandizira anthu oterewa akukhala ndi makhalidwe abwino, zakuthupi komanso zachikhalidwe.