The leaflet gives a quick view of how OPAs enhance local development in five key areas; building livelihood security, improving healthcare, promoting participation in community life, promoting participatory governance, and supporting disaster response.

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The leaflet introduces the project in Lao PDR which aim to reduce poverty and improve the health status in 20 villages in Pakxeng district, Laung Prabang province through the development and mainstreaming of older people-led approaches to community development.

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This leaflet outlines the work of HelpAge International. It explains specific ways HelpAge can help governments, international bodies, NGOs, community groups and academics. It describes the unique worldwide alliance that is HelpAge's network, and how it stands up for the rights of older people.

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The Economic Policy Research Institute and HelpAge International, together with the University of Maastricht are offering a two-week course aimed at providing participants with an in-depth understanding of the conceptual and practical issues involved in the development of social transfer programmes. The course will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 25 October to 7 November 2009.

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The newsletter is part of the homecare project in Cambodia supported by HelpAge Korea. It gives the background of homecare in Cambodia as well as impact to communities. Also two case studies and photo gallery are included.

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The leaflet highlights the situation of older people and their families nine months after cyclone Nargis, focusing on livelihoods and food security. It also shows key fact revealed by current research.

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The leaflet highlights the situation of older people and their families nine months after cyclone Nargis, focusing on shelter. It also shows key fact revealed by current research.

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The leaflet highlights the situation of older people and their families nine months after cyclone Nargis, focusing on health and psychological well-being. It also shows key fact revealed by current research.

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The leaflet introduces a three-year project in Shaanxi Province. The project will strengthen community-based organisations of older people, called older people’s associations (OPAs), and aim to expand the support they receive from local authorities.

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This leaflet provides the experience of older people's participation in micro-credit in Bangladesh. It gives the reasons why older people should participate in micro-credit as well as strategies to promote older people's access to micro-credit.

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This leaflet offers valuable advice for older people in Moldova.

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This leaflet offers advice to grandparents who are bringing up grandchildren in the absence of the children's parents. It is especially relevant to families where the parents have migrated abroad.

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This leaflet sets out the issues faced by older people living in displaced people's camps in the Darfur region of Sudan. These issues include isolation, limited mobility, health, older people as carers, psychological and social effects and lack of intergenerational support.

The leaflet also puts forward a series of suggestions for best practice in prolonged emergencies.

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This leaflet provides OPA project experience in China, aiming to alleveiate poverty in rural areas from 2003-2006. It shows the project approach, activities, impact and best practice on forming OPAs as well as recommendation.

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This leaflet describes HelpAge International's Older Citizens Monitoring project in Bolivia, which monitored older Bolivians access to health services.

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This leaflet offers an overview of HelpAge International in Spanish and its work in Latin America.

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This leaflet provides information on HelpAge International's work in Central Asia and the situation of older people in the region.

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This is a map and list by country of activities of the HelpAge International Asia/Pacific network.

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HelpAge International's tsunami rehabilitation programme in Aceh, Indonesia, aims to secure the rights of older people in all aspects of the tsunami rehabilitation efforts. This leaflet summarises our work in the province and recommends ways in which humanitarian organisations can help older people.

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This leaflet describes the project called 'Building the capacity of Tajik civil society to improve the situation of marginalised older citizens'. This project suuports two local NGOs - The National Volunteers Centre of Tajikistan and the Central Asian Gerontology Centre - in undertaking local community development action.

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