This is the snapshot of the baseline survey of the project ‘Promoting Older People’s Participation in Development in Rural China’ conducted in 12 villages of Fengxiang and Hua Counties. It is based on the findings of a sample survey of 280 older people and their families as well as focus group discussions and interviews with older people, leaders of older people’s associations, and local government officers working on ageing.

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The report is an overview of HelpAge East Asia/Pacific response to the natural disasters in Indonesia (West Sumatra Earthquake), the Philippines and Vietnam (Typhoon Ketsana).

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Our 2015 strategy sets out HelpAge’s global actions and targets to 2015 and how we intend to measure our progress. The strategy explains our approach to our work, emphasising social justice, partnerships, service delivery and policy change. It also explains how we will increase our capacity to deliver and ensure that we are accountable.

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This edition discusses how older people’s organisations can use the media to ensure that older people’s issues are properly reflected in public debate. It shows how organisations have worked successfully with the media, in particular to highlight elder abuse in India and to show the impact of the Age Demands Action campaign. It explains how new technologies are changing the way the media works and sets out practical guidelines on working with the media.

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This paper highlights the accomplishments of the project in China and is intended to generate further discussion about the benefits of older people’s associations model and its replication in other areas. The model contributed positively to the development of the target communities, improved older people’s health and economic status, and led to a greater recognition of the capacities of older people.

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This paper looks at older people’s experience of climate change, their awareness of it and how it makes them vulnerable. It highlights older people’s exclusion from climate change debates, identifies opportunities for influencing policy-making at the national level and makes recommendations for including older people’s perspectives in discussions and adaptation strategies.

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In 2009, we worked with 225 partners across 41 countries, supported 2,400 older people's groups and reached 1.23m older people. Our support has ranged from helping carers for orphans in Vietnam to get new social security payments, to achieving a 13% increase in the old age allowance in Bangladesh. The recent economic crisis means that the contribution older people to society must be recognised, along with their right to health care, social services and economic security.

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The briefing outlines the impact of OPAs in local development work through experience in Asia/Pacific. It explains what the OPAs are, how do 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 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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