1. Action Aging Jamaica (AAJamaica) is a voluntary, nonprofit organization aimed at
tackling age discrimination, promoting solidarity between generations and moving
towards a society for all ages.
Areas of work are:
 secure incomes
 health
 HIV and AIDS and social care
 disaster risk reduction
 human rights and justice.
AAJ uses various methods including older citizens' monitoring; this means they
work closely with partners and elders from senior citizens clubs who act as monitors.
Senior citizens are helped to earn an income with chicken rearing programmes. As a
result of this partnership over 100 older people-headed households were able to earn an
income. They also take part in the global Age Demands Action campaign where older
people across Jamaica are trained in advocacy and brought together to ask relevant
government authorities for improvements to policies and services.
In 2010 AAJ conducted small business development training with more than 1,500
people, organized community health and information fairs giving better access to health
care and medication, benefiting more than 3,000 people.
Recognizing their work on migration issues, the Government of Jamaica has
included AAJ in the steering committee to come up with a policy and plan of action on
migration. This means when the policy is being framed, older people's needs and how
they are impacted by migration will be considered.

2. The AAJ will help multi-generational households affected by migration by
giving them better access to benefits. Throughout 2012, they will carry out a project,
funded by ECHO, to train older people who are vulnerable to hurricanes and floods.
One element of the work will be to develop plans with older people and their
communities so they are better prepared for natural disasters.