Africa: International Day for Older Persons

This year, the International Day of Older Persons (October 1st) comes at a time when a lot has been achieved for and by older people in Africa. Older people have asked to be recognised as effective agents of change and contributors to the aims and aspiration of Millennium Development Goals. Indeed, if the poorest of the poor, including older people, are not targeted for assistance in the quest to halve poverty by 2015, the MDGs may not be achieved.