Elderly capacities

• 'Living Memory' - benefit of experience in coping strategies and adapting to disaster events
• Success stories and experiences about what worked and what did not in earlier disasters
• Relief supplies' distribution, managing 'soup kitchens'
• Skills training
• Vehicle for education, communication and leadership in families and communities
• Community organizing
• Caretakers of children, livestock and watching household property
• Traditional knowledge and home remedies