HelpAge to celebrate Intl. Day for Older Persons

Nadira Gunatilleke

COLOMBO: HelpAge Sri Lanka will celebrate International Day of Older Persons 2007 on October 1 at a ceremony to be held at the BMICH, Colombo at 8.00 am with the participation of Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda, Acting Executive Director, HelpAge, Samantha Liyanwaduge said.

He said this year's theme of the International Day of Older Persons is `Elders for development and age demands action'. HelpAge celebrate the day in collaboration with the National Secretariat for Elders of the Social Services and Social Welfare Ministry.

The commemoration ceremony will be preceded by a walk of the senior citizens organised by the HelpAge Sri Lanka with the National Secretariat for the Elders which will commence from the All Ceylon Buddhist Women's Congress premises No.400, Bauddhaloka Mawata, Colombo 7 at 7.30 a.m. and will proceed to the BMICH.