Kandy High School OGA (Colombo Branch) helps Alzheimer's Foundation

On the 131st anniversary of Kandy High School the Colombo Branch of the Kandy High School Old Girls' Association KHS OGA will this year channel its proceeds from its Annual Fund Raiser to the Lanka Alzheimer's Foundation.

The KHS OGA (Colombo Branch) specifically aims to facilitate the setting up of a Day Care Activity Centre for persons with dementia which the Alzheimer Foundation has listed as one of its prioritised services.

A Dinner Dance which is the fund-raiser this year would be held on October 21st at the Grand Ballroom, Hotel Galadari.

The KHS OGA (Colombo Branch) in the meantime, is driven with determination to assist the Alzheimer Foundation to accomplish its mission.

The Lanka Alzheimer's Foundation (LAF) which commenced building the Dementia Services and Information Centre (DSIC) in October, 2008 and is now nearing completion, will serve as the first organization in Sri Lanka to provide quality information on dementia and related services.

The DSIC hopes to provide a Secretariat, a Library and Resource Centre, a Memory Clinic and a Training Centre as well in order to provide appropriate services, awareness and information to persons with dementia, their family caregivers and the professional and lay community at large.

The Foundation however, is faced with the challenge of furnishing and equipping the Centre, staffing and sustaining the full service potential which the Foundation hopes to offer to the public. The Foundation is a community-based charity and so far has not received assistance from the international donor-community or the public-sector.