| About Us ... |
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| Council Members of HelpAge Sri Lanka |
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Deshabandu Tilak de Zoysa |
Chairman |
Col. E. John Mayo O.B.E. |
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Mr. John F. Pearson |
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Dr. E.S. Thevasagayam, |
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Deshabandu (Mrs.) Jezima Ismail |
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Deshabandu A. M. de S. Jayaratne |
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Mr. Hitler Wickremesinghe |
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Mr. Sanjeev Gardiner |
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Dr. (Mrs.) C.P. Banagala |
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Mrs. I. R. Weerasuriya |
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Mr. P W Gnanaselvam |
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Mrs. N A Subasinghe |
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Mr. M. D. P. Gunasena |
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Miss. Yasmin Raheem |
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Mr. N. Dias Jayasinghe |
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Mr. Richard Blewitt |
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| Overview of the historical growth of HelpAge Sri Lanka |
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Our mission is to improve the quality of life of all senior citizens in Sri Lanka, irrespective of religion, caste or race. (pic) |
We have two decades of experience working with vulnerable senior citizens and our work mainly covers providing health and eye care, training of volunteers for voluntary home care, youth education on respecting and caring for senior citizens, providing livelihood assistance and construction of houses, latrines and wells for the tsunami affected. |
HelpAge Sri Lanka was set up in 1986 following the 1st World Assembly on Ageing held in Vienna in 1982. Our initial services and programmes were developed on the 62 recommendations of this World Assembly, followed by the United Nations Principles on older person’s independence, participation, care, self-fulfillment and dignity declared in 1991. Programmes were further adjusted in keeping with other UN conventions like the International Year of Older Persons 1999 and now we are developing policies in keeping with the recommendations of the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing held in Madrid in 2002. |
The origin of the institution began as a result of Mr. H.P. Gooneratne’s meeting with Mr. John F. Pearson of HelpAge International who was in Sri Lanka on a fundraising mission for senior citizens and invited Mr. Gooneratne to establish an organization for senior citizens in Sri Lanka. The first office was set up with 6 staff members and laid the foundation to build a Non-Governmental Organisation that provides services to destitute senior citizens with a mission to improve their quality of life irrespective of their race, caste or religion. |
HelpAge was registered under the Companies Act No. 17 of 1982 and was incorporated as a limited liability company. The Memorandum of Articles of the Association of HelpAge Sri Lanka was signed on 24th January 1986. Subsequently it was registered under the Registration of Voluntary Social Services Organisations Act No. 31 of 1980 as amended by the Act No. 08 of 1998 as a Voluntary Social Services Organisation bearing No. 11/4/1/590/86. There after the newly established HelpAge Sri Lanka was gazzetted as an Approved Charity bearing No. 497 of 11th March, 1998. |
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