YEAR END PARTY

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday December 1, 2007 at the Year End Party which will be held at Salle Polyvalente d'Avully.

Program for the evening 7.00 pm Formal opening 7.30 pm Drinks and Refreshments 8.00 pm Dinner 8.30 pm Dance Floor Opens 11.00pm Raffle Draw 01.30am End of evening

Entrance tickets will be priced at CHF 10 for Members (Adults) and CHF 5 for their children above 12 years. However the maximum for one family will be CHF 25. Tickets for Guests (Adults) will be priced at CHF 20 and CHF 10 for their children above 12 years.

Kindly confirm your attendance with one of the committee members in order to help us with catering.

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Talk on Mental Health

A Talk on "Mental Health development in Sri Lanka: The role of the community" was conducted by Professor Nalaka Mendis (FRCPsych) at Quaker hall on Friday, 19^th October. Professor Mendis is renowned for his work in Psychiatry in Sri Lanka and he is currently Professor of Psychological Medicine, University of Colombo and the President of the National Council for Mental Health "Sahanaya"

Following this informative and interesting discussion, Professor Mendis was asked numerous questions on various topics in the field of Mental Health by the audience and it was obvious that if time had permitted, it would have gone on for far longer. This talk, the first of its kind to be organized by SLAG in recent years, was regarded upon as a wholehearted success by both organizers and others present and many expressed their desire for similar educative events to be organized in the future.

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Summer Picnic

The Summer Picnic held on Sunday, 26th August at the Parc de Jonc in Grand Saconnex was a huge success with the participation of not only those from Geneva but also Bern and Zurich as well.

To make up for the lack of a Sinhala and Tamil New Year party, several fun activities and games like coconut scraping, tug-o-war, Kotta pora, sac race were organized with prizes.

Almost all of the youngsters and most of the adults showed great sporting spirit by participating in at least one event and there were smiles and cheers all round for all the games.

The BBQ which is now an integral part of the Summer Picnic was manned by many helpers which is always the case, and is a means of catching up with old friends, especially for the men.

The weather was exceptionally good with sunshine and not a drop of rain and no hint of a cloud in the sky.

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Fete des Rues

The last fundraising event for the year was held in Paquis on 22nd and 23rd of September and again, we were lucky with the weather as it was regularly sunny with no rain. On the first day of the event, we did something different by selling Indian Pakoda (vegetables fried in batter) which proved to be quite a hit.

owever, there were also many 'SLAG food stall regulars' who asked us for our typical Sri Lankan food. (In fact quite a few had actively looked for our stall during lunch time) And so, the next day, we provided the traditional dish of rice, dhal, chicken curry and papadam and it goes without saying, that this was a definite hit!

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Notice: Experienced Sri Lankan teacher offers free Sinhala tuition for children.

Mrs Kanthi Gamhewage, a retired teacher of Vishaka Vidyalaya, D.S. Senanayake College, Zahira College, Buddhist Ladies College amongst others during a career spanning over 30 years and currently residing in Geneva is offering free tuition to children of Sri Lankan families residing in and around Geneva. Beginners, primary and secondary school children are welcome.

Please contact gamhewageg@who.int or call her directly on 022 340 1247 for further details.

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Dear Members,

We are now at the end of another year and all the funds raised by SLAG during this year are awaiting recipients.

We encourage you to make applications for worthy charities through the SLAG charity form found on the SLAG website. More information can be obtained at: www.slageneva.org/charities.htm while the charity form can be downloaded from the page: www.slageneva.org/charityform.html. Those who are unable to access Internet are welcome to call Chandika at 022 340 3700.

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