Schweizerische ALS Stiftung and Verein ALS Schweiz
ALS foundation
The Swiss ALS Foundation (Schweizerische ALS Stiftung) was founded in 2003 by a young ALS patient Dirk Henauer, who dedicated the last 2 years of his life to the establishment of the foundation. The main goal of the ALS foundation is to foster and support research in ALS. Furthermore the foundation aims to provide support to ALS patients and their relatives. Over the past 10 years, the foundation has supported numerous research projects at various academic institutions in Switzerland.
In 2007, the ALS Association Switzerland (Verein ALS Schweiz, Association SLA Suisse, Associazione SLA Svizzera) was founded under the name of ALS-Vereinigung. The activities of the Swiss ALS Association focus on supporting and directly helping ALS patients and their relatives. We offer financial support if required, provide wheelchairs and other medical aid and accessories, assist and consult the persons affected by ALS as patients or as relatives throughout the illness. Furthermore, we organize ALS events in the German and French speaking parts of Switzerland and do our utmost to make ALS better known to a broad public.
Contact details
Address: Frohburgstrasse 4, Postfach, 4601 Olten, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 887 17 20
Email: info@als-schweiz.ch