Ladies Charity Night 2022 by The DOT Charitable Foundation Inc – Photos  by Roy Gunaratne of RoyGrafix. View More photos on eLanka Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.5644089998957019&type=3 The DOT Charitable Foundation Inc’s 4th Ladies Charity Night was held on Saturday the 2nd of July 2022 at Roselea Community Centre, Carlingford NSW. This charity event which was held after two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was a huge success. The event was to showcase the foundation’s recent activities and make awareness of the underprivileged sick Sri Lankan children’s situation in aftermath of the COVID-19 and challenging socioeconomic conditions. Around 250 ladies attended the event to support and celebrate the 12 years of the foundation’s service. It was a memorable event with traditional blessings, songs, ladies and teens fashion shows, a raffle draw, and dance items by Mathra and SLDAS followed by a scrumptious dinner catered by Flavour of Ceylon. The event photography ...

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  The Sri Lanka Association of New South Wales Inc. Annual Winter Ball 2019 ‘Pride and Passion’ – Reported by Kithsiri Senadeera – Photos thanks to Roy Grafix The Sri Lanka Association of New South Wales Inc (SLANSW) Annual Winter Ball 2019 ‘Pride and Passion’ was held on a grand scale on Saturday, the 7th of  September at the Mercure Hotel, Liverpool. Attracting a full house, the event was a great success raising awareness and funds towards the SLANSW’s seniors programs.  Chief Guest for the occasion was the newly appointed High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Australia, H.E Mr. J.C. Weliamuna.  There were a number of distinguished guests present including, Mr Lal Wickramatunga, the Sri Lankan Consul General for New South Wales and Queensland, the Honourable Mr Kevin Conolly, Member for Riverstone and Parliamentary Secretary for Education and the Honourable Ms Jodi Mckay, Leader of the Opposition of the Parliament ...

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SAFAL FEST 2019 – MEDIA REPORT (Photos by Roy Grafix) SAFAL Fest 2019 was a tremendous success which was made possible with a very dedicated, committed and passionate organising team comprising of Ash Gholkar Festival Chair, Kedarnath (Kevin) Pagaddinnimath Festival Director, Sabrin Farooqui, Kavitha Jeyakumar, Jeyakumar Ramasamy, Saliya Tennekoon, Hasitha Adhikariariachichi, Nagendra Adhikari, Meenakshi Cholkar and Prachi Kekre.   The Festival kicked off on 3rd August with the Screening of the Oscar Entrant Sri Lankan film Frozen Fire at the Event Cinema Macquarie Centre, North Ryde which was organised by Kithsiri Karunaratne. It was attended by Sri Lankan Consul General, Mr. Lal Raj Wikramatunga., Clr. Bernard Purcell from City of Ryde and members of Sri Lankan Community.   The SAFAL Arts & Literature Festival was officially inaugurated by Mr John Alexander Federal MP for Bennelong on the 4th of August at the Brush Farm House, Eastwood and was also attended ...

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