SRI LANKA FOUNDATION
OVERVIEW
 Mission
The mission of Sri Lanka Foundation is to help
Sri Lankan communities worldwide and to share with
the people internationally the cultural, artistic, philosophical
and technical attributes of Sri Lanka.
Our Vision
Sri Lanka Foundation seeks to
empower and inspire hope
for improved lives and livelihoods
of Sri Lankans and related communities worldwide.
General
The Sri Lanka Foundation is a 501 C (3) non-profit organization formed in April 2003 by Walter Jayasinghe, M.D., a well-known Sri Lankan-American physician in Los Angeles. With its head office in Los Angeles, California, the main focus of Sri Lanka Foundation is to promote Sri Lankan culture in the United States and globally.
Sri Lanka Foundation publishes the “Sri Lankan Good News”, a monthly publication highlighting the cultural and social events of the expatriate Sri Lankan community with circulation to more than then ten thousand Sri Lankan households globally. The “Sri Lanka Day Expo” is an annual one-day annual event held in Santa Monica, California presenting Sri Lankan musicians, dancers, food and businesses. The expo attracts nearly seven thousand Sri Lankan’s from around the world and more than fifty thousand American’s to experience Sri Lankan culture.
The “Sri Lanka Foundation Awards” is an annual event held in Los Angeles, California to render due recognition to deserving individuals of the Sri Lankan expatriate community in all fields of human discipline.
The YES! World Youth Conference is a first of its kind youth program hosted by Sri Lanka Foundation for youth of Sri Lankan origin. The YES! World Youth Conference gives an opportunity to network, learn about Sri Lankan culture and to develop plans to help Sri Lanka.
The annual Beauty Pageant hosted by the Sri Lanka Foundation is a popular event for the Sri Lankan community to showcase Sri Lankan ethnic beauty to the American mainstream. Every year, the city of Los Angeles looks forward to the Cultural Concert hosted by Sri Lanka Foundation, which brings unique Sri Lankan performers such as Pradeep Ratnayake and the Channa Upuli dance troupe to enthrall an appreciative audience.
Sri Lanka Foundation remains at the forefront of emerging Internet based technologies and uses MySpace.com, Facebook.com, Flickr.com and Second Life to reach out to the Sri Lankan community and to increase awareness of the activities undertaken by the Foundation.
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