The Sri Lanka foundation, a renowned non-profit organization was founded in 2003 by Sri Lankan-American physician, Walter Jayasinghe. Since its inception, the Sri Lanka Foundation has organized many events and festivals to educate people across the globe on Sri Lankan culture and achievements.

1. Sri Lankan Community in Los Angeles – Lanka Foundation
The Sri Lanka foundation, a renowned non-profit organization was founded in 2003 by Sri
Lankan-American physician, Walter Jayasinghe. Since its inception, the Sri Lanka Foundation
has organized many events and festivals to educate people across the globe on Sri Lankan culture
and achievements. The aim of this non-profit organization is to educate the world about Sri
Lanka and the achievements of its people.
Every year, Sri Lanka Foundation hosts a number of events to bring Sri Lanka expatriates
together. SLF acts like a bridge linking people, cultures, and races together, bringing everyone to
common ground. SLF events provide a setting to people from Sri Lanka to showcase their talent
and attain recognition worldwide.
Sri Lankan Community – Events
The Sri Lanka Day Expo, an important event held every year to showcase and promote Sri
Lankan business, food, musicians and dancers. This popular event draws the attention of
thousands of people across the world to experience the culture of Sri Lanka. The major attraction
of this expo is Perahera, a cultural parade.

2. Every other year, the Sri Lanka Foundation Awards ceremony is held to recognize and honor
deserving members of the Sri Lankan expatriate community for work in their respective fields.
The World Youth Conference (The Young Expatriate Sri Lankans) is organized by SLF for
young people to connect with others, learn about Sri Lankan culture, and develop plans for
how they can help Sri Lanka grow.
The Fashion Show and beauty pageant is also a popular event by SLF held to showcase the
ethnic beauty of Sri Lanka to the US mainstream.

3. Performing Art center
In addition, the Sri Lanka Foundation supports in learning Sri Lankan music, art, language and
folk dance through its performing art center. The PAC programs include beginner child dance
class, beginner drumming class and beginner dance class. All classes for beginners, intermediate
and advanced level are taught by expert and experienced professionals. And children who want
to learn the mother tongue of Sri Lanka can join Sinhalese language classes. Theatre or stage
drama classes will also soon be the part of the Performing Art Center program.

4. The official website of the Sri Lanka Foundation
Apart from the above-mentioned events, learning programs and magazine, the Sri Lanka
foundation also educates visitors about Sri Lankan culture via its official website. This site helps
people to learn about Sri Lankan heritage, connect with others in the community, stay updated on
world events and a lot more. The event section allows individuals to list their upcoming Events
and invite more visitors.
SLF also helps small and medium sized businesses from Sri Lanka in the promotion with its
Directory page on the website. The SLF business directory section allows people to submit
their business information and connect with potential customers around the world.

5. Address-
Sri Lanka Foundation
1930 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Phone: (213) 483 0126
Fax: (213) 413 1233
More info- http://www.srilankafoundation.org/
Email: info@srilankafoundation.org