Sri Lanka Canada Friendship Association of Edmonton
A Community Organization Serving Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Sri Lanka Canada Friendship Association of Edmonton
A Community Organization Serving Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
To: All SLCFA members
In the throes of COVID-19, we have learned to adapt and are doing our duty by wearing masks, social distancing and washing hands in public settings, to combat a deadly virus. And still, there is no end in sight. Consequently, we have had to cancel most of our annual activities, keeping with the Canadian health advisory. Please keep safe and spend quality time with your family.
October has swiftly crept upon us, with its ever enchanting and glorious hues and the past summers warmth is now soon to be only a memory, gradually dwindling away. For some of our young families, it is also the back-to-school season. As we head into fall and winter, the days are becoming shorter, and soon, the white stuff is bound to fall. Halloween and Christmas this year might be strange, and time will tell how they might be affected.
In August, we contributed towards the annual Heritage Festival, which was a virtual experience this year, and was enjoyed by the public from the comfort of their own homes.
A message from the President of SLCFA - Nirmalee Namasivayam Edmonton Heritage Festival Association requested the public to engage on Facebook using #VirtualHF to reach out to a Local and International Audience. I did engage on Facebook and got lots of good reviews on the pictures I posted. It was sad that we do not have any good caterers to cater our Sri Lankan cuisine in Edmonton.
Go to https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-17/clip/15790374 to listen to Nimmi being interviewed by CBC Mark Connolly and Tara McCarthy.
Front row from Left: Savitri Senaratne, Maya Silva Nirmalee, Namasivayam, Ramona Fernando, Nayanthra Witharana
Back Row from Left: Anil Fernando, Yohan De Silva, Amintha Coonghe
The 42nd AGM of the Sri Lanka Canada Friendship Association of Edmonton was held on the
02nd of February 2020. The following members were elected to the committee.
| President | Nirmalee Namasivayam |
| Vice President | Anil Fernando |
| Secretary | Yohan De Silva |
| Treasurer | Nayanthara Witharana |
| Director of Social and Recreational Activities | Maya Silva |
| Director of Membership | Gothamica Wickramasekara |
| Director of Publicity & Communications | Sharmini Senaratne |
| Director of Cultural Activities | Savitri Senaratne |
| Director of Projects and Fund Raising | Amintha Coonghe |
| Past President | Ramona Fernando |
For those of you who don’t know us :
A meet and greet dinner was held to welcome the renowned singer Mr Sunil Edirisinghe and his troupe on October 30th at the Association building to a capacity crowd of adults and children.
The sumptuous potluck dinner was organized primarily by Lakshaman and Chandra ably assisted by the EC and a few others. All attendees had a very enjoyable time specially since it afforded a rare opportunity to meet the esteemed singer and take photographs with him etc., a feat not possible on the day of the show as the singer and troupe were catching a flight immediately after. Some of the highlights are depicted in the photos that follow.