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One Meal. .One Bite. .One Act of Kindness — Rebuild Sri Lanka Together

Dear Friends of the Perth Community,

Cyclone Ditwah has left deep scars across Sri Lanka. Homes washed away. Livelihoods destroyed. Families left with nothing but hope.
It is estimated that the damage caused by this disaster exceeds USD 6 billion — but behind that number are real people, real children, and real stories of loss.
Today, Sri Lanka needs more than sympathy.
She needs hands that will help her stand again — stronger, together.
One meal you enjoy here in Perth can help feed thousands of children back home.
One bite of kottu can help rebuild a roof over the head of someone who lost everything.
One small act of generosity can restore dignity, hope, and the belief that they are not alone.
In response to this devastating event, Sri Lankan community organisations across Perth have come together to organise a large-scale Sri Lankan Food Fair, raising funds for Rebuild Sri Lanka — a relief and recovery initiative supporting those most affected by Cyclone Ditwah.
We warmly invite Sri Lankans and friends of Sri Lanka from all backgrounds to stand with us by:
• Attending the Food Fair
• Buying authentic Sri Lankan cuisine
• Ordering online and sharing with friends and family
For your convenience, online orders can be placed from anywhere in Perth — North, South, East, or West — with collection points at:
Mosman Park | Joondalup | Ellenbrook | Baldivis
This is more than a food fair.
It is compassion served on a plate.
It is hope wrapped in generosity.
It is Perth extending its heart to Sri Lanka.
We humbly ask for your support.
Together, let us turn flavour into kindness — and kindness into rebuilding lives.
With gratitude and hope,

ගැහැණු අපි එක මිටට ..

West Australians welcome new Hon Consul of Srilanka
Eng. Chirantha Weerawardena
BSc Eng, MSc (Mineral Economics), FAusIMM CP, MIMMM CEng, FIEAust CPEng EngExec NER, APEC Eng, IntPE(Aus)
Eng. Chirantha Weerawardena is a Chartered Professional Engineer accredited by three professional engineering institutions in Australia & UK and a Fellow of both Engineers Australia and Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He graduated from University of Moratuwa in 1992 and subsequently obtained three post graduate qualifications including MSc (Mineral Economics) at Curtin University. Chirantha worked 10 years in Sri Lanka before migrating to Australia in 2002. He has got 33 years of experience in mine planning, operations and management.
After holding senior mine planning and mine operations positions in very large open pit mines in Western Australia, Chirantha is currently working as Director and Managing Consultant of his own boutique mining engineering and mine management consultancy serving a number of major international mining companies.
He has experience in directly managing up to A$450M annual operation budgets with up to 500 people. Chirantha has also managed multi-disciplinary technical services departments of very large open pit mining operations up to A$1B annual budgets
He is currently leading and participating in scoping, feasibility, project evaluation and development of several large-scale mining projects as well as carrying out due diligence on acquisition targets. Chirantha’s extensive mineral industry experience covers a number of commodities including Graphite, Rock Aggregates, Tantalum, Tin, Lithium and Iron Ore.
His interest also extends to mineral policy, investment and regulatory aspects. He is passionate about reforming Sri Lankan mining regulatory regime to attract foreign direct investment.
In addition to his professional work, he is actively involved in supporting engineering professionals of Sri Lankan origin in WA through The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka -WA Chapter and WA Sri Lankan Mining Engineers Group. Chirantha and his wife Deepika operate a Free computer training centre. built by themselves for the benefit of children of their village and surrounding area. He also has a proud history of working for free education rights and was subjected to suppression of then anti-democratic SL government
Chirantha’s intention is to use Honorary Consul role for supporting Sri Lanka economic development as per the vision of current Sri Lankan government by building relationships with WA government and industry in addition to meeting consular needs of Sri Lankan community.

Dear fellow Sri Lankans in the Perth/WA community,
The Sri Lankan Government is acting promptly in managing the disaster in Sri Lanka, ensuring both emergency response and long-term recovery. Our government is committed to transparency in every action and remains accountable to the people.
From past experience, we know that during critical situations in Sri Lanka, several groups collected funds—often into personal accounts—and kept them in trust funds here in Australia. Learning from these issues, the current Government has now established a centralised and transparent process for rebuilding Sri Lanka.
A centralised Treasury account and the Rebuild Sri Lanka Fund have been introduced, which will be managed by an expert committee. All infrastructure and rebuilding efforts in Sri Lanka will be carried out through these official channels.
If you follow the unbiased media updates thus far , it is obvious that the government has managed the situation to best possible way with utmost transparency .

Therefore, if your heart goes out to our people in Sri Lanka and you wish to contribute to rebuilding their lives, please choose the right path.
Do not let your hard-earned money go to waste.

NPP Perth

Great News
NIO Perth is pleased to announce that a Mobile Consular Service has been organised in Perth on 13th and 14th December 2025, in collaboration with the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Canberra, Australia. This initiative will allow Sri Lankans residing in Western Australia to conveniently access essential consular services without the need to travel interstate. Please refer attached flyer for more details and registration .
For registration please click the following link.

https://tinyurl.com/ed99avjn