{"id":125319,"date":"2022-05-14T15:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T22:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=125319"},"modified":"2022-05-14T15:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T22:48:51","slug":"nzs-donation-of-nz-500000-to-sri-lanka-via-un-world-food-program-to-feed-vulnerable-children-and-assist-struggling-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/05\/14\/nzs-donation-of-nz-500000-to-sri-lanka-via-un-world-food-program-to-feed-vulnerable-children-and-assist-struggling-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ&#8217;s Donation of NZ $ 500,000 To Sri Lanka Via UN World Food Program to &#8221; feed vulnerable children and assist struggling farmers&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM United Sri Lanka Association.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>To:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon Nanaia Mahuta,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Foreign Affairs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ministry of Foreign Affairs .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NZ Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Minister,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am writing to say how pleased I was to read your tweet and that of NZ High Commissioner&nbsp; in Colombo, informing us&nbsp; of your decision to make the above donation to help Sri Lanka in it\u2019s hour of need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It makes me immensely proud, as a New Zealander of Sri Lankan origin, that despite being a small nation and economy, New Zealand has been the first cab off the rank, from among western nations, to come to Sri Lanka\u2019s aid in it&#8217;s current crisis. You have also chosen a group in Sri Lanka that has been significantly affected currently, demonstrating not only your concern but also of your being well informed of SL\u2019s current needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My mind goes back to the 2004 Asian Tsunami, when New Zealand, then under&nbsp; PM&nbsp; Helen Clark,&nbsp; was again a most prominent &amp; generous donor that enabled our association to build 60 brand new homes of SL\u2019s western coast to replace 60 destroyed by the tsunami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven doubt with these thanks and reflections , I am also reflecting the thoughts of many thousands of Sri Lankan origin, who now call New Zealand, home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Permit me also to record our appreciation of the efforts of the Sri Lankan born MP in the NZ parliament, Vanushi Walters, who I know, has been advocating very vigorously to help Sri Lanka. This outcome , which though the first hopefully will not be the last,&nbsp; will no doubt please her too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanking you once again,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spokesperson,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United Sri Lanka Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wellington NZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM United Sri Lanka Association. To: Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs . NZ Parliament. Dear Minister, I am writing to say how pleased I was to read your tweet and that of NZ High Commissioner&nbsp; in Colombo, informing us&nbsp; of your decision to make the above [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}