YouthLead

Overview

Why do you want to join youthpower

How I want to make an Impact

The YouthLead Programme is a leading platform for young changemakers and community leaders to elevate their work in mobilizing the youth of their communities. It can be recognized as an empowerment platform for youth empowerment advocates. Hence as an Advocate for Youth Empowerment the predominant reason why I wish to join the YouthLead Programme is to utilize the myriad of opportunities provided by it, to streamline my advocacy efforts for youth development. I also believe that the YouthLead Programme offers an invaluable opportunity to network with fellow youth leaders and learn from their advocacy journeys. Thirdly. YouthLead provides me an apt platform to draw the attention of the international youth developmental system to the ideology of (YEI) as a sustainable avenue for youth development, as it emphasises the importance of top-level youth development and inter-stakeholder partnership creation for inclusive youth empowerment.

My current advocacy work is focused on mainstreaming Youth Empowerment Incubation (YEI) for sustainable youth development. Streamlining the existing national, regional and international youth development systems through YEI, is the mark I wish to leave in the world; it is the impact I wish to make. I have begun this journey by establishing and leading Sri Lanka’s first Youth Empowerment Incubator, namely, Hype Sri Lanka, which bears the vision of serving as a catalyst for inclusive and sustainable youth development. I wish to globalize the YEI ideology within the next ten years by creating the Hype Global Youth Empowerment Incubation movement.

Short biography

5. I am a youth empowerment advocate specializing in the niche area of Youth Empowerment Incubation (YEI). I am the Founder and President of Hype Sri Lanka which is the country's first youth empowerment incubator. I am also the Founding President of the Young Legal Professionals Association of Sri Lanka. I was appointed as the United Nations Youth Delegate for Sri Lanka in 2016 in recognition of my community service and youth leadership. In this capacity I worked as a Youth Focal Point to the National Youth Services Council and the Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs. I have also served as the Global Ambassador for Sri Lanka for Youth Opportunities in 2018. I am a Women Deliver Young Leader of 2020 and the recipient of The Diana Award 2020. In terms of my professional and academic background, I am an Attorney-at-Law who has completed her LLB at the University of London and her BA specializing in Development Policy and Management Economics at the University of Colombo. I am also a Chevening Scholar 2020 who is starting my Masters in International Economic Law, Justice and Development at Birkbeck, University of London, from October this year.

Groups

All YouthLead Members and Alumni, YouthLead Ambassadors and Peer Advisors, Cohort 3, YouthLead Ambassadors and Peer Advisors, Cohort 4

Networks

9. One World Volunteer
Volunteer of the V-Force
South Asian Youth Conference
Former United Nations Youth Delegate
Youth Opportunities Ambassador Programme
Commonwealth Youth Forum
Women Deliver
The Diana Award
Global Youth Aspirations Programme
Citizens
Hype Sri Lanka
Young Legal Professionals Association of Sri Lanka
The Model United Nations Circuit of Sri Lanka
The Debating Circuit of Sri Lanka
The Chevening Scholarship.

Where did you hear about us?

Other websites

Country

Sri Lanka

Sectors of Interest

Topics of Interest

Sectors of Interest

Topics of Interest

Education

 Enrolled at Birkbeck, University of London to follow an LLM in International Economic Law, Justice and Development through The Chevening Scholarship (October 2020 to October 2021)
 Currently following the Post Diploma in International Relations at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (October 2019 to December 2020)
 Completed the Attorney-at-Law professional qualification at Sri Lanka Law College (2016 to 2019)
 Completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Specializing in Development Policy and Management Economics at the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo (2016 to 2020)
 Completed an LLB with a Second Upper Award from the University of London (International Programmes) via Horizon Campus, Malabe (2015 to 2019)
 Completed a Diploma in International Relations offered by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (2015 to 2016)
 Completed a Beginners Course in Spanish offered by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (2014 to 2015)
 Certificate Course in Computer Science from the National Institute for Business Management (NIBM) (2010 to 2011)
 Completed the Advanced Level Examinations in the subjects, Economics, Geography and English Literature with 2As and 1B and with an Z Score of 1.872

Languages spoken

My Conversations

Title	Comment	Author	Post date
Reply to Message	Good Dear COLIGUE, I am Bruce Moyo, would like to connect with you, Youthlead member	Brucemoyo	November 09, 2022 at 11:16am
Reply to Message	Hi Srusthi! My name is Chiranthi Senanayake and I am a Youth Lead Ambassador from Sri Lanka for Cohort 03. I wanted to drop this message and say a big hello! How are you? I am in the process of reaching out to fellow youth leaders from South Asia and networking with them. How are you? And how has your experience of using the YouthLead platform, been thus far?	Chiranthi Senanayake	July 17, 2021 at 11:45am
Reply to Message	Hi Asish! My name is Chiranthi Senanayake and I am a Youth Lead Ambassador from Sri Lanka for Cohort 03. I wanted to drop this message and say a big hello! How are you? I am in the process of reaching out to fellow youth leaders from South Asia and networking with them. How are you? And how has your experience of using the YouthLead platform, been thus far?	Chiranthi Senanayake	July 17, 2021 at 11:43am
Reply to Message	Hi George! My name is Chiranthi Senanayake and I am a Youth Lead Ambassador from Sri Lanka for Cohort 03. I wanted to drop this message and say a big hello! How are you? I am in the process of reaching out to fellow youth leaders from South Asia and networking with them. How are you? And how has your experience of using the YouthLead platform, been thus far?	Chiranthi Senanayake	July 17, 2021 at 11:42am
Reply to Message	Hi Taheatul! My name is Chiranthi Senanayake and I am a Youth Lead Ambassador from Sri Lanka for Cohort 03. I wanted to drop this message and say a big hello! How are you? I am in the process of reaching out to fellow youth leaders from South Asia and networking with them. How are you? And how has your experience of using the YouthLead platform, been thus far?	Chiranthi Senanayake	July 17, 2021 at 11:40am
Reply to Message	Hi Sanjana! My name is Chiranthi Senanayake and I am a Youth Lead Ambassador from Sri Lanka for Cohort 03. I wanted to drop this message and say a big hello! How are you? I am in the process of reaching out to fellow youth leaders from South Asia and networking with them. How are you? And how has your experience of using the YouthLead platform, been thus far?	Chiranthi Senanayake	July 17, 2021 at 11:39am
Reply to Message	Greetings Young Leaders ! Young SEA is a team of young hopeful changemakers from Philippines, Indonesia & Malaysia on a mission to create a better place for everyone to live in. The project focuses on SDG 13 Climate Action specifically about tackling the environmental threat of untreated disposable mask waste caused by Covid-19. We have seen that the pandemic caused everyone to use disposable facemasks to protect ourselves but the action to limit its environmental impact has not yet been properly taken action upon, both in developed and developing countries. With this in mind, we opted to organize a series of webinars about tackling this problem and also to empower young people about the many ways we can create a better world in this post-pandemic era. We always stand by the quote, “If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way” by Napoleon Hill and we hope that through this slogan we will always be reminded of the simple ways we can do to achieve our goal— a place where no one is left behind. Right now, we are participating in a #WatchOurImpact challenge by Youth Lead that you are part of and we would like people to discover our project and vote for us! Could you help us by voting for us? Here is the link https://www.youthlead.org/watch-our-impact/young-sea-tackling-environmental-impact-untreated-disposable-mask-waste-covid-19-pandemic Kindly login to https://www.youthlead.org/ and click the vote button. If you vote, the number near the heart will change. If you need help you can always message us at our email youngsoutheastasia@gmail.com ! You only have to log in and press on the heart. I hope you will do that and Thank you so much for the vote! <3	abida	July 11, 2021 at 13:48pm
Reply to Message	Hello, my name is Ndisha Mwanjala from Kenya, I am a global youth Ambassador for peace and education and a sutainability intern at MK Africa. I am a contestantat the watch our impact video challenge. Please watch and vote for my entry here: https://www.youthlead.org/watch-our-impact/arid-affliction Thank you and let's connect!	Ndisha Mwanjala	July 10, 2021 at 10:33am
Reply to Message	Hello, my name is Ndisha Mwanjala from Kenya, I am a global youth Ambassador for peace and education and a sutainability intern at MK Africa. I am a contestantat the watch our impact video challenge. Please watch and vote for my entry here: https://www.youthlead.org/watch-our-impact/arid-affliction Thank you and let's connect!	Ndisha Mwanjala	July 10, 2021 at 10:33am
Reply to Message	Hi Neelam! My name is Chiranthi Senanayake and I am a Youth Lead Ambassador from Sri Lanka for Cohort 03. I wanted to drop this message and say a big hello! How are you? I am in the process of reaching out to fellow youth leaders from South Asia and networking with them. How are you? And how has your experience of using the YouthLead platform, been thus far?	Chiranthi Senanayake	June 12, 2021 at 07:40am