AIESEC Colombo South - GCDPi winter 2013 (HD) The most awesome, craziest, impactful Life Experiences Ever!

CS HOT TO GO... Like never Before!!!

It is with greatest pleasure we inform that the Colombo South Local Committee won 6 awards at National Excellency Awards at the National Leadership Development Seminar 2013.

- Best GCDPi Program
- Best GIPi Program
- Exchange Participant of the Year: Danushika Welagedara
- Most Sustainable Local Committee
- Most Progressive Local Committee (shared with Colombo North)
- Most Outstanding Local Committee

Hats-off to all the members who worked tirelessly to bring this entity to where it is now..
Feeling Proud like never before...

CS HOT TO GO!!!!!!!!

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AIESEC Colombo South is hosting 5 amazing projects for coming winter. If you are ready for a life changing experience in paradise , APPLY NOW ! ! ! !

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Zhang talks about her experience in the ART Project

Firstly, I have to express my sincere thanks to AIESEC Colombo south, because they gave an amazing summer in Sri Lanka and let me to make a plenty of friends there, which is a lifelong fortune for me. I am so happy for decision to join in this art project.

For this art project itself, I think it is firstly a challenge for me as I have no experience in art design. In the whole project, I got a lot of opportunity to work as a design-majored student to develop my creative thinking. What is more, the pure and original Sri Lanka cultures were directly in front of us, so we can absorb as much as we can. Also, we got the professional assistance for Moratuwa University that gave us many insights from local academic professors. One thing I have to mention here is the professional skills and hardwork of local students are extraordinary impressive for me. I am pretty sure we cannot achieve such a successful exhibition without their help.

Except the project, our free time was well-organized. We got many chances to enjoy the attractive places in Sri Lanka. And we were leaded to join in excellent local adventure camp, which is so exciting that deserve everyone to join in.

BY Zhang Yunan from China 

Nastya's life changing experience in Sri Lanka with AIESEC CS

Hey AIESEC My name is Anastasiia Baranchuk, I am 18 years old exchange student from Ukraine and also I was an intern in “The ART Project” in LC Colombo South. I was looking for internship for long time and this TN form really interested me. In this project me, interns and local designer’s students were working with national craft, design, art for 6 weeks and in the end we had to create our own stuff. Maybe it hears easy and not interesting, but in fact it was really crazy and incredible time full of work, travelling, fun. I will never forget time of final exhibition when I saw our results and realized how much experience I have got from the project. The ART Project developed my art, design, time-management, crisis-management skills, but the most important point is that this project changed me and my life views and presented me a lot of impressions and team, the best international team in my life ever.

 For me it was first time abroad and Sri Lanka was so different from my native country in everything, but I felt these differences really easy because of interns and AIESEC team. I am really thankful for everyone. OCP, OC team and other AIESECers were working really hard and good, they were trying to help in every problem what I’ve got, also all activities were organized well and we had a lot of fun, what I will never forget. Sri Lanka is a very beautiful country where you can find just peace and love, travelling and adventures, fun and joy ect., it depends what you are looking for, but as for me I found everything I found myself. And the best thing that I returned back to my country and I am feeling empty, totally empty and it is really good to start everything from the beginning. I will come back again and I will be happy for everyone who will go to this awesome country and will get the same huge and necessary life experience)

Aleksandra's volunteering experience in E- Gurugedara project

Hey my name is Aleksandra , I came from Poland , I study in school of Economics , Finance and Accounting, From 4th of July I was taking part in E- Gurugedara Project in Sri Lanka .
Whole trip was the best experience of me, Everything was perfectly organized. Coordinators were very helpful and caring. They always answered to all my questions and offered. They help, they organized many trips for us around Sri Lanka and it was perfect to travel with local people.

I met amazing friends and it was fantastic for me to get to know different cultures. Everyday in the school , teacher was giving me a timetable. Children were very grateful and thankful by giving me many gifts and pictures. People in Sri Lanka are very very friendly, they always stopped on the street to say " hello , How are you !! " They always helped me if i need it.

Thank you AIESEC Colombo South for Organizing so excellent journey. I have learnt much about others but also about myself. I hope I also make something good for Sri Lanka.













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Ola Markowska

" I’ve had the best Moment of my life "Happy Nguyễn talks about project E-Gurugedara

I am thankful to be a part of your project “E-Guru Gedara”. I’ve never been on any kind of project before so I’m very scared at first. However, thanks to your preparation and help, I’ve had the best Moment of my life

Here in Sri Lanka I have met do many cool people from China, Pakistan, India, Russia, Poland and Taiwan including Sri Lankan people too. It’s so great of you in giving us such a big chance to learn from many cultures and get to know and understand people from different backgrounds and to work with them together.During the project I received lot of help from AIESEC members. Everyone was so kind and cheerful and helped us in the best way they could. I will always remember them and will be thankful for them for what they have given me.

But the greatest thing of all is that the project let me become a Teacher to help the students to educate themselves and also to learn from them. Personally I learned to be Patient, Cheerful around children and how to be a good person to the word itself. I really have a strong bond towards the school that I worked in as well for teachers and the lovely students. Thank you once again for AIESEC Colombo South for giving me this Opportunity to have unforgettable Experience in Sri Lanka.  

Happy Nguyễn from Vietnam

Ayesha Khan's Experience in E - Gurugedara project

Of all the Experiences in my life, I got one more Experience by AIESEC Global Exchange Program in the name of “E-Gurugedara”, educational project to teach young students English and to open up opportunities for them to be more creative as well as be more creative in teaching in my side.

I always thought that teaching is fun and easy but while experiencing the classes and the students in school, I can say that “Teaching” is a big responsibility which needs hard and work and commitment. The school I went to was “Presbyterian girls’ high school” which is one of the most amazing schools. The staff including the teachers, coordinators, the principal and the students were really friendly and loving and were always ready to help. Organizing an event just for us was the most surprising action by the school staff. I enjoyed each single day at the school and making sweet memories with the students were the moments that I would never forget.

Apart from school, I had a great time with my AIESEC buddies too. They helped us till the end and they organized awesome trips for us and we enjoyed each and every moment at its fullest. Last but not least I had a beyond amazing time at Global Village where all the EPs were ready to perform and tell about cultures through dancing, flags and by food stalls.

I feel like I had my life time Experience only in just one month, and that is the motive of AIESEC GCDP and they are doing it at its best.

Thank you for everything!

By Ayesha Khan from Pakistan 

"I have given my heart to this little country and it has won me over " Tayyaba's Experience in the ART Project

Six weeks in the beautiful island and I have not only completed my internship with AIESEC South Colombo, but also won the final design exhibition for the best project. I have given my heart to this little country and it has won me over.

Holding hands and running by the beach, singing, dancing and laughing without a care in the world, I have passed my days in the company of the most amazing people from all over the world. I have listened to their stories, gotten inspired and lived this multicultural experience with all my heart. I have been loved and appreciated; in turn I have teased most of my people and found a new international family away from home.

Having marked the streets of Colombo as my own, I have stood on buses and swayed to the speed of the crazy drivers. I have travelled in overfilled trains and spontaneously gotten dropped off in cities. I have travelled for 14 hours in a day to drop a visit to a city for three hours. I have strolled in the ve

ry artistic fort of Galle and felt the traces of history inspire me. I have let the waves of the roaring sea crash against me and lost in the thrill of the Indian Ocean, I have almost drowned. I have danced by the beach, fallen off the rocks and mildly injured my leg, their scars I wear with pride now. I have jumped off cliffs, slide over rocks and rafted through white water. I have been a witness to the most beautiful festival in Kandy and I have seen the reason why the culture of Sri lanka grows on foreigners. I have stood on the most southern point of Srilanka in a lighthouse and seen the presence of nothing but infinity of sea. I have visited endless temples and seen the importance of a simple lotus flower and a burning diya for the ordinary man. I have experienced architectural miracles and gained endless exposure. I have cycled through the city of ruins and felt the power the history can have over one. I have seen the tea trails, visited the tea factories and drank the tea in its purest form. I have been affected by the myths and stories, and traveled over a hill to see the beautiful waterfall: The lovers leap. I have bottle fed infant elephants and held handicapped turtles. I have climbed the rock of Sigiriya and envied the god kings who resided amongst such beauty. I have hiked on the Adams Peak through the night to watch the sunrise and stood shivering at the top through dawn, dumbfounded to be a part of the surreal experience. I have carried the flag of Pakistan in my bag pack through it all, proud to be from Pakistan and ecstatic to share the stories of its many colors with anyone I encountered. I hope to have inspired my friends, who have endlessly inspired me.

A Chinese roommate, who is undoubtedly my other half, a Pakistani girl, with crazy detour plans and a shared shopping problem, a polish girl who's laugh can light up anyone’s world, a Croatian beauty with the biggest heart, a Chinese boy with endless inspiration and motivation for our team, another with a crazy accent which has me in fits of laughter every time I hear it (never mind I’ll find someone like you), and the third one with a magical voice and beautiful stories, Thank you for inspiring and loving me. I hope our paths cross again and we can hold hands and sing again as we watch the sun rise and sigh at the beauty of it, together.
Now as I sit at the airport, about to board, I realize everything Sri Lanka has given me, and I hope to have influenced others in turn. I miss those I am leaving behind and now I am looking forward to my mamas Biryani and the family and friends that await me.
AIESEC South Colombo, Thank you for the 'awesome life changing' experience. The Art Project 2013, interns and the OC, you will be missed.

by Tayyaba Anwar from Pakistan.

Karolina's Experience in Sri Lanka with AIESEC CS

I took part in project E-Gurugedara in Sri Lanka for 6 weeks, it was an education project , I taught students in Girl's High School, Mount Lavinia and it was the best experience in my life. Because of living with all volunteers like other interns and local people , we could get to know the real life style in many countries,

I went to visit a lot of wonderful cities and sacred places in Sri Lanka, Firstly , I was afraid about everything, new culture , local people, But everything was okay, AIESEC team from South Colombo provided us perfect organizing, so we didn't have problem with anything,

It was the best time in my life, 6 weeks here in Sri Lanka, I will do everything to come back here also in next summer and take part in the same project.

By Karolina Pietrzak from Poland

LIz's internship experience in AIESEC CS , Sri Lanka

I'm liz, I come from china . I worked as an volunteer to teach English for project E- Gurugedara in a school named Presbyterian Girl's High School.
Thanks for AIESEC CS in Sri Lanka and the Principal of Presbyterian Girl's High School for giving me this opportunity . I am the last one who came to the school but I learnt a lot from teachers and children. When I first came to the school , I was not familiar to everything , thanks to Ms. Champika who was a local teacher of Presbyterian Girl's High School and other friends who work with me together. Ms. Champika was like our mother in the school, she always care about us and think about us. I am really moved !!! what's more , Girls in school are really nice, they gave us much help in the function and daily life. I won;t forget them forever.
In a word, i really enjoy the time what I spent in our school , Thanks to teachers who gave us the different experience. I really like Sri Lanka ! I will come back again

by Yishan Yan from China

Thanridu's amazing experience in Poland

I joined AIESEC in March and I was very lucky to find a proper project as fast as I thought. Then I faced their interview and Klaudia (the person who interviewed me, a member of AIESEC Krakow Poland) said that I must join her project and she sent me all the documents that I wanted to apply for visa. Within three weeks I arranged everything and I got went to Poland on the 19th of May 2013.

I had 6 hours transit in Istanbul (Most boring thing I had to face during my journey) and finally I reached to Poland on 20th of May around 6 o’ clock in the morning. Most awesome part was that my plane went only to Warsaw Chopin Airport but my project was held at Krakow (230 KM away from Warsaw). Then immediately my buddy Natalia Feiga sent me some documents regarding travelling by busses and trains. Thanks to her help that I was able to go to Krakow safely and quickly.
Natalia came to the station and she escorted me the place that I had to stay and when I went there, there were another 7 interns from 6 countries and in a very short time we became good friends. The place we stayed was somewhat special because it was a 2nd world war bunker and now it is renovated as a motel (Fort 49). It provided us with a gym, and with the kitchen facilities. The place was actually great for me and I was really satisfied with the facilities they provided us.

Our project organizers said that they would provide us with Internet but sadly there were some issues when we tried to go online. As I was an IT undergraduate I did some work and rearranged everything and manage to get the internet connection. After that other interns called me the king of fort which I’m a little proud of and after sorting out the problem Sonia (Organizing Committee President of the project) sent us following E – Mail which I think was very concerning of her.




My first school was Salezjański Zespół and I worked there for three weeks. It was a big school and there were 5 interns including myself who was working in the same school. We had so much of fun but at the same time learned a lot. They supplied us with lunch which I missed most of the time which I think was very kind of them. When it comes to the project I went to another two schools and I think I was able to finish my job very well using my skills for the maximum. Why I feel that way is because right now I have more than 300 Facebook friends in Poland from the people I met from schools.

In the dorm I and my two best friends Shi Xu and Lim Wai cooked our meals together every day and once a week all interns in the fort would get together and party. Somehow I had to come right after we finish the project due to my studies and still I miss my buddies and other friends so badly.

Because of AIESEC I was able to learn about another culture and experience it and at the same time I developed my presentation skills and I made lot of new friends from different countries. Finally after all this is done now I feel that I’m a new born man and is not the same person who left the country.

Thank you very much AIESEC !!



P.S. Especially I must personally thank Mr. Asiri Weerathunga and Mr. Sumal Chathuranga for encouraging me to go for an exchange.


By Tharindu Athukorala
Undergraduate of Information Technology

HOW MUCH I MISS CHINA

In the month of April,when I joined the AIESEC University of Moratuwa ,my girl friend gave me the idea of going to China as an intern . She always thought it would be great for me to do extracurricular work and that such experience will make the vacation, an enjoyable and interesting one. I also liked the idea and faced the interview which I luckily got through. Then I got my documents ready and left to China.

At the first glance the place I saw was out of this world to me. Shenzhen was a very developed city with very good and polite people. I was hosted by a local family who used to live in an apartment. My fellow Aiesecer who lived there is a very friendly lad with lots of good qualities. Whenever I wanted something he never ignored it. During first few days he even cooked curries for me, thinking that I won’t be able to eat Chinese food. His family was not very fluent in English, so he had to be there with me to help me to communicate. They were one of the best families I have ever known in my life. I was given a room with all the facilities as in A/C, an attached bath room, a comfortable bed etc. I was also given so many tasty homemade Chinese food, which I do still miss for this very day.


In order to meet the other Aiesecers, I had to go to the University of Shenzhen by metro train which was a whole new experience for me. The University of Shenzhen is one of the most beautiful places I have been to; even though it was a university it was just an open space like a park. I ate from the University Canteen which was very clean, cheap and served tasty food. Compared to Chinese foods were soupier. In the University I stayed in a café called “The memory house” where all the Aiesecers used to hang out and talk. It was a very beautiful place, which was situated near a lake which really did inspire me a lot.

The Aiesecers, who worked with me, are some of the friendliest poepeI have ever met. Their enthusiasm towards voluntary service, energetic feelings, and their friendly attitude always surprised me and I have to mention that it was them and their great qualities which made my whole internship an everlasting unforgettable experience in my life.

The project in which I was enrolled as a volunteer was, the project Green Power Now (GPN). My task was to teach high school students about Environmental protection .I taught in six high schools in Shenzen. I always loved teaching, but by then I had no experience in teaching foreigners. However I loved that experience. They adored me a lot. I gave them Sri Lankan sweets which my mother made especially for them. They loved those sweetsJ. After teaching in schools, me and other Aiesecers, we used go out and eat. Sometimes we tried different street food which I still crave to eat again.

Even though my stay in China was very short I had the liberty of seeing lot of places in Shenzhen. I went to “Happy Valley” which was an amusement park, I visited the museum and the highest building in Shenzhen which was a skyscraper .Went to do shopping in different parts of Shenzhen with my friends. We went to watch 4-D movies which I had never seen before. On the last day of my stay in Shenzen, my Chinese buddies gave me presents and tears were rolling down on our cheeks which showed me how bonded we were.

The internship gave me the opportunity to learn presentation skills, to make new friends, and to live and experience a different country with a different culture. At the end of the day I just need to tell you that Aiesec Internships would surely give you a life changing experience.

Only now I realized the meaning of the café I stayed.”The Memory house”. I miss China and my buddies there.





By Akshika Wijesundara
AIESEC CS Return EP

MY JOURNEY TO THE KINGDOM OF PHARAOHS

My journey to “Egypt” through AIESEC started on the 25th of April from the Bandaranayake International Airport at Katunayake. Even though I’ve travelled a lot before, this was my first time travelling alone and therefore, it was quite a challenge for me.

The flight to Egypt was really amazing. Since I was the only teenage girl in the entire plane, I attracted a lot of attention. I made friends with a person who works for the Royal Security of the Sultan of Oman. Upon arriving at the airport in Egypt, I tried to locate my buddies from AIESEC. Finally I met 2 boys, “Gallad” (my buddy) and “Sawaaf” who welcomed me to their country and I was really happy to finally meet them whom I contacted for days through online.

We got into a car and they took me to “KHAN KHALILI”, which is the oldest street in Cairo. I was really surprised and excited as everything was very shiny and colorful. They had papyrus, souvenirs, clothes etc. I was introduced to 3 Indian and 2 Romanian interns. They were all very nice people and eventually we had dinner together. We had “CUSHERINE”, which is a traditional food in Egypt, mixed with rice, noodles, macaroni, garlic and chili sauce. Then we went to a café where we had “SHISHA”, a traditional smoke which uses dried fruit for smoking. I was having it for the first time in my life, so I found it a little uncomfortable at first and found it difficult to even stand upright. But I liked it. Everybody was a little excited, but it was fun, and from that day on, they called me “Shisha girl“.

I stayed at the TMA building, the NGO where I worked as a volunteer. It was a rural area but I really experienced the original Egyptian culture there. I loved those poor people whom were rich in good values and qualities. Everybody was so nice to me. “Fairooz” and “Hayem” was working with me and sometimes Hayem cooked me fish since I loved to eat fish more than meat. “Mukhaelith”, the lady who cleaned the building, treated me like her own daughter after I gave her some medicine for her illness. “Haleem”, the helper in TMA, was my guardian. I was addicted to “AYISH and BABAGANNOOG” another local food, so whenever I say “aizaayish o babagannog“(I need ayish and babagannoog), Haleem brings me them. During my free time, I often went with him to visit the street market. Sometimes I had shisha at TMA, but the flavor Haleem used was very strong, so I got high all the time and slept like a dead horse till late morning.

I had a single unforgettable day of my life during my stay there. At TMA, they had sheep, and I used to love them so much and was always cuddling them. One morning, Hayem asked me to come outside and so I did. There was this sheep, and I started to cuddle him. Suddenly, there came a man with a big knife. I didn’t know the purpose of it all until then. I screamed and begged him to stop, but it was an order from Dr. May. I closed my ears and ran away crying. I had never felt so helpless in my whole life before. After sometime, I saw that man’s legs covered in red. One minute, I was cuddling the sheep and the next minute he was gone. I couldn’t bear it. It was a real cultural shock and I had to admit it. I couldn’t eat anything for the whole day and I couldn’t eat meat after that for several days.

I used to ride horses since I love them. I especially rode donkeys and camels since I can’t have that chance in Sri Lanka. One day I visited a local wedding. It was so colorful and the music was so loud. Everybody was dancing traditional dances and I also joined them to dance.

Once I had to go for a company seminar representing TMA. Everybody who was present in the occasion was older people and I was the only girl with a fashionable dress, and I felt like sitting with “left brained” giants. After they found out that I’m a fashion design student they were surprised and one entrepreneur came to me and invited me to join his fashion projects. After the meeting, I went home with him by taxi and was talking all the way back. He was a very kind person and he told me and I quote that “you are a very good person and your country will be proud of you” which I really light a spark on me.

During my stay in Egypt, I did not forget to visit the pyramids. It was an awesome and unbelievable experience. Once I went inside a pyramid I felt I was witnessing the amazing history of the world. It’s very hard to explain that feeling.

“Maged”, an AIESECer and a good friend of mine, took me to the “TAHREER SQUARE”, which was famous for the big protest, and afterwards, we went to visit “ZAMALICK”, an area populated by tourists.

I went to the citadel, castle and military museum with “Asfoor” and “Bowo”. They were really nice. The castle was really big and decorated. Bowo bought me “SHAWARMA” since I said I wanted to taste it the Egyptian way. I went to “FALOOKA” on the Nile River and stayed there for a few days with some of my friends. There were Brazilian, Tunisian, Chinese and Indian girls. All of them were so nice to me and we were like sisters. It was so amazing.

Our AIESEC coordinator “Garhi” took me to “MAADI”, a green city, and we had shisha and played some old Egyptian games. He was a really nice person and a good friend. He even took me to the “Cairo Hill” where I could see the whole city. It was really beautiful and we had shisha and as usual I got high. My second buddy “Saied” took me to a place where we had “FUCKFUCKEENA”, another Egyptian food. When I heard the food’s name for the first time I was laughing out loud. I loved to make him angry since he is usually bad-tempered. But he was a really good friend too

I went on a 2-day trip to the black and white desert on an invitation from “Mostafa”. It was awesome. We had lunch in a cabana in the middle of the desert. While we were heading to the deep desert, we had a flat tire. It was so exciting and I felt like I was in a movie. But the drivers fixed it quickly and we camped in the white desert. We had barbecue and shisha in the night and slept in sleeping bags. I was watching the sky for a shooting star and I waked up to see the sun rise in the desert. It was so beautiful. I was lucky enough to see a small yellow sandstorm while I was at TMA. It was yet another exciting moment for me.

I went to the “SUKHNA” beach and swam with the jellyfish. It was really nice. Often, we were dancing to AIESEC songs in the middle of the highway. It was really fun. I went to a café call “Zenab Katon”. It is one of the oldest cafés in the area, and was built in the past by a prostitute for her customers, but nowadays, is used as a tourist attraction.

I learnt a lot of things during my internship. Cultural differences and how to be flexible towards them, which is probably the most important lesson of them all. I got to share experiences with different people. Sometimes it was so hard to bear some things that I felt so disappointed and lost while dealing with them. But what is more important to me is the happier moments I had. I enjoyed myself a lot and learnt new things while making lots of new friends. Mistakes can happen anywhere and what I feel we should give it a chance and see. I really want to go back to Egypt. Life is full of experiences and Egypt was one of the best in my life. Thank you AIESEC!!!

By Dhanushika Welagedara
      Return EP of AIESEC CS

                                                                                                                  

April's experience in project E - Gurugedara

Project E-Gurugedara was initiated by AIESEC Colombo South,Sri lanka to enhance the English literacy of local school children with 25 foreign interns from all around the world representing 6 countries.

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Vita Vaitkeviciute's GCDP experience in AIESEC CS, Sri Lanka

The project for me was a great opportunity to develop in various areas. During it I gained new multicultural experience while working with fellow EPs from different countries, improved in cooperation, team work, organizational skills, experienced culture shock, which I think we all should experience, especially if you are an AIESECer. FEEL Lanka 3.0 was very well and professionally planned project, even though we didn't fulfill it completely, I believe both us and OC were satisfied with the outcome. The OC were cooperative during the project when we had problems with places or timing we were able to change it along the way. As always beginnings are the most difficult part of the project and us had a rough start too, but quite quickly we got to know each other and any disagreements and problems were easily solved, making the next few weeks of the project exceptionally great experience. The atmosphere of the FEEL Lanka 3.0 most of the time was great and we actually could feel the concept of this project.

Sri Lanka is as different from Lithuania as the country can be and beside the project it is one of the reasons I chose Sri Lanka in the first place. For me the adaptation was easier than I had expected, because of the fellow EPs. Most of them were from Europe, as we have similarities in our cultures and everyday life, it didn't take a long time to get to know each other and get along very well throughout the project, we helped and supported one another in many situations. There were some arguments and disharmony with two members of FEEL Lanka 3.0, it wasn't possible to solve it completely, but both us and the OC of this project put the most effort to make it the least disturbing. We also had problems with the place we stayed in and it wasn't solved completely as well, but some OC members and OCP showed the most effort to make the living conditions better. Consequently, even though there were unsolved problems and disharmony, we managed to overcome these difficulties and enjoy participation in the FEEL Lanka 3.0.

As this was my first internship, my experience was new and I can't compare it with anything else. For the record I can honestly say, that if I had a choice to go there again, knowing something about how it would be like, I would definitely go.

 

Sri Lanka is a very exotic country with a lot of natural recourses. Looking from the European perspective this country has a lot of potential and unused niches in its industry. Our team was able to explore and see Sri Lanka not only from the tourist perspective, because we ate the local food, which was quite often too spicy for us, we were traveling by buses, trains, tuk-tuks which are mainly used by locals. Before coming there, I wasn't expecting the country to be so variable. to sum up, Sri Lanka is a country for people who seek adventures and want to see real beauty of the pure nature.

All in all, even though there are some drawbacks, the experience was marvelous and unforgettable. I am satisfied with the project, the OC and, most of all, with the fellow interns that I lived with for six weeks.”

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Gurugedara

Our flagship education project “Gurugedara” initiated with the intention of building up interaction between the local school children and foreign interns within the school environment, providing the students a considerable enhancement in English skills is carried out throughout the year.

We expanded our reach to schools in Kurunegala District within the first quarter in this year marking another milestone in terms of our impact and reach. It was often heard that not only the students benefited immensely, but also the teachers were motivated to deliver more within the novel atmosphere created by the foreign undergraduates. This project gave the interns the opportunity to take the first step towards living an impactful life through this unique experience.