SRI LANKA - A land like no other
Sri Lanka is one of the most beautiful countries of the world.
It is rich with culture, tradition, scenic beauties, food and the people here
are very kind, sweet and helpful. The climate in this country is very pleasant
and happy. The falling ray of the sun upon the gushing waves is a marvelous
sight to see. Clean and neat beaches, historic pagodas, waterfalls, caves, the
lion of the rock-Sigiriya, ancient temples and many more places make this
country a wonderful tourism place. A person who is in love with nature will
love this island.
Youth Empowerment Project - YEP
By the name itself you might be wondering its just empowering
the youth, but it is not as easy as it is as the name suggest. It’s much more
than that, it’s a life changing and a life long cultural experience along with
empowering the youth in Sri Lanka we ourselves also got empowered. This experience
has taught to look, think ,observe , introspect everything around us in a more
challenging way.
During
the project we have visited schools and universities conducting sessions
through activities on interesting topics like entrepreneurship, communication
skills, team work, leadership, and the cultural sharing of different countries.
We were well planned for the session to give our best. AIESEC has this amazing
culture of roll calls (dance which anyone and everyone can do) which keeps you
active and energized at all times. It was an amazing time and fun filled
session during the YEP( Youth Empowerment Project). We were provided a house to
stay where students from different parts of the world had come to live together
and this experience has taught us to be independent, adjust, adapt to new
environment and surroundings, to cook, love, care, share and most of all to be
a family. The local food was tasty and flavored with lots of spices, a word to
be mentioned about the famous Dilmah Tea without which our day wouldn’t begin.
Apart from these sessions we had “Global Day” which was one of
the best events where, we got to interact with students from various parts of
the world. The main object of AIESEC program is to build a bond between the
youth of various countries in exchanging the cultural, traditional and social
practices amongst them. A few places that were covered during the trip to Sri
Lanka include Southern Province- Galle and Matara, Colombo in the Western,
Candy the central, Trincomalee Eastern and Ella in the Uva province. The sacred
holy Buddhist temples, light houses, forts, beaches, waterfalls are a must to
be mentioned the beauty of these can be enjoyed and captured with our own eyes.
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Praharshita Duppala
Exchange Participant for YEP 5.0
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