AIESEC COLOMBO SOUTH AIESEC CS started in 1995 with the commencing of AIESEC Sri Lanka and it is continually growing day by day in quantity as well as in quality that is evident by the average number of 100+ members and the average number of 150+ exchanges per year.
Global Community Development Programme GCDP programme is operated in hand with the engaging youth worldwide to make a positive impact on the society with the increase of cultural understanding, networking and by working on issued-based projects overseas. By joining GCDP u will be able to make: Personal Development (Learning to be more flexible, open-minded and proactive), International connections, Cultural engagement to experience the collaborative support system.
WHAT WE DO
HODIYA Hodiya was initiated with 15 interns and the main objective of this is to see a gradual improvement of Preschools in Sri Lanka. At the end of the project Interns were supposed to do a gap analysis and submit a report on the things they have observed and the preschools will be implementing the best suggestion given by them. The project is expected reach more children this year and is expected to start in September and go on for a period of 6 weeks.
FUEGOSTICKA Being in a Technical era, CS GCDP hopes to provide Sri Lankan young generation a whole new experience or else a unique opportunity to experience games with the latest technology. So with that in mind we are trying to widen the knowledge of Game Development in students and drive them towards a technically competent world. This project will have six weeks and 15 Interns will be joining us with this venture. Project is expected to start in next January.
YEP Youth Empowerment Session YEP was implemented by a team of undergraduates from Higher Education Institutes in Sri Lanka with the objective of enhancing the skills and the knowledge in order to strengthen the cultural relationship and Inter- national Exposure through the AIESEC Program. The duration of the project was 6 week with interns from across the globe participating in it. What we did in this project was briefly, we delivered 6 sessions on youth empowerment for selected group of 100 undergraduates. The project will be conducted this year on a wider scale covering more institutes and reaching out to more undergraduates and is expected to start in September.
Feel Lanka “Fetching an enchanted experience in lovely Sri Lanka� The goal of this project is to promote Sri Lankan Tourism Industry and also to promote Hospitality Service of the industry among the tourists. The project will be done with 13 intern from around the globe with an interactive theme and is expected to be start in the beginning of August.
Gurugedara Project "Gurugedara" was initiated by AIESEC Colombo South in order to enhance knowledge in English and Information and technology in local students. Interns will engage in a traineeship in Sri Lanka for 6 to 8 weeks in teaching students English who are in the ages of 8-14 years and this will create a unique learning environment for the local students. Last year this project was implemented in more than 50 schools around Sri Lanka and more than 80 interns have involved since then. The project will be based on two phases covering two different areas of the country and is expected to start in September.
The ART project Purpose of the project is to promote traditional arts to the globe and inspire local and foreign designing students to incorporate such elements in future projects. Number of workshops and sessions will be delivered for designing students throughout the project. Project events will be managed by interns and they will get a chance to explore traditional arts of thousands of years old civilization. Project is expected to start at the end of July.
Green The main expectation of the project was to make the society aware of the importance of protecting water, aquatic environment and water resources. The main target group of the project was communities, especially students. The project was based on series of events such as training sessions for EPs at water treatment plants, researches carried out with the collaboration of the National Water Board of Sri Lanka, seminars and workshops for students in schools, tree planting events at a rain forests, beach cleaning events and designing and distributing leaflets to the public to improve the awareness. The project is expected to cover a much wider scope this year and is expected to start in next January.
Ripple Effect This is a new initiative and this project mainly targets the community development from a diverse viewpoint. There will be a series of community development projects elders homes, hospitals, blind schools and other venues, all aimed at developing the livelihood of this community. The project is expected to start in mid-August and will undoubtedly be one of the most impactful projects of the year.
If you are interested in an Internship in AIESEC COLOMBO SOUTH Don’t think twice just apply for this unique experience !!!! AWARDS!!
♦ National Excellency Awards 2013 ♠ Best GIP Function ♠ Best GCDP Function ♠ Most outstanding LC ♠ Most Progressive LC ♠ Most Sustainable LC ♦ Global NPS no 1 throughout the winter 13/14
http://aieseccolombosouth.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/AIESECCOLOMBOSOUTHLC
Piumal Tennakoon Vice President Incoming Exchange and Projects, AIESEC Colombo South (University of Moratuwa) piumal.tennakoon@aiesec.net / piumaltennakoon@hotmail.com Skype : piumal.tennakoon | Mobile : 0094-774845485
Pulasthi Hasaragama Vice President Incoming Exchange and Projects, AIESEC Colombo South (University of Moratuwa) pulasthi.harasagama@aiesec.net / pulasthi.harasagama@gmail.com Skype : pulasthi92 | Mobile : 0094-774978735
The International platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential