This info will be useful for young eVilllage leaders.

The search is on for the young community leader awards 2008, where all Sri Lankans who had done community services to his/her best ability would be selected according to the services he or she had done under a wide range of categories which could be;

* Peace building
* Human Rights
* Women’s Rights
* Child Rights
* HIV-AIDS
* Community Health
* Employment - Livelihood Development
* Youth Empowerment
* Culture and Arts
* Sports
* Agriculture and Irrigation
* Environmental Sustainability
* Education
* Disaster Management
* Information Communication Technology

The winner will receive a one million project grant and apart from the winner, the organisers are also appreciating the other individuals and will in fact choose three individuals from each category and reward them with gold, silver and bronze medals for their talent of helping the helpless with a lot of commitment.

The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) - Youth Empowerment Division are finding the exact person who had reached the underprivileged in order to build a cohesive Sri Lanka.

The event is open for those between 15-30 years of age.

Application forms can be collected from BCIS-YCL Awards Secretariat or can be downloaded from www.bcis.edu.lk/ycl.

The Youth Services Officer affiliated to the National Youth Services Council through the AGA offices.

The applications are also available at the main office and the regional offices of the following; Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association, Sri Lanka Scouts Association, Young Men’s Christian Association, Young Women’s Christian Association, All Ceylon Buddhist Congress, Rotary Club, Family Planning Association, Young Entrepreneurs Sri Lanka, All Ceylon Hindu Congress, Muslim Peace Secretariat.

Applications close on May 10.

For more details contact the BCIS-YCL Awards Secretariat, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, BMICH, Colombo 7, Tel.: 011-2698019, 077-3988093, E-mail: ycl@bcis.edu.lk, Visit: www.bcis.edu.lk

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