AVADI 2014 to enhance youth career options

by Yasaratne Gamage in Hambantota

It is time we made use of the opportunities open for the youth in Hambantota created with the vast development projects in the area and make Hambantota the door to the path way for making Sri Lanka the mirracle of Asia, said Hambantota District Parliamentarian and the Chairman of the Tharunyata Hetak Organization , Namal Rajapaksa at the Magam Ruhunupura International Convention Centre (MRICC) in Hambantota yesterday.

Our organisations Tharunyata Hetak and Blue Brigade have created many opportunities and has conducted many programs to uplift the lives of the rural people regardless of their background, so is the AVADI 2014 where we request the youth in Hambantota to make use of the opportunity to be knowledgeable on deciding their future targets, he added.

Addressing a gathering of more than 4000 youth at the MRICC on the opening day of the AVADI 2014, an education and career exhibition fair, parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa also said that youth in the country are not fully aware of the resources, institutions and opportunities towards furthering their education after the two hurdles, OL and AL. AVADI 2014 will make aware the youth in Hambantota on a vast array of openings in the private and commercial sector. So that youth in rural areas will no longer will be condensed to and by their immediate peripheries, restricting them to a limited choice.

Everybody has a choice of furthering their education and career options. 'AVADI'. empowers such students with the ability to dream bigger, better and brighter while ensuring those dreams are realized in each of their lives he added.

The two-day exhibition where a mass number of youths and their parents witnessed with greater enthusiasm was open for public on Friday and Saturday.

The mega event had been organized by the Tharunyata Hetak Organization. The first day was dedicated to the youth in the area while the second day had been allocated for parents, adults and teachers in the area.

The education and career exhibition featured a combination of over sixty exhibitors from educational and private sectors, in an attempt to expand the participant's mindset by exposing them to educational and commercial opportunities available.

Sessions on both days featured keynote speeches by renowned motivational speakers and also programmes on career advice and workshops.

Imran Vilcasim, Country Manager Microsoft Sri Lanka (pvt) ltd handed over 100 scholarships to the youth in Hambantota and Savithri Panditharatne, head of educations services, Tharunyata Hetak Organisation received the documentation on the first day.

Twenty scholarships to learn Korean language were also awarded to the youth in the area by G20 a private higher education institute on the occasion. AVADI 2015 will be held in Kurunegala, next year.