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Micro financing for U'grads in the US

Danindu Udalamaththa's proposal for a Micro-grant system for university students in the US, which was initially accepted for CGI-U (Clinton Global Initiative - University Conference), held in Miami in March 2015, was also selected for CGI-America, the professional's conference was held recently. From among the 10 proposals submitted by 10 University students in 10 specific categories for discussion at the conference; Danindu's proposal on Financial Opportunity was selected for discussion.

The selected students also had an opportunity to meet former US President Bill Clinton.

Professionals in many fields, including financial analysts, green building, economists and policy analysts from all parts of the US attended the conference. Danidu's discussion board comprised economists from the University of Washington-St Luis.

His project focused on increasing financial opportunities for university students through receive micro-loans for emergency funding. Danidu is the son U. G.D. Ariyathilaka, Provincial Council Minster, Southern Province.