Srinath Goonerathne heads Scouts

Vice President, Srinath Goonerathne has been appointed President of the Sri Lanka Scout Association succeeding Chandrasena Batuwangala who passed away recently. Gooneratne who received the President's Scout Award in 1979, was a scout of the 20th Moratuwa Open Scout troop attached to St Joseph's Church in Uyana, Moratuwa.

Goonerathne had participated at a Wood Badge training course in 1983, was Vice President of the Moratuwa-Piliyandala Scout Branch Association and President of the Sri Lanka Queens and President Scout Guild.

He has previously worked at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF), gaining over twenty years of wide experience in Project Concept Evaluation, Donor Grant Management, Project Implementation and Monitoring, Project Expenditure Verification and Donor Reporting.

He was also a member of the Colombo Toastmasters Club.