Chiranthi, Sachinda to deputize for Sri Lankan youth at 71st UNGA

The Foreign Youth Relations Division of the National Youth Services Council (NYSC), under the guidance of its Chairman, Eranda Weliange, has nominated Ms. Chiranthi Senanayake and Sachinda Dulanjana to represent the Sri Lankan youth at the 71st UN General Assembly session to be held in New York this year.

Chiranthi Senanayake is a product of Ladies' College, Colombo where she was the Head Girl in 2013, President, UN Club, Heritage Club, Sinhala Literary Society and the Buddhist Society.

She was also a senior debater in both Sinhala and English, a thespian and a sportswoman.

She had worked as an intern at the Verite Research, a trainee journalist at Sunday Times and a Program Officer at the Sri Lanka Anti- Narcotics Association.

She is currently following her LLB at the University of London via Horizon Campus and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree of the University of Colombo and an Attorney-at-Law of the Sri Lanka Law College.

Sachinda Dulanjana is a past pupil of Ananda College where he held the post of Deputy Head Prefect in 2010/2011, led the Sri Lankan Schools Karate team in 2008 and was awarded the President's Scout Award in 2008.

He was awarded the Most Outstanding Young Person in the category of "Humanitarian and Voluntary Service" at the Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) in Sri Lanka for his social work as the Director and Founder of the H3 (Heart, Hand and Humanity) Foundation.