Seminar on 'Profiles on Youth': Multi-faceted emerging trends in Youth

Having discussed the issues relating to physical changes and developments that occurred at puberty, Prof. Schroeder was of the view that the passage between childhood and adulthood did not always take place in a distinct youth phase or adolescence and that it changes according to culture.

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Altruism at its best

Lakshman Kahawatta and his wife Jenifer who were the first Foster Parents under the scheme say "It was with tremendous shock and disbelief that we watched the terrible event unfold on our television screen on Boxing day 2004. When we were asked by Mrs. Shanthini Kongahage to support a few tsunami affected children, we agreed to commit ourselves to supporting ten children.

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'Bringing cultures together is the best job'

Country Director of British Council, Sri Lanka

Gill Westaway is the recently appointed Country Director of the British Council, Sri Lanka. Having worked for the British Council for two dozen years, she has found herself placed in Latin America, Africa, South and South East Asia, rising from a mere teacher of the English language to Country Director of Philippines and now Sri Lanka.

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