30th March 2021: ChildFund Sri Lanka organised a symposium recently titled ‘Young Leaders for Environment 2021’ to share its experience and showcase youth engagement initiatives on Eco Systems based Disaster Risk Reduction (ECO DRR). These initiatives were based on a three-year project implemented by ChildFund Sri Lanka, with financial assistance from ChildFund Korea. In an attempt to strengthen youth participation and also to increase livelihood resilience ChildFund Sri Lanka invested in youth-led Disaster Risk Management (DRM) initiatives since 2015. The panel discussion was moderated by Kaushal Attanayake, Technical Specialist, ChildFund Sri Lanka. Event ended with the launch of a project publication followed by the final remarks from Samantha De Mel, Project Manager, Youth-Led Eco Based DRR Project, ChildFund Sri Lanka.

Source: The Nation March 30, 2021 14:15 UTC