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What’s in it for me (WIIFM)? happens to be a question that drives almost every decision we make as young people in our lives from the moment we wake up to our bedtime. It guides our every action today. Besides, all the competing priorities of modern life, we often ask ourselves when someone talks about change or giving back to the community, "What's In It For You?"  This has always been the question I come across when people see the work I do in my community. Then you happen to ask yourself the same question and wish you had not asked it from you because you'll end up with the most beautiful reasons once can ever think of.  Since, humans are not as generous as the God or the Earth, I'd like to use them for an example to illustrate the meaning of the question. So, let's try to change our roles , where the environment we live in, the planet Earth we are a part of asks the question themselves, when we approach them for rain after three months of heat on our b...

http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2017/12/05/queen-to-honour-sri-lankan-dedicated-to-changing-lives/ The Queen’s Young Leaders programme revealed that Bhagya Wijayawardane from Sri Lanka has been chosen as one of the final ever Queen’s Young Leaders Award winners in recognition of the lead she is taking in her community to change lives. The prestigious Awards programme, now in its fourth and final year, celebrates exceptional young people aged 18 to 29 from across the Commonwealth and the work they are undertaking to improve lives across a diverse range of issues, from supporting people living with mental health problems, helping children to receive a quality education, to promoting gender equality. Bhagya will now join the Queen’s Young Leaders network of 240 Award winners, a unique community of influential change-makers, who represent all 52 Commonwealth countries. The winners announced today will receive their Award from Her Majesty The Queen at a special ceremony at Buckingham P...