CN INSIDER - Volume.2 2nd Issue

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CN MARCH Abstract

TCEONN 02
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Legacy of CN
In Conversation with
Ms. Sachi Wijesinghe

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CN Highlights

• Outgoing Global Talent Functional
News

• Outgoing Global Volunteer Function-
al News

• Incoming Global Talent and Teacher
News

• Incoming Global Volunteer Function-
al News

• Partnership Development and Public
Relations Functional News

• Finance and Legal Functional News
• People Management Functional

News
• Marketing & Digital Experience

Functional News

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events CN Excellence

• SPARKLES 2022 • Y● enuli’ s Story
• Local Committee Meeting - March • Message from Best Young Leader -

05 Term 21.22
• Message from Emerging Young
upcoming events
Leader - Term 21.22
• GLOBEWIND • Message from Spirit of the month
• CN Awrudu • Recognition for Zest of the month
• Appreciation for Calibres of the
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month
Initiative Groups Updates • CNers Talks

• AIESEC in Uva Wellassa University 08
• AIESEC in Informatics Institute of
Partner space
Technology
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Quote of the Month

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Team Behind

CN march

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March has been a tough month for the membership, but despite the
challenges, CNers, being CNers, have shown incredible fortitude
and contributed significantly to the entity, as usual.
Sparkles 2022 earned a special place in the Colombo North Cal-
endar for conducting a physical ceremony after two years despite
numerous constraints and limitations and providing the member-
ship with a wonderful experience and enhanced inspiration and
encouragement to perform better in this new term.
The Midnight Local Committee Meeting was a unique experience
for the members and the newbies since it was their first Local Com-
mittee Meeting experience. Training of new members has been
completed, and project Be Sri Lankan was completed with great
success, making it one of the top Incoming Global Volunteer proj-
ects for this month.
Hard work and steady performance by the members, despite the
country’s current predicament, led the entity to be ranked second
in entity performance for the month of February in AIESEC Sri
Lanka.
Moreover, the Local Committee has come up with many plans for
the future. Phase two of the “Quill It” event, one of the most suc-
cessful initiatives of the past term, will be implemented for the sec-
ond time in the upcoming month of April, and the preparations for
the CN Avurudu celebrations hopes to ensure another outstanding
member interactive experience.
Apart from that, Festescape, a brand-new innovation from Colom-
bo North, is to be implemented in the coming months.
Furthermore, NatCon’22 (National Conference) is coming up in
April. All the members are excited to see how it will impact their
AIESEC journey and witness how it energizes and drives the mem-
bers while increasing their curiosity.

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In Conversation with Ms. Sachi There are two unique things ; the first is the chal-
Wijesinghe ; The Local Committee Vice lenging environment we had to deal with. So the
President of Incoming Global Volun- pandemic was new to us. Our term was the first
teer Matching & IR for the term 20.21 term to experience a pandemic. But I consider it as
a blessing in disguise because it allowed us to think
QHow would you define your purpose new, to try things out in an entirely new setting.
and passion? And it pushed us to redefine and standardise not
only our processes but also the way we think.
Purpose is “something that gives me hope, some- Second uniqueness, I had an amazing member-
thing that makes me contribute beyond myself.” ship; that was my favourite part of all. They were
That is how I view purpose and passion is some- internally motivated, had a great energy and a
thing internally motivates me.Out of all the gen- great passion for AIESEC. They believed in what
eral definitions that I’ve come across, my favour- we did in AIESEC and we shared the same goal
ite perspective is from Jay Shetty. Who says, “The inside the team. When we started the term we
passion is for you. And the purpose is for others,” only had two approvals but towards the end of our
which means you can use your passion to contrib- term, we marked as the top entity with the most
ute something greater than yourself. number of approvals, which I consider as one of
the key achievements we had during the term and
Speaking of my personal passion and purpose, I’m the main reason behind this is the most impressive
passionate about people and kids.I love listening members we had. So the challenging environment
to their stories, challenges and accomplishments. and unique members were the uniqueness I found
Speaking of my purpose, If I can make something in my term.
better than how I found it, I think I serve my pur-
pose. It could be something big like helping some- QWhat were the new initiatives you in-
one to reach their potential or something so small troduced during your term?
like helping a person in the bus by taking their
loaded bag. Everything came down to one thing: the culture we
set. So starting from the beginning, when we were
But I don’t know if a person should have one pur- recruiting members, we wanted to find our tribe.
pose in their life, if so i’m still in a journey of find- We wanted a group of people who had the same
ing mine. I feel our purpose changes over different energy, passion, and the same motive towards the
phases in our lives. When I was in AIESEC, my end goal.
purpose was different from the purpose that I have
right now. So I believe your purpose will refine, it
will change, and it will be more meaningful as you
get mature. But right now, this is the purpose that
I strive to achieve.

QWhat uniqueness do you see in your
EB term which helped you strive to-
ward success?

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So during the first month, right after we opened thought as I do but we always thought of ourselves
the applications, we let them work with us for one as ‘’we’’in a team. When we work as a team,it’s im-
month and we assigned them to different tasks. We portant to know what we are capable of , what are
understood their different styles and handpicked our strengths,and at the same time it’s important
a few to form a team.We set a culture which re- to know what we are not capable of. It makes us
spects everyone’s opinion and helps each other to humble to learn from another who can do better.
be their best self. The next thing is we empowered This is self awareness.
our members with knowledge. CN IM hub, com-
petitions, webinars and events we organised were a 7
result of bridging the knowledge, skills and exper-
tise in our members.

QHave you gone through hardships? If
so, What kept you going?

I believe hardships are a part and parcel in
life. The main reason that kept me going in AIESEC,
irrespective of the hardships, was reminding me of
the reason why I started. So every time I wanted to
give up on the dream I had in AIESEC, I recalled
the reason why I wanted to be an AIESECER or
the VP. And I always drew inspiration through my
members to stick with the dream we had.

QHow do you think AIESEC helps one in
real life?

AIESEC can help you in many ways. In AIESEC we
say we are empowering people to become leaders,
that is what we exactly do in AIESEC. but if i break
things down to simple terms, in AIESEC we never
come up with excuses. Whatever the problem that
we came across we always had a solution. Even if
we didn’t have a solution, AIESEC taught us to be
responsible for what we can control. That’s how we
became solution oriented. Even now, whatever the
challenge that I go through; it pushes me to take
responsibility instead of excuses. Not only that; in
AIESEC we never did anything alone. We never

The more you know yourself the better you can be- once represented my country on a global platform
come. These are the two main things that helped among different countries around the globe, I re-
me to become a better person through AIESEC. If member how effortless it was to pitch Sri Lanka
it could help me, it can help anybody and through among competitive countries. Sri lanka is a pack-
that we become leaders. First to be a self leader and age, we have a rich biodiversity , greenery , beach-
then to be responsible for your community. es , culture , people whatnot.. After every event, I
left the platform as a proud Sri lankan. But now
QHow would you define your EB term that we are in a crisis and we understand how our
and the aiesec journey in one sen- country has been exploited and abused over the
tence? years it’s sad that we have more things to talk about
Sri lanka than our beauty.. We were quiet for such
AIESEC is the place that gave the most meaning in a long time and at least now it is great to see that
my university life. people care and voice their opinion. But this voice
should not be limited only to the crisis. As youth
we must voice our opinion, we should be responsi-
ble at least now for the future of our country but do
it for the right reasons. Not because your friends
do it or your neighbour does it. I encourage you
to ask the right questions before you speak, know
the facts and learn the history before you bear an
opinion and take a step .Then do it for the right
reason. Because it is the only way to drive a sus-
tainable change and make the impossible happen.

QWhat is the final message you want to
give to the readership and the mem-
bership of CN ?

I believe that readership and the membership in
CN is the youth that represent. So as a person who

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Outgoing Global several attraction programs have been developed
Talent Functional for Outgoing Global Talent and Teachers.
News
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To bring members together and socialize, we
had our functional induction with the partici-
pation of newbies and present members, conducted
by the leadership body of Outgoing Global Talent
and Teacher. The team was introduced to the func-
tional team stand, designed to #JiveThroughInno-
vation. To engage the Outgoing Global Talent and
Teacher Leadership Bodies in Initiative Groups,
both Informatics Institute of Technology and Uwa
Wellassa University collaborated with the AIESEC
Leadership Body at the University of Kelaniya to
arrange a successful game night. In March, the
primary objective for Outgoing Global Talent and
Teacher was to ensure that the new membership
was adequately taught to carry out the operations.
International Relations, Product Strategy, and
B2B/B2C teams underwent training. As a March
accomplishment, the B2B/B2C team established an
MOU with York Graduate Campus as a term B2B
partner. Outgoing Global Talent and Teacher plans
to conduct physical team bonding and expecta-
tion-setting workshops as a diversion from virtual
operations in the months ahead. Additionally,

Outgoing Global
Volunteer Functional
NEWS News

The first physical Outgoing Global Volunteer
Leadership Body meetup was held at the Uni-
versity of Kelaniya, which provided an excellent
chance for the Leadership Body members to get to
know each other. For the month of March, the out-
going global volunteer function successfully got
two Approvals.
The new outgoing Global Volunteers’ induction
was to provide them with a clear understand-
ing of how the system works and was successful-
ly planned and done with the induction with the
help of the Outgoing Global Volunteer Leadership
Body members.
The newcomers were greeted with excitement and
introduced to their respective teams. The SIGNUP
Campaign FESTASCAPE first Organizing Com-
mittee was completed and announced in collabo-
ration with the Initiative group, Informatics Insti-
tute of Technology.”
Moreover, the Outgoing Global Volunteer function
intends to start and execute the FESTASCAPE sig-
nup campaign and organize and execute the first
International Relations event, “GLOBEWIND.”To
bring more approvals for the function successfully
and conduct more sessions to downscale the func-
tional knowledge to Outgoing Global Volunteer
members are also planned by the function for the
upcoming month. The function would like to ac-
knowledge the Leadership Body’s hard work and
dedication in the face of adversity.

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Incoming Global
Talent and Teacher
News

The Incoming Global Talent and Teacher function
is the function responsible for promoting the enti-
ty’s existence and performance by developing part-
nerships with internship opportunities offered by
AIESEC in the University of Kelaniya. Moreover,
this function mainly focuses on providing foreign
interns with remarkable internship experience.
The Incoming Global Talent and Teacher function
enthusiastically started this month by opening
the door to the Incoming Exchange’s 1st physical
meetup. It gives the Incoming Exchange team a
grand opportunity to get to know each other and
create a powerful team bond. The Leadership Body,
which consists of the managers and Visa special-
ists, showcased their leadership skills and inno-
vative ideas, which made a massive impact on the
engagement of the team members. Moreover, the
Local Committee Vice Presidents shared their ex-
periences to encourage and motivate the team. The
newly recruited members had their training and
mock sessions conducted, to make them familiar
with the process. Apart from that, Incoming Glob-
al Talent members created more than 15 Interna-
tional Relations partnerships and renewed them by
strengthening the International Relations partner-
ships. Significantly, the Incoming Exchange team
works together supporting each other, and they are
highly motivated toward achieving tasks and creat-
ing a long-lasting impact.
Special thanks to the contribution of the immedi-
ate Matching Manager Sachini De Silva who sup-
ported the matching training provided to the man-
agers, matching manager Panchami Jayawardena
who guided the matching team training, and inter-
national relations manager Supeshala Viyani who
conducted the International Relations training for
the members.

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Incoming Global
Volunteer Functional
News

The Incoming Exchange physical meeting took
place in March, and it was a wonderful experience
for the team to get to know one another better. As
a result, a strong team bond was formed among
the members of the Incoming Exchange family.
Members of the Leadership Body (LB), composed
of four managers and a Visa specialist, displayed
their leadership capabilities and innovative ideas.
The Local Committee Vice Presidents were invit-
ed to relate their expertise to inspire and motivate
the Incoming Exchanges members to become the
best versions of themselves. Training sessions were
held for the newly recruited members and simu-
lated sessions to familiarize members with the re-
cruitment procedure. More than 40 International
Relations partnerships were formed and renewed,
significantly expanding the International Relations
partnerships. In addition, the team members were
instructed on how to create Exchange Participants
booklets for the projects as well. It’s with immense
pleasure to proclaim that we were able to achieve
eight approvals for Incoming Global Volunteer
projects so far in the month of March.
Sachini, the immediate Matching Manager, sup-
ported the Matching training done for the man-
agers, and Hiruni Lansakara guided the matching
team training.
In the next month, Incoming Global Volunteer
will concentrate on renewing and creating 30 ad-
ditional International Relations partnerships, ob-
taining five approvals for the present opportunities
that Incoming Global Volunteer has, supporting
the Avurudu Organizing Committee, and getting
to know other CNers. The Incoming Exchange
team works together to support one another and
is intrinsically determined to accomplish strategic
goals and make a significant impact.

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Partnership
Development and
Public Relations
Functional News

The month of March was an inspiring timespan for
CN Quadron. They had the newbie meet up with
a rather spooky theme named “HOLDRON,” using
the members themselves to drive Public Relations
into the team itself.
Also, the Quadron assisted the Sparkles organizing
committee in terms of External Relations raising
and partner handling. The Public Relations team
focused on media partnerships.
Further, in Sparkles 2022, the partner awards were
offered for Mitra innovations, Imperial College
of Business studies, and EFL logistics as a part of
partner appreciation.
Additionally, during this period, the Pubic Rela-
tions team worked with February magazine and
published it for the new term.
Next month, the function is expected to assist with
the events Festascape, Colombo North Avurudu,
and the iGV project, “Global classroom.”

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Finance and Legal People Management
Functional News Functional News

The Financial & Legal function is like the back- The People Management function is one of the
bone of Colombo North. Because It is one of the significant functions of the entity. The function
most encouraging functions behind all the func- celebrated the “World Happiness Day” during the
tions, they focused on being in charge of the bud- month of March. A post regarding “World Happi-
get to fulfil the missions and targets of the Entity. ness Day” was shared in the CN Army group and
The Financial & Legal quarter supported Sparkles everyone shared their happy moments in their life
2022, the foremost event in March, most success- in the group. Everybody was much more enthusi-
fully and productively. astic and participated in it happily.
In addition, The function involved delivering fi- Furthermore our CNers were selected for Regional
nancial knowledge to Festascape Organizing Presidant Meeting and Regional Functional Sum-
Committee and the newly elected Initiative Group mit ; an international team. Therefore the function
Vice Presidents to run operations smoothly. feels very proud and grateful about the members.
Moreover, During this lapse, they focus on deliv- Apart from that our CNers have got selected to na-
ering Festascape and Quill It events profitably and tional level opportunities and Local Committees
sustainably. too.
Moreover front office and Back office Local Com-
mittee Vice Presidents involved in training the
members. This tends to enhance the performance
of the members.

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Marketing & Digital
Experience Functional
News

Marketing and Digital Experience is a function
that facilitates the entity to make splashy and ex-
citing adventures throughout the entire term.The
function trained the Festescape organizing com-
mittee for proper showcasing and content cre-
ation. Besides, They recruited the entire team for
the term 22.23, including the information man-
agement team. And also, the function completed
the Outgoing Global Talent campaign to get the
sign-ups.Moreover, The marketing and digital ex-
perience function focused on Sparkle’s final event
for proper showcasing.Further, for the next month,
the function expects to run an Outgoing Global
Teacher campaign to get the sign-ups and look for
Festescape and engage with marketing training of
the event Quill IT.

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sparkles
2022

Sparkles 2022 is the Annual Awarding Ceremo-
ny of AIESEC in Colombo North, which is one of
the most glamorous and significant nights in our
CN calendar and was organized for the 9th con-
secutive year. This year it was held on the 26th of
March 2022 at hotel Sanara Mandira Kiribathgoda.
Sparkles is not simply an awarding ceremony but
an occasion organized to recognize and celebrate
our young leaders. The latter have been continu-
ously putting their effort and dedication towards
our entity throughout the past term in many ways.
The specialty of this year’s Sparkles is that we got
to witness the event in a physical context after two
years of having the event in a virtual environment.
Sparkles ‘22 was held with the presence of Dr. Pra-
bha Manuratne, Senior lecturer, department of En-
glish at the University of Kelaniya, the Staff advisor
of AIESEC for the term as the Chief Guest for the
awarding ceremony. Also, the presence of our dear
alumni, Member Committee of AIESEC Sri Lan-
ka, Presidents and Executive Boards of fellow Lo-
cal Committees, and Members of fellow Initiative
Groups made the event more colourful.
The awards were given to the best team leaders,
best B2B, and ER (External Relations) raisers, best
LB (Leader Body) members, and best and emerg-
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Committee Vice Presidents of each function for
the term 21.22. Our Special appreciation is extended to the Orga-
The AIESEC in Colombo North was able to come nizing Committee of Sparkles 2022. They were the
through a successful journey due to the guidance success behind this prestigious occasion and pulled
of influential leaders. Accordingly, awards were off the most glamorous evening of the CN Calen-
given to the members of the past Executive Board dar in a minimal time. The masterpiece of SPAR-
for the term 21.22. KLES 2022 was a physical event being organized
Moreover, special appreciation was awarded to our after two consecutive virtual award ceremonies
Special Invitee Partners, Mitra Innovation, Impe- and within a shorter period despite the economic
rial College of Business Studies, and EFL Logistics crisis prevailing in the country.
for their immense contribution towards AIESEC
in Colombo North in enabling the youth talent Apart from that, AIESEC in Colombo North would
and being sustainable partners throughout the like to thank all the partners of the event who pro-
past term. vided their immense contribution to making this
event a success.

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The award winners DXP
Outgoing Global Volunteer Best DXP Member- Shalani Wijesinghe
Best LB Member- IR - Narmada Siyambalapitiya Individual awards
Best LB Member -PS - Chandrasekaran Sadhurshan Best Young Leader- Hiruni Udumulla Arachchi
Best LB Member B2B & B2C - Isanka Yesmi Best Emerging Young Leader- Raveen Jayasinghe
Best OGVer - Thadini Liyanage Best ER Raiser- Binuri Lokubarana
Best Emerging OGVer- Mohammed Arshaq Alumni
Outgoing Global Talent Most contributing Alumni- Mr. Sohan Wijegun-
Best LB Member- IR - Yohan Chandima Perera awardana
Best LB Member -PS - Sanduni Gunawardena OC Awards
Best LB Member B2B & B2C - Pavith Rajapaksha Best OC - Evolution AI
Best OGTer - Devmi Nicola Samuel Most Creative and Innovative Event- Fashionista
Best Emerging OGTer- Yohan Chandima Perera Most Sustainable event - Quill It
Incoming Global Volunteer IG Awards
Best project- Les Animaux Most Engaging IG Member- Lakshika Sooriyam-
Best Team Leader- Amaya Alutharachchi pola (IIT)
Best B2B Raiser- Vinodya Jayasooriya Best IG event - Awake 2021 (UWU)
Best iGVer-Amanda Attanayake Partner Awards
Best emerging iGVer- Prabhashi Hettiarachchi Mitra Innovation
Incoming Exchange International Relations and Imperial College of Business Studies
Matching (ICX and Matching) EFL Logistics
Best IR & Matching Team Manager - Sachini De The partners of SPARKLES 2022
Silva Silver Partner - Keshara Minerals and Chemicals
Best Matching Coordinator - Hiruni Lansakara (Pvt) Ltd
Best IR Coordinator- Supeshala Vidyani Official Printing Partner - Print House, Kohuwala
Incoming Global Talent Official IT Solutions Partner - Nanotek Computer
Best B2B Raiser - Harith Jayanath Solutions
Best iGTer- Shaikh Dawood Official Digital Media Partner - Real One Digital
Best emerging iGTer- Shaveen Arambage Official Online Advertising Partner - Findit.lk
Partnership Development and Public Relations Official Gift Partner - The English Cake Company
Best PD Team Manager- Jayani Navoda Official Youth Partner- VMD Consultants
Best PR Team Manager- Hiruni Udumulla Arachchi Official Technological Partner- Laptop.lk
Best PD Team Member- Raveen Jayasinghe Official Media Partner- Ceylon Today
Best PR Team Member- Dilshan Hettiarachchi Official Beverage Partner- Mount Spring
People Management Official Gift Partner - Alora Yummies
Best PM Team Member- Sachini De Silva Official Gift Partner- Face Scrubs
Marketing Official Media Partner- GOOD PR
Best Marketing Team Member- Chirath Fonseka

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Local Committee Meeting - March

The Local Committee Meeting for March held with situation prevailing in our country , we need real
the newbies is the second meeting for the term good leaders. Therefore by selecting this “Batman”
22.23. This month, it happened differently, using a theme , we could give them a message in a creative
new theme. Moreover, the Local Committee Meet- way by relating it to the movie to the members .
ing happened at midnight. It was a good experi- Moreover, aiesec values were explained during the
ence for the members and the newbies since it was LCM, and did some games. Further there were
their first Local Committee Meeting experience. around 80 members at the Local Committee Meet-
As per that, the theme used for the meeting was ing. The members were very engaged and enthusi-
“batman,”. The “Batman” theme was selected as it is astic. The Local Committee Meeting held in March
trendy and it is a new movie which hugely focuses created a bunch of memories for the members of
on leadership . The reason behind selecting this the entity.

theme was, rightnow with the wars and current

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CN Awrudu

The month of April gives us the very sense of the
New Year. After tiring years with the covid’19 out-
break CN as an entity has to leave the physical
New Year celebrations aside for a while. Yet, this
year under the new normal and challenging envi-
ronment CN is going to bring back the celebra-
tion back as “CN Awrudu’22” with the transition
of the Sun from Meena Raashi to Mesha Raashi.
The organizing committee looks forward to have
the event in the late April with the participation of
membership and alumni. Get your ethnic dresses
ready and be there to engross the new year feelings
with your fellow CNers.

GLOBEWIND

GLOBEWIND is the first International Relations
Event for the term 22.23.The Organizing Commit-
tee for “GLOBEWIND,” has been finalized. This
is a virtual event where different cultures will be
shared and creates a platform to enjoy the beauty
of cultural diversity. The participants of this event
will be local school leavers and university students
and facilitators from different countries like Indo-
nesia, Egypt. The event is expected to be held on
30th of April and 1st of May.

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AIESEC in The event’s organizing committee consisted of
Uva Wellassa thirteen courageous and inspiring young souls
University who were determined to make our first Outgo-
ing Global Volunteer event a success. It was quite
AIESEC in Uva Wellassa University is a growing a challenge to encourage ourselves to exploit our
entity that initiated its operations back in August core potential as a team to end this on a high. The
2021 with a Management Board of eight members support from Colombo North was tremendous,
led by its first Initiative Group President, Ami- and we couldn’t have done such an event without
la Udayanga. Since then, we have accomplished their guidance right from the beginning.
many remarkable landmarks as an Initiative
Group under the shade of the AIESEC in Colom-
bo North, which has become a well-reputed per-
former on the island.

AIESEC in Uva Wellassa University, which has not
inherited a long run so far, held their first Outgo-
ing Global Volunteer event, “AWAKE,” on the 15th
and 16th back in January 2022. This was a great
success and was awarded as the “Best IG Event”
for the term 21.22 at the “SPARKLES 2022” orga-
nized by the AIESEC in Colombo North. This is
indeed the most remarkable moment in the his-
tory of our IG. Moreover, Ravindu Dheerarathna,
the former Initiative Group Vice President for
Outgoing Global Exchange B2B and B2C, was
nominated as the most engaging Initiative Group
member for 21.22.

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“AWAKE – Ignite your future” was a virtual event the same time, Monali Bandurathne, Angelo
focusing on two specific audiences, the school Gunarathne, Praneeth Madushan, Vishaka In-
leavers and the A/Level students, to motivate and drawanshe, and Onila Handapangoda are the vice
guide them to achieve more in the future. The Or- presidents of back-office functions who run the
ganizing Committee was led by Chathurika Sau- entity.
vandi, and the other members were included in the
following respective functions External Relations Since the beginning, we have not been able to get
& Finance – Deshani, Monali, and Onila, Market- together as a community apart from virtual meet-
ing – Praneeth, Angelo, Harsha, and Vishaka, and ups. So we are planning to get together soon as
the Delegates – Chethana, Chathumini, and Thi- the pandemic has declined eventually. And should
lina. The organizing committee secured the Insti- mention that we are currently moving on to the
tute of Informatics Technology as the Official Title next step of the community as we are now recruit-
Partner while Just wear.lk being the Official Gift ing the new members for the term 22.23. after the
Partner of the event. We were able to conclude the member audit.
event with the participation of over 150+ audienc- We are more of a family within our communi-
es throughout the sessions held on both days. We ty, and we are determined to make our Initiative
were able to get some big names on board, such as Group the best performing Initiative Group of all.
Mrs. Achini Poornima and Dr. Jagath Kulathilake
on Day 01 and Prof. Wasana Maithri Herath and
Ms. Rashini Bandara on Day 02. They motivated
our participants and Sirasa Voice Teens stars, Ash-
ka Kulathunga and Srimal Fernando, to entertain
the crowd.
The AIESEC in Uva Wellassa University has ap-
pointed the new Management Board for the term
22.23 with the conclusion of the term 21.22 with
the great work of the previous Management Board.
Transitions received from the CN were informa-
tive for our newly recruited Management Board,
consisting of nine members led by the Initiative
Group President Deshani Kannangara. Thilina
Deniyawatte, Chathumini Herath, and Harsha Gu-
rusinghe are the front office vice presidents. At

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We have a great and supportive group of individ- vol.2 ISSUE ii | MArch 2022
uals who are vigorously determined to contribute
with their true potential over any challenge ahead tiative Group, the Most Engaging Initiative Group
under the guidance of our supportive and friend- Member for the last term.
ly Initiative Group President. We are working to- With their hard work, our members got the oppor-
gether to organize events that could promote our tunity to become part of Organizing Committees
Outgoing Global Talent and Outgoing Global Vol- and Core Committees, which went as far as the Re-
unteer products and contribute to AIESEC. We are gional level. They include Festascape of AIESEC in
also thankful for the enormous support and guid- University of Kelaniya; Project Give Back Life of
ance provided by the CN to make our proceedings AIESEC Sri Lanka, and Skill Up APAC by the Asia
further as an AIESEC community. Pacific Region.

Last but not least, we want to thank our members
who became the EMINENCE of March. Congrat-
ulations to all of you!

AIESEC in Informatics
Institute of
Technology

The Initiative Group of AIESEC in Informatics
Institute of Technology started in June 2021. Al-
though it was a challenging journey for us to start
from the very beginning, we have come a long way
due to the members’ hard work, which brought
many achievements to our entity.

The month of March was a very proud moment for
us due to Sparkles 2022, the annual awarding cer-
emony of AIESEC at University of Kelaniya. Our
members managed to achieve two awards for the
Organizing Committees. They were a part of the
collaboration with AIESEC in CN, namely, Fash-
ionista, which won The Most Creative and Inno-
vative Event, and Evolution AI, which was recog-
nized as The Best Organizing Committee for Term
21.22. Furthermore, we are proud to announce
that we achieved our First Award solely for our Ini

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CN Awrudu

The month of April gives us the very sense of the
New Year. After tiring years with the covid’19 out-
break CN as an entity has to leave the physical
New Year celebrations aside for a while. Yet, this
year under the new normal and challenging envi-
ronment CN is going to bring back the celebra-
tion back as “CN Awrudu’22” with the transition
of the Sun from Meena Raashi to Mesha Raashi.
The organizing committee looks forward to have
the event in the late April with the participation of
membership and alumni. Get your ethnic dresses
ready and be there to engross the new year feelings
with your fellow CNers.

GLOBEWIND

GLOBEWIND is the first International Relations
Event for the term 22.23.The Organizing Commit-
tee for “GLOBEWIND,” has been finalized. This
is a virtual event where different cultures will be
shared and creates a platform to enjoy the beauty
of cultural diversity. The participants of this event
will be local school leavers and university students
and facilitators from different countries like Indo-
nesia, Egypt. The event is expected to be held on
30th of April and 1st of May.

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QWhen did you start your AIESEC vol.2 ISSUE ii | MArch 2022
journey?
I started my AIESEC journey back in August 2020 I started AIESEC as a member of the Outgoing
right after I entered university. My friend and I Global Volunteer function during Summer 20.21.
were looking for clubs and societies to join and we I was a member of B2C. I became a team leader
heard about this Organisation called AIESEC. Ini- for Product strategy during summer 21.22. I had a
tially, we absolutely had no clue about it. We heard beautiful team called Viserion. I worked as a B2B
many exciting things about AIESEC. We heard that coordinator for project H4TF (Heading for the Fu-
they send members abroad. We both wanted to go ture) as well. Finally, I was able to become a man-
overseas, especially because we love travelling. We ager for Product Strategy during the winter term
both planned to go abroad together. And That’s 21.22.
how it started; We got registered, and they sent us I was in several organising committees as well. In
mail informing us about the interview. We both my local committee, I worked as the Organizing
luckily got selected, but for different functions. I Committee Vice President for Finance for Spar-
got selected as a member for the outgoing Global kles 2021 annual awarding ceremony. That was my
Volunteer function. And we had our first meeting very first Local Committee Organizing Committee
for Outgoing Global Volunteer at University. I’ve experience. Then, I was able to become the Or-
been attending lectures physically, but didn’t know ganizing Committee Vice President for Delegates
much about the university at that time. We haven’t in QUILL IT 21. I was the organising committee
been around much; we’ve only been to the lecture member of an International Relations Event called
halls. It was a scary journey to find the place alone Living International organised by Outgoing Global
as a first-year undergrad at the time but somehow Volunteer. I also worked as an AIESEC co-chair for
I found the place. My first impression of AIESEC the Career Fair 21.
was excellent because of the Local Committee Vice I took part in national-level positions as well. I
Presidents we had back then, Sapna akki and Tha- worked as the Organising Committee Vice Presi-
rushi akki. I was amazed, and I was very excited dent for Marketing for a national event called Glob-
about AIESEC after what they’ve told me; They al Youth Dialogue PHASE 2 organised by AIESEC
taught us about the organisation and the function Sri Lanka. That was summer 20.21 if I’m not mis-
but I didn’t understand anything, but it was quite taken. I also worked as the Organising Commit-
exciting because AIESEC seemed very different tee Vice President for Operations for Global Youth
and exciting compared to other clubs and societies Dialogue PHASE 3. which was also organised by
I’ve been part of. AIESEC Sri Lanka with the aim of providing a
cross-culture experience for the delegates. I hope
you have heard about Global Youth Dialogue. It
is a cross-cultural event where AIESEC creates a
space for young people to learn and experience
each other’s culture. We had Sri Lanka, India, Chi-
na, and Japan participating in phase 2. And then
We had Nepal joining us in Phase 3. I think Global
Youth Dialogue was the closest Organizing Com-
mittee I’ve been in. I met some beautiful person-
alities there. AIESEC is a wonderful place to meet
extraordinary people.

QWhat leadership positions did you
hold at AIESEC before becoming a
Local Committee?

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I also got the chance to become the Organising too because I remember going to conferences
Committee Vice President for Delegates for Project and writing my next step in the AIESEC ladder as
“100 Storytellers.” I would call this a turning point LCVP oGV.
in my AIESEC journey because this was the largest
marketing project organised by AIESEC Sri Lan- QWhat do you feel about your Local
ka where I could learn a lot of things. We worked Committee Vice President Position?
for months because this was a national event con- I am the Local Committee Vice President for the
sisting of a series of workshops. This OC was quite Outgoing Global Volunteer function. I feel abso-
challenging. There were days I only slept for two- lutely grateful and privileged to be the Local Com-
three hours as I had to manage my academics and mittee Vice President for Outgoing Global Vol-
all the work in the Organising Committees I was unteer. Because it has been my dream function. I
in. am so glad because Outgoing Global Volunteer is
But I learned a lot through all these experiences. where I grew as an AIESECer. And oGV is a place
AIESEC is a place where I constantly learn new where I could learn a lot to become a better version
things. I learned many professional skills, how to of myself. I gained a lot from Outgoing Global Vol-
manage my time, and most importantly I met a unteer, and I feel like this is the opportunity where
beautiful bunch of people. Forgot to mention. I was I can give back to the function and show my grati-
also a Content Writer for the National Showcasing tude to the function. I feel absolutely grateful.
Team of AIESEC Sri Lanka, for the term 21.22. I
was in charge of writing articles, creating content,
and publishing them.

QWhat motivated you to become a
Local Committee Vice President?
It would be 100% the inspiration and the encour-
agement I got from the past Local Committee Vice
Presidents Sapna akki and Tharushi akki. I looked
up to them, and I was fascinated by the work they
did. They were very passionate about the function
and the outgoing Global Volunteers. Apart from
that, I love working for AIESEC, and the people
I met through AIESEC encouraged me to apply. I
guess it’s something I had in the back of my mind

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Message from Best
Young Leader - Term
21.22

I joined AIESEC back in 2019 as a clueless newbie. Message from Best
Being in various projects and Organising Com- Emerging Young
mittees, I found my network expanding with the Leader - Term 21.22
best type of friends, inspiring leaders, and alumni
of this organisation. Three years in AIESEC were “Throughout my journey so far, I learned that
filled with highs and lows that helped me find my AIESEC rewards 10x fold for every little effort you
purpose in life and fall in love with the core of this put into it. If someone said a few months back that
organisation. AIESEC helped me grow a lot, and I would be the Best Emerging Young Leader of Co-
being recognized as the Best Young Leader is an lombo North, I would have scoffed. AIESEC made
honour that I will forever cherish in my life. I will me who I am today and the driving force of my
always attempt to live the AIESEC values and be an life. AIESEC gave me purpose in life, developed me
empowering leader. into who I am today, and made me always stand
And to anyone who read this, I will leave my favou- by the value of “striving for excellence.” We are all
rite quote which inspired me to find my purpose emerging leaders here at AIESEC, and I believe
during this beautiful journey. each one of us is the best in our way.”
“The waiting. The meantime. The in-between. It all AIESECly yours,
serves a purpose. Trust your process, even the de- Raveen Jayasinghe
lays & detours.”
AIESECly yours,
Hiruni Udumulla Arachchi

Message from Spirit
of the month

AIESEC is an organization like no other in which we can develop ourselves while creating a signifi-
cant impact on the lives of many individuals.The experiences we receive, the people we meet, and the
impact we create on the world is what makes me proud to be a part of AIESEC. Personally, this experi-
ence has been life-changing, with so many new learnings along this fantastic journey. I want to thank
Colombo North and its membership for recognizing me as the spirit of the month and for always being
encouraging and inspirational. This moment will be forever cherished in my AIESEC journey, and I

hope to inspire more AIESECers and help Colombo North reach greater heights in the future.
“Good things come to those who wait. Better things come to those who work for it.”
AIESECly yours,
Akasha Wijesiriwardhane

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Amazing digital arts by Avishka Dilshan, an amazing
member from Incoming Global Talent Function

We spend a long time in front of a phone or a lap- Relationships play a major role in our lives. But the
top. But we don’t get the real happiness that we continuity and sustainability of those relationships
want. When going out at the night and observing have become a challenge in current society.
the white moon in the sky, we feel loneliness and The reason for that is a lack of mutual unde stand-
happiness which cannot be described in words. It ing and true love. As a result, the number of di-
tends to forget the people around us and provide vorce cases is increasing in the contemporary
us the mental satisfaction. world. Even though the technology reaches its de-
velopment to the maximum point, it can’t support
the people in having strong relationships among
people. So, this digital art shows how an old couple
spends their time happily with each
other even if they have turned too old.

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“Though no one can go back and make a brand new
start, anyone can start from now.”

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Raveen Jayasinghe chamoda Jayaruwan
Local Committee Vice President Local Committee Vice President

Partnership Development & Marketing and Showcasing
Public Relations and Engage with AIESEC

Kuhanya Sivasangari naveen wijesooriya
Public Relations Manager Graphic Designer

Naveera asanki Kawindi kulathilake
Public Relations Coordinator Public Relations Coordinator

Panchami Jayawardena aRSHIQ Azhar
Public Relations Coordinator Public Relations Coordinator

Sethmi Wanniarachchi
Public Relations Coordinator

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