AIESEC Col ombo Sout h

i n Uni ver si t y of Mor at uwa

Annual Report
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The Presidents massage:
In April 2011I together with six amazing
individuals started looking at what AIESEC
Colombo South needs to grow bigger, better
and stronger in the coming term (11/12).
We ended up having three answers,
Exchange growth, financial sustainability
and growth in HR. The context was not
easy, with a large Exchange and HR growth
rate expected for the next year to while the
local committee was financially unstable.
But today, almost after 15 months, I could
say We did it together!!!
As the Local Committee President of
Colombo South, I feel that I am absolutely
lucky because of the fantastic team of six individuals. The six Local
Committee Vice Presidents, whom I consider the best of the best, made
me look good all the time. But at the same time, I have to say that
leading a team of six fantastic individuals, truly was a challenging task.
Over the past year we have more than 20 people who now know what it
means to be responsible for leading a team, to lead their team toward
success, and experience the learning that comes from the ups and downs
of this journey. The incredible part is that most do this when they are
only 21-23 years old. At the same time, AIESEC Colombo South
succeeded to facilitate internships for more than 80 young people,
whereas over the term we have a 200%+ growth of young people being
able to live a life changing experience.
The path which we have taken this year was challenging and courageous.
It was not an easy one, but most importantly it was the right one to make
AIESEC Colombo South bigger, better and stronger than ever before.

Praveen Gunarathna
Local Committee President 2011/2012
AIESEC Colombo South- University of Moratuwa
Sri Lanka


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Table of contents:
Page Topics & sub-topics
5 AIESEC Vision , About and Scope
6 AIESEC Values
7 AIESEC in Sri Lanka
8 AIESEC Colombo South Local Committee
9 Executive board of Colombo South 2011/2012
16 AIESEC Experience
17

Performance Report-Membership
Recruitments, Training,
Webinars, Work Shops,
Awards, Leadership
20 Performance Report
Internships, Incoming Exchanges,
Outgoing Exchanges
22 Performance Report Projects
Earth Hour & Energy Audit,
Trincomalee Education Project, Blind School Project,
Ayubowan China,
25 Performance Report Events
National Leadership Development Seminar,
Youth Fest,
International Youth Forum ,Induction Day 2011
Leadership Development Seminar
29 Supporters Staff Advisor
30 Supporters Corporate and Non-Corporate Partners
31 Financial Statements
32 Financial Report





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AIESECs Vision
Peace and fulfilment of humankind's potential.
AIESECs Scope
AIESEC is a global, non-political, independent, not-for-profit organization run by
students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education. Our members are
interested in world issues, leadership and management.

AIESEC does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation,
creed, religion, national, ethnic or social origin.
AIESECs Approach
AIESEC members live an integrated development experience. This involves leadership
opportunities, international internships and interacting with a global network to support
their development.






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AIESEC in Sri Lanka
AIESEC in Sri Lanka is currently present in University of Moratuwa, University of
Kelaniya, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Colombo, University of
Peradeniya and University of Wayamba, providing an international platform for its
members to discover and develop their potential. AIESEC has started in 1995 in
University of Moratuwa and now its operating in 6 universities with an active
membership of more than 300 and thousands of alumni. The organization has been
registered as a student organization in these universities and also under the review of
staff advisors form universities.
The current president is AIESEC Sri Lanka is Mr.Nirad Perera who is a recently passed
out graduate from University of Moratuwa who is presiding the whole functioning of
AIESEC Sri Lanka with the member committee operating under his guidance. But in each
university the organization is operating individually in line with the university culture but
still in accordance with global & national guidelines. And also the national committee is
being advised by the board of advisors of AIESEC Sri Lanka which is comprised of
experienced professionals in the country.








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AIESEC Colombo South Local Committee University of Moratuwa
AIESEC Colombo South is the first and foremost AIESEC Local Committee in Sri Lanka
which is operating in University of Moratuwa since 1995. The organization has been
producing almost all the presidents of AIESEC Sri Lanka in the past decade showing the
strong leadership skills of the undergraduates in University of Moratuwa. And this
organization has facilitated lots of undergraduates to have their industrial training
outside the country and even facilitated in finding out internships for passed out
graduates in companies like Alcatel Lucent ,Electrolux ,TCS etc.
Currently the organization is having 80 vibrant members and the organizational
leadership hierarchy is well structured with an executive board headed by the president,
functional management board, team leaders, mentors and the membership.
Most importantly this is the most sustainable local committee of AIESEC Sri
Lanka for the year 2011 and the sustainability award was won at the National
Conference 2011.





SUSTAINABILITY AWARD 2011
BEST EXCHANGE PARTCIPANT 2011
BEST ORGANISING COMMITTEE 2011
MOST IMPACTFUL ALUMNUS 2011


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Executive Board of AIESEC Colombo South Local Committee 2011/2012


Im pleased to present our annual report for the year ending 30
th
June
2012 along with the financial statements due to the solid fact that this
year was the most progressive and most successful year for AIESEC
Colombo South Local Committee in terms of performance and quality. So I
can obviously forecast a progressive growth in this organization in Sri
Lanka into the next few years yet to come. And even further it is vital the
role of our local committee for the aforementioned growth as we were the
largest contributor of this growth in the year ended which was as large as
42% out of national performance measures.
In terms of international exchanges and finance we achieved the highest
ever growth a local committee in AIESEC Sri Lanka was able to achieve
hitherto. But being a not-for-profit organization Im happy to say that we
were able to invest lots of money on building the quality of internships we
offered for undergraduates from all around the world and also we invested
a significant amount on member development as well. So there was a
considerable growth in terms of both numbers and quality.
Even further we were able to drive lots of larger scale projects where Expo
Lanka Holdings Group partnered with us for the Global Earth Hour
Campaign and a huge energy audit carried out by AIESEC in their group.
And also we were able to expand our educational projects to rural areas
like Trincomalee, Kalutara,Gampaha, Galle etc and also to Blind school.
So it was a rule-breaking year for the local committee and this rapid
growth initiated by the executive board backed by the proactive
undergraduate member base in University of Moratuwa has laid a strong
foundation for a sustainable future growth of AIESEC, the world largest
youth run organization.
Im an AIESECer !
CHARITH BADDAGE VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE
Charith is from Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering department
of University of Moratuwa and also a CIMA student who handles all the
financial matters from book keeping to strategic high end decision making,
financial controlling and also internal auditing.


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The executive board of AIESEC Colombo south embarked on the challenge
of taking CS to greater heights. Talking about Global Internship Program of
Colombo South Local Committee, it was the greatest strength and the main
income generator for Colombo South Local Committee when we took over
the Executive Board. We needed to see a change in it and we knew it was
only achievable through a fine member development and by retention
through creating value adding opportunities. During the term 2011-2012
Global Internship Program partners grew in numbers and were highly
content with the services provided by Colombo South Xcorp team (Global
Internship Program initiative of Colombo South) followed by the
membership gaining high corporate exposure. It was evident that there
were issues related to few areas in the facilitating process which were
addressed real time leading to a better experience for the interns. At the
end of the term, AIESEC Colombo South was no longer driven through
Global Internship Program, but with the contribution of all the other
functions. It was the collective effort of the Colombo South Executive Board
with the help of all the members of Colombo South Local Committee which
made it possible to elevate the standards and financial stability at the end
of the term. My gratitude and thank you goes out to all my Executive Board
colleagues and above all to the dear members of AIESEC Colombo South
who made our goals a reality.
Im an AIESECer !






THARIDHA MUHANDIRAMGE VICE PRESIDENT CORPORATE
DEVELOPMENT
He is coming from Chemical & Process Engineering Department of
University of Moratuwa and being the person whos managing the
corporate relations and creating internship opportunities in Sri Lankan
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Having the vision of creating history in developing an exchange based
culture, in order to take AIESEC CS to its next level, the Executive Body
took oaths to fulfill it and most importantly, it was our duty to build up the
next generation to carry out the high standards set, and as an EB we are
quite satisfied with the achievements we have had throughout, despite of
the small shortcomings, which actually made us more stronger as a team.
Considering CS GCDP, let me first remind all of you of the situation we
have had at the beginning of the term. Being encouraged with the fact
that, CS GCDP is not as functioning as much as the other CS functions,
and also when compared with that of other Local Committees, strong
transformation was required, to regenerate the passion and motivation of
the members.
Having a target of 80, to be fulfilled at the end of the term, where we were
heading towards it, with the members devoting all of their time and effort,
for the development of CS GCDP, we successfully implemented projects
such as Expo Lanka, Trinco Project, Blind School Project, Guru Gedara
Project, Ayubowan China,etc.,which made the challenging target
achievable. We were quite delighted of the fact that, we could hit the
target in terms of raises, and it was a great achievement in the AIESEC
history.
The commitment of the members and their passion was a main contributor
for this success, Today apart from all these things, I m so happy of the
fact that CS GCDP is functioning better than ever, with the new team, who
were more talented and enthusiastic than us.
Finally, let me thank all of you, who made this dream a reality, and CS
GCDP is not my function, it was our function, where each and every
member (including EB) has contributed to the success of this function and
hope in the future as well, such collaboration will be there throughout.
Im an AIESECer !
NADIKA JAYASOORIYA VICE PRESIENT NON CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
Being a 3
rd
year undergraduate from Civil Engineering Department of
University of Moratuwa he is handling the community development
projects in AIESEC. But in the recent past, he has broadened the scope of
projects not only to community development, but to design projects having
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Outgoing Exchange in University of Moratuwa started its operations in a
time when very small number of people seemed to think that it can be a
reliable exchange generating function let alone revenue. Although the
processes were already standardized and well documented implementation
was poor due to many reasons internal to the university which were anyway
beyond the control. Unreliable and uncertain university calendars,
departmental programs etc. stood against planning and implementing a
sound OGX strategy to achieve a considerable growth in outgoing exchange.
Irrespective of these issues Cs OGX launched a new initiative to reach for
affiliated universities which has a huge potential to provide competent
exchange partners for our programs. Under this initiative we approached
several private and Government Universities out of which Sri Lanka Institute
of Information Technology (SLIIT) and University of Rajarata recorded
significant results and success stories. We were not only able to provide life
changing experiences to these students but also lay down a concrete
foundation to increase our capacity in the future. This move made AIESEC
Colombo South to be the first local committee with more than five successful
OGX realizations achieved from an affiliated university within a term
In terms of members and member retention OGX was not a popular option.
We started the term with practically zero members and an inexperienced VP
and were able to turn the table around producing two VPs and few team
leaders towards the end of the term. Now the Colombo south OGX is a fully
developed function operating with three completed and talented teams.
Although the OGX couldnt achieve its exchange target we were able to add a
new dimension and a proper foundation to the function. From a time where
many seemed to think that OGX cannot retain members or cannot create
revenue we changed the game for OGX with new missions and strategies.
Our only hope is that OGX in Colombo south will continue to grow on the
excellent platform we were able to create in the term 2011/2012.
Im an AIESECer !
POORNA MOLLIGOODA VICE PRESIDENT OUTGOING EXCHANGES
He is also from Civil Engineering Department and handling the function
of providing internship opportunities for local undergraduates. He is
successful in bringing this sector progressive in the recent months by
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0 50 100 150
Team member
oppertunities
Team leader oppertunities
Membership[At the end of
the term]
Oppertunities Created
Term_2011/12 Term_2010/11

Our members are part of an
exciting global network. They are
able to contribute to a societal
change while exploring their own
vision for a positive impact on a
society. The AIESEC in University
of Moratuwa chapter was
successfully expanded in to all
three faculties in the University.
And also AIESEC in University of
Moratuwa provides international
internship opportunities for the
students in Sri Lanka Institute of
Information Technology[SLIIT] and the
Rajarata University.
The membership base of AIESEC in
University of Moratuwa now[at the end of
the term] exceeds 80. Members of
AIESEC contribute their time towards
facilitating the global internship program,
engaging in leadership development
activities and ultimately participating in
an AIESEC internship themselves.
AIESEC in University of Moratuwas
membership consists of 16% female and
84% male students. Most members are between the ages of 19-24,
including those who take on leadership roles. The academic backgrounds
of members are spread mostly across Engineering, IT, Architecture &
Design.

PANSILU PITIGALAARCHCHI VICE PRESIDENT TALENT MANAGEMENT
Being a 3
rd
year undergraduate of University of Moratuwa Electronics &
telecommunication Engineering department, he is the responsible person
for recruitments, member training and development.

575%
Growth
182%
Growth
206%
Growth
Engineering
IT
Architecture
Transport & Logistics
Town & country
SLIIT
Rajarata University
0 20 40 60 80
Academic Backgrounds of the
membership
Percentage


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For the last 12 months there had been a significant growth in the number
of membership which is 575%. The Team Leader and Team Member
opportunities have had a 182% and 206% growth respectively as a result
of the team effort of the whole university chapter.
Im an AIESECer !


It has been a big challenge to uplift the information system and
communication function in AIESEC Colombo South and initially it was a
full time commitment toward this major task. But its really encouraging
to say that we were able to do dramatic changes to the existing processes
where I decided to rebrand Colombo South logo where everyone started
to get that feeling of we are Colombo South (CS). And we became the
first Local Committee in AIESEC Sri Lanka to launch a website in order to
promote the portfolio of services we are offering to youth undergraduates
and recently passed out graduates.
And we launched a number of promotional campaigns in University of
Moratuwa and SLIIT in order to convince the undergraduate the value of
AIESEC and the experience that they can have by living in AIESEC. And
we were publishing e-newsletters targeting youth undergraduates,
corporate community and also the general public in order to get the
required support for the projects that were carried out by us.
And by seeing the upcoming youth generation of Colombo South Local
Committee, I can confidently say that AIESEC will be more visible in the
corporate sector, inter-university sector as well as among the general
public within next two to three years of time similar to India, China,
Poland, Brazil etc
Im an AIESECer !
PRASAD PERERA VICE PRESIDENT INFORMATIONS &
COMMUNICATIONS
He is also from Civil Engineering Department of University of Moratuwa
and he is handling all the promotional related things in AIESEC internally
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Performance report Membership
When we start the term on July 2011, we had a vibrant active membership of about 25 and
we were able to increase it up to 45 within the first month by pocket recruitment. And also
we further increased the membership up to 75 by the end of December due to the
increased capacity of the projects and programs that we had. And finally at the end of the
term it was as high as 80 plus members and including the members who are participating
in global exchange program, the number is 100+. This is mainly because we have
expanded to IT faculty in University of Moratuwa for the 1
st
time. So the overall
development of the membership is 220% and also we are planning to increase the
membership to 150 to 200 into the future. The main reason is that the newly amended goal
of AIESEC international is to give an opportunity to each and every undergraduate to
explore the leadership opportunities in themselves. So in line with that goal, AIESEC
Colombo South has also decided to give more and more opportunity to our undergraduates
to participate with the projects.
And the strongest achievement in terms of membership is that we were able to expand our
membership to IT faculty, Architecture faculty, Fashion designing department in University
of Moratuwa and also to SLIIT, Rajarata University and also to Achievers Lanka Business
School. This is the biggest expansion in terms of membership in AIESEC Sri Lanka in its
history.
But still our selection process is similar to that of a company where we select members
after a series of interviews and selection assessments in order to get the members who are
really passionate of developing themselves by engaging with AIESEC activities. The
executive board with the management board is always committing towards the member
training and improving the quality of the members considering it as their main priority. So
it is in paramount importance to us to make sure that the membership is with the correct
attitude so that the effort we are putting on their development will not go in vein. So the
selection process is, interviews- induction selection training where the potential
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Performance report Recruitment
There were 3 main recruitments organized in order to make sure that the exact
membership requirement is ready for the projects we have planned. The first recruitment
was focused on getting the required membership for the initial projects we had in the
beginning of the term & them we were able to give most of them the leadership experience
at the next recruitment. In that recruitment we had about 30 new members and we were
able to give about 15 leadership opportunities for the members we recruited earlier so that
they would have the team management & planning experiences. The last recruitment was
mainly focused on getting the members for the energy audit project we had. And also the
future development programs for those members have already been drafted so that they
will be having a career in AIESEC rather than just working for the sake of membership. And
finally we expanded into IT faculty in order to have provided them an opportunity to
explore their potential. So it was a success after recruiting 15 new members and started
huge projects in big scale like Corp Hunt [refer Incoming Exchange-Corporate]. And also
there are some members who have engaged with our international internship program from
SLIIT, Rajarata University and Achievers Lanka Business School and with them the number
of membership will exceed 100.
Performance report Training
We had arranged a series of workshops in developing the members in local committee level
& also from the national & international level. International workshops were basically
handled through online media internationally.
- Session by Mr.Suchith Abewickrama
This seminar like session was conducted by a past president of AIESEC Sri Lanka
as well as AIESEC Thailand Mr.Suchith Abewickrama who is an alumnus of
University of Moratuwa. This session was mainly focused on developing members
in the scope of designing new projects and selling them to the community as well
as to partners in order to raise funds. The participation was about 30 members
and it was a very interactive session which was highly praised by the members.
And the session was open for any undergraduate in the university irrespective of
he/she being and AIESECer or not.
- Session by Mr.Ashan Janebdeen
Being the former president of AIESEC Sri Lanka, and also being a graduate
student from University of Moratuwa, Mr.Ashan Janebdeen was continuously
helping for the development of the skills of the members of AIESEC. This
session was mainly focused on developing the PR skills and marketing skills of the
membership which is a essential factor to learn in order to work together with
corporate sector.


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- Session by Mr.Senaka Muhandiramge
This session was based on Business Etiquettes and conducted by former General
Manager Human Resources at Heyleys MGT (pvt) Ltd Mr.Senaka Muhandiramge.
It was a interactive session with the participation of about 50 members and also
few undergraduate of the university who are not members of AIESEC. We
conducted this session mainly to give a broad idea to our members in business
etiquettes and also to motivate them to explore their potential by broadening
their portfolio of activities engaged in.

- Webinars
This is a series of online classes organized by the AIESEC Sri Lanka member
committee and the main idea of these classes is to educate the membership of
the AIESEC core functioning such as how to approach corporate sector and raise
partnerships, how to manage finance effectively, how to manage your members
in a strategic way etc. Any member can join with these programs by an online
network and ask questions and get the required knowledge for each functions of
AIESEC.
- Member committee national workshops
Member committee of AIESEC Sri Lanka has organized a series of workshops to
develop members in various functions in AIESEC. Mainly they were focused on
giving the required pre-practice for members to approach to the outside parties in
order to engage with projects & activities. There were simulations regarding
corporate meetings, selling the internships to organizations, conducting effective
interviews and member development planning, finance management etc.




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Performance report Award Ceremony
There was a award ceremony organized by the local committee at the induction day event
with the participation of CIMA Sri Lanka & Achievers Lanka Business School CEO Mr.Faris
Ismil. The best performing awards were Mr.Panchal Abeysingha, Mr.Asiri Weerathunga,
Mr.Thushan Dharmawardana and also there were about 10 more awards for the
outperformance during the last two quarters.
And also Asiri became the member of the month in AIESEC Sri Lanka once while
Panchal,Thushan and Asiri bagged awards in National Conferences and also in bi-annual
reviews in AIESEC Sri Lanka. The purpose of these award ceremonies is to recognize the
active participation and outperforming activities.
Performance report Leadership Development
There is about 150% development in the number of leadership positions created by out
committee with respect to the last term. And also we were able to create leadership
opportunities for the newly selected members after an assessment of project designing.
And also the experienced members were also given leadership positions of the key projects
of AIESEC Colombo South. AIESEC is recruiting members and also provide them a career in
AIESEC in order to go for leadership positions in the organization and the recruitment
process is well planned for the above task. With the performance increase the leadership
positions will also be going to increase in to the coming future of our local committee.
Performance report - Internships
Professional internship is the most intense learning experience that we offer and links
together our global network. Each year, we provide over 60,000 members the challenging
opportunity to live and work in a foreign country in areas of management, technology,
education, and development internationally.
As a local committee we were able to contribute by 83 student exchanges for the year
ending 30
th
June 2012 being the first local committee in AIESEC Sri Lankan history to reach
this number. And the matched exchanges are 18,making the number of realizable
exchanges for the year 101 which is a huge milestone. Mostly they are related to the
incoming exchanges where foreign students come to Sri Lanka for work in different projects
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number internships where undergraduates and postgraduates have come for industrial
traineeships in some renowned companies in Sri Lanka like John Keels PLC, hSenid
Software International, Alconn Constructions, Orange HRM, Inovaze (pvt) ltd, 7
th
Frontier
Group, Famous Pacific Shipping , Mercantile Marine Management (pvt)Ltd etc. And we
were able to partner with companies like Monaragalla Paper Mills (pvt) Ltd, Jetwing Travels
(pvt) Ltd , Elephant Travels and Tours (pvt) Ltd for our Global Internship Program.
Incoming exchange sector has a growth performance of more than 700% in comparison
with the previous year where as the outgoing exchanges has achieved a remarkable growth
of 450%. So the now there is a rising trend of local undergraduates going for international
internships in the last few months which has caused to this ten folds growth.
- Incoming Exchanges
We have provided industrial internship opportunities for foreign undergraduates
and postgraduates in companies like John Keels PLC- Jaykay marketing )pvt)Ltd,
hSenid Software International, Alconn Constructions, Orange HRM, Inovaze (pvt)
ltd, 7
th
Frontier Group, Famous Pacific Shipping, Mercantile Marine Management
(pvt)Ltd for the term ended June 2012.
And also the popular business tycoon Mr.Dinesh Saparamadu (CEO of hSenid
software (pvt) Ltd) has recommended AIESEC Global Internship Program refer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owS25nC8YFI&feature=youtu.be )





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And apart from industrial traineeships, we have given opportunities to graduate
foreign students to work in local AIESEC projects [Details are under projects tab].
And apart from that we placed an intern from Thaiwan, Yui-Ting Chang, to a
school called Gnanodaya MMV at Kalutara and she had been teaching English for
a 6 weeks time in that school.She is a graduate of Yuan Ze University Thaiwan.
And also two graduated girls from Baharain came for a internship to teach English
in Fathima Muslim Ladies Collage Maradana for a time period of 6 weeks.Both of
them are from University of Baharain. And there were lots of projects are
underway regarding rural education, youth empowerment etc.
- Outgoing Exchanges
The numbers of undergraduates who have gone for internships abroad through
AIESEC is 11 for the term 2011/2012. And out of them 5 students are from
University of Moratuwa and the rest of the undergraduates are from the Sri Lanka
Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) and they are 3
rd
year undergraduates
in SLIIT.

Chathura Kannangara (3
rd
from right), Asiri Iddathissa(5
th
from right) and Rajitha
Udukumburage (4
th
from right)are final year Undergraduates from University of
Moratuwa who have gone to Hanoi, Vietnam for a project organized by AIESEC
Hanoi. Umalka Perera (1
st
from right) is an undergraduate from SLIIT. Students
took part in Seminars and Camp Day with practical and interactive activities
focusing on three main issues : Business, Communication, Engineering and
Computer Sciences in that project.
And the right side picture is of an Undergraduate in University of Moratuwa,Askar
Innan who went to Malaysia to work in a project organized by AIESEC where he
had to teach to disabled people.
AIESEC is now focusing on opportunities that are available for Undergraduates in
University of Moratuwa to complete their industrial training abroad and the
processes are underway. And also we were able to expand to Rajarata university,
Achievers Lanka Business School and SLIIT through this program. Currently there
is 25+ members who are yet to go for internships in Europe, China, Thailand,
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Performance report- Initiatives Projects
The main intention of these projects organized by AIESEC is to make a positive impact to
the society and making sure the members involved getting the experience of handling
these projects. So almost every project is based on exchanges where we facilitate local
AIESECers to engage with lots of foreign interns in their projects so that there will be wide
global learning environment for all the participants. And through these projects we create
leadership opportunities for our members and also develop their skills in managing
projects. New projects on designing stage are, rural education project, youth empowerment
project for university undergraduates and pre-school empowerment project.
- Earth Hour Project & The Energy Audit
Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also
known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually,
asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one
hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.

In Sri Lanka the project is being initiated by Expo Lanka Holdings PLC and they
have partnered with AIESEC in a series of events related to this global event. One
key project is the energy audit that is being carried out by 22 foreign engineering
undergraduates from Brazil, Argentina, German, India, China, Thailand and
Belgium. with the local undergraduates from university of moratuwa. The project
coordinator is Mr.Amila Balasooriya who is a 3
rd
year undergraduate of university
of moratuwa from electrical department. And also a considerable number of
undergraduates from Chemical and Mechanical departments have also had the
opportunity to join with this project. The audit is being carried out in 25
companies in Expo Lanka Holdings Group of Companies by those foreign and local
undergraduates. The required training has been provided by Mr.Buddhi
Heendeniya, a graduate from University of Moratuwa and also a past president in
AIESEC Sri Lanka and also a former project manager at Glide. And also it is
notable that the staff advisor for AIESEC in University of Moratuwa, Prof.Ajith De
Alwis has been continuously helping to make this project a success, guiding us to
take up this challenging project.

And also there is a series of awareness sessions regarding effective energy
consumption and global warming organized in number of schools in the western
province parallel to this audit. Mr.Noshan Peries,a 3
rd
year undergraduate of
Mechanical Department is the project coordinator for this project.

And also there was a stall at the EDEX Expo 2012 exhibition regarding Earth Hour
Global Awareness campaign in addition to these awareness sessions in order to
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- Trincommalee Education Project
Under this project AIESEC partnered with Euro Center DDC and Bank of Ceylon to
bring down 3 foreign undergraduates to teach English and cultural education for
the underprivileged school students in Trincomalee.

The schools are St Xaviour College Trincomalee, Namaghal Vidyalaya
Trincomalee, Kalaimaghal Vidyalaya Trincomalee. And they had been teaching for
a month of time and it was highly praised by the principals of those three schools.
The project coordinator for this project is Mr.Thushan Dhammawardana from
Transport and Logistics Department of University of Moratuwa.

- Blind School Education Project
This project was mainly initiated as a helping hand to the blind children at the
Blind school at Rathmalana. We have placed 3 graduated interns from the asia-
pacific region in this school to teach and help them in their activities and the
project is totally funded by AIESEC and no other third party was involved in this.
So this is mainly a project designed to make a positive impact to the society
which is the vision of our organization. And the satisfaction levels of the
internships and the project by both the parties were at a very high level since its
a good philanthropic activity.






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- Ayubowan China Project
Ayubowan China is a project which is initiated by AIESEC Sri Lanka together
with AIESEC in Mainland of China to strengthen the cultural relationship between
Sri Lanka & China through AIESEC internship program. The project will include
Chinese cultural activities, performances in Universities, youth forum, Chinese
cultural events well as post tour which give chance for interns who are coming
here to experience Sri Lankan culture.

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, along with AIESEC Sri Lanka,
hosted Dragon Night on the 28th of January 2012 at the Light House Galley,
Colombo 01. This Chinese New Year Show aims to promote Sri Lanka as a
favorable Tourist destination in China. The Chinese New Year Show was focused
on sharing the Chinese culture and tradition among the other nationals, which is
a rising global trend at present.


This colorful event, with its lights, lanterns and music, was definitely a vital
aspect in strengthening the ties between Sri Lanka and China. It was obvious as
the 50 Chinese interns (University students from over 20 major cities in China)
performed a traditional Chinese Dance, a Chinese Opera, a Fan Dance, an
instrumental with Pipa and Erhu plus Kung Fu and Tai-Chi routines, to the utmost
contentment of the audience. Sri Lanka Navy and the National Youth Services
Council also contributed to the event with their excellent performances.

Performance report- Initiatives Media & Publications
- Website
AIESEC in University of Moratuwa released their website (www.aieseccs.org) and
facilitated the undergraduates to apply for the internships through online. And
also we were able to create the visibility among the university students after the
releasing of the website.
- Monthly e-newsletter
And also we have started to publish a monthly e-newsletter in order to
communicate the events happening in our organization to the university
undergraduates as well as outside community and corporate parties so that we
will be able reach more and more opportunities as an international organization.
You can subscribe to our newsletters through our website.



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Performance report- Initiatives Events
- National Leadership Development Seminar 2011
National Leadership Development Seminar - NLDS 2011 was the biggest and the
most anticipated annual international conference organized by AIESEC in Sri
Lanka. The delegation which will comprise of AIESEC members, alumni, as well as
international delegates, had the opportunity to develop and enhance their
leadership potential and personal and professional careers, interact and network
with people, and have fun at the same time. It was held on October 13,14,15 &
16 th at MAS Training Center ( MIMT - Tulhiriya ) with the participation of more
than 100 undergraduates from University of Moratuwa, University of Colombo ,
University of Kalaniay, University of Jayawardanapura and University of
Peradeniya. The leadership development workshops had been conducted by
AIESEC alumni, corporate trainers and also by Mr.Bennett Patternott who is the
head of HR at Carsons Cumberbatch Group. There were foreign delegates China,
Ukraine, Poland etc.

- Youth to Business Forum 2011
Youth to Business Forum was conducted with the participation of about 300
participants at University of Sri Jayawardanapura organized by AIESEC Sri Lanka.
Among the key personnel who had conducted sessions, most renowned corporate
tycoons like Dr.Hans Wijesooriya and Mr.Anthony Jayaranjan was also present.
This year's topics were Empowerment, Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship and
Corporate Social Responsibility and the workshops were carried out separately
under these topics.



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- Global Village 2011 & Youth Fest
Youth Fest is an event organized by AIESEC in collaboration with Earth Dreams
International mainly to develop leadership skills in local undergraduate students.
The event was held from 10th-11th December 2011 at NYSC-Maharagama. The
overall objective of the festival was to inspire the youth today to reach their
collective and individual aspirations. This objective is very important to the youth
in Sri Lanka and around the globe as highly changing and challenging living
environments impose a great pressure on young people to find their path in the
society, most of them in the end become mere followers of mass trends instead
of reaching to their dreams. The global village was a festival where students from
different countries showcase their cultural uniquenesses and share the
experiences with local undergraduates which had taken place in parallel to this
event.

- International Youth Forum
AIESEC Sri Lanka International Youth Forum themed Diversity towards
Development focused on several aspects including social responsibility,
entrepreneurship, tourism and youth and business. The event was held at the
University of Moratuwa and was attended by 300 delegates. The workshops were
carried out under the above topics by Brandix Lanka Ltd, Epic Lanka Group.


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- Induction Day 2011 University of Moratuwa
Induction day 2011 which was held on 10
th
of December in University of
Moratuwa was focused on educate the newly recruited members about the
projects in AIESEC and the procedure as well. The event was fully sponsored by
Achivers Lanka Business School and Mr.Faris Ismail,CEO of Achivers Lanka
Business School, was also present at the event. And out of the external guests,
CIMA Sri Lanka representatives and also the chairmen of 7
th
Frontier Group,
Mr.Dinesh Watawana was also present. There were lots of activities and programs
organized by the executive board of Colombo south in order to develop the
leadership skills of the participants.
- 2012/2013 Executive Board Election & AGM 2011/2012
The annual general meeting and the executive board election took place at
university of Moratuwa on 28
th
of January and the current vice president outgoing
exchanges Mr.Poorna Molligoda was selected as the next president of AIESEC in
University of Moratuwa. And altogether there were 17 candidates for the rest of
the vice president opportunities and it was the first time in AIESEC Sri Lanka
history where there was this much of applicants for 6 positions.

- Leadership Development Seminar 2012
This event was basically focused on developing functional and leadership skills in
members of AIESEC local committees in Sri Lanka. This two day conference was
organized by University of Kalaniya and University of Moratuwa AIESEC local
committee as a joint effort and carried out the program in the Three Star Hotel-
Katunayaka. Among the main trainers of this conference, AIESEC alumni and
interns from Europe were present. And the conference was chaired by the former
AIESEC Sri Lanka President , Mr.Ashan Jenabdeen.



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- Colombo South Local Committee Planning Meeting 2012/2013
For the 1
st
time in AIESEC CS history we were able to have a planning meeting for
the beneficiary of the new term and we organized a planning meeting similar to
the national planning meeting, at Unawathuna in a luxury hotel with the present
and incoming executive board members. We decided on the KPIs and CSFs for
the next term and set objectives in line with our vision and national long term
objectives. And also we trained newly elected members on how to make impactful
decisions and how to manage the HR factor effectively and productively in this
non for profit organization. And also we were able to train the members regarding
all the functions relating to AIESEC and their planning aspects. And the most
important thing was, this is sponsored by AIESEC upto 20% and it went out like a
fun mixed session for two days at Unawatuna beach.


- Corp Hunt (AIESEC Global Internship Raising Competition)
This is a new initiative led by newly elected executive board in order to approach
to new companies to promote our new Global Exchange Program in order to make
a positive impact to the international AIESEC interns and to the Sri Lankan
organizations. This is a competition to raise internship opportunities in Sri Lankan
organizations and realize interns from all around the world to provide the quality
interns to local organizations through AIESEC the worlds 2
nd
largest database of
youth undergraduates and postgraduates.



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Supporters Staff Advisor

Professor Ajith joined the Chemical department in University of Moratuwa,SriLanka in1985
and was the former Head of Department. His research areas are on triple bottom line
approach for the Chemical & Process industry, integrated solid waste management, anaerobic
digestion systems, ICT in solid and hazardous waste management and process industry
developments in Sri Lanka .
Since 2010 he has been the staff advisor of AIESEC in University of Moratuwa and his
contribution towards the success of this organization is enormous. For the energy audit
project we carried out in 2012 was the best technical project in AIESEC in University of
Moratuwa and it was also carried out with the guidance of Prof.Ajith De Alwis. And also for
the increase in the number of outgoing exchanges, the influence of Prof.Ajith was directly
caused where he needs to see a significant number of undergraduates to go for internships in
other countries rather than creating opportunities for foreign graduates to have their
internships in Sri Lanka. And we would like to make this opportunity to render out special
thank for Prof.Ajith for the support that he has been rendering to us in the past.












Staff Advisor of AIESEC in University of Moratuwa
Professor A.A.P. De Alwis
B.Sc. Eng. (Moratuwa), Ph.D.( Cambridge )



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Supporters Exchange Partners







Supporters Project Partners-Trincomalee Education Project


Supporters Local Committee Partners
- Recruitment Partner 2011




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Financial Report



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Important Ratios:
Revenue per LKR of Operating cost = 1.694
Exchange Revenue per LKR of Operating cost = 1.331
% of Annual profit change per unit % of Exchange revenue change = 3.094
% of non-exchange related revenue from the total = 23.2%
Expenditure before LC fee and investments as a % of revenue = 65.21%

In terms of financial performance the Colombo South Local committee has reached to a
highly stable platform with a 789.7% increment of annual net profit in comparison to the
previous year. The ability to invest money in risky projects in order to make a positive
impact to the society is very high with a strong internal reserve of 120 thousand LKR.
The significant 23% contribution from non-exchange related function for the revenue is
remarkable as it shows the stability of the Local Committee even at a time of few
exchanges being done. Even though the expenditure consist of 65% of the total revenue
being a non-for profit organization, we can clearly see that we have utilized that money
on order to improve the quality of exchanges as the revenue for operating cost unit is
little higher than the exchange revenue from unit operating cost. So the higher portion
of revenue has been utilized for the development of internship quality. And the fact that
the sensitivity of profit for the revenue is as higher as 3.094 emphasize that there is
higher fixed cost portion in the total expenditure and this was mainly due to the
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have a 1000% plus operating expenditure increment is mainly due to the fact that higher
investments in order to improve the aforementioned quality development of internship
program.
As we are a not-for-profit organization, we were not opt to invest a large amount of
money on promotions and the increment of 242% of the promotional expense is well
below than the overall growth of the other functions. Administration expense has
increased by 360% in comparison to the last year and this in mainly due to the sudden
expansion of the local committee. This can be justified by the commitment of the
executive board to cover every penny of the voluntary members even at the times of
liquidity issues.
And also the significant factor is almost all the projects were ended with a positive
balance and even the remaining projects are highly probable of ending up with a positive
cash balance ensuring the excellent financial controlling and planning. The percentage of
profit attributable to projects is as lower as 6% but according to accrual data, it is highly
probable of it becoming 41% and it is a good indication of the fruitfulness of the huge
projects.
The current financial position is very stable and the organization can exist hibernated for
about two years with the stable financial back ground. And the internal reserve ha
assured the financial sustainability of the organization into the foreseeable future as well.
Even though AIESEC maintains cash and bank balances of more than 100 thousand, it is
mainly in order to avoid future liquidity issues as we are a organization which is rapidly
developing and expanding in Sri Lanka and due to the expansion projects and social
service projects we are carrying out.
The future prospects of financial background are sound and the measures to reduce
operating expenses are on the way with the newly elected executive board. The projects
that are going to happen in future are also larger in scale and impactful in nature. The
money we have earned through Global Internship Program and projects, had not only
been utilized for the development of internships and the quality of the internship
program, but we invested that money on training our dynamic member base and also to
conduct workshops for their career development. We had initiated members
development and planning programs in a similar scale to those of the national body of
AIESEC Sri Lanka and it was a huge achievement. And also we were able to open a path
for university undergraduates of University of Moratuwa to join with the projects initiated
by AIESEC where we invested a lot of money on training them and give them to fullest
experience being respectful to AIESEC vision of fulfilling the humankind potential.
Finally the Colombo South was able to grab the Sustainable growth award for the year
being the most sustainable local committee in AIESEC Sri Lanka which itself shows the
stability of the organization. And the huge nearly 10 fold growth has opened the path for
AIESEC to grow on the soil of Sri Lanka with a solid background it is having with a large
number of corporate partners and well experienced leading body comprised of graduates
and undergraduates of top 5 universities in Sri Lanka. And among them, AIESEC
Colombo South based on University of Moratuwa has become a iconic oerformr in
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Acknowledgements

The Editor :
Charith Baddage
Vice President Finance
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AIESEC Sri Lanka

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