CHAMATHYA FERNANDO APPOINTED TO WAGGGS WORLD BOARD

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) recently appointed Chamathya Fernando as its newest and youngest member of the World Board – the highest decision-making body of the association.

WAGGGS is the largest voluntary organization for girls and young women with a membership of more than 10 million in 150-member countries.

Chamathya attended her first World Board meeting held in London, UK. The World Board of WAGGGS consists of 12 members and five regional chairs from across the world with a history of 100+ years. It has been striving for girls’ leadership by enabling them to reach their full potential and serve their communities.

Chamathya, an old girl of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo 05, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Plymouth University, UK in affiliation with National School of Business Management (NSBM) and a Bachelor of Arts graduate from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, currently employed at Brandix Apparel Ltd, a leading apparel-exporting company in Sri Lanka.

She has been involved in Girl Guiding since the age of eight and received the President’s Guide Award, which is the highest award in Girl Guiding. For the past 17 years she has contributed to the Girl Guides Movement as a volunteer, from running the Stop The Violence Campaign with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Girl Guides and had the rare distinction of addressing the United Nations in New York. She has been a Youth Representative and a powerful voice for WAGGGS.

The US State Department recognized Chamathya Fernando as one of the ten Global Emerging Young Leaders in 2017. Further, she was one of the Global Young Influencers of Plan International, at the Global Girls Summit 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.