Jayatilake Kankanamalage Janith Prabashwara Perera

Jayatilake Kankanamalage Janith Prabashwara Perera

Sri Lanka

Janith Prabashwara Perera is an emerging Youth and Peace Activist from the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. He has been in the fields of volunteerism and activism since 2013 and has endeavored to serve humanity and make the world a better place from his childhood.

Professionally, Prabashwara is a lecturer cum trainer and he conducts lectures, workshops and training programmes throughout Sri Lanka in English Language and Literature, Leadership training and Soft Skills Enhancement. He is very much passionate about peace activism and peace as a discipline and a research interest. This includes his current perusal of a bachelors degree in Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resolution from the department of International Relations, University of Colombo.

Prabashwara is a member of the UN Youth Peace Panel of Sri Lanka. He was selected to this 30 member panel of peace activists in Sri Lanka after a very competitive interview process conducted under the preview of the UNFPA of Sri Lanka. Prabashwara is also a former National Task Force Member and current facilitator of the International Youth Alliance for Peace and mentors the ‘Peace in Action’ project which is aimed at teaching English and developing Skills of Underprivileged kids in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

Prabashwara is also a Nationally Advisory Coordinator of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals Children’s Parliament of Sri Lanka hosted by the Sri Lanka United Nations Friendship Organization (SUNFO). He is also a Messenger of Peace of the same organization and has conducted several mobilizations on Peace throughout the island. He was privileged to deliver the Keynote Speech on SDG16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions at the ‘International Peace Day Commemoration’ 2018 held at the BMICH in Colombo organized by SUNFO.

Prabashwara is also the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the World Institute of Peace, International, Nigeria and is also an International Peace Leader, Sri Lanka to the Institute of International Peace Leaders, Pakistan.

Prabashwara has published several poems, articles and educational / research papers on Peacebuilding. He has won awards for these publications both nationally and internationally.

Prabashwara believes in the capacity of everyone to be Peace builders. He desires peace builders to emerge from the grassroots and people to cultivate inner peace, which would result in peaceful living and a peaceful world.