Global Communities 'One Good Idea' Award Winner Selected

credit: PAUL SAKUMA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

This year's Global Communities' One Good Idea Award winner is the Entrepreneurship Development activity in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's Entrepreneurship Development activity focuses on engaging youth in solving social issues through economic and business opportunities.

The Entrepreneurship Development is a six-month program proposed by Global Communties' subsidiary in Jordan, Partners for Good and will expand the concept of the competitive TV show 'Mosh Mostaheel' developed by Partners for Good and currently in its second season in Jordan.

The proposal supports a primary goal of the YouLead! project in Sri Lanka of increasing prospects for successful self-employment through the program’s entrepreneurship and access to finance activities in Sri Lanka.

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