🥁 𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙰𝙲𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶: We, DreamSpace Academy, are one of the finalists of Impact Hero 2021, who won one year support from Earth Company that supports 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 with the potential to transform the future of developing countries in the Asia-Pacific. 🔻 Earth Company, based in 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻 and 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮, is an…

🏆 Great work of Shanjeevan Amalanathan — an Ocean Hero from DreamSpace Academy — is mentioned by Hon. 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗻, Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka, in Sinhalese and English language. 🔻 Shanjeevan is a young innovator who has been building an open-sourced autonomous underwater glider to keep an eye on our precious Blue Ecosystems, especially the ocean ecosystem and aquatic biodiversity.

💡 If you are in the service sector, you might have come across with clients who want a faster, cheaper and superior solution, and they still want to dictate the expert how it should be done on their way. 🔻 As a service provider, I had to learn to say…

📷 Beautiful capture by 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 — one of the trainees from our 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 programme, where we trained 27 young candidates to become visual content makers in 2020. 🌱 At DreamSpace Academy, we empower creative young minds with multidisciplinary workshops in anything from photography to biotechnology. Here…

🥁 𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙰𝙲𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶: 23+ international organisations featured me for my social and tech entrepreneurship contributions on their various mediums. 🔻 Most mentioned was our DreamSpace Academy — a community innovation centre to tackle complex local socio-economic and environmental challenges with 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. 🔻 We are a 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲…

🥁 𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙰𝙲𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶: I gave a speech at Global Community Bio Summit 2020 about “Societal Empowerment Through Science Education” via DreamSpace Academy. We discussed: 📍 How does my work/ approaches can be translated and connected to social empowerment? 📍 How science education can directly or indirectly cause social empowerment? 📍 How can my work show that skill-based science education is important for collective development?

🔭 To expand our horizon vertically at DreamSpace Academy, we have been actively working on our 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯 concept in the last months, and our astrophotography team was established first to give us a different perspective. 🔻 We are building a Space Lab for those who look upwards into the endless universes, to gain hands-on knowledge astronomy, space exploration, aviation and drone technology.

🥁 𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙰𝙲𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶: Bertelsmann Foundation published an eight-page article in their 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻 about how we — DreamSpace Academy — are empowering underprivileged communities in Sri Lanka’s war-affected regions. 🔻 Bertelsmann Foundation considers itself an engine of reform & a promoter of social change toward a sustainable society to…

🥁 𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙰𝙲𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶: Shanjeevan Amalanathan from DreamSpace Academy delivered his first keynote speech abroad at StartNext organised by the 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮. 🔻 Patrick Brown, the Mayor of the City of Brampton Ontario, joined as the Speaker for the event's felicitation. 🔻 Shanjeevan is one of the young innovators in the Personalised Empowerment program at DreamSpace Academy, who has been making a phenomenal impact in among youngsters in the local community. 🔻 He has been building an autonomous underwater vehicle to monitor Blue Ecosystems of Sri Lanka and co-founded OceanBiome, a social enterprise to create awareness about the ocean ecosystem in Sri Lanka. 👉 More info at https://lnkd.in/ehY79_6 ☝️ Follow me for updates on empowerment initiatives around the world !!! #ChangeMakers #SriLanka #SocialEntrepreneurship #OpenInnovation #OceanAction