2. Name U.L.U. Prabath Designation Marketing Manager Vice Chairman of ICA – AP Committee on Youth Cooperative Organization: Sri Lanka Consumer Cooperative Societies Federation Ltd Contact Details: No. 11, Saunders Place, Colombo 12, Sri Lanka Tel : 0094 11 2438137 – 8 Mobile:0094 77 3566116 Fax:0094 11 2331008 Web:www.coopfed.netwww.coopfed.net E mail:coopfed@sol.lkcoopfed@sol.lk C OOPFE D

3. Sri Lanka is a large island nation located off of southeast coast with palm trees blowing in the wind along beautiful white beaches, it has been considered a tourist paradise. Over a past hundreds of decades,different nations used to call this beautiful island in different names, but today Sri Lanka is officially called “The Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka”. Legislative capital of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte,but its commercial capital is Colombo.

4. Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksha is the president of democratic republican of Sri Lanka.

5. Latitude: 5.55 ’ & 9.50 ’ North Longitude: 79° - 82° Area: 65,610 sq.kms. Length: 432 kms. Breadth: 224 kms. Rainfall: Around 2020 mm. Temperature: Around 21 – 30 C

6.  Capital : Colombo (financial) Sri Jayewardenepura  Capital : Colombo (financial) Sri Jayewardenepura  POPULATION: 22.15 Million  POPULATION GROWTH RATE : 1.1  Languages :Sinhala, Tamil, English  Religion : Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity  G.D.P GROWTH RATE :6.8%  UNEMPLOYMENT RATE : 5%  PER CAPITAL INCOME :US$ 2029  AGRICULTURAL SECTOR : 19% GDP  POPULATION BELOW PROVERTY LINE : 23.9%  Life expectancy at birth 74.3 Years  Life expectancy at birth 74.3 Years  HIV prevalence (15-49 years) 0.1 %  Population with sustainable access to improved water source 79 %  Extreme poverty 24 %  HDI rank 2006 93 (totally 177 )  HDI rank 2006 93 (totally 177 )  Life expectancy of male 70.3  Life expectancy of female 77.9  Life expectancy of female 77.9

7.  Independence From British04 th February 1948  Republic22 nd May 1972  Population20,238,000 (year 2009)  Density308.4/km 2  GDP 39.604 billion  Per capita $1,972  Area 65,610 km 2 Water 4.4%65,610 km 2  LITERACY RATE 92.5%

8. Some Events and Feature ‘Sigiriya’ The Palace & Fortress in The Sky Colombo Kandy Horton Plan World Trade Centre TEA Mosque Lord Buddha Hindu Temple Supreme Court

10. Business Promotion – By Youth

11. House Donation by Youth Cooperative

12. Annual Blood Donation – By Yoth

13. Youth’s Leadership Development Camp

14. ICA – AP Youth Skill Development Conference

16. U.L.U. Prabath Sri Lanka Consumer Cooperative Societies Federation Limited No 11, Sounders Place, Colombo 12, Sri Lanka