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Sylvia Bobay

Global Ambassador, Friends Lanka Child Foundation

On Women’s Day, March 8th, 2003, Sylvia Bobay embarked on her journey to Sri Lanka. She resigned from her job in a high-ranking position in the corporate sector in Germany to follow her calling which brought her to Sri Lanka, where she first served as a volunteer at the Tudawe Child Development Center, Wadduwa. It was there that she realized that this was exactly what she wanted to do with her life: to serve the less privileged. Sylvia decided to follow her heart and believed that her passion could make a change on this beautiful island. In May 2004, she registered her own child-care organization named ‘Friends Kinderhilfe International’ (short FKI) with the aim to give underprivileged children a better future through education.

When the Tsunami hit Sri Lanka, Sylvia was in the right place at the right time to support thousands of severely affected families on the coastal areas of the country through her charity. The continuous support which the organization provided for the needy families and their children through educational programs, Friends Kinderhilfe emerged to a well-established and well recognized charity in Sri Lanka.

At the same time, Sylvia has been serving as the Chairperson of Friends Kinderhilfe Germany, the funding agency of Friends Lanka Child Foundation, since 2004. She also holds the position of Managing Director of the social tourism project ‘Elements Beach & Nature Resort’ in Sri Lanka.

Sylvia has been consulting Friends Lanka Child Foundation since day one and is a great driving force behind our organization. Thanks to her commitment, our charity’s name is constantly expanding among European countries, building trust and accountability amongst our donors and partners.

Pradeep Thirukumaran

Global Ambassador, Friends Lanka Child Foundation

Friends Lanka Child Foundation (FLCF) has appointed Mr. Pradeep Thirukumaran as a Global Ambassador to expand and serve our organization globally. He serves as a Senior Project Manager for a large enterprise Cloud content management company in San Francisco, USA, and served in the Information Technology domain for almost three decades. He resides in Canada and has lived there since 1996. Pradeep is a certified Project Manager (PMP), a diploma in sustainable business studies at Harvard University, Higher management studies at Waterloo University, a current MBA student at Aston University. (2019-2021) and holds many Information Technology certifications.

He is also a mentor and a coach for Aston University MSC students- Mentor program 2019-2022 and working as a Global Ambassador for international students for Aston University.

Pradeep’s deepest passion to serve and help underprivileged human beings has been the greatest asset for FLCF. He has been a long-standing supporter of various charity organizations including FLCF and supporting various other global communities and countries such as Kenya and East Asia.

His experience in working with local and international organizations helps Friends Lanka Child Foundation to fulfill the vision and expand its horizons globally. Pradeep’s has helped FLCF during the years by providing many sponsorships, scholarship projects and has been an inspiring leader to FLCF. His recent involvement in the projects related to the Corona Virus Pandemic has been exceptional and rewarding to many underprivileged families in the North and South of Sri Lanka.

Pradeep’s passion to serve and his vast knowledge and experience in this area will be a definite asset to FLCF and to those who are in need around the Globe.

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