{"id":12,"date":"2022-03-16T15:04:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/testing\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2022-08-07T17:13:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T17:13:33","slug":"the-new-umoma-opens-its-doors-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12\" class=\"elementor elementor-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-222241be elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-top elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"222241be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-748a867\" data-id=\"748a867\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3aec5ed elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3aec5ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b56837a home-h1\" data-id=\"b56837a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a03e7f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a03e7f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.2 - 04-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About SLYO Sri Lanka<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-647ac41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"647ac41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.2 - 04-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This chapter has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years as it has been gaining popularity amongst Sri Lankan youth residing in the motherland.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: inherit;\">They have been directly involved with organizing and carrying out several projects in Sri Lanka, including \u201cEducation Without Borders\u201d with unwavering support from our other chapters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year the Sri Lanka Chapter will be organizing the following events:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec408bf elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"ec408bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/los-angeles\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Operation Hope - Fundraising campaign for Sri Lanka\u2019s ongoing financial crisis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Career Pathways - Career mentorship program, with a focus on Legal  <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fdeea1 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9fdeea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/srilanka\/about\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LEARN MORE<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-093e711 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"093e711\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52dc598\" data-id=\"52dc598\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cc959c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cc959c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Team<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2da7ce1 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2da7ce1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-80866a1\" data-id=\"80866a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de2061 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7de2061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.2 - 04-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-content{width:100%}@media (min-width:768px){.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper,.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{display:-webkit-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:right;-webkit-box-orient:horizontal;-webkit-box-direction:reverse;-ms-flex-direction:row-reverse;flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:left;-webkit-box-orient:horizontal;-webkit-box-direction:normal;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-top .elementor-image-box-img{margin:auto}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-top .elementor-image-box-wrapper{-webkit-box-align:start;-ms-flex-align:start;align-items:flex-start}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-middle .elementor-image-box-wrapper{-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-bottom .elementor-image-box-wrapper{-webkit-box-align:end;-ms-flex-align:end;align-items:flex-end}}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px}}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-title a{color:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-description{margin:0}<\/style><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sachini.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Sachini Seneviratne<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e18279\" data-id=\"2e18279\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b54c12a elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b54c12a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chamya.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Chamya Liyanage<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c51fd82\" data-id=\"c51fd82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3769b73 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"3769b73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pethmi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Pethmi Bandaranayake<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4da2f4c\" data-id=\"4da2f4c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08f8bf8 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"08f8bf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sandra.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Sandra Speering<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914d447 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"914d447\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/srilanka\/our-team\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">VIEW ALL MEMBERS<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b91a26a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b91a26a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97ad897\" data-id=\"97ad897\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52f9a8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52f9a8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Events<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6235fc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gutenberg-post-blocks\" data-id=\"6235fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gutenberg-post-blocks.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ultp-shortcode\" data-postid=\"152\"><div  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-post-grid-1 ultp-block-998367\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-loading\"><div class=\"ultp-loading-blocks\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;\"><div style=\"left: 0;top: 0;animation-delay:0s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 21px;top: 0;animation-delay:0.125s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 42px;top: 0;animation-delay:0.25s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 0;top: 21px;animation-delay:0.875s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 42px;top: 21px;animation-delay:0.375s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 0;top: 42px;animation-delay:0.75s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 42px;top: 42px;animation-delay:0.625s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 21px;top: 42px;animation-delay:0.5s;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-heading-filter\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-filter-in\"><div class=\"ultp-filter-navigation\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-items-wrap ultp-block-row ultp-pg1a-style1 ultp-block-column-2 ultp-layout1\"><div class=\"ultp-block-item post-id-1410\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-image ultp-block-image-zoomIn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/slyo-operation-hope-2022\/\" ><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"SLYO | Operation Hope 2022\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/op.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/slyo-operation-hope-2022\/\" >SLYO | Operation Hope 2022<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item post-id-1296\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-image ultp-block-image-zoomIn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/international-womens-day-conference-2022\/\" ><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"Morahena Junior School Library Project\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1146922_492283300850023_493731756_o-1980x1117-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/international-womens-day-conference-2022\/\" >Morahena Junior School Library Project<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-pagination-wrap ultp-pagination-ajax-action\" data-paged=\"1\" data-blockid=\"998367\" data-postid=\"152\" data-pages=\"1\" data-blockname=\"ultimate-post_post-grid-1\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc27928 elementor-section-stretched elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc27928\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-392cbf3\" data-id=\"392cbf3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-538a76a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"538a76a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stay in touch!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-276fc89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"276fc89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Subscribe to our newsletter to get in touch with our latest news and events.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About SLYO Sri Lanka This chapter has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years as it has been gaining popularity amongst Sri Lankan youth residing in the motherland.\u00a0They have been directly involved with organizing and carrying out several projects in Sri Lanka, including \u201cEducation Without Borders\u201d with unwavering support from our other chapters. \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SLYO | Los Angeles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The SLYO was created to positively impact the lives of youth today within the Sri-Lankan and the American cultures.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SLYO | Los Angeles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The SLYO was created to positively impact the lives of youth today within the Sri-Lankan and the American cultures.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Los Angeles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-07T17:13:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sachini.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/\",\"name\":\"Los Angeles\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sachini.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sachini.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/\",\"name\":\"SLYO | Los Angeles\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-16T15:04:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-07T17:13:33+00:00\",\"description\":\"The SLYO was created to positively impact the lives of youth today within the Sri-Lankan and the American cultures.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Home\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SLYO | Los Angeles","description":"The SLYO was created to positively impact the lives of youth today within the Sri-Lankan and the American cultures.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SLYO | Los Angeles","og_description":"The SLYO was created to positively impact the lives of youth today within the Sri-Lankan and the American cultures.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/","og_site_name":"Los Angeles","article_modified_time":"2022-08-07T17:13:33+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sachini.jpg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/","name":"Los Angeles","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sachini.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sachini.jpg","width":400,"height":400},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/","name":"SLYO | Los Angeles","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2022-03-16T15:04:10+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-07T17:13:33+00:00","description":"The SLYO was created to positively impact the lives of youth today within the Sri-Lankan and the American cultures.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Home"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":186,"href":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1492,"href":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/1492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slyo.org\/srilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}