Shanti Nandana Wijesinghe spoke about the youth-led reconciliation efforts following Sri Lanka's civil war. After the civil war, which lasted from 1983 to 2009, there were deep social divisions. The youth of the country helped to identify a pathway of reconciliation through shared experiences. The key insight was that reconciliation succeeds not through dialogue alone, but through shared living, learning, and creating. Shanti Nandana Wijesinghe
Shanti Nandana Wijesinghe spoke about the youth-led reconciliation efforts following Sri Lanka's civil war. After the civil war, which lasted from 1983 to 2009, there were deep social divisions. The youth of the country helped to identify a pathway of reconciliation through shared experiences. The key insight was that reconciliation succeeds not through dialogue alone, but through shared living, learning, and creating.