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| Prabath Wickramanayake |
| Prabath Wickramanayake was born in Colombo Sri Lanka in December 1982. He commenced his primary education at Nalanda College, Colombo in 1988 and continued up until he migrated to New Zealand in 1995 with his parents. At Newlands College in Wellington he completed his secondary education and in December 2000 he migrated to Australia. In 2006, Prabath graduated from Deakin University in Melbourne having successfully completed the degree of Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) majoring in International Relations. Prabath has a strong passion in his personal life as well as his academic interests on economic development and advocacy issues, particularly in Sri Lanka and Asia in general. This personal dedication links with the agonizing situations Prabath has seen in his early days in Sri Lanka. Even as a youth, this compassionate nature encouraged him to make constant visits to people living in rural areas which entwined with poverty and other socio-economic problems. In his academic essays, Prabath paid more attention to the issues relating to poverty in Sri Lanka. Moreover, Prabath has worked in Sri Lanka as an intern to the Marga Institute (NGO), where he carried out a research project that looked into the issues relating to the housing construction projects for the survivors of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Kaluthara District, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. Furthermore, he has worked for Save the Children Australia in Melbourne as a fundraising officer. In addition to his tertiary education and casual work, as a volunteer, Prabath worked for the Australian Red Cross Victoria as a research assistant for the refugee settlement support program and convener of refugee & asylum seeker youth program. At present, in his voluntary capacity, he works as the youth community programs leader for the Australian Red Cross Victoria. Moreover, at Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Prabath discharged his responsibilities as the food bank assistant. All these voluntary engagements show his initiative, dedication and willingness to help diverse communities in Melbourne. At present, Prabath is reading for the Degree of Master of Arts in International Relations at Deakin University in Melbourne. In 2006 he co-founded Darfur Human Rights and Development Organization of Australia with a group of human rights activists and academics from Melbourne. Prabath travels to Sri Lanka and Indochina, where he spends his time with the rural communities to learn about local customs and to gain an insight into hardships that rural communities of developing countries are confronted with. Contact Prabath - Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Prabath WickramanayakePrabath Wickramanayake was born in Colombo Sri Lanka in December 1982. He commenced his primary education at Nalanda College, Colombo in 1988 and continued up until he migrated to New Zealand in 1995 with his parents. At Newlands College in Wellington he completed his secondary education and in December 2000 he migrated to Australia. In 2006, Prabath graduated from Deakin University in Melbourne having successfully completed the degree of Bachelor ... Read more |
John SukkarJohn completed a double degree in Law and Commerce at Deakin University in 2007, graduating with Honours and Distinction respectively, and majoring in Finance and Economics. Since graduating, John has acquired over 12 months experience working with KPMG as a consultant within the Corporate Tax division, where he advised a range of corporate groups in the financial services sector on all areas of Australian taxation law. John is dedicated to ... Read more |
Greg JuddAfter graduating from Deakin University in 2006, Greg worked for over two years with KPMG Australia as a consultant in the Corporate Tax Division of KPMG Melbourne. In 2009, Greg joined the Corporate & International Tax Division at the Melbourne office of BDO Kendalls Tax Lawyers. Also in 2009, Greg joined the School of Law at Deakin University, Lecturing in Business Taxation Law. Greg specialises in corporate and international tax, ... Read more |
John PersicoJohn has three years experience with KPMG's Corporate Finance practice in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity team. During this time, John has worked on a wide range of transactions alongside many of Australia's leading mid-market Private Equity funds. He has origination and executional experience in providing strategic analysis and financial modelling to small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across Australia.Prior to joining KPMG, John studied a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) and Laws (Hons) at Deakin University, Melbourne. He was awarded the Badden Wuttenburg Scholarship (Germany) and Ronald Henderson ... Read more |
Mahboob HossainMahboob was born in Bangladesh and at the age of ten moved to Melbourne with his family. Coming from one of the poorest countries in the world, Mahboob has experienced some of these conditions first hand and is therefore extremely passionate about making a difference to impoverished communities. Here in Australia he is grateful to have first-class primary, secondary and university education, having completed Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University ... Read more |
Bhavesh ModiBhavesh Modi has completed two master’s degrees in business and commerce majoring in finance and international trade and commerce respectively at Deakin University. He has completed undergraduate studied in engineering. He has served at Deakin University as a sessional lecturer and tutor. He has been involved in a number collaborative research projects. In the past he was actively involved with Deakin Business School Society and he has successfully organised many ... Read more |
Brian D'RosarioBrian is truly passionate about community engagement and the growth of others. Born in Madras, India Brian understands the nature of poverty, and sees Nexus as a vehicle for positive and sustainable change. After spending his adolescence serving as a naval officer, Brian gave this career away to spend more time with his new family. Upon immigrating to Australia, Brian found himself working in the emerging area of Information technology, ... Read more |
Nexus Quick Facts
GovernanceNexus operates a member based model, with members duly appointing directors of the entity. Nexus is guided by a board of directors. The board appoints all key operational team... Read more |
Hope ScholarsThe Hope scholarship program provides funds to some of the poorest children in the developing world. It makes a university education or education at a vocational training centre possible. Many ... Read more |
Social EntrepreneurshipSocial entrepreneurship is essentially a reference to the actions of an agent of positive social change. A social entrepreneur is an individual who identifies a social problem and utilises what ... Read more |
The Nexus ModelWe recognise that many solutions while being theoretically sound do not necessary translate well in all situations. As such our programs are driven by the needs communities, and are motivated ... Read more |
Vision & MissionOur vision is for a world without poverty and free of conflict, where individuals live without fear of hunger and persecution. A world where compassion is not limited by contrived ... Read more |
Anchor Social Housing ProjectDescription: The Anchor Social Housing Project (AHP) is a venture of Anchor Inc. a foster care and community care agency based in the outer East of Melbourne. The project seeks ... Read more |
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Anchor CEO - John Devine
"These volunteers supply a skill set which is not easily available to community organisations such as Anchor and their contribution will assist in both addressing a well established community need and increasing the capacity of the organisation."