Britain’s Prince of Wales this week met an award-winning young entrepreneur from Sri Lanka, Fathuma Nisreen, at a dinner in London hosted in his capacity as President of Youth Business International (YBI), according to a Youth Business Sri Lanka communiqué.
M Azmi Thassim, Hambantota Chamber CEO, Fathuma Nisreen and the Prince. |
Ms Nisreen, who runs women’s bags and clothes company Ramsi Fashion in Hambantota, is a beneficiary of Hambantota Youth Business Programme and was named as the YBI Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 earlier this year. Prince Charles met her at a dinner held for supporters of YBI, a global network that helps young people start their own business and which was founded by the Prince in 2000.
Ms Nisreen won her award in September and this week said it was her dream to meet the Prince of Wales.
She is one of the many women who have started up a business in Hambantota under the youth support programme and she has been able to show that women can be successful in business without sacrificing their religious and cultural identity. She won the award after being interviewed by a judging panel of experts on business and entrepreneurship at the awards final in Mexico. |
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