Charith de Silva, YMCA Base Co-ordinator for Matara, with Suban, a YMCA volunteer. Charith has been involved in the YMCA in Sri Lanka since he was 15, working up to Youth president. He was working as a volunteer in Kalmunai, when, shortly after the Tsunami, he was given the post of Base Co-ordinator. “My job is about Tsunami relief work. But the YMCA is not just for Tsunami work, it’s for everything: youth and child rights work, peace building, awareness raising and building a YMCA identity.”