The campaign encourages school students from across the country to design and implement an SDG based project in their communities.For the SDGs to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: governments, the private sector, civil society and people. Achieving these 17 SDGs is everyone's responsibility.

Over 700 schools submitted their proposals over the past few months and upon evaluation by the partners of the campaign, 50 SDG-centered projects have been selected representing the 25 Districts of Sri Lanka.These selected schools convene in Colombo today (05 April), where they will receive recognition and be awarded a financial grant and technical support for implementation over the next 5 months.

Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Director, ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives / UNCG Chair, Ms. Simrin Singh, Secretary to the Ministry of Education Sunil Hettiarachchi, Director, Presidential Taskforce on Environmental Conservation Dr. Upali Indrasiri and Chief Human Resource Officer/ Deputy General Manager Hatton National Bank, Ms. L Chiranthi Cooray will attend the event.