14/11/2025
✨ We are honoured to share that the EEGAI Innovation Hub – A Cycle of Empowerment was officially selected as one of the featured commitments at the United Nations Second World Summit for Social Development, during the prestigious Solutions Studio – Spotlight Session: “Redefining Progress: Youth, Work, and the Future We Build.”
Being chosen for this global platform is a powerful recognition of the work we do to empower marginalized youth, women, and rural communities through education, skills, entrepreneurship, and sustainability. Built on EEGAI’s proven Cycle of Empowerment model, the i-Hub creates a continuous pathway from learning to livelihood to enterprise creation, ensuring that opportunity regenerates within the community.
At this session, our Co-Founder Sapthiha Jeevaraj proudly presented the vision behind EEGAI’s commitment, sharing how the i-Hub and the FindMe digital platform reinvest opportunity back into the community. She also used this moment to put forward our call to delegates, Member States, the private sector, NGOs, and all stakeholders: we are seeking resource persons, mentors, partners, and impact investors to help make this commitment a reality on the ground.
Her closing message was simple but powerful: “Empowered people empower people.” She invited everyone not only to invest in themselves, but to invest in others — reminding the audience that investment is not only about money. It is also about sharing knowledge, skills, time, networks, and influence so that more young people can stand up as creators of change in their own communities.
The discussion, moderated by Ariel Alexovich (Sustainable Development Officer at UN DESA) and joined by fellow panelist Ms. Nathalie Delorme (Political Affairs Officer at BeyondLab), explored how youth-driven innovation and new models of work can redefine development in a more inclusive, human-centred way.
For EEGAI, this moment was more than a presentation — it was a representation of Sri Lanka’s youth potential on the world stage and a reminder that meaningful, community-driven solutions can inspire global change. 💙