- Asian-German Sports Exchange Program
Asian-German Sports Exchange Program (AGSEP), is a
non-governmental organisation operating in the development political sector inSri Lanka with a partner office inEssen ,Germany .Profile
AGSEP works with students from leading German universities who are in exchange programs and doing undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the fields of
economics ,political science ,social science ,engineering and other disciplines. The organisation intends to assist the divided ethnic groups of Sri Lanka to grow together and find peace by exposing the children of the island to children of other ethnic groups as part of sporting events.cite web |url=http://peacefederation.org/news/field/asia/2006/index.php?report_id=817&event_id=169 |title=Sri Lanka, gets an Inter-Cultural Peace Sports Centre |accessdate=2007-03-10 |last=Senaratne |first=Chula |date=August 9 2006 |format=HTML |publisher=UPF/IIFWP |language=English ] cite web |url=http://www.praktikum.info/arbeitgeber/1639/Asien_German_Sports_Exchange_Programme_(A.G.S.E.P.).html |title=Asien German Sports Exchange Programme (A.G.S.E.P.) |accessdate=2007-03-10 |format=HTML |publisher=praktikum.info |language=German ]History
AGSEP was founded by
Dietmar Doering fromGermany , who was an amateur national coach for the table tennis team of Sri Lanka.Activities
Dietmar Doering and AGSEP students imported more than five million US dollars worth of medicines directly from Germany and distributed them to areas affected by the 2004 tsunami.cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/12/06/fea02.htm |title=German hamlet of Asia |accessdate=2007-03-10 |last=Kanagasingam |first=Rajkumar |date=December 6 2005 |format=HTML |work=Sri Lanka Daily News |publisher=The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. |language=English ] cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/01/19/fea03.html |title=A visit to the tsunami-swept North |accessdate=2007-03-10 |last=Kanagasingam |first=Rajkumar |date=January 19 2005 |format=HTML |work=Sri Lanka Daily News |publisher=The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. |language=English ]AGSEP organized the International Run for Peace in Sri Lanka in its bid to promote a lasting peace in the war-torn island.cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/06/02/spo04.htm |title=Three thousand Lankan athletes for International Run for Peace |accessdate=2007-03-10 |date=
June 2 2005 |format=HTML |work=Sri Lanka Daily News |publisher=The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. |language=English ]AGSEP, with the
Princess Diana Institute of Peace , organized a dinner in 2005 to help create awareness onlandmine issuescite web |url=http://www.state.gov/t/pm/wra/61833.htm#story4 |title=Fifth Annual Night of A Thousand Dinners |accessdate=2007-03-09 |last=Davis |first=Stacy Bernard |year=2006 |month=February |format=HTML |work=SAFE PASSAGE: A Newsletter for the Humanitarian Mine Action and Small Arms/Light Weapons Communities, February 2006 |publisher=US State Department |language=English ]References
External links
* [http://www.agsep.com AGSEP Website] de icon
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