Social Crusaders and Change Makers
May 03,2014
Top 50 Social Crusaders and Change Makers across our country for 2014
Crowdfunding campaign to help Malawi changemakers
February 03,2014
Empower, an Australian sustainable development organisation that works in partnership with rural communities in Malawi and Sri Lanka.
True Social Entrepreneurship
August 03,2013
Tasnuva Bindi talks to Shanil Samarakoon about Social Entrepreneurship.
Next Century Innovators
July 03,2013
Empower was nominated as one of the top 100 innovators by the Rockefeller Foundation at the recently concluded Next Century Innovators awards.
A new era for Puthumunmarichch
March 03,2013
Shanil Samarakoon writes about Empower’s exciting new project in Sri Lanka.
Social Change
September 03,2010
A September 2010 Australian School of Business article highlighting Empower’s recent activities in Malawi.
A Way to Drive Out Poverty
August 03,2010
Kate Prideaux of the Port Macquarie News outlines the history of Empower, after Shanil Samarakoon wins the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Australian School of Business Magazine
May 03,2009
A 2009 Australian Business School article concerning the initial biogas project initiated by the group of UNSW students that eventually became Empower.
Sunday Herald
September 21,2008
A September 2008 Sun-Herald Piece detailing the Sri Lankan Biogas project carried out by the University of NSW team and Sri Lankan Energy Forum
Southern Courier
August 05,2008
August 2008 piece in the Southern Courier explaining the necessity of electricity in creating opportunities, and following the development of the biogas project in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan Society
May 03,2008
A 2008 article by The Sri Lankan Society introducing “Empower” to Sri Lanka as a volunteer project by Shanil Samarakoon and the University of New South Wales.