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If you’ve got a story that addresses a social issue in Sri Lanka – we want to hear from you! As a contributor for iVoice, you will inspire others in your community and bring awareness to issues relating to youth, women, the elderly, and the population at large. iVoice is always looking for new contributors to expand our community!

Stepping in to reality

12-Mar-2018 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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Stepping in to reality - Heavy burden of duties, responsibilities and family responsibilities on a university student after graduation and stepping in to the society. A cartoon created by Sajan Jelantith at the 'iVoice' cartoon workshop 2017. …

Social media kills traditional studies

07-Mar-2018 Dhaneshi

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In a world where social media overpowers all other elements, traditional learning methods face a serious challenge. A cartoon created by Rilwan Abdeen at the 'iVoice' cartoon workshop held in 2017.

Losing the gentle giant

26-Feb-2018 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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Losing the gentle giant As a result of this unending poaching that happened in the recent past, Sri Lanka lost many such gentle giants. The loss is not just for us…

Free from drugs...

19-Feb-2018 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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Unite youth towards a drug free society! (A cartoon created by Nirasha Sewwandi at the 'iVoice' cartoon workshop 2017.)

E - learning : The quickest to achieve your learning goals

19-Feb-2018 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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E - learning : The quickest to achieve your learning goals. A cartoon by Ravindu Dhananjith created at the 'iVoice' cartoon workshop 2017.

Addiction - a destruction

19-Feb-2018 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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Addiction: a destruction : Drug menace destructing human lives and education of the children of the drug addict’s family. A cartoon by Dulmini Pabasara Attanagoda created at the 'iVoice' cartoon workshop 2017.

How Much Time do you spend on Social Media?

14-Feb-2018 Sinduri Sappanipillai- Ivoice Team

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Below is a cartoon submitted by Ravindu Dananjith at the 'ivoice' cartoon workshop 2017. With more reliability on Social Media today, people, especially teenagers spend more time on social media which eats up…

The Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka

07-Feb-2018 Sinduri Sappanipillai- Ivoice Team

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The Human - Elephant conflict has become one of the debatable topics in Sri Lanka. Known as the 'blood ivory' trade worldwide, Sri Lanka has also become a part of poaching. An article addressing this conflict, stated that over 200 elephants were killed in Sri Lanka in 2009. Below is…

Suicide Selfies

01-Feb-2018 Sinduri Sappanipillai- Ivoice Team

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Suicides have become a trend in Sri Lanka, so as taking selfies.People update sucide selfies on social media while commiting sucides just to gain popularity. Here is a cartoon submitted by Ashee Gunawardena at the 'iVoice' cartoon warkshop 2017 describing 'Sucide selfies'.

Depression

17-Jan-2018 Dhaneshi

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Depressed people feel alone and isolated. Their own thoughts lead to their own failure. The black entity behind the girl is her depression. And it is speaking to her on various things, driving her insane. This may be a physical form of depression. …

Illegal poaching : losing the gentle giant

12-Jan-2018 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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Illegal poaching : losing the gentle giant As a result of this unending poaching that happened in the recent past, Sri Lanka lost many such gentle…

A future with new media???

08-Jan-2018 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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Usage of new media and its association to social destruction. A cartoon creation of MInoli Hansika at the 'iVoice' cartoon workshop 2017. …

Today it is more of social media knowledge than real wisdom.

08-Jan-2018 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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Today it is more of social media knowledge than real wisdom. A cartoon created by S.A.M. Rilwan from Anuradhapura at the 'iVoice' cartoon workshop 2017. …

Norms, ethics and crimes

03-Jan-2018 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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The society, with more concern on social and cultural ethics never understands hate crimes associated. Created by Ashen Goonewardena at the iVoice cartoon workshop…

The harvest

22-Dec-2017 Dhaneshi- Ivoice Team

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Adverse effects of foreign aids and concepts imported by a Government is all what we harvest? Created by Imasha Perera at the iVoice cartoon workshop 2017.

International Day of the Girl Child

10-Oct-2017 Ajith- Ivoice Team

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International Day of the Girl Child 11 October 2017 Today and every day, let us support the power of girls before, during and after crises to build better futures for themselves and their…

Dignity in Disasters - cartoon collection

09-Oct-2017 Ajith- Ivoice Team

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Terms & Conditions

iVoice Idea Competition

About

iVoice is an online platform that encourages youth to discuss social issues and to drive innovative solutions. The platform features stories relating to social issues in Sri Lanka, which are submitted by iVoice contributors and the general public.

The objective of the iVoice Idea Competition is to encourage youth to play a participatory role in solving social issues. After reading a story featured on iVoice, youth can submit their ‘idea’ to help to address the social issue that is highlighted in the story. The ten best ideas will receive seed capital of Rs. 100,000/- each, and mentoring, to support in implementing their ideas.

Eligibility

Participants must be Sri Lankan nationals between the ages of 18-29 years
In the event that a participant is awarded the seed capital, he/she must take full responsibility to ensure the idea is implemented before 31 December 2017

Submitting ideas

The majority of articles featured on iVoice relate to a social issue. These stories have a ‘Submit Your Idea’ button at the end of the article, inviting youth to share their innovative ideas on how to address these social issues.

Submitted ideas must be innovative and unique. The ideas must also be practical and implementable by 31 December 2017.

The deadline for submitting an idea is 3 September 2017.

To submit an idea, the following details must be provided through the online form:

Confirmation of nationality and age
Personal details: Full name, NIC, Mobile Number, E-mail, Postal Address
Confirmation that the idea can be implemented between the time period of 21 September – 31 December 2017
Title of idea: A brief title that summarizes the concept of the idea/solution (50 characters)
The problem: A 100 word description of the specific problem that your idea will address
The solution: A 500 word description of what you will do to help to address the problem and how you plan to implement your idea before 31 December 2017
Budget: Specify the total budget required to implement your idea in Sri Lankan Rupees (LKR). Note that the ten winning submissions will be granted Rs. 100,000/- as seed capital in September 2017.

Note: Participants can submit any number of ideas; however, only one idea per article is permitted.

Evaluation process

Ideas will be evaluated through a competitive process.

03 Sept 2017: Closing of submissions at 23:59 on 3 September 2017

06 Sept 2017: Shortlisting of 20 ideas

13 Sept 2017: Shortlisted applicants to present their ideas in further detail to the judging panel

21 Sept 2017: The ten winning ideas will be announced at the Award Ceremony at which Rs. 100,000/- seed capital will be granted to each of the winning applicants

Evaluation criteria includes creativity of the proposed idea to address the given social issue, and feasibility of implementation within the stipulated budget and timeframe.

The number of votes received per idea will not be a deciding factor.

The judging panel’s decision will be final.

Implementing ideas

The ten young people will receive the seed capital on 21 September 2017. They will also be provided mentoring organized by the Sri Lanka Development Journalist Forum and the United Nations Population Fund, to support in implementation of their ideas. All winning participants must provide a progress report every 2 weeks and must take full responsibility to complete project implementation by 31 December 2017.