Kushil Gunasekera embarked on a journey to uplift his
ancestral village and nearby areas. His organization,
the Foundation of Goodness, offers humanitarian
programs in 900+ Sri Lankan villages, benefiting
307,000 people in 2022. Despite challenges like
tsunamis, civil conflicts, and COVID-19, he turned
adversity into productivity. Through transparency and
accountability, raising $22 million post-tsunami for
rural empowerment, spanning education, sports and
many other initiatives. The Foundation’s holistic model
fosters development through 18 Village Heartbeat
Empowerment Centres, impacting 800,000+
beneficiaries since 1999.
It’s through his collective insights and experiences that
the Good Life Institute was founded to help one
discover their true self through compassion and
kindfulness, so that each one of use can live life to the
fullest and see everyday as opportunity to be better
than we used to be.