Irstel Jansen
Child Protection Consultant and Social Entrepreneur
irstel@sustainablesrilanka.com
Irstel is a partner at Sustainable Sri Lanka, a consultant in Child Protection and a social entrepreneur. She is certified in Children’s Rights and Child Protection from Harvard University and delivers training in child protection to different stakeholders in the tourism industry in Sri Lanka and international organisations such as the United Nations Agency for Migration, IOM. She advises on child protection safe guarding policies and procedures for the public and private sector and has over 10 years of working experience in the travel industry in Sri Lanka. Irstel is a qualified educator in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) from the Green School in Bali and the founder of Kola Sri Lanka, an initiative which aims to empower the youth in Sri Lanka through educational programs and activities to advocate for a more sustainable future.