From Dream Machine to Doing the Work: Sash Jayasinghe’s Journey with 4Lanka

In this inspiring conversation, 21-year-old changemaker Sash Jayasinghe shares how a wake-up moment in Sri Lanka sparked a year of intentional action: founding 4Lanka, a social-impact venture to help South Asian young people discover purpose, build confidence, and turn ideas into reality.

Sash recalls bringing Simon Squibb’s Dream Machine to the first comprehensive school in Wales — and watching students light up as a two-minute chat turned vague hopes into real, do-able dreams.

We also explore discipline as self-trust (yes, including marathon lessons!), the power of working smart as well as hard, and why relatable role models matter — “you can’t be what you can’t see.”

Highlights

🎙️The moment Sash chose purpose and service over autopilot.

🎙️Dream Machine in a Welsh school: from “I don’t know” to “here’s my dream.”

🎙️Why creativity, financial literacy, nutrition & purpose belong in the school curriculum.

🎙️Discipline, integrity, and bringing body–mind–spirit to the mission.

🎙️4Lanka’s vision: free programmes, tools and community for South Asian youth.

Connect with Sash:

🚀 Follow 4Lanka and Sash on Instagram: @4lankaofficial and @sash.jm

🚀 Connect with Sash on LinkedIn: Sash Jayasinghe

🚀 Read Simon Squibb’s book and learn about the Dream Machine