here have taken part. teachers say the programme, which encourages students to volunteer and go on expeditions, has transformed many lives. prince edward visited the school once to hand out his father's awards in person. we are really, really thankful to him, prince philip. 0ur programme, it gave opportunity to our children to mix up with the outside world. they face a lot of obstacles and they thought how to overcome those obstacles. more than 150,000 children in south asia, from all walks of life, have participated in the duke of edinburgh's international award. darinda from sri lanka, who wants to be an entrepreneur one day, says that it introduced her to skills and experiences she would never have otherwise had. so, i'm from sri lanka, where we are mostly focused on formal education. the duke of edinburgh really tapped into our lives,