At NSI, the social mobilisers team of migrant and refugee leaders work with marginalized communities to create competent and resilient community member. He started his activism from young age of 7 by following his parents on Church missions to distribute provisions to the poor in estates and towns in Kota Tinggi. This gave him the grace to journey with families throughout the cycle of overcoming poverty. He was later an active member of the Catholic Student Society (CSS) in Multimedia University Melaka while studying B.Eng in Electronics. After graduation, he worked at Pusat Komas and then went on to be an Asian Coordinator based in Manila for the International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS), a UN Accredited INGO setup in 1921. He was also introduced to Liberation Theology and Ecumenism here. Adrian Pereira is also an Adjunct Professor with the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences & Leisure Management, Taylor’s University (Malaysia). He is also an External Panel Member of the University Ethics Committee (Human) under the Research Management Centre of Management and Science University (Malaysia). He is also a board member of CARAM Asia and an alumnus of the Diplomacy Training Program(DTP) of the University of New South Wales, Law Faculty. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) of the U.S. Department of State. Adrian’s philosophy is to ensure all knowledge and wisdom gained over the years is shared with as many actors as possible, in Church (Ecumenical), Interfaith Networks and in secular circles. Adrian Pereira can be contacted at +60122900756 pereira@nsinitiative.net https://linktr.ee/northsouthinitiative (NSI Comms) https://nsinitiative.net/2492-2/ (Adrian Comms)