Three girls from Sri Lanka are currently enrolled in the Essential Journalism Course on a scholarship from the Oxford School for the Future of Journalism.

The students were selected with three others from a pilot project run in Galle, Sri Lanka in 2023. They have continued to stay on the course and attend weekly classes online with OXSFJ tutor Tharushi Weerasinghe.

The pilot project in Sri Lanka was run between September and December 2023 with weekly in-person classes for a group of 14 students between the ages of 13–16. Students were tutored on writing and introductory journalism. Groups of students were also taken to the field for experience in reporting stories. The pilot project concluded following a writing competition out of which six students were selected to the Essential Journalism Course. Three have continued to stay on the course and are now contributors to Harbingers’ Magazine.