Asian-German Sports Exchange Program

Asian-German Sports Exchange Program (AGSEP), is a non-governmental organisation operating in the development sector in Sri Lanka with a partner office in Essen, Germany.

The organisation is based in Marawila, in rural western Sri Lanka, and was founded by the current CEO of the programme, Dr. Dietmar Döring, who at that time was the national coach of the table tennis team.

[6] Players between the ages of 30 and 70 years used to take part in table tennis, badminton, football, handball and beach soccer tournaments which will be played in towns such as Negombo, Kandy, Trincomalee, Galle, Marawila, Puttalam and Hambantota.

[6] Teams from Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, England, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Scotland, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Russia, Ireland and Asian countries Japan, China, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam and Canada will compete in the Masters Games.

The book explores the author's encounters in his early days in the war-ravaged Jaffna in the northern part of Sri Lanka, and then in a tsunami relief mission there with German universities' internship students.