Environmental cleaning programmes (Continuing since 2016)
Beach and surrounding environmental cleaning programmes were organized with the community to convince them of the clean beach, plastic-free environment, dengue prevention, etc. The community members and school kids actively
Sea turtle bycatch survey (Continuing study since 2014)
Incidental bycatch in fishing gear is a major threat to the sea turtle population in the Kalpitiya peninsula. It mostly kills turtles and reduces the population. So we are conducting
Promote home gardening and fruit plants planting at schools (Continuing since 2016)
Fruit plants were distributed among community members and schoolchildren to promote home gardening. Moreover, we distributed fruit plants during the workshops and community awareness programs. This is a little encouragement
Batik training programme – 2018
Almost all the community members at Kandakkuliya mainly depend on fishery-related activities while recently few swapped to the tourism field (dolphin & whale watching). Women in fishermen households pay more
Fishermen training workshops to release bycatch turtles (Continuing since 2013)
Training workshops were conducted for the fishers to release bycatch turtles in their fishing gear. Fishers were trained on how to release bycatch turtles without harming them, how to treat