Future in Our Hands Development Fund

Eco Agents Sri Lanka - Children Environment Education and Action Programme

Project name:

Eco agents Sri Lanka - Children environment education and action programme

Project area:

Badulla and Moneragala districts in Uva Province

Beneficiaries:

540 Children and 18 Children's Clubs

Funded by:

Eco Agents Norway

Project duration and status:

2011-2013 (On Going)

Project objective:

Educate children on environment and motivate them to be an active in environment conservation

Specify objectives:

•	Educate children on environment
•	Establish home gardens
•	Conservation of water catchments
•	Establish green library
•	Conduct research on plants, animal, fish and climatic zones

Project Activities and Outputs

Activities	Outputs
Conduct awareness on environment, water cycle, climate change, plants, animals and climatic zones etc.	All children are aware on the subjects
Conduct leadership camps	Children mange their clubs affectively
Training on organic farming	All children start organic plot
Facilitate environment excursion in important places in Sri Lanka	10 no of trips for 300 children
Establish and provide equipment, furniture, books for green library	Established 15 green libraries
Water catchment conservation and maintenance	10 no of water catchment conserved
Organised cleaning camps in home surrounding	10 one day camps conducted

Lessons learned:	•	Children actively Participated in water catchment conservation .
	•	Children were interested in research and documentation activities

Project Pictures


Cleanup programme for environmental day		Planting a tree


During a field visit to Kandapola Nuwaraeliya		Environmental field training session


Children's environmental education programme		Eco Club members - "Eco Agents"


Painting competition on climate change		Eco Club members enjoying the environment

Last updated: January, 2013