Eco Agents Sri Lanka - Children Environment Education and Action Programme


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Kids actively participation for environmental activities
 Project name: Eco agents Sri Lanka - Children environment education and action programme
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Project area: Badulla and Moneragala districts in Uva Province
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Beneficiaries: 540 Children and 18 Children's Clubs
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Funded by: Eco Agents Norway
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Project duration and status: 2011-2013
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Children's activity on environment education
 Project objective: Educate children on environment and motivate them to be an active in environment conservation
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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 254 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
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Lessons learned:
  • Children actively Participated in water catchment conservation .
  • Children were interested in research and documentation activities