Sri Lanka Turtle Conservation Project

28/07/2026

🌊✨ වෙරළේ අසිරිය 2026 - සහභාගිත්ව සහතික (E-Certificates)
Werale Asiriya 2026 - Participation Certificates

⭐ වෙරළේ අසිරිය 2026 සමස්ත ලංකා පාසල් චිත්‍ර තරඟාවලියේ පෙරපාසල්, ප්‍රාථමික, කනිෂ්ඨ, සහ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ යන සියලු අංශ වල සහභාගිත්වයට සහතික හිමි නාමලේඛනය සහ විද්‍යුත් සහතිකපත් මෙම Google Drive links හි අන්තර්ගතය.

⭐ The name lists of participants eligible to receive participation certificates and the corresponding E-Certificates for all categories of the Werale Asiriya 2026 All-Island School Art Competition - Preschool, Primary, Junior, and Senior Sections - are available through the Google Drive links below.

1. පෙරපාසල් අංශය / PreSchool Section

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XlnH7XW0kDkO38XamQYcVN9Qwd1HbcI0?usp=sharing

2. ප්‍රාථමික අංශය / Primary Section

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F3aiShdhlVbetfBMdUe9G7JRQf74Uwn-?usp=sharing

3. කනිෂ්ඨ අංශය / Junior Section

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o5FFtcYm0Q2Hpt8aHnuFiUrCBXanA9Sb?usp=sharing

4. ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ අංශය / Senior Section

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wVOK80lFiQLVLSD7IZcukEDRQwNGtttX?usp=sharing

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⭕ බාගත කිරීම සඳහා උපදෙස් 👇

ඉහත links අතරින් ඔබ අයත් වන අංශයට අදාළ link එක ක්ලික් කිරීමෙන් ඔබට,

1. Name List (නාමලේඛනය)

සහ

2. E-Certificates (සහතිකපත්)

ලෙස ගොනු (file) 2ක් දිස්වේ.

එහි පළමු ගොනුවෙන් තමන්ගේ නමට අදාළ අංකය (උදා: N_002) හඳුනාගන්න.
ඉන්පසු දෙවන ගොනුව වෙත ප්‍රවේශ වී එම අංකයට අදාළ විද්‍යුත් සහතික පත (E-certificate) බාගත කර ගන්න (Download).

⭕ How to Download 👇

Please click the link corresponding to your category from the links above to download your certificate.

After opening the link, you will find two files:

1. Name List (නාමලේඛනය)

and

2. E-Certificates (සහතිකපත්)

First, open the Name List and find the code assigned to your name (e.g., N_002).

Then, open the E-Certificates folder and download the certificate that matches your assigned code.

⭕ සහතික පතෙහි ඔබගේ නමේ වෙනසක් ඇත්නම්..
නිවැරදි නම සහ සහතික පතෙහි අංකය සමඟ පහත අංකය ට WhatsApp පණිවිඩයක් අප වෙත යොමු කරන්න.

If there is any issue in your name on the certificate, please send us a WhatsApp message to the following number, stating your correct name and the corresponding certificate number.

WhatsAppp: +94777329235

⭕ 2026 ඔක්තෝබර් 31 දින මෙම Google Drive links වෙත ප්‍රවේශය අක්‍රීය කරන බැවින් එදිනට පෙර ඔබගේ සහතික පත් බාගත කිරීම (Download) සිදුකරන ලෙස කාරුණිකව දැනුම් දෙමු.

Access to these Google Drive links will be disabled on 31 October 2026. Therefore, kindly download your certificates before this date.

⭕ සහතික පිළිබඳව කුමන හෝ ගැටලුවක් ඇත්නම්, මෙහි ලබාදී ඇති අපගේ WhatsApp අංකය වෙත පණිවිඩයක් යොමු කරන්න.

If you have any issues or concerns regarding your certificates, please send a message to our WhatsApp number provided here.

26/07/2026

26/07/2026

INTERNATIONAL MANGROVE CONSERVATION DAY 2026 🌿

Today, we celebrate one of nature's most extraordinary ecosystems—Mangrove forests.

Mangroves are far more than just coastal trees. They protect our shorelines from erosion, provide vital nursery grounds for fish and countless marine species, store significant amounts of carbon, and support the livelihoods of coastal communities. Their roots create a thriving habitat where biodiversity flourishes.

Despite their immense value, mangroves continue to face threats from coastal development, pollution, and unsustainable human activities. Protecting and restoring these unique forests is essential for safeguarding our oceans, combating climate change, and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.

Today, let us recognize the importance of mangroves and renew our commitment to conserving and restoring these invaluable ecosystems.

22/07/2026

Join us for the next session of our monthly online lecture series organized by the Sri Lanka Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) and the Nature Pioneers' Society and explore the importance of Sri Lanka's medicinal plants, their conservation, and their sustainable use.

කැස්බෑ සංරක්ෂණ ව්‍යාපෘතිය (TCP) සහ සොබාදම් පුරෝගාමීන්ගේ සංගමය (NPS) විසින් පවත්වනු ලබන මාර්ග ගත දේශන මාලාවේ මීළඟ දේශනය සඳහා සම්බන්ධ වීමට ඔබ සැමට සුහදව ආරාධනා කර සිටින්නෙමු.

📚 Topic:
"Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Sri Lanka"

මෙවර තේමාව :
"ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඖෂධ පැළෑටි සංරක්ෂණය සහ තිරසාර භාවිතය"

⭐ About the Lecturer

Mr. Athula Kanakarathna is a former Senior Extension Manager – Medicinal Plants for the Conservation and Sustainable Use Project (WHO/UNDP/Ministry of Health & Indigenous Medicine) and has also served as the Project Manager of the Indigenous People Conservation Project in Sri Lanka. With over 30 years of professional experience, the lecturer has extensive expertise in gardening and landscaping, farm operations, nursery establishment and management, identification of medicinal and aromatic plants, agronomy, extension services for medicinal and aromatic plants, as well as herbarium and museum technology.

දේශකවරයා පිළිබඳව යමක්...

අතුල කනකරත්න මහතා ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය (WHO), එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහන (UNDP) සහ සෞඛ්‍ය හා දේශීය වෛද්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය එක්ව ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ ඖෂධීය ශාක සංරක්ෂණ හා තිරසාර භාවිත ව්‍යාපෘතියේ හිටපු ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ ව්‍යාපෘති කළමනාකරු (Senior Extension Manager – Medicinal Plants) ලෙසත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආදිවාසී සංරක්ෂණ ව්‍යාපෘතියේ ව්‍යාපෘති කළමනාකරු ලෙසත් සේවය කර ඇත.

මෙම ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ වසර 30කට අධික වෘත්තීය පළපුරුද්දක් සහිත ඔහු උද්‍යානකරණය හා භූ දර්ශන සැලසුම්, ගොවිපළ කළමනාකරණය, පැළ තවාන් ස්ථාපනය හා පවත්වාගෙන යාම, ඖෂධීය හා සුවඳ ශාක හඳුනාගැනීම, ඒවායේ කෘෂි විද්‍යාව හා ව්‍යාප්ති සේවා, මෙන්ම හර්බේරියම් සහ කෞතුකාගාර තාක්ෂණය යන ක්ෂේත්‍රවල විශේෂඥ දැනුමක් සහ අත්දැකීම් රැසක් සතුය.

Turtle Conservation Project tcp is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Turtle Conservation Project tcp's Zoom Meeting
Time: Jul 25, 2026 08:00 AM Colombo
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87992862199?pwd=kE6ILnDNAJsYcbmDCIB23pwdwN9pQs.1

Meeting chat link
https://us06web.zoom.us/launch/jc/87992862199

Meeting ID: 879 9286 2199
Passcode: 7ZnrPm

Join instructions
https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/87992862199/invitations?signature=_ZHPYogwRYXVOqKlZ2vB8_tiMaUk--5Ix6kc7G096X0

We warmly invite everyone to join us for this informative session and gain valuable insights into the conservation and sustainable use of Sri Lanka's medicinal plants.

20/07/2026

TCP conducted an engaging awareness session on the marine biodiversity and conservation for the primary students of the School for the Deaf in Ratmalana. Through interactive and inspiring discussions, we encouraged these young minds to discover the beauty and importance of our oceans and coastal ecosystems.

We also took the opportunity to appreciate the students who participated in the Werale Asiriya 2026 All Island School Art Competition, for their creativity and enthusiasm. 🌊✨

13/07/2026

One year of inspiring young minds to explore, appreciate, and protect the natural world 🌎💚

An initiative of the Turtle Conservation Project (TCP), Nature Pioneers' Society (NPS) has completed a wonderful first year of inspiring children to explore, learn about, and care for nature. From learning about wildlife and ecosystems to creating unforgettable memories together, every step has been part of a meaningful journey.

We appreciate our children, parents, volunteers, and everyone who has supported Nature Pioneers' Society. Here's to continuing our mission of nurturing the next generation of environmental stewards.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා කැස්බෑ සංරක්ෂණ ව්‍යාපෘතිය (TCP) මූලිකත්වයෙන් පැවැත්වෙන, සොබාදම් පුරෝගාමීන්ගේ සංගමය (Nature Pioneers' Society - NPS) සිය පළමු වසර සාර්ථකව සම්පූර්ණ කලා.

වසරක් පුරාවට දරුවන්ට වනජීවීන්, සහ ස්වභාවධර්මය පිළිබඳ දැනුමත්, නව අත්දැකීම් රැසකුත් ලබා දීමට Nature Pioneers' Society සමත් වුණා.

අප සමඟ මේ ගමනේ එක් වූ සියලුම දරුවන්, දෙමාපියන්, සහ මේ සඳහා සහයෝගය ලබාදුන් සැම අගය කරමු.

අනාගත පරපුර පරිසරයට ආදරය කරන, එය සුරකින පුරවැසියන් ලෙස බිහි කිරීමේ අපගේ මෙහෙවර තවදුරටත් එකමුතුව ඉදිරියට ගෙන යමු.

06/07/2026

We were delighted to welcome a group of foreign visitors to our Rekawa Information Center and its ecotourism experience. They joined our authentic Sri Lankan village cooking programme, experienced the traditional art of batik making, shared joyful moments with the Rekawa Kids Club students through fun activities and cultural exchange, and witnessed the incredible experience of sea turtles nesting on Rekawa Beach.

06/07/2026

Inspiring the next generation to protect our oceans!

We had the pleasure of conducting an educational session on sea turtles at St. Anthony's Girls' College, Panadura. The lecture covered sea turtle biology, their nesting, the threats they face, and the importance of conservation, encouraging students to become responsible guardians of our marine environment.

24/06/2026

We were pleased to participate in the Educational Exhibition organized by the Junior Nature Club of Alethea School,Dehiwala in celebration of the club's 5th anniversary.

The exhibition was organized with the objective of promoting environmental awareness and educating students on biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable practices.

Our educational stall focused on sea turtles, their importance to marine ecosystems, the threats they face, and the ongoing efforts to conserve them. It was inspiring to engage with enthusiastic students and visitors who showed a keen interest in marine conservation.

17/06/2026

🌊 ✨World Sea Turtle Day 2026

On World Sea Turtle Day, we celebrate one of the ocean's most ancient and iconic marine species. Sea turtles have inhabited our oceans for millions of years and play a vital role in maintaining healthy marine ecosystems.

Despite their resilience, sea turtles face increasing threats from plastic pollution, ghost nets and other marine debris, coastal habitat degradation, unsustainable fishing practices, illegal egg collection, and the impacts of climate change. These challenges continue to endanger their survival worldwide.

Sri Lanka is home to five of the world's seven species of marine turtles, making our beaches and coastal waters critically important for global sea turtle conservation. Protecting these species is not only a national responsibility but also a contribution to global biodiversity conservation.

Each of us can help protect sea turtles by reducing plastic use, disposing of waste responsibly, supporting sustainable coastal practices, protecting nesting beaches, and spreading awareness about marine conservation.

At the Turtle Conservation Project (TCP), we remain committed to the protection and conservation of sea turtles through research, nest and habitat protection, community engagement, and environmental education. Together with our partners, supporters, and coastal communities, we continue working towards a safer future for Sri Lanka's sea turtles.

Let us all unite to ensure that future generations can continue to witness these magnificent ocean travelers in our seas.