Biodiversity and Elephant Conservation Trust

Latest Progress

(Last updated - 17 March, 2017)

• Book Donations

• Construction of Houses

Book Donations - for families affected by death of parent/s due to elephants


•	School books etc., sufficient for one year, have been given to 72 children for 2009

•	School books etc., sufficient for one year, have been given to 106 children for 2010

•	School books etc., sufficient for one year, have been given to 134 children for 2011

•	School books etc., sufficient for one year, have been given to 154 children for 2012

	NB: School Books etc will be given to over 150 children for use in 2013 in November/December 2012

	A set of school books etc for each child costs Rs. 2,500 or US $ 25

Construction of Houses

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Houses under construction in 2010

House under construction at Ellewewa in the Polonnaruwa district. Now the house is up to roof level.


Old house		New house being built		Completed house

House under construction at Arawatte in the Badulla district. The mother of five children was killed by a wild elephant.


5 children		New house being built		Completed house

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Houses constructed in 2009

1	The Construction of a house for K. B. Leelawathi, wife of the victim No 2 of Anuradhapura District Support to Families page has been completed.

2	The construction a house for K. G. Ramya Lalani, in Suriyawewa, wife of the victim No 9 of Hambantota District Support to Families page has been completed.

3	A house for the family of Sumanawathie, in Pemaduwa, Anuradhapura is being constructed.


Completed house, Seeppukulama	Completed house, Suriyawewa	House under construction, Pemaduwa

Read: Human Aspects of Human-Elephant Conflicts By Jayantha Jayewardene

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Last updated: 17 March, 2017