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‘Ali Pancha’ to provide orphaned elephants imported Australian milk powder
View(s):By Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe
A special programme was held at the Hambantota Port premises to symbolise the provision of milk powder imported from Australia to orphaned elephant calves for the first time in Sri Lanka under a project titled ‘Ali Pancha’.
The project aims to protect and nourish the lives of elephant calves that have lost their mother’s care due to human-elephant conflict.
The partnership of China Merchants Foundation Limited has been secured to provide this milk food to 25 baby elephants. The Wildlife and Nature Conservation Society of Sri Lanka (WAPS) is supporting this unique project, which has been agreed upon by the Department of Wildlife Conservation, and the two parties have taken steps to join hands with the Elephant Sub-Shelter.
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- The project aims to minimise the number of baby elephant deaths.
This project is new to Sri Lanka, and organisers say efforts have been made to minimise the number of baby elephant deaths.
A special meeting was held between the two sides in the auditorium of the Hambantota Port Authority’s main office premises.
The project, in addition to protecting the nutrition of baby elephants, will see structured awareness programmes involving more than 600 school children in the Hambantota District, including experiential learning sessions and visits to national parks, under the umbrella of empowering communities to coexist.
At the same time, 100 households affected by the human-elephant conflict are scheduled to be trained on income generation strategies. Through this, it is said that efforts are being made to reduce negative interactions with wildlife by empowering women with their livelihood skills.
The project to support families affected by the human-elephant conflict is set to provide monthly scholarships to 10 children of parents who died due to it. 40 members of those families are to benefit directly and indirectly.
The event was attended by the principal officers of China Merchants Foundation Limited and officers of the Sri Lanka Wildlife and Nature Conservation Society.
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