• Turtle Conservation Education & Research Centre
  ASL has purchased land and the construction is now well underway for an eco-friendly Turtle Conservation Centre in Rekewa. This beachside location is one of the world's most famous nesting beaches. This Centre will include a museum, information displays, a café, a store selling fairly traded local handicrafts as well as dormitory accommodation for volunteers and school groups on educational tours. Visiting the centre will enable international and local visitors the chance to experience night watching and learn about protecting these amazing creatures. Check out our TCP page for more information.
• ASL TWINS Global Schools Partnerships Conference 2011!
  The TWINS team is busy preparing for our inaugural ASL TWINS Global School Partnership Conference! This event is set for 23rd, 24th and 25th February 2011 and will include a packed program of presentations, networking events, workshops and debates. The conference, which will be held at Wakwella, Galle, Sri Lanka, will focus on strengthening global school partnerships and increasing student participation. Watch this space for further updates. If you are keen to attend this event, or participate as a facilitator or key note speaker please contact specialprojectsofficer@gmail.com.
• Snap Lanka Photography Project – February 2011
  School children from the Eastern and Southern provinces of Sri Lanka will participate in a pilot school partnership program. From February 2011 selected students will learn photographic skills from Australian Photographer Jeremy Watson before displaying their creations in a joint exhibition celebrating diversity after growing up in the shadow of conflict. Snap Lanka will be the first of a series of cultural and educational exchanges set to take place between the schools throughout the year.
• ASL TWINS Global School Partnerships
  TWINS is expanding with 75 partnerships currently active! We have recently welcomed over 30 new schools partnerships to the program with many more schools awaiting twinning. UK and Sri Lankan teachers have participated in reciprocal visits which have strengthened their partnerships and produced many fantastic project exchanges between students.
• English Teacher Training
  Our teacher training and development program has also become one of the key strengths of the ASL TWINS Program. Regular workshops are now run in all four educational zones that TWINS operates in. In 2011 the training program will have a special emphasis on encouraging children to read as well as equipping teachers with the skills necessary to run their own interschool English camps. This training program is highly sought after by schools throughout the region and plans are underway to move even further inland and also to the eastern provinces to work with schools that have little access to training and development opportunities.

Past Projects Summary

• View our achievements since 2005.
• All Tsunami projects have now been completed. We are continuing to work in the Southern Province on second phase development that will hopefully reach marginalized and deprived communities and schools.
• The Nugagahahena Village at Mirissa is completed and can be viewed on this site. It consists of 104 houses, a community centre/ pre school, temple and a large playing common area. This village is home to approximately 700 people.
• The last of our 30’ day Trawlers have been finished with the engines also fitted. Our project to replace the Galle Trawler Fleet that was destroyed in the tsunami is now complete.
• All our small boat orders have been completed and project fish & ships is over.
• ASL has funded the replanting of Mangrove and Pandanus trees (spin pines) on the de-nuded coast line of the south coast. We also funded a program to generate nurseries for utility plants (ayurveda, jack fruit, mango etc) that generated an income for the locals in the Rekewa area.
• The Trauma Relief team have now officially wound down their tsunami work on the south coast
• The Weligama and Hambantota Orphan Sponsorship Programs have drawn to a close.