Reduce plastic! Save turtles!

A winter camp with a tagline called “Jnanarjana Shibira 2013” organised by Dr. Ambedkar Youth Club, Amrutha womens club, Archana Womens Club- Gangolli , Rotary Club – kundapura and Spoorthi Rural Development and Training Centre Koteshwara at SV PU College Gangolli on 9th October 2013, in Gangolli it was a a 3 days winter camp for school children, and FSL-India to take part in camp. Assignments for us to demonstrate “Paper Bags” and Session on “Sea Turtle Conservation”.

We had session about paper bag making and sea-turtle conservation awareness ,Around 30 children participated in the camp .Also we were taught about the need of using paper bags and being Eco-friendly to reduce the usage of plastic bags and deference between Eco-friendly paper bags and non-degradable plastic bags, paper-bag made with newspapers, threads, glue, and tape; first we demonstrated one demo for children later children started their work by making their own bags, with help everyone finally got a beautiful bag, some of them even colored and decorated their bags.

After this new session started with a caption of – “We & sea turtle conservation” The children learned about the different species of sea turtles, food chain, the life cycle, threats and what we can do to save turtles conservation in order to ensure ecological balance of our Eco system. Curiously they watched and listened the presentation and all promised wholeheartedly to call FSL if they find a turtle nest or a wounded turtle. The session ended with a turtle song and the nice feeling to gain some new allies for saving the sea turtles in and around our conservation area. The session led by Ms. Anna Lina a volunteer of Sea-turtle conservation project and Ms. Manjula a staff of FSL-India – Home Based Project (HBP) with the guidance of Project Manager (HBP) Mr.Vijay Kumar.