Public Project
Tsunami Survivor Protecting Vulnerable Sea Turtles
After narrowly surviving the tsunami that hit Sri Lanka's coast in 2004, killing tens of thousands and destroying his home, Charith Dilshan deeply believes in the need to conserve and protect nature.
On the rubble where his childhood home once stood, he built and runs the Galbokka Sea Turtle Hatchery and Sanctuary, where he protects and incubates endangered sea turtle eggs until they hatch and can be released to the ocean, and cares for adult sea turtles injured or disabled by human activity and pollution.
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