Seventy eightESCAMP-supported project activities are scheduled to be implementedby the Forest Department.Over 62 of these activities are now completed, while 16 are currently being implemented. This amounts to 80% average physical progress as at mid this year. Livelihood-enhancement activities include, increasing the productivity of home gardens, promoting sustainable agriculture, supporting agro-forestry, developing nature-based tourism and improving small-scale community led infra-structure activitiesin villages located adjacent to selected Protected Areas in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Matale, Ratnapura, Kandy, Galle, Matara and Puttalam districts.
Hurulu/Anuradhapura
Supporting families with home gardening
Training on the manufacture of coir-fiber brushes and supplying equipment to manufacture coir-fiber brushes
Training on tailoring and supplying sewing machines
Supplying materials for bee keeping
Supplying chilly grinding mills
Supplying coconut oil extraction mills
Supplying and fixing RO filters
Poultry and animal husbandry
Knuckles/ Matale
Promoting fuel-saving wood stoves
Introduce microfinance service providers to villages
Conducting capacity building program for CBO members (report andproposal writing, accounting, book keeping, conflict resolution)
Providing vocational training (food processing training, souvenirs production, spices processing and providing tools and equipment)
Development of home gardens (distribution of export and commercial agriculture plants)
Renovation of minor irrigation structures
Agro-wells
Conductingawareness programs on water pollution
Knuckles/ Kandy
Watershed conservation (re-planting with community support, suppling planting material)
Home-garden development (distribution of fruit plants, vegetable seeds, protecting nets, training on compost fertiliserpreparation, awareness programs)
Providing bee-keeping boxes and bee-keeping training
Training on export and commercial crops
Providing planting material for export and commercial crops
Providingenergy-saving stoves
Poultry Farming (distribution of 20 chicks per family)
Capacity building of CBOs (book keeping, report and proposal writing)
Rathnapura
Home garden development (Distribution of fruit plants, vegetable seeds)
Implement community infrastructure development programs (1km Road) Pitakele
Training and Entrepreneurship development (Food processing, Traditional hanicraft item.
Home stay facilities for tourists
Community hall
Matara
Development of home garden (Distribution of Fruit and forest plants)
Establish a sales outlet in Mederipitiya
Galle
Provide training on heavy vehicle driving and facilitate for receiving driving license.
Supply furniture for a community hall
Training (training on online marketing, food processing, housekeeping) & Facilitate for Homestay development.
Facilitate to develop common and efficient drinking water scheme
Home Garden development (provide tools, net house and plants for horticulture development, provide bee boxes)
Homestay facilities for tourist
Train Tour guides and provide uniforms with tools
