Students at Rathambalagamuwa (pictured below) and Uda Walawe have picked up the pen-pal project. We hope this will be the beginning of many exchanges, so that students develop a one-on-one relationship with their buddies overseas. We’ve got many ideas for future projects!
See more photos and learn about the program here!
The Pen Pal Team
In a previous postwe mentioned a new project, “A Conversation About Conservation.” We asked students in the U.S. and Sri Lanka if they would like to learn about one another through good-old-fashioned letters. That’s right, pen-pals. We wanted students to exchange thoughts on their lives and views, especially about nature and wildlife. Happily, the response was quite enthusiastic! Learn more by clicking here.
As part of an initiative to encourage young people to think about elephants, environment and conservation issues, we’re launching a new project called “A ConVersation about ConServation.” The first high school to participate was the Cambridge Ringe and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts thanks to biology teacher Paul McGuinness and other enthusiastic teachers. CRSL is one of those rare schools to offer courses on environmental science and ecology as well, and the students, aged 15-17, were very interested in hearing about elephants.
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This amazing image is a computer generated composite based on ultrasound scans of an elephant in the womb, taken for a BBC documentary (They also show a baby dolphin and dog, linked HERE). 
Here is what an actual ultrasound-based photograph looks like, taken at the Whipsnade Zoo. At just three months into the pregnancy, his little trunk is already visible! (Article linked HERE.)
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