Nations Trust Bank hosts Nature Walk for Kids; Creates opportunity to reconnect with nature

Nations Trust Bank hosted children of its loyal customers and employees for an exciting activity based learning exercise involving a nature walk at the Biodiversity Study Park in Thalawathugoda recently. The expertise on biodiversity and environmental education was provided by the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS), with which the bank maintains a long-term partnership in promoting conservation through education.

According to the bank, the event, which was attended by 31 children and their parents, comes at a time when the ecosystem services performed by the urban wetlands have gained a renewed recognition in light of the floods that engulfed the country. Themed in resonance with World Environment Day, this year’s focus was on connecting with nature, and the program provided the opportunity for Nations Trust Bank’s customers and employees to bond with their children in sharing knowledge, and learning together about their environment, whilst at the same time facilitating greater awareness regarding the accessibility of urban wetlands such as the biodiversity park in Thalawathugoda.

“The event featured, interactive, engaging sessions by leading biodiversity researchers, Anya Ratnayake and Ashan Thudugala on wetlands and their importance and on the fishing cats in Sri Lanka. The children were thrilled by the video footage captured of the fishing cats in the midst of Colombo through camera traps and CCTV footage and were also bemused by scat samples available for observation,” said the bank.