Double A Sri Lanka rewards winners of ‘Friends of the Planet’ campaign

Vincent Girls’ High School, Batticaloa emerged overall winner in the final round of the ‘Friends of the Planet’ project conducted by Double A in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the Central Environmental Authority.

Mayurapada Central College, Narammala and Pallivasalthurai Muslim Maha Vidyalayam, Kalpitiya clinched second and third place respectively.

The awards ceremony was held recently at the Ministry of Education Auditorium. Chief Guest on the occasion was Education Minister Hon. Akila Viraj Kariyawasam. Also present were Prof. Lal Mervin Dharmasiri from the Central Environmental Authority and Mr. Thirawit Leetavorn, Senior Executive Vice President of the Double A (1991) Public Company Limited.

Members of the Vincent Girls’ High School, Batticaloa were given tablets and will be sent on an all-expenses-paid trip to Thailand where they will see the award-winning KHAN-NA sustainability project carried out by Double A.

The Paper from KHAN-NA project is a landmark effort to make optimum use of vacant space between rice fields in Thailand, owned by local farmers. During the process, the KHAN-NA project’s previous unproductive land is transformed into a productive resource, which provides addi- tional income to over 1.5 million farmers when they sell the sustainable fibre-source back to Double A.

The teams from Mayurapada Central College, Narammala and Pallivasalthurai Muslim Maha Vidyalayam, Kalpitiya received valuable tablets and certificates.