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The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus), which has shared a special cultural bond with the people of Sri Lanka for centuries, now faces an uncertain future. Reduced to fewer than 3,500 in the wild, the elephant has suffered from habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, habitat degradation and poaching for ivory. Dedicated conservation efforts, backed by political will and commitment and adequate financial support, are needed to halt these threats and ensure the long-term conservation of the elephant. As well as assisting in the long term conservation of the Sri Lankan project, volunteer participation also benefits many other species of plants and animals that share the elephant's range and the human communities that have co-existed with the elephant for so long.
The owner of this company did a gap year trip in the early 90s which involved building a bandstand for a small village in Patagonia. While he was there, he realised the project was only helpful in developing the Western traveller as the village didn’t want a bandstand and only argued about who owned it. And so he set up a volunteer organisation which is useful to communities and provides them with resources and help with funding. Today, his projects offer travellers an opportunity to fully integrate into communities and to make a real long-term difference to the local people’s lifestyles.
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