Megan Westwood and Amelia Shaw, both 17, will be cleaning rivers, planting trees and working at a turtle hatchery during the two-and-a-half week stay organised by the company Travelteer.Both students need to raise around £1,000 each to pay for their travel costs and they are already past the halfway mark thanks to various fundraising activities including a bake sale.
Megan, of Ilkeston, who is studying psychology, English literature and art at Bilborough College, said they were both looking forward to the trip.She said: “I think I’m most looking forward to working at the turtle hatchery, which will involve staying on the beach overnight and collecting the eggs that are laid so that they can be buried at the hatchery to protect them from predators.
“We got involved after hearing a talk from Travelteer at college. We just thought it would be an amazing trip to be part of and Sri Lanka is not really the sort of place we would normally get the opportunity to visit.”
Amelia, of Heanor, who is studying psychology, biology, Spanish and photography, said she was interested in wildlife and conservation.
She said: “I did a placement at Nottingham Trent University which was to do with marine conservation. I’m also interested to experience the culture as I’ve a started reading up about it.”
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