The field trip was a grueling, exhausting, productive, frustrating and eventful one ..all rolled up in one !!! The main objective of the trip was to meet up with a senior ranger of the Dept. of wild...
Field Trip Again
Sameera and Kapila had set off by jeep in the morning from the Elephant transit home. This is situated well ...before the park entrance and is on the western side of the park. They had basically...
Questions…
Dear Friends,I thought it is useful to address some comments that we have received...regarding the ongoing “Find Raja Project”. Why are we making such an effort over one single elephant? : While...
Dissapointments
Ok folks. Good evening!! . .some disappointment as regards the promised evening report. The team is 'overnighting' at Handagiriya…but we find that the connectivity is very poor. In fact even voice...
Quick Report
Hi All...a quick field report coming in...the team is currently in the north western side of the park, traversing the outer edge of the park boundary. They have met another villager who says he has...
Exceptional Dialog
It’s amazing how much interest, enthusiasm and support there is from most people. Particularly DIALOG, who are really going out of their way to help. Since I complained that the signal strength was...
News From A Fisherman
Hi All, Yesterday we got some news of a fisherman reporting that he had seen Walawe Raja a week or so ago , on the Eastern side of the park, in an area called Panahaduwa and Galapaya . Now this is...
Sumedha Video
Hello Folks! No further news re. Raja. We are awaiting a meeting with the Director Dept. of Wild Life before starting off in earnest next week. We will need the DWLC’s ‘blessings’ and support, even...
Find Raja Card and Hotline
Here is the card we have designed to give villagers during our field trips so that they can contact us if they see Raja. It will be in Sinhalese on the reverse.. Our hot line for "find Raja" is 0777...
Dialog extends support
Dialog have provided us free, the following for the project: . 2 nos mobile broadband modems and rental . Two SIM cards for communication ( one will be our hot line) and monthly cost . One mobile...
Back from China
Hi folks just back after my trip to China....thanks all for all the comments/mails of support. The team was out last week for another drive and Dimitri will upload the info. soon.Meantime, hope to...
Quick Update
Just a quick update. We have almost got together the needed equipment to start field work. Again a big thanks to Dialog Telekom who is fully backing and supporting the project to stay connected. The...
Another Update
A full update of progress so far...great interest and support from many sources. · TV media support obtained · Awaiting print media support · Half of funding confirmed · Now trying to source balance...
Raja Explanations
Some explanantion to the many non-sri lankan supporters of the project. The word "Raja" basically means KING in sanskrit..so it is very commonly used in India and sri lanka....So 'Walawe Raja'...