The Tsunami Education Project (TEP) in Sri Lanka was a special educational project which was carried out at Tsunami-affected coastal areas in Sri Lanka.
The project was financed by the German NGO HELP from Germany. In special geography workshops the TEP has increased the basic knowledge about the reasons of earthquakes and the Tsunami on December 26th, 2004 among different target groups in Sri Lanka.
The geography education in the schools inside the project area has been improved and scientific knowledge has been used to decrease superstitious fear about the ocean and to act against frightening rumours about new tsunamis in the near future.
The Tsunami Education Project was the follow up project of the GLEN special project 2005 in Sri Lanka (www.srilankaproject.com/glen2005) and was running from March 2006 to March 2007.
The TEP Team consisted of two German geographers and different local experts of Sri Lanka.
This homepage is set up to give you an overview about the activities regarding the project.
In the section "Project News" for example you will find an overview about the developments of the TEP in Sri Lanka. In the section "About Project" you will find a detailed project description.
