The exhibition features vibrant paintings created by fishing community children living in southern Sri Lanka -- young people from communities which were devastated by the 2004 tsunami. The art provides a first-hand account of how important healthy mangrove forests are to coastal village livelihood.

The artwork was completed by children aged between 11-19 as part of a coastal ecology poster competition held among schools in southern Sri Lanka between 2006 and 2009. This poster competition, sponsored by the Small Fishers Federation of Sri Lanka at their Kiralakele Mangrove Conservation Resource Center and Biological Garden, educates local children on the vital significance of mangrove coastal ecosystems to Sri Lankan fishing communities.

Seacology UK, an international non-profit devoted to island environmental conservation, brought this children�fs art exhibition to London in order to raise awareness about the urgent need to protect threatened island mangrove ecosystems.

The exhibition is free and open to families, visitors and children during gallery opening times. Children are encouraged to use the gallery materials to create their own reactions to the exhibition.

We run a schools education programme relating to these exhibitions, including exhibition tours, workshops in the gallery and outreach work. Out of school hours, we offer an exciting range of art workshops and courses catering for 2-12 year olds.

For more information contact Kathryn Lemkus, Gallery Director via email at ligcadirector@btconnect.com