School programs

Real advocacy starts when young people can connect ideas to places.

CuteFela’s school work combines environmental and human rights learning with field exposure and student activity that can continue after the visit.

A repeatable learning model

Learn in school. See the work. Keep something going.

The programme follows a practical three stage model. Learning begins in school, expands through field exposure and continues through working groups, nurseries or other student projects.

01 / Learn

Build the base

Sessions connect climate, biodiversity, environmental rights and sustainable development to examples students can recognise and question.

02 / See

Meet the system

Field exposure can include national parks, zoological gardens, restoration settings, response institutions and other places where environmental decisions become visible.

03 / Continue

Leave a structure behind

Student focal points, working groups, nurseries and small projects create a way for the learning to continue without needing CuteFela in the room every week.

Youth learning in practice

Ideas become stronger when students shape and share them.

Real programme moments—from collaborative workshop tables and student presentations to outdoor learning, discussion and reflection.

Students working together around a workshop table
Collaborative workshop
Students presenting their workshop ideas
Student-led presentation
A student team explaining ideas from a group activity
Team reflection
Participants and facilitators gathered after a youth programme
Programme community
School students observing an outdoor learning site
Learning beyond the classroom
A young speaker presenting workshop findings
Youth voice
Young participants speaking during a panel discussion
Shared perspectives
A speaker addressing an auditorium audience
Ideas shared at scale
Active school session
Students taking part in field-based environmental learning
Field exposure

The point is to make environmental systems visible.

A classroom can introduce ecosystems, climate risk, wildlife management and rights. Field visits then give students a chance to see the institutions, habitats and practical decisions behind those ideas.

Good field learning starts with a clear question, follows a purposeful route through the site and gives students time to reflect on what they observed.

Programme moments

Learning in classrooms and in the field.

These photographs show programme sessions, collaborative activities and field learning with students.

CuteFela youth environmental programme workshop
Participants working together during a CuteFela programme
Schools we have worked with

School partnerships need consistency as much as enthusiasm.

Each school partnership is presented consistently so the focus remains on the learning relationship.

St. Thomas College Seeduwa crest
Girls' High School Kandy crest
Kingswood College Kandy crest
Mahamaya Girls' College Kandy crest
St. Sylvester's College Kandy crest
For schools

Build a programme around your students and place.

Tell us the age group, location, learning goals, available time and whether a field component is realistic.