About Us

No Poverty: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

We provide direct and indirect jobs for skilled, semi skilled and unskilled people. As a responsible corporate and social entity, we pay our taxes with utmost transparency to the government keeping to our corporate social responsibilies. .

Zero Hunger: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

We protect and conserve coral reefs, natural habitats for fish. We remove pollutants, such as plastic, that affect coral growth, a critical pre-requisite for growth of fish stock.

Good Health and Well-being: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

We promote underwater sports, including recreational Scuba Diving opportunities. Going beyond, we provide opportunities for one to engage in tending coral nurseries. Together, these unique experiences provide one with wholistic physical exercises, mental tranquility and exposure to natural beauty underwater.

Quality Education: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

We strive to combine academic knowledge on marine environs with experiential learning opportunities for all ages. They create lifelong experiences, knowledge and skills to protect and conserve marine environment. We conduct awareness programs at the Centre, specially targeting, but not limited to, children. We encourage research on ocean science and provide internship opportunities to a few university students annually..

Gender Equality: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

We promote gender equality by providing direct and indirect employment to women. Our Centre promotes women to engage in recreational diving, nursery management and in the educational programs we conduct.

Clean Water and Sanitation: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

In the sea, water devoid of man made pollutants is a pre-requisite for coral growth, something we monitor constantly. At the Centre on shore, we provide clean water and sanitation facilities. As we want to preserve water, we do rain water harvesting to maintain our facilities and equipment.

Affordable and Clean Energy: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

We refrain from using diesel motors for our boats. We strive to conserve energy at the Centre, keeping the use of electricity to a bare minimum. We plan to use solar energy for our Centre when it becomes feasible.

Decent Work and Economic Growth: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Our Centre performs niche, important functions related to both fisheries and tourist industries, sustainability of such economic activities being at the forefront of our efforts. We believe in long term, productive direct and indirect employment for those who gain knowledge, experience and skills at the Centre for such economic activities.

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.

The Centre is at the forefront of its innovative space, backed not only academic knowledge, but also by professionals who have years long experience in difficult underwater fabrications, going beyond leisure diving. In addition, the Centre has gained valuable learning and knowledge gathered through long years, encompassing the entire life cycle of corals, seeing their growth from mere nubbings to fully grown corals, followed by monitoring to ensure sustainability. Our Centre itself is constructed using Reduce, Recycle, Reuse and Upcycle concepts to uphold resilience for crisis situation and further expansion if required.

Reduced Inequality: Reduce inequality within and among countries.

The Centre is a place for North-South and South-South cross learning and sharing of experiences. We welcome all foreign nationals and local enthusiasts for diving, education, and research with equal treatment.

Sustainable Cities and Communities: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.

Our Centre is located in the very heart of Colombo, right next to one of Asia’s busiest ports. Our presence, we believe, will help at least in a small way, to make Colombo City marine environs beautiful, safe and sustainable for the City’s growing population.

Responsible Consumption and Production: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

The Centre consumes what is really required with no or bare minimum wastage. We plan to harvest rainwater and solar power for our operations to reduce the carbon footprint.

Climate Action: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

Our focus has always been direct action to protect marine environment, using our skills and limited resources, not limiting ourselves to academic knowledge.

Life Below Water: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.

Protecting coral reefs, establishing coral nurseries are actions fundamental for sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources.

Life on Land: Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Partnerships to Achieve the Goal: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

Coral Wall Diving &Rresearch Centre relies on forming partnerships among practitioners, national and international academics, private sector, research entities to work in collaboration with development partners. Such partnerships will allow similar relationships to be formed beyond our Centre at the Colombo Port City to other parts of Sri Lanka and to the region.