A ceremony was held to provide stationary for school
children who are living in selected six welfare camps as displaced people due
to the war since 1990 on 3th of March 2013 at the agrarian school in
Maradanamadam, Jaffna. This ceremony was
organized by the Jaffna district fisher
organization being led by National Fisheries Solidarity Movement.
More than 600 children
as well as about 30 parents participated to the ceremony representing
six camps such as Needavan, Sabapathi, Konatkulam, Pilleyar, kannagi and
Selvepuram-. Miss. Julias who is the
chair person of the “ Punkalar” organization of women headed families played
the main role of the ceremony. Prof.
V.P. Sivanadan in Jaffna university participated as the chief guest and Prof.
Susei Anandan ( geography section in
the university of Jaffna) Hon. Father Jayakumar( former director of SEDEK ) Mr.
S. Sukirthan( president of the local government in Tellippali, Walikamam North)
Mr. T. Prakash( president of local government in Walikamam South) Mr. Siril
Anthony Kusin ( President of society of
displaced people) Miss. S. Sahila ( President of “ Tharaka” society of women
headed families) also participated to the ceremony.
Miss. Lavina Hasanthi who is the women coordinator of
National fisheries Solidarity Movement explained the objectives of the program.
According to her, support to develop the educational situation of the children
of women headed families which are living in the six welfare camps as well as three villages
facing many economical difficulties
providing school instruments for them and the issues of the people who
are living in the camps since 1990 are to be concerned for the government
officials for resettling them were the mains objectives of the program.
Expressing the invitees, they said that the people who are
living yet in the camps should be resettled soon. People are facing many
difficulties. They have to move even
form the welfare camps because land owners have requested the people to
release their land because welfare camps have been built in the privet
properties. So, people are going to displace again.
Two children who participated to the program shared their
experience as refuges in the camps explaining their existing situation of their
life. The meeting was concluded with hand outing school stationary packs to the children. There was
considerable media coverage for the ceremony.
