.: Mr. Anthony Jesudasan participates in the Lenten Campaign in France

Mr. Anthony Jesudasan, program coordinator of people to people dialogue on sustainable development in National Fisheries Solidarity Movement has been participating in the Lenten Campaign which has been organized by CCFD-Terre Solidaire in France. The program is being held from 18 March to 8 April 2019 in France. CCFD supports to NAFSO to implement a project related to the Internally Displaced People in Sri Lanka. According to the relationship between CCFD and NAFSO, Mr. Anthony Jesudasn was invited to participate in the Lenten Campaign. He meets the different communities and shares NAFSO’s involvement for community development in the country.

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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Mr. Anthony Jesudasan participates in the Lenten Campaign in France