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Seeds for members

Miss. Susila Damayanthi, District Coordinator of Kaluthara District Fisheries Solidarity organized a meeting to provided seeds for the members in order to develop their home gardens. Seeds were provided to the people in Viharakanda area on 25 of June 2020. Most of people had free time to spend for developing the home garden because of the pandemic. Kaluthara District Fisheries Solidarity disseminated relevant seeds among the members encouraging them to grow.

ABOUT NAFSO

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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Seeds for members