.: May Day Celebration Of NAFSO

We know that the 1st of May belongs to the working peole from all over the world. Today a lot of May Day celebrations took place in the island wide. National Fisheries Solidarity along with her 12 partner organizations organized a May Day March & a protest in Colombo. This march is an alliance of NAFSO, Monlar, PPD, Savistri, Janawaboda and so many other organizations. The march began at the Gunasinghapura bus sation. More than 4000 people participated at this march and it was so successful. The following are some of the images of that May Day march.

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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May Day Celebration Of NAFSO