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Mannar district Valarpirai district women

federation meeting

“We are still awaiting to receive our land back. Although We are fighting since 2008 but with latest political situation people who are fighting in the land are returning back from the Mullikulam village with fear of military

A mother from Mullikulam shared at the Mannar district Valarpirai district women federation meeting held today at DIFSO office at Mannar.
The Military obstruct our movements with blocking the road using barb wires after the new PM appointed. However, 2nd November the barb wire road blocks were removed and we suspects that is because the information of visits of UK high commissioner of Mullikulam village.” Says Benedict Croos, the NAFSO coordinator of DIFSO at Mannar.

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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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District women federation meeting