.: Funder’s visiting the “Thandal” district women federation

The officers of the IDEA project visited the “Thandal” district women federation in Mullaitivu on 25^th of June 2019. The secretariat staff National Fisheries Solidarity Movement related to the IDEA project such as Miss. Lavina Hasanthi and Mr. Anthony Jesudasan participated in the meeting. The officers of the IDEA project observed and assessed the progress of the programs which were conducted by Mullaitivu District Fisheries Solidarity under the IDEA project. It concerned about the needs of the women headed families, land issues and situation of resettlement in the area. They discussed about the illegal migration fisheries issues also.

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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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Funder’s visiting the “Thandal” district women federation