.: Dry-ration for Selwapuram

Dry-ration for Selwapuram

Jaffna District Fisheries Solidarity provided 32 dry-ration packs for the affected people in Selwapuram in Jaffna on 20 of June 2020. Jaffna District Fisheries Solidarity organizes a series of events to provide dry-ration, seeds, and school equipments for the affected communities due to the Corona in Jaffna. This is a part of the process. Mr. Impanayagam, District Coordinator initiated in organizing the event.

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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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Dry-ration for Selwapuram