.: An enterprise development training in Batticaloa

An enterprise development training was conducted for women headed families who are the members of Batticaloa district fisheries solidarity movement in Batticaloa on 14^th of October 2020. 15 women headed families who have planned to small scale businesses develop such as, poultry farming, Animal husbandry. The participants were educated to develop an individual business plan in order to implement their business as well. The training was held the office of District Fisheries Movement in Batticaloa. Mrs.Laveena Hasanthi, Coordinator, Gender and Development Program and Mr.Anthoney Jusudasab, Coordinator of People to People Dialogue on Peace, Mr.Kannan, Recourse person, CEFE district animators, Miss,Nirosha of DIFSO Batticaloa participated in this individual business plane training.

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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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An enterprise development training in Batticaloa