.: Collective action to Peace and Harmony

It has been decided to have a meeting and a collective action to promote peace and harmony and to eliminate the suspicion and distrust within the District of Negombo by the ‘Negombo Citizen Collective’ at the Negombo bus stand on the 31^st of May 2019. Several civil society organizations will participate for this program. A planning meeting for the above occasion was held at Munnakaraya and Kadolkele and Kudapauwa to educate people on the importance of Peace and harmony. Miss, Subhashini of ‘Sri Vimukthi womens Organization and Mr. Pradeep Wanigasooriya and Mr.Nuwan Pradeep represented the National Fisheries Solidarity.

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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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Collective action to Peace and Harmony