Internally
Displaced People is one of the most effected social groups according to the
crisis of out breaking the virus. The
internal conflict of the country has
remained some social groups in the camps as evidences of the conflict. The
internal conflict was finished in 2009, result of the conflict still remain in
the country. Some people have been
confined to Internally Displaced Camps especially in Jaffna. Although the
Government has a mechanism to resettle people who displaced due to the
conflict, some people still live in the camps looking forward their future.
These
groups were depending on the daily wage engaging some labour wok in the area
but their income has been totally destroyed because of the locking down the
country. Jaffna district has been identified as a high risk area which has high
potential to outbreak the virus. The daily routing of the people has been
dropped down. There have no sufficient
food to survive.
Jaffna
District Fisheries Solidarity ( DIFSO) is one of the partner organizations of
National Fisheries Solidarity Movement based on Jaffna. They are working with
the camps implementing various programs. DIFSO has a long term coordinating
with the internally displaced Camps and DIFSO has conducted programs in order
to empower the people in the camps. They coordinate the governmental
authorities to be resettled the people in their own lands. In the meanwhile,
according to the crisis of out breaking the virus, Jaffna District Fisheries
Solidarity organized a welfare service of the camps providing dry-ration for
the people in Yogapuram and Puliayadi camps on 3 of April 2020 in Jaffna.
