National
Fisheries Solidarity Movement has been promoting organic home gardening among
the communities of partner organizations base on one of the main concerns such
as food sovereignty of the organization for a long time. The Youth and Environment section of National
Fisheries Solidarity Movement launched a campaign in order to promote home
garden focusing on the youth from a new round. According to the records of the
partner organizations, the program of encouraging the youth has succeeded in
many districts. The youth teams have
developed home garden by using the knowledge they obtained through the training
programs which were conducted by National Fisheries Solidarity movement. The attempt of promoting organic home garden
has made an impact in many places among the network. The concept of developing
home garden has reached to the general public from youth in Jaffna. They have
developed home gardens as an income generation activity while they are
fulfilling the consumer purposes of the family.
It can see a good tendency of developing home
garden in Jaffna. Some youths have developed common home gardens as a team.
They maintain the common home garden with shared responsibilities. There are
successfully developed 7 individual home organic home gardens. A youth team has
built a common home garden in the name of “ Saraswathi” in Urumbirai, Jaffna.
Mr. Dinesh has taken the leadership directing youths toward to develop a
successful organic home garden. It can see brinjal, corns, chilies, bitter
gourd and other vegetables as well as fruits in the garden. Jaffna
District Fisheries Solidarity is giving necessary advices and directions to the
youth to maintain the home garden as well.
There
is a wider dialogue about the self-sufficient society according to the pandemic
situation. People are struggling to find essential needs in the midst of curfew
situation of the country. Food is one of the basic needs of the people. People
who have developed home garden are able to consume sufficient food. This
pandemic situation has created an opportunity to promote home garden because
food supplying chain has been dropped as well as income of the poor people has
been limited or stopped. Food import has been limited because many countries
decided to take protective measures to survive their own people first. National
Fisheries Solidarity Movement has been keeping dialogue and taking necessary
steps to promote organic home garden among the people for more than 20 years.
The results of the
intervention to promote home garden now can be seen in many places. The women
society “ Punthalei” has developed a organic home garden in the “ Yogapuram
Camp” in Jaffna. There are some internally Displaces Camps especially in
Jaffna. Yogapuram Camp is one of the IDPs camps in Jaffna. Jaffna District
Fisheries Solidarity Movement is working with the people in Yogapuram Camp. It
has organized women headed household under the name of “ Punthalei” in the
camp. The women team has developed a home garden with the direction of Jaffna
District Fisheries Solidarity Movement.
Not only that,
the “ Lakshini” youth team has developed
home gardens in Kadapatti, In Ampara district. Ampara District Fisheries
Solidarity Movement has given directions and necessary support to the youth in
order to develop and maintain the home gardens. Home gardens have been
developed by the youth in Waleipadu, Killinochci district with the direction of
Killinochchi District Fisheries Solidarity. Youth in many districts have given
priority for the home garden. The youth has developed successful home garden in
the villages of Kithul and Raagam in Kuchchaweli, Betticaloa.
According to the
situation of developing home gardens in many districts, we are able to assess
that the attempt of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement is being directed
toward to the target.
Jaffna Home Garden 
Yogapuram
Camp
Home Garden
Lakshini”
Youth Team Home Garden
Batticaloa
Home
Garden
