.: Dry-ration for women headed families

Dry-ration for women headed families

National Fisher Union related to Ampara District Fisheries Solidarity provided dry-ration for 100 women headed families on 30 of June 2020. National Fisher Union was established to work toward to ensure the rights of the fisher people. It concerned the pandemic situation and initiated to provide day-ration for the affected women headed families with the facilitation of Ampara District Fisheries Solidarity. Mr. K. Issadeen, District Coordinator of the organization participated in the occasion.

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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 women headed families