5:09 AM
New year festival with women headed families
A new year
festival was organized by the women and IDP section of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement being participated the women headed families which were resulted after the war
but living without basic facilities on the purpose of concerning to the
government officials and politicians about the acrimonious experience the women
headed families face as well as release their mental stress and build up the
confident of them at the school playground of Kopai on 12th of May
2013.
National Fisheries Solidarity Movement
concerns about the basic rights and economic development of them also. The
women headed families form Urukamam, Kopai, Welikakandi, Thumpapachcholei,
Kithul which are in Chenkalady division participated to the different events of
the festival been built the temporary houses which are using to demonstrate the
existing situation of their village as
well as their lives. The most important thing of the festival was that the
women headed families who are living under the different afflictions having all
responsibility of the family because
some husbands of them have died, disabled as well as disappeared due to the war
had an excellent opportunity to be happy releasing their stress airily. The women satisfied
taking part to different events. At the end of the festival, women shared their
experiences with the tear eyes. We were able to see that even aged mothers
participated to the events with cheerfully. Finally all women were happy
dancing. 
On the other
hand, we were able to see another positive fact that the women have used their
temporary houses to demonstrate their affections and they expressed their
situation when invitees observed the houses without any strange. In
additionally, the women appreciated National Fisheries Solidarity Movement
because of our appearance instant of them to develop the community
strengthening their life condition when any other organization did not concern
about them. They mentioned the Issues of houses, lavatories and drinking water
as well as transportation problem on schooling their children, as their major
problems. 
The
Divisional secretary of Chenkalladi, Mr. Mohan, member of municipal council, four
village officers, presidents of Rural development committees and public of five
villages including children, men and women participated to the occasion. This
program was well organized by Mr.
Tharaka Selvaraj, district coordinator of Betticaloa district and Subramaniyam, animator with the support
of leaders in the groups. Antony Jesudasan, Lavina Hasanthi and Priyankara
Costa who are the program coordinators participated to the festival
representing the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement. Priyankara Costa
played as a judge for the events. Asmeer who is the animator of district
fisheries solidarity movement in Ampara also participated to the program. 
