A new year festival was organized

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 12^th 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. 

 

 

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Books for children: finance assistance for women headed families

Objectives-

1 Support for education  providing  books to  45 school children whose mothers played as breadwinners in the family because their husbands were lost due to the war 
2 Support to develop the economic condition  of 27  women headed families being provided finance assistance on opening self employment

Participants for the ceremony-

• Rev. Seinul Abdeen, Muslim religion leader

• J. Ruban, Additional divisional secretary

• President of the citizen forum

• A, Jesu dasan, Program Coordinator of North and East of Nafso

• Priyankara Costa, Program coordinator of Nafos

• Lavina Hasanthi, Women coordinator of Nafso

• Francis Rajan, Coordinator of Praja Abilasha Network

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Providing exercise books

Providing exercise books for the helpless children

The program was held in the town hall on 16^th of March 2013 in Mannar

 

Objectives of the program-

1.     Support to develop educational situation of the selected 50 children who are in the women headed families, as well as the displaced families which are facing economic difficulties in ten villages where National Fisheries Solidarity Movement works in Mannar district.

2.     To be concerned about the difficulties the children face specially the transportation problems to the responsible government officials on their schooling because of finding any solution for those issues.

Some religion, communal and government officials participated to the program.

·      Hor. Father Sebamale- Chair person of the citizen forum in Mannar

·      Hor. Father Ogastin- Murugankotte

·      Mr. Saaro ruban croos- President of the Citizen forum in Musali, Mannar

·      Mr. Frescis croos- Principle of the school in Silavathurei

·      Mr. J.Pradeepan Dabarera- Village officer of S.P. Potkeni

·      Mr. S. Sabayan- Member of local government

·      Mr. Lion Rruval- Educational Director

·      Hor. Mr. Jems –vise Mayor

 

 

 

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Passive resistance at Jaffna

Passive resistance  in front of the Kovil

at Jaffna

More than 1000 internal displaced people who are living yet in the welfare camps since 1990 organized a passive resistance form 9.00 am to 4.00pm in front of the Kovil on 15^th of February 2013 . The main objective of that was to resettle the people who live in the welfare camps for years. People form the camps, representatives of Tamil Nation alliance, National Fisheries Solidarity Movement, People alliance of Western province,  Liberation front of Tamil people, New socialist party and other civil organization took part to the campaign.

 

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Provide instruments for school children

Providing  resources for school children 

A ceremony was organized to provide instruments for school children who are living in selected six welfare camps as displaced people due to the war since 1990 on 3 ^th of March 2013 at the agrarian school in Maradanamadam, Jaffna.   

This ceremony was organized by the  Jaffna district fisher organization being leaded National Fisheries Solidarity Movement.

More than 600 children  as well as about 30 parents participated to the ceremony representing six camps such as Needavan, Sabapathi, Konatkulam, Pilleyar, kannagi and Selvepuram-.  Miss. Julias who is the chair person of the “ Punkalar” organization of women headed families played the main role of the ceremony.  Prof. V.P. Sivanadan in Jaffna university participated as the chief guest and Prof. Susei Anandan   ( geography section in the university of Jaffna) Hon. Father Jayakumar( former director of SEDEK ) Mr. S. Sukirthan( president of the local government in Tellippali, Walikamam North) Mr. T. Prakash( president of local government in Walikamam South) Mr. Siril Anthony Kusin  ( President of society of displaced people) Miss. S. Sahila ( President of “ Tharaka” society of women headed families) also participated to the ceremony.

Miss. Lavina Hasanthi who is the women coordinator of National fisheries Solidarity Movement explained the objectives of the program. According to her, support to develop the educational situation of the children of women headed families which are living in the six  welfare camps as well as three villages facing many economical difficulties  providing school instruments for them and the issues of the people who are living in the camps since 1990 are to be concerned for the government officials for resettling them were the mains objectives of the program.

Expressing the invitees, they said that the people who are living yet in the camps should be resettled soon. People are facing many difficulties. They have to move even  form the welfare camps because land owners have requested the people to release their land because welfare camps have been built in the privet properties. So, people are going to displace again.

Two children who participated to the program shared their experience as refuges in the camps explaining their existing situation of their life.  Finlay, school instruments provided to the children.   There was considerable media coverage for the ceremony. 

 

 

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