YMESOC NEW: September 2020

Monday, September 28, 2020

Monitoring visit of the Jaffna youth teams.

We were able to visit JAFFNA youth monitoring. We were able to meet at one of the villages a youth group and district youth leaders members. There were able to discuss the expectations of the youth groups, and we could able to monitored youth project activities.

About Us

NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), which 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.

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pradeeplaksirifernando@gmail.com

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Monday, September 28, 2020

Monitoring visit of the Jaffna youth teams.