.: Kawadapitti Youth Meeting

Kawadapitti Youth Meeting

Ampara District Fisheries Solidarity organized the youth meeting in order to discuss the future plans of the youth in Kawadapitti, Ampara on 22^nd June 2020. Mr. Kannan, Animator of the organization participated in the meeting. Around 15 male and female youth also have participated. The meeting has focused the decisions of the previous meeting and future plans

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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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Kawadapitti Youth Meeting