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Three children - Praddan (15), Selvam (15), Rodase (17) - from Pampan, Thankasemadam, Rameswaram (see photographs attached) - were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy this week, while employed as 'fishermen' onboard a Tamil Nadu trawler.

They are being held in a Children's Home in Mannar. For further details and or to provide any assistance to these children - clothes, food, medicine - please contact N. M. Alam (0717 622 111)

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New citizen forum was formed

New citizen forum was formed on 10 of March at Vadamarachchi east in Jaffna district.Seven GN Division fisher and farmer leaders participated that meeting. They discussed their main issues and how to work together. 
Main issues that they highlighted
* Drain water desalination
*Southern fisher people issue
*Illegal fishing gears.
*Indian trawlers issue.
Finally they select the leaders and fixed the date for prepre a campaign plan.Herman Kumara convener of NAFSO Address the meeting on the present situation of the country.

No clear picture of resettlement

Valikamam north displaced people collectives meeting was held at Yarl padi hotel on 10 of March  in Jaffna. Camp leaders and Fisher leaders joint to the meeting.They discussed the progress of the resettled and problems that they faced in the resettled areas. Most them said that still they are nit getting any basic facilities. 

"Stop port city"

Priminister Ranil wikkramashinha promised to stop the port city.He did it for the temporally but now he said he will continue that project with Chinese.
So people who against the port city conducted discussion in Janaswabidaya center at Negombo on 05 of March.During that program document film was launched,people were educated of impact of that project.Most of the civil organisations, fisher leaders,Rve Farthers and sisters,women leaders joint that discussion. Finally they decided to build and wider net work to continue the campaign.

women empowerment

29 fisher women leaders of Sri Vimukthi fisher women organization in Negombo started training program for their empowerment. This training program cover 07 subjects and NAFSO Training team and some selected resource persons continue this program once a month until October.Today facilitating team introduce the training modules that they plan to conduct. In the same time Civil society organizations also joint and gave their comments to strengthen the processes

"Land is our life"

Government promised to hand over Ragamvila-Panama people's land though cabinet paper in 11 of February 2015 but still they didnot give their land back.Now Government  plan to start company  in that same place to promote the tourism .People donot t accept that plan.So are asking their land back.Them they can start community tourism themselves.This discussion was held at Panama last 28 of February.

Indian government takes immediate steps to end illegally fishing

On Monday (29^th February) Sri Lankan fishermen and women from Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar and Mullaitivu protested outside the Indian High Commission in Jaffna for  support of the Sri Lankan government’s actions and diplomatic efforts to stop illegal fishing by Tamil Nadu trawlers and country boats in Sri Lankan waters.

Sri Lankan fishermen and women in the north demanded that the India government takes immediate steps to end illegally fishing by Tamil Nadu trawlers in Sri Lankan waters, which destroys the livelihoods and natural resources of Sri Lankan fishing communities in the north. .