Meeting with coordinators and animaters of North and Eest

Team of the North and East had a discussion with CCFD team at NAFSO center on 27 of February

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Meeting with coordinators and animaters of North and Eest

Team of the North and East had a discussion with CCFD team at NAFSO center on 27 of February

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program management training

Program coordinators of the NAFSO have been given the management training by CCFD team  at NAFSO training hall on 26 of February.

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Monitoring discussion on income generation project.

NAFSO conducted IGP(income genatation project) in North and East last year.we selected women headed families as beneficiaries. We got support from CRIDF France. monitoring are conducting in 24 of February.  

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Women headed families federation meeting

We have conducting
WHF federation meeting on 22 of February.
at Trincomalee caritas hall .All of them explan their experiences of process that they followed for the income generation project which was funded by  CRIDF.

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Report preparation meeting at CSR

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protest at chilaw

Please find the you tube video link for 15th protest at Chilaw.

http://youtu.be/FhaOgy9kjn0

campaign on fisheries issues in Sri Lanka. Up date letter from Mr Herman

Dear Friend,

I am sending some updates which are already disturbed the whole campaign we the CSOs, organize on fisheries issues in Sri Lanka.

12th Feb- Police attempted but failed to get court order banning the protest at Chilaw. the main place where the campaign launch. The main claim of the police is assuming public harrasments and potential violence during the campaign.

13th Feb- Police attempted second time to get the ban order from the court and Majistrate rejected the request mentioning there is a provision in the constitution for Right to Freedom of expression and police can use minimum power to prevent such incidents.

14th Feb.-

Eastern Province- Pothuwil team in the was taken to Pothuwil police and warn about the possible violence situation and arrests if there is any incident happen.

Northern Province-
In Mannar the bus owners were threatened at Mullikulam. 

Unknown people came to meet the organizers and intimidation happened.

In Jaffna, almost all the camps were visited by the military officials and had informed not to attend the protest at Jaffna.

North /Western

The poster campaign conducted along Negombo, Chilaw road and Chilaw town was disturbed by the police during the 14th night Threatening arrests with the grounds of environmental pollution.

Southern Province

-Politicians in Balapitiya, Ahungalla and Hikkaduwa areas have visited the people's houses and threatened them not to attend the protest at Galle.

15th Feb. [Today Morning]

Northern Province

Mannar people were blocked their participation through the threatening to the bus arranged to travel to Mannar to Colombo.

Mannar people arranged 2  buses [NP-GK 7181 and NP-NB 7122] and  while traveling to Jaffna and their bus was blocked their travel at Vadththaltivu by military.

My colleague Antony Jesudasan was received series death threats from unknown person through the telephone number 0726998507.

Southern Province

Galle campaign was blocked through the threats but people are courageous to attend but with reduced the number substantially.

Eastern Province

The protest began at Pothuwil now and the police is rounding up the crowd more than 500 people at the event. So far so good and expect peaceful demonstration at the place.

North Western and Western Provinces

Road blockades were arranged by police. Expect thousands of people attend to the main point of commemoration of Antony Fernando.

I am attaching the Head Lines of police futile attempt to get the ban order against the commemoration. The picture in the top of the news paper says the Police's attempt to ban the protest at Chilaw/

At the same time, I am sending some pictures which Raajan and Gayan sent from Pothuwil which is successfully being in progress now.

Expect more after I attend the Chilaw protest as I am getting ready to attend Chilaw protest by 1,00pm.

Hope you all are with us in this struggle.

Herman

Training for welfair centres leaders on Human Right - JAFFNA district

Since 1990 people of Valkamam North displaced due to the civil war .Government highlighted their publications that their is no any IDPs but these people still living in camps because their land are grabbed by the military.They grabbed 24 GN DIVISION Area .So people asked the human rights training for fight for their right in peaceful manner .So we conducted Human right program in 01 of February 2014 . 27 Leaders participated the program .

 

Stop human right violations......

We are asked  many district to conduct the human rights training.So we could conducted that training in not only north and east but also in southern district .We will continue this education process in other district too. In the same time most of the places where we conducted the programs ask to continue the program to build up their capacities .
 Workshop in  Puttlam District Karuwalagaswewa area  10 th of January
That program was organized praja sakthi organization and 20 leaders participated .

 Workshop in  TrincomaleeDistrict   11 th of January
35 leaders joint this program 

 Workshop in  Negombo -Gampaha District   22 th of January
43 leaders participated the program and Srivimukkthi women organization got the leadership to organize

  
  Workshop in  Mathra  District   24 th of January
Program was organized by Southern fisheries solidarity .85 leaders participated that program

 
Workshop in  Ampara   District   24 th of January
DIFSO organized the program. 28 leaders joint the program

 
Workshop in  Mannar    District   28 th of January
Mannar district comity   organized the program. 26 leaders joint the program

Net work building program in JAFFNA

Government need to show that   Present situation of the country becoming peaceful and harmony but when we discuss with village level people they express  their reality which could not be said openly.So most of the district leaders start to build up the network.So this discussion was happened  in Jaffna district last 02 th of February 2014 at District fisher alliance building .Welfare centers  leaders, Fisher leaders,Women leaders,Political leaders,Farmer leaders,civil society leaders, University leaders and youth leaders got together to build up the net work for protecting the Human rights in the area

24 GN division land grabbed by the Government military