freedom to the Marginalized in North and East

Work shop for sharing experience

15/16 December

NAFSO Training center –Negombo

 Work shop was organized simultaneously the year end evaluation and planning meeting as a part of that  being collaborated  district coordinators, volunteers and community leaders who engage with the program in district level on 15/16 of December 2012 at the NAFSO training center , Negombo. We had different objectives to organize that Work shop

Such as

* Aware the community leaders.

* Sharing district experiences among community leaders. Coordinators as well as volunteers on programs

* Compare the achievements between community leaders and field staff, being built up the network and strengthened and make a stage to show their skills.

This Work shop was organized as an extension of the evaluation meeting because we wanted to consider the views of community leaders about the programs as stakeholders and external observers on programs in district level. There were community leaders in Jaffna, Mannar, Batticaloa, Ampara and Trincomlee districts except the coordinators and volunteers to the seminar.

Participation

District

*Jaffna- Community leaders-06,Volunteers -03,and Coordinator

*Mannar- Community leaders-06,Volunteers -07,and Coordinator

*Batticaloa- Community leaders-11 and Coordinator

*Trincomlee- Community leaders-10, Volunteers -03, and Coordinator

*Ampara- Community leaders-06,Volunteers -01,and Coordinator

Facilitators

*Priyankra costa

*Predeep wanigasuriya

* A.Jesudasan

*Lavina Hasanthi

Special Facilitator  

*Roy Ruddigu  

We organized a common discussion and group work in the first day of the work shop. There was a deep conversation about the impact of the programs among the community leaders. They got the initiate to present the achievements, consider the mistakes and plan the future activities as the community leaders. That was a good combination between community leaders and the field staff to assess the progress within the project year. 

We planed a session to educate the community leaders as well as other participants on LLRC report as an essential issue because everyone had come from the Tamil speaking society in the North and East.  Another session was conducted to provide the knowledge of capacity building and collaboration leadership. That was full of games and practical activities.

Second day of the work shop, an exhibition was organized by the participations to show the progress of the program within the project period covering the all programs in district level.  That was an excellent attempt of them with limited resources to present their achievements. Different methods, strategies and tools were used to success the exhibition.  Very colorful stall was arranged by Mannar team and one of the volunteers expressed their feelings with tears about the land grabbing in Mullikulam.  The group of Jaffna presented the situation of IDP camps and people of them. Every group worked hard to presents the existing situation related to the programs in district level.

They organized the exhibition with cultural event and there were warmly welcome the chief guests. Mr. Herman Kumara who is the national convener of NAFSO, Mr. George and Anil came from the organization of MIIARC, in India participated as invitees to open the exhibition.  Some representatives of Sri Vimukthi Fish Women Organization and Mr. Brito Fernando, director of the “Right to Life” visited the exhibition.

We got the proposals especially from community leaders to prepare an action plan for next year as the final session of the work shop.

 

The Year End Evaluation and Planning Meeting

The Year End Evaluation and Planning Meeting

National Fisheries Solidarity Movement implements some programs such as a program related to the IDP issues, budget monitoring  program that is related to good governances, Why hunger program that especially related to women headed families because of the war , disappearance and other reasons and also a program based on Indu- Sri Lanka cross board issues.

Those projects are implemented  as the main programs of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement especially in the North and East . We have been intervening many ways to develop the community being conducted different programs within last year as a civil organization  in the North and East, Sri Lanka. So, we planed two days workshop to evaluate the progress had within the project year. We had five objectives such as asses the impacts of the programs, prepare a basic action plan for next year, identify the challengers, shearing experience among the partners and consider the access to media, networks and other campaign.

. We used different methods to assess the achievements on programs  as two sectors.  The year end evaluation and planning meeting was held on the common programs which are being implemented by National Fisheries Solidarity Movement in the North and east on 13/14 December 2012 in the  NAFSO secretariat office, Negombo. We met the district coordinators and volunteers who are the responsible staff in field level in first two days of the workshop. Common discussions, group work, presentations, games and some practical activities were used to be come out the achievements.  Every group has done desk work as prior preparation before coming to the meeting in district level.  We considered some areas on the progress such as membership development, leadership building, conducting meeting, reporting, empowerment of women headed families, usage of the media and common and internal campaigns and also trainings they got.

 District coordinators and volunteers who came form Jaffna, Manna, Batticaloa, Ampara and Tricomalee districts participated to the evaluation meeting. We were able to come out the achievements on different programs in district level. District coordinators and volunteers engaged actively to success the program. They used different ways to present the progress they got through the activities. We considered the changers they were able to do in the community as impact because of implementing the different activities within project year. Some mistakes and also challenges could be identified of the programs. Basic proposals were taken form the district coordinators and volunteers to prepare the action plan for next year.

Facilitation of the program 

*Herman Kumara 

*Priyankarara costa 

*Predeep Wanigasuriya 

*A.Jesudasan 

*Lavina Hasanthi    

Women convention in Tricomalee

Women convention in Tricomalee

National Fisheries Solidarity Movement working with IDPS and women that heading the family, for several years in North and East. During the period we identified that there are large number of women have been lost their husbands due to the war , natural disasters, disappearances and accidents in trincomalee district. Among them, war and disappearance of husbands have caused the major reason for the women to become family head. 

In this situation, we planned to conduct a women convention  to make a real annotation on the issue. As first stage we conduct a Parallel survey in ten villages of Trincomalee district where NAFSO working with for several years. 

 We prepared a report on that survey and submitted it to the political authorities, social activists, government sector and general public.

 We conducted the women convention with around 180 family headed women under the theme of “Empower the Family Headed Women and Protect the Right to Live” with several objectives in Center of  Municipal council on 11^th of December 2012 in Trincomalee.

 Among our objectives,  

1.  Socialize the widows who were neglected  by the society through organizing as well.  2. Make a relationship between the  government sector and the women headed families  for develop proper measures to strengthen them economically.  3. Help them to acquire Social recognition with strength that living as people who have no rights and privileges. 4.  Strengthen them to act independently in the society by eliminating the narrow ideas of the society on the women who lost their partner and defeat the cultural barriers for them. 5. Develop them socially and economically by help them to win rights enjoyed by the common society.

 Social activists, representatives from civil organizations, representatives of political parties, governmental officers and women headed families participated to the convention in the Town and Gravest division in Trincomalee district.  

Chairman of municipal council in Trinconalee participated as the chief guest of the convention  and former chairman of the local government was there in the front , Mr. D.V. Chinthaka Vijevardana, coordinating secretary of the deputy fisheries minister, Mr. Sachchidanandan, advisor of the NGO forum were among the speakers of the program. 

Mr. Sumith Nishantha, Director of planning in ministry of education in western province made the main speech on the theme of “the plans of the government to enhance the life condition of the womenheaded families” as the invited speaker.  Mr. Herman Kumara made a speech as the national convener of NAFSO in the convention. 

women coordinator and some officials of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement, Mr. Anannda Peris, Coordinator of District Fisheries Solidarity and A.M. Raheem Nana, Animator of that organization participated to the convention.   Some Media come form regional level as well as even Colombo gave media coverage as well.         

Don't we have a rights to get a house

District of Mannar people asking the land and the house.They have given hope that they can get the house from the Indian government housing project but still they didnit get any houses .So people started to write the authorities but no proper answer.So finally they decided to do advocacy campaign in 04 of December 2012 and they hand over the petition to the president Mahinda Rajapassa    

 04-12-2012

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collaboration effort for protecting rule of low

A Sathyagraha was held at the Supreme Court premises in Colombo after Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake left for the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) for the second hearing yesterday, 04th December 2012. The Sathyagraha was held with the participation of  both Buddhist and Christian clergy, lawyers and members of  civil society. Also there was another protest near the Supreme Court premises to tell "Expel Those Who Disgrace the Judiciary" ....this protest was organized by the government supporters.....!