Public meeting with Authorities

 Program -public meeting with Administrative and political leaders to highlight the people issues
Date-22/05/13 Afternoon 
place -Kopavelli school ground 
Participation -
People organizations GANDI citizen forum,WHF Federation,Rural development society leaders.  Administrative--DS of Eruir paththu,Four GSs from these villages ,Kappaveli school principal.  
political leaders- Eastern provincial member .Mr Morgan and some village organizers 
NAFSO Secretariat- Lavina Hasanthi,Anthony Jesudasan and priyankara costa 
Welcome all the guest  

 





 
 Each village leaders prepared the  house to show their village problems.They explained to the authorities when they come to the house.
 

Kithual

Vallikakandi

Koppaveli

Thumpalachcholai

Urugaamam

WHF leader explained their issues 

Koppaveli team show the issues though act

 

Each village leader got the chance to speech their issues .

 Most of the Village leaders specify the NAFSO activities and they said because of the NAFSO involvement they felt they were not isolated .People asked the support from the Government to over come their issues .
Authorities said they collaborative with these village leaders and discussed promised to support to get basic needs  
 

provincial member Mr Morgan

DS of eraurpaththu discussed with people

Build the confidence though therapies

Place -Kopaveli school ground 

Date -22/05/13

Participation- WHF members from the five villages ,Gandi citizen forum team, children and youth 

program -Play and game therapies  for the stress management.

Organize - WHF and Gandi citizen forum in Batti district ,chankaladi DS division.

WHF Federation president opening the program 

president of Gandi citizen forum

Coordinator of NAFSO -Batti district

field officer of Ampara district 

Games for the WHF MEMBERS

games for the children

Play as beggar

Games for the YOUTH

 

We are not isolated

WHF federation meeting in Batticoloa district

Place: Kopaveli community center

           President of the WHF federation welcome and give brief progress of the work 

Date: 21/05/13

Participation: Urukamam, Kopaveli, Welikakandi, Thumpapachcholei, Kithul [28 leaders.]

Focusing of the discussion 

-They discussed and planed out the Play and game therapy promram  on  the 22 of May in Kopaveli school ground .
-Awareness of CRIDF program and implementation process.
-Discussed how to face the militarization.Specifically they  highlighted the restarting of the Army camps in each areas.
Future action  
-Discuss with authorities 
-To get the legal training to face the day today issues.
-To strengthen and collaborate with other groups who work for these issues . 

Village leaders  

Vallikakandi

Urugamam

Thumpapachcholei

Kithul

Kopaveli

May Day ........2013 -NAFSO collaborated with trade Union and like minded political parties .

NAFSO , civil organizations,Trade unions, and political parties organized MAY DAY at price park ground with big march Colombo city.We mainly  lighted issues on Electricity bill,.land grabbing , violence for the women, minority rights, corruptions, and  rule of low

    

A demonstration was staged in Jaffna

April 24, 2013

A demonstration was staged in Jaffna today against civilian land being forcibly taken by the government.

Reports from Jaffna said that the demonstration, organised by the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) lasted for several hours outside the Jaffna District Secretariat.

A huge police presence was seen during the demonstration agaisnt taking over civilian land in Jaffna, which was attended by the public and members of the TNPF including TNPF General Secretary Gajen Ponnambalam.

Recently there were reports that the government is to also acquire a large area of land in Vavuniya to permanently build a military camp.

According to the Lands Ministry, the owners of the land located in close proximity to the A9 highway have already been informed of this move.

The Lands Ministry says the land acquisition is being carried out legally and the owners will be compensated accordingly.

An army board of inquiry had recently ruled that the government has an absolute right to maintain its armed forces anywhere in the island according to the strategic and security needs.

It noted that a present the Tamil Diaspora operating from foreign countries are trying to de-stabilize Sri Lanka and so long as foreign governments give them a free hand their activities would pose a clear and present danger to the national security of Sri Lanka.

“Hence there is an absolute need to locate our armed forces at strategically important locations. However the Board recommends that Military bases should be located in such a manner so as to cause minimum inconvenience to the public,” the army board said. (Colombo Gazette)