Providing equipments for women headed families

Equipments and machines were distributed to develop income generation ways of the women headed families at the office of Grama Sevaka( Village officer) 

in Kopaweli, Betticaloa on 14^th of August 2014.

The program of the day was headed by Mr. Arul Sebasthiyan, the president of the “Gandi” citizen forum related to District Fisheries Solidarity in Batticaloa and Miss. Vadivelamma, the president of the district committee of women headed families.

The program officers from the secretariat of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement as well as activators of District Fisheries Solidarity in Batticaloa were warmly welcomed by the members to the program.

The beneficiaries of women headed families from the villages of Kithul, Urukamam, Kopaveli, Velikakandi and  Thumpalachcholei and district committee members of women headed families as well as members of “Gandi”  citizen forum have participated to the program.

K. Selva Kumar and K. Subramaniyam, coordinator and animator of district fisheries solidarity in Betticaloa as well as Lavina Hasanthi, Priyanka Costa, Anthony Jesudasan and Laksiri representing the secretariat of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement participated to the program.

Expressing Miss. Lavina Hasanthi who is the women coordinator of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement she mentioned that “we are very happy today. All we worked hard to get those achievements. National Fisheries Solidarity Movement is not an organization to distribute finance assistances for the people. That is an organization work to ensure the rights of people. You know we are implementing a lot of programs to ensure the basic rights of the people in the North and East on this existing situation. In the meanwhile, we attempted to develop the economic condition of the women headed families who were influenced by the war assisting. We are happy because we were able to assist for women headed families as small scale today. We should appear to ensure the rights not only the members who obtained some assistance but also others.”

Intervening Mr. Priyankara Costa, We provide those assistances for you in the midst of many difficulties. That way, you should think to develop bath economic condition as well as you should take actions to ensure the people’s rights, he said.

We are very happy. We should strengthen our work demonstrating to other districts with this pleasure, said K. Selva Kumara, district coordinator.

Some equipments were provided to the selected women headed families who came from five villages to develop exist income generation ways of them. 2 machines of stream hoppers , 11  packages of agricultural tools an 7 swing machines were distributed in the program.