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Opportunity to Contribute to Tsunami Victims |
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by Nicole Lamers
Email: lamers (nospam) uiuc.edu (unverified!) |
29 Dec 2004
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The destruction from this past week’s Tsunami has been devastating throughout
Southeast Asia, but particularly in Sri Lanka. As some of you know, I have been
working for the past few years with an international collective of small-scale
fishers. I have been in contact with Thomas Kocherry, the leader of India’s National Fishworker’s Forum. Though India has been hard hit, Thomas has asked that we send donations directly to the National Fisheries Solidarity of Sri Lanka to help with immediate needs of food, water and shelter. |
The destruction from this past week’s Tsunami has been devastating throughout Southeast Asia, but particularly in Sri Lanka. As some of you know, I have been working for the past few years with an international collective of small-scale
fishers. I have been in contact with Thomas Kocherry, the leader of India’s National Fishworker’s Forum. Though India has been hard hit, Thomas has asked that we send donations directly to the National Fisheries Solidarity of Sri Lanka to help with immediate needs of food, water and shelter.
Below is an email that he sent(if you would like me to send you the attachment which includes a more detailed discussion of the situation, please email me and I will forward it to you). I am volunteering to collect any funds that people here might like to donate. In this way, we can avoid multiple transfer fees (usually around $35).
I know that for me, hearing about situations like this can often be overwhelming and I am always hesitant about what the best way to help out might be. This is not a massive fundraising campaign, but just a chance to lend a small hand to those who have been on the ground working for social justice for years. I met both Thomas Kocherry and Herman Kumara at the Summit for Sustainable Development in 2002, and I can assure you they are hard-working, honest and
dedicated individuals who have inspired me greatly. Both have worked tirelessly to improve the situation of those in small fishing communities who have been marginalized as a result of the pressures of privatization and economic neo-
liberalism. Your contribution will not go to waste.
If you would like to donate any amount that you are able, you can send it or drop it off at:
Nicole Lamers
503 S. Race #1
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217)766-1360
Email: lamers (at) uiuc.edu
Or if you would like to send a donation on your own, the account information is below.
For more information on the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), see: http:// www.wffp.org/index.asp. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Also, please forward to anyone else looking for a way to help out with this
situation.
Sincerely,
Nicole Lamers
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My dear Friends,
Once again I am sending you the some details of what is going on in SRILANKA.
Andamans, Nagapattinam, Colachal in India are quite bad. Luna's proposal is
very good. But we cannot wait for a big programme. That needs time. If we get a
good response WFFP should work out a
programme. Till that happens let us send small contribution to SRILANKA.
India has sent a small contribution to NAFSO of 50000 Indian Rupees.
Here is the Bank Account of NAFSO.
Bank : COMMERCIAL BANK, NEGOMBO BRANCH.
Name: National Fisheries Solidarity.
Address: 24-26 Fernando Avenue, Negombo, SRILANKA.
Account Number: 1140499701
Thanks
THomas Kocherry
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