Land is Life – Our Right, Our Future! 📍 June 21, 2025 – Land Day

Land day program was conducted in Hattan 🟫

Today, we commemorate the continued struggle of the Malaiyagam people for their right to land! 🏠 The right to housing 🌱 The right to build a livelihood ⚖️ The right to equal citizenship 📢 The power to demand justice from those in power Our right to land is not a gift, it is our life. We expect the new government to respond justly and fairly to the demands of our people. ✊🏾 #RightToLand ✊🏾 #LandIsLife ✊🏾 #MalaiyagamPeople #EqualRights 🟫 நிலம் என்பது உயிர் – நமது உரிமை, நமது எதிர்காலம்! 📍 ஜூன் 21, 2025 – நில உரிமை நாள் இன்று மலையாகம் மக்கள் தங்களது நில உரிமைக்கான தொடர்ந்த போராட்டத்தை நினைவுகூரும் நாள்! 🏠 வீட்டு உரிமை 🌱 வாழ்வாதாரத்தை கட்டியெழுப்பும் உரிமை ⚖️ சம உரிமையுடன் குடிமகனாக வாழும் உரிமை 📢 அதிகாரிகளிடம் நியாயத்தை கோரும் சக்தி நமது நில உரிமை ஒரு கொடை அல்ல – அது நமது உயிர். இந்த புதிய அரசு நியாயமான பதிலளிக்க வேண்டும் என நாங்கள் எதிர்பார்க்கிறோம். ✊🏾 #நிலம்உரிமை ✊🏾 #நிலம்உயிர் #மலையாகம்உரிமைகள் #சமஉரிமை 🟫 ඉඩම යනු ජීවිතයයි – අපේ අයිතිය, අපේ අනාගතය! 📍 2025 ජුනි 21 – ඉඩම් දිනය අද දිනය, මලේගම් ජනතාව තම ඉඩම් අයිතිය සඳහා සටන් කළ සහ සටන් කරන සියලුදෙනාට ගෞරව දැක්වීමේ දිනයක්! 🏠 නිවෙස් අයිතිය 🌱 ජීවන මාර්ග ගොඩනැගීමේ අයිතිය ⚖️ සමාන පුරවැසිභාවය 📢 බලධාරීන්ට බලපෑම් කිරීම – මෙයයි අද අපේ කාර්යය! අපේ ඉඩම් අයිතිය නොවෙයි පරිත්‍යාග කළ හැකි දෙයක්. එය අපේ ජීවිතයයි. අපේ අයිතිවාසිකම් වලට නව රජය යුක්තිසාධක පිළිතුරක් ලබාදෙනු ඇතැයි අප බලාපොරොත්තු වෙමු. ✊🏾 #ඉඩමඅයිතියකි ✊🏾 #LandIsLife #RightToLand #MalaiyagamPeople

We are now truly experiencing the real meaning of self-sufficient units.

“Today, we have become stronger teams.” “

” These were the powerful voices of the team leaders from the self-sufficient units of the Miridiya Organization. On June 20, 2025, a special discussion was held at the Miridiya Organization’s training center with 40 women leaders representing various self-sufficient units. The focus of the meeting was the newly developed handbook on building and sustaining self-sufficient units, as well as the importance of this process for community empowerment. The discussion gave special attention to the ten key activities associated with self-sufficient units. Participants also shared their experiences as emerging entrepreneurs, reflecting on both challenges and success stories. The session was guided by Mr. Manoj and the National Coordinator of the Praja Abhilasha Network. Among the ten key areas, the leaders proudly noted that more than five have already been successfully achieved, marking significant progress on their journey toward sustainability and collective strength. #foodisaright "අද අපි ශක්තිමත් කණ්ඩායම් බවට පත්වෙලා" "ස්වයංපෝෂිත ඒකකවල සැබෑ අරුත අද අපි භුක්ති විඳිමින් ඉන්නවා" මේ හඬ නැගුනේ මිරිදිය සංවිධානයේ ස්වයංපෝෂිත ඒකකවල කණ්ඩායම් නායකයන්ගෙන්ය. 2025 ජුනි මස 20 වන දින මිරිදිය සංවිධානයේ පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථානයේදී ස්වයංපෝෂිත ඒකක නායකයින් ස්වයංපෝෂිත ඒක ගොඩනැගීම,එම ක්‍රියාවලිය අවශ්‍යතාවය පිළිබඳව සකස් කරන ලද අත්පොත පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡාවක් නායිකාවන් හතළිස් දෙනකු සමගද පවත්වනන ලදී. ස්වයංපෝෂිත ඒකක හා බැඳුණු දසවිධ ක්‍රියාකාරකම් පිළිබඳව,වැඩි අවධානය යොමු කර සාකච්ඡා කළ අතර මේ දක්වා ව්‍යවසායකයින් ලෙස ගොඩනැගීී සිටින අයගේ අත්දැකීම්ද බෙදා ගැනීමක් සිදුකරනන ලදී.මේ සඳහා වූ මග පෙන්වීම මනෝජ් මහත්මා විසින් සහ ප්‍රජා අභිලාෂ ජාලයේ සම්බන්ධීකාරක විසින් සිදුකරන ලදී. දස වැදෑරුම් අතරින් ,මේ වන විටත් කරුණු පහකට වඩා වැඩි ප්‍රමාණයක් ළඟා කරගෙන ඇති බවයි නායකයන් විසින් සතුටින් ප්‍රකාශ කරන ලදී. #ආහාරයනුඅයිතියකි "இன்று நாங்கள் பலமான குழுக்களாக மாறியுள்ளோம்." "சுயபரிபூரணக் குழுவின் உண்மையான அர்த்தத்தை இப்போது நாம் அனுபவித்து கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்." இவை மிரிதியா அமைப்பின் சுயபரிபூரணக் குழுக்களின் குழுத் தலைவர்களின் உற்சாகமான குரல்கள். 2025 ஜூன் 20 ஆம் தேதி, மிரிதியா அமைப்பின் பயிற்சி மையத்தில், 40 பெண்மணிகள் தலைவர்களுடன் சிறப்பு கலந்துரையாடல் ஒன்று நடைபெற்றது. இதில், சுயபரிபூரணக் குழுக்களை உருவாக்கும் மற்றும் அதன் அவசியத்தை விளக்கும் புதிய கையேடு குறித்து விவாதிக்கப்பட்டது. சுயபரிபூரணக் குழுக்களுடன் தொடர்புடைய பத்து முக்கிய நடவடிக்கைகள் குறித்து மேம்பட்ட கவனம் செலுத்தப்பட்டது. வியாபார நெறிகளை பின்பற்றி முன்னேறியுள்ள பெண்கள் தங்களது அனுபவங்களைப் பகிர்ந்தனர். இந்த நிகழ்வுக்கு வழிகாட்டியவர்கள் திரு மனோஜ் மற்றும் பிரஜா அபிலாஷா நெட்வொர்க்கின் தேசிய ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர் ஆகியோர். இந்த பத்து முக்கிய அம்சங்களில் ஐந்துக்கும் மேற்பட்டவை தற்போது வரை எட்டப்பட்டுள்ளதாக தலைவர்கள் பெருமையாக தெரிவித்தனர். இது ஒரு திறம்படமான பயணத்தையும், கூட்டு வலிமையையும் பிரதிபலிக்கின்றது. #உணவுஒருஅரிமை

Don't play with our life -No Sand mining in Mannar Island

“There are up to 70,000 people living on the island of Mannar. The majority of them are women-headed families. They depend on the sea and land for their livelihood. Their livelihood will be taken away by this sand mining. Their future is in question.” People together with religious leaders they conducted the protest on 11 of June ,against the sand mining project in Mannar island . Why they against this project? Impact of Sand Mining in Mannar: A Threat to Livelihoods, Ecosystems, and Sovereignty Mannar Island, located off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka, is not only ecologically sensitive but also home to vibrant fishing and farming communities whose livelihoods depend on the fragile balance between land and sea. Recent attempts by Titanium Sands Limited (TSL), an Australian mining company, to initiate a large-scale mineral sand mining operation on this island have sparked widespread concern and resistance among local communities, environmentalists, and civil society organizations. The Project and Its Scale TSL, through its Sri Lankan subsidiaries, has conducted exploration and scientific studies across Mannar Island. Preliminary data indicates that the region hosts one of the world’s richest deposits of heavy mineral sands—particularly ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and garnet—with the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) estimating over 53 million metric tonnes of mineral-rich soil. TSL has sought to capitalize on this resource, promoting a multi-billion-dollar extraction project. However, despite repeated lobbying, the project has failed to secure necessary licenses due to mounting public opposition and regulatory scrutiny. ________________________________________ Environmental and Ecological Concerns Mannar Island is an ecologically rich zone, home to wetlands, mangroves, coral reefs, and migratory bird sanctuaries. Environmental experts warn that large-scale sand mining can cause: • Erosion and habitat destruction, threatening marine and coastal biodiversity. • Saltwater intrusion into freshwater systems, contaminating water sources and harming agricultural lands. • Disturbance to marine life, including endangered species, due to sediment runoff and coastal alteration. Furthermore, the long-term ecological damage could be irreversible, affecting not just the local environment but the entire Gulf of Mannar ecosystem shared with India. ________________________________________ Livelihood and Economic Threats For generations, the people of Mannar have relied on small-scale fishing, agriculture, and livestock farming as their primary means of income. The proposed sand mining project poses direct threats to these livelihoods: • Destruction of fishing grounds due to coastal degradation and siltation. • Loss of arable land used for farming and coconut cultivation. • Displacement risks, where communities may be relocated to make way for mining zones. Rather than bringing prosperity, local communities fear that the project will result in job losses, resource scarcity, and social disintegration. ________________________________________ Social and Cultural Impact Mannar Island's communities have deep cultural ties to their land, shaped by generations of history, traditional knowledge, and post-war recovery efforts. Many see the mining project as a form of modern colonization, with foreign companies profiting at the cost of local people. The secrecy surrounding project approvals, limited public consultations, and lack of transparency in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) have further deepened public distrust. Communities have held protests and awareness campaigns demanding an immediate halt to all mining activities and calling for recognition of their rights to land and natural resources. ________________________________________ People’s Resistance and the Call to Stop Mining The public resistance in Mannar has been loud and clear: Stop the project. Protesters, including fisherfolk, farmers, women, and youth, have highlighted how their futures are being put at risk. They argue that instead of extractive industries, the government should invest in sustainable livelihoods, ecological tourism, and local enterprise development. Community leaders and civil society networks demand: • A moratorium on all heavy mineral sand mining projects in ecologically sensitive areas. • Respect for Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of local communities. • A participatory and transparent environmental governance framework. ________________________________________ Conclusion: A Call for Justice and Sustainability The case of Mannar Island is emblematic of a broader global struggle: the fight between extractive development and the rights of indigenous and local communities. It raises pressing questions about who benefits from natural resources, and what kind of development is just and sustainable. Sri Lanka must prioritize people and the planet over profit. The voices from Mannar are not just calling for the protection of their island—they are demanding a future where their land, water, and way of life are respected.

No More Plastic

පරිසර දිනයේ මුල්කරගනිමින් ඒත්තුකාල සාන්ත සිල්වෙස්ට රජයේ පාසලේ දරුවන් සඳහා පරිසරයේ ඇති වටිනාකම ප්ලාස්ටික් භාවිතය අවම කිරීමේ ඇති වැදගත්කම සහ පරිසරයට ආදරය කිරීම යන කරුණු මත දැනුවත් කිරීමේ වැඩසටහනක් සිදු කළ අතර ,පාසල් භූමිය පැළ සිටුවීමක් ද සිදුකරන ලදී.මීගමුව ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ,සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීතුමිය සහ සමෘද්ධ සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීතුමා සහභාගී වූ අතර,මේ වැඩසටහන සැලසුම් කිරීමද එම අය විසින් සිදු කරන ලදී.

Join hand for the protect of the Environment