One day program was organized to prepare an action plan for the citizen forum in the coop city center in Addalachchenei, Ampara on 27th of September 2012. More than 30 participants consist of bath male and female members who represented of five villages such as Addalachchnei, Alamkulam, Palamunei, Olivil and Thiraikeni engaged with the program. Participants can be categorized as young and elder male as well as female but the major part of participation was female.
As first step, preparing the action plan was completed identifying key problems that people are facing on existing development situation in the area. Different areas of development were considered as a group as well as individual analyzing economic, social, political and cultural situation.
Group discussions were conducted to identify the burning issues in village level. Secondly, every identified issue was collaborated commonly as local government level. We were able to identify more than ten main issues and prioritized intervening all participants on development in the local government of Addalachchenei.
Identified major areas-
1.Alienation between administrative officials and citizens
2.Issues of education
3.Problems of occupation( fisheries and agriculture)
4.Issues of health
5.Problems of common services
6.Issues of house and lands
7.Deterioration of community
8.Issues of widows
9.Irregularities of “Samurdi”
10.Issues of markets
11.Conflict between human and elephants
We attempted to look those issues as gender aspect being separated two groups as male and female. Women priorities are different than male selections. We will prepare a systematic action plan considering bath selections. We have planned to share the responsibilities on the identified issues convening stakeholder meeting as well as we are going to hold discussions with relevant authorities handing over this document as a petition.
We will base on this document when we discuss with any responsible official on development issues in the area. Some representatives from CAFOD organization such as Miss. Torry and Miss. Tenja as well as project coordinator of Budget Monitoring program also participated
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