SOCIAL NEED EDUCATION AND HUMAN AWARENESS

Sneha with its vision to empower fisher people has been working with fishing community sin ce 1984 and ensuring sustainable livelihood and basic rights in Nagapattinam district of Tam il Nadu, Karaikkal district of Pondicherry. Sneha’s work gained momentum in the last several years due to the changes in the macro economic policy in the fishing sector. Sneha is facilita ting the processes of empowerment through trainings, information dissemination, enabling p articipation in decision-making, intervention through legal aid, creating awareness through lit eracy, involving in participatory researches, mobilising support through advocacy and lobbyi ng. In addition to the initiatives, Sneha rendering support for people’s struggles, working with progressive democratic organisations, forums, and networking at national and international l evels to transcend the micro level issue to the macro level policy. SNEHA has also facilitated in formation of Community Based Organisations. The main focus of SNEHA is been women and children. Women Sangams, Self Help Groups, Taluk and District Level Federations wer e promoted for empowerment of women. The mission of SNEHA is a) To facilitate the mobili zation of unorganized and marginalized workers in fisheries and allied sectors especially wo men, dalit, minorities and other marginalized communities and their children in order to prote ct and promote their livelihood rights and their human rights in a sustainable manner. b) To a dvocate equality before law for marginalized groups, and a state governed by participatory, d eliberative and inclusive processes.