On 22nd August, the National Fishworker’s forum organized a “One Fish, One Fishworker Campaign” in East Midnapore to raise funds for organizing the 7th General Assembly of World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP).
The campaign was held across the country in coastal states such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Pondicherry and Diu and Daman. It will continue till August 23 in West Bengal.
During the campaign, member organisations of NFF collected fish from workers at fish markets. The fish will be auctioned, and funds raised through this campaign will be used to organise the global meet, which will be held in Delhi from November 15 to 21. Representatives from 40 countries will participate in this programme.