Background
Komandoo belongs to shaviyani atoll
which is located in the north of the Maldives, the national island code is
C-13. According to the recent statistics the population of the island is 1694
and which is very high when compare to the other population of the atoll
comparatively and at the same time, the land size is just 6 acres which is known
as largest population with the smallest island last in the atoll.
Among
the inhabitants of komandoo, there are sign of other clusters, the people in
the island includes the inhabitants from
Mathi-Komandoo and Keekimini, and it was believed that the reason for
the migrant of those island is caused by the disturbance of malabaries during
the time Portuguese invasion according to the ancient history.
The major occupation of the local is fishing, and the
fisherman makes a quite reasonable income from fishing and enjoys good living
comparatively.
Though the population growth is controlled, it has stock the
social island. The minor and the major obstacle faced for the locals and the
development activities are land tribulation, insufficient land. As a result,
enormous number of crisis has started arising. Huge number of households is
located at the shore, and the shore has to be protected to live at normal life.
Groundwater-lance of the island was totally contaminated. Waste management
system is miserable, all the domestic waste are dumping into the sea. Even
though the situations are in such condition, the beloved people of the island
had the will and made the difference, no halt was made to their commitment. As
a consequence, the people of the island
have made number of remarkable achievement with support and assistant of the
government and other aid agencies such as UNDP.
