Senhor Mazarelo, Could you kindly assist in providing information about my village Lotulim Salcete Goa, In what way can I contribute to this lovely village of mine. Please let me know, before I end my note , I thank you very much for this article ,it has indeed made me feel great and proud of being a GOENKAR.
Dev borem korum tuka. VIvek --- "President(sgpiag)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Goans, > > This may be the ocassion when some Goans overseas > and > perhaps within India but outside the State of Goa, > will be merry-making, wining, dining, singing, > dancing, attending a cultural function, et al. > > For 20 August is ordained as the WORLD GOA DAY, the > Day, Konkani was included in VIII Schedule of the > Constitution of India.Incidentally today is the > festival of "Janmashtami" the birthday of Lord > Krishna > > > But as we at SGPIAG a registered non-governmental > organisation based in Margao with jurisdiction of > our > activities extending to the South Goa Parliamentary > Constituency, reiterate se novo that this day means > nothing for the majority Goans as most Goans do not > subscribe to the Sanskritised version of Konkani > recognised as the official language with which only > with just 3% of Goans are familiar with it. > > > Since, in any case there are Goans celebrating this > Day overseas, we at DGPIAG have a suggestion to > offer. > > > We appeal to the Goans worldwide to > > a) discover your roots viz the village to which you > or > your fore-fathers belong to; > b) try to discover what your village needs and how > best could you help the villagers of your beloved > village or the village; > To suggest a few ways, you could instead of waiting > for the Government to act, sponsor any of the > following > a) monetary assistance or assistance in kind to a > child for his education books study material etc > upto > the level of his/her potential to enable hi/her seek > self-employment or employment > b) monetary assistance to the old/infirm or widow > /widower or orphan or those below the poverty line; > c) fund the setting up or maintainence of half-way > homes, old-age homes, para medical services, homes > for > mentally challenged or physically disabled;or > vehicles > for these disadvantaged categories, ambulances, > creche, hearse etc > d) supply of medical equipment to assist the > physically disabled and others needing medical > assistance; > e) provision of computers, library, recreational > centres to harness the talent of youth and others > f) extend assistance in upgrading technical know how > in traditional occupations, farming, fisheries, > toddy > tapping distilation, pottery, carpentary, smithy, > and > supply of modernised equipments to improve the > quality > and performance of traditional artisans > g) develop springs community play grounds and > community halls for the village > h) and in any other way that your beloved brethren > in > the village of your roots would desire. > > You Goans will remeber the "kudds" that have been > playing host to you while in Mumbai. We have a list > of > them all in your village names. They are in > ruinatiom, > some without governing bodies and others sold by > unscrupulous members *niz Goencars" for a song to > realators. These need to be protected, there is a > need to pursue litigation and the Governments of Goa > and Maharashtra could be called upon to save these > Kudds so that our Goan children and others can use > these shelters for pursuing higher studies or as > guest > houses while they travel to and fro within and > outside > the country. > > Please remember that the village panchayat which is > usually a group of two or three villages depending > on > the population and geographical contiguity has 5, 7, > 9 > and 11 wards and these look after the development of > the Villages. > > They hold "Gram Sabhas" which enable voters > enrolled > and eligible to vote to the respective Panchayats, > to > suggest ways and means for the development of the > village. > > Many of the desires of the villagers are hampered > due > to paucity of funds and by the time the villages are > equipped with the desired developmental or non > developmental needs, the villagers are ruined > indulging in alcoholism, gambling and ruination of > families. > > We at South Goa Public Interest Action Group, will > not > hesitate to facilitate, your desires and interact > with > the needy villagers. However, we would also like to > state that monetary assistance or assistance in kind > will move directly from the donor to the donee and > no > middle man intervention will be accepted so that the > funds reach the concerned. > > In our considered opinion this is the best way Goans > world wide can assist Goans within Goa and ensure > the > development of the quality of life of the people of > Goa and this tiny State. > > We would therefore appreciate that in the spirit of > rejoicing this day Goans overseas will give this > proposal a thought. > > We at SGPIAG assure our unstinted support to this > cause. > > A copy of this email is being marked to the > Honourable > Chief Minister of Goa and the NRI Facilitation > Centre > as well to faciilitate Governmental interaction and > support to our proposal. > > For SOUTH GOA PUBLIC INTEREST ACTION GROUP > Regd 171/GOA/2000 > sd/- > Terence Mazarelo > PRESIDENT > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! 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