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Hi Cecil
My immediate reaction was that I felt that it would be a wasted effort to hand over such books to the Aldona Institute if for the only reason that very few people will make use of these books. But then my positive side took over and I agree with you it is an idea worth trying. Sometimes we prejudge people and results which is unfair. As a friend of mine would say " Let the attempt be a failure , but there should not be a failure to attempt". It is our duty to encourage the current generation be read.
I offer my services for the attempt to bring such books to Goa & Aldona. Just voicing my thoughts : we would have to get in touch with one such public library and get a list of the books . We could then request one of the MNC's in Goa who import products from abroad to lend us some space in their containers in which they ship these goods. I will talk with some knowledgeable person regarding the import/customs formalities. Request Aldona Netters abroad to get in touch with Public libraries there and begin the process.
Instead of importing hazardous waste, let us import one of the sources of wisdom.
Regards Savio
--------- Note from Cecil:
Savio Figueiredo is the moderator of AldonaNet. He is also the immediate Past President of the Aldona Institute and actively involved in social benefit activities in Aldona. Savio is a man of his word. If he is willing to putting in his efforts and contacts into this project then I am sure it will be a success.
Can some cyber Goan based in USA/UK find out the other side of the matter? Let's just make a small effort to shift some (maybe a few hundred) 'discarded' books across. If it works then we will know the procedures and the problems. If we can get past the problems then we can expand the project to get much more books - and specific to requirements here .
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