Every annual World Goa Day would be enhanced with an award and recognition for an outstanding person from the Diaspora not for their personal achievements but for their service to the World Goan Community.
To avoid unnecessary criticism for which we Goans are noted, there could be a panel of jurors selecting the awardee from a list compiled by a revolving large group of voters around the world. There are many possible candidates who have been working (and paying) for Goan causes for many years quietly and without recognition but with pride and determination, for the sole benefit for their local or more widespread community. It could be a single person, a small or large partnership or group and could even be posthumously awarded. Without naming names I could think of certain individuals in California who have been espousing the causes of José Vaz, an individual and his team who have established the first clubhouse in Toronto, one person who for many years has given freely from his pocket to help individuals and associations, a person who living in Goa, has single-handedly established digital channels for Diaspora communications. Examples like these are many and successive World Goa Days will run out before the nominees will. Roland. Toronto.
