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Goanet mourns the passing of Jorge de Abreu Noronha in Portugal - Nov 27/07
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XAVIERS NEWS & FEATURES E-SERVICE (XNFES)
XAVIERS NSS CAMP
The location selected for the annual NSS camp of
St. Xaviers College, Mapusa, Goa was beautiful,
serene and picturesque, Korgao in Pernem taluka
from 29th October to 7th November 2007. The camp
was inaugurated by Prof. Newman Fernandes,
Principal of the College and Mr. B. Rajasekhar,
Head of Department of Commerce along with the NSS Programme Officers.
During the 10 day special camp, the volunteers
actively participated in various activities such
as conduct of a survey of the various
water-bodies in the village and the traditional
herbal medicines used by the villagers for
various ailments. Korgao, Pernem is a land known
for its temples, and the students were involved
with the painting of the Rampurush Temple as well
as cleaning of the premises of other temples in the vicinity.
The camp aimed at developing the overall
development of the personality of the students
and as such there was a well balanced programme
and activities scheduled for the volunteers. The
day began with morning prayer followed by Yoga
and Meditation: later in the day the campers took
off to the work site to execute the task alloted
for the day. In the afternoons, sessions were
organised on the topics such as Public Speaking,
Success, Relationship Building, Slide Show on
Environment, Purpose Driven Life, Treasure Hunt (on Talents),Yoga & Meditation.
In the evenings, every day a group of volunteers
individually presented a speech on varied topics.
This was followed by a short entertainment
programme. The NSS Co-ordinator of the Goa
University Mr. Teotone Vaz and lecturers as well
as families of some of the campers visited the campers.
On the 6th of November, a Valedictory cum
Cultural Programme was staged by the campers. The
function was attended by the Vice-Chairman of the
Shree Kamleshwar Sanstha, Mr. P.C. Parab along
with the Secretary Mr. Mohan Arolkar, who were
kind enough to place the premises of Shree
Kamleshwar High School at the disposal of the
campers, Parish Priest of Korgao, Fr. John
Fernandes and Principal of the College, Prof.
Newman Fernandes. Mr. Pradeep Morajkar presented
the Camp Report to the audience. The programme
show-cased the various talents in the form of
groups songs and duets, skits and dances.
The camp fire which consisted of singing and
sharing of camp experiences by the final year
campers along with a Prize Distribution appreciating the campers.
The Camp was organised by the team of Programme
Officers comprising of Ms. Santana Fernandes, Mr.
Pradeep Morajkar, Ms. Mumtaz Mendonça, Mr. Dharma
Chodankar and Mr. Caji Pinto.
