On 31 May 2011 16:56, Carvalho <[email protected]> wrote: > The Goan Association (UK) awarded historic grant > The Goan Association (UK) has been awarded a historic grant of £38,300/-by > The Heritage Lottery Fund. This is the first grant of its kind, supporting a > study of the British-Goan community which arrived predominantly from East > Africa by mid-twentieth century. Sue Bowers, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund > London, affirmed, “Both British colonial history and Goan heritage in the UK > will be enhanced by this project that will also help current and future > generations learn more of their cultural background.” > The two-year project will gather information primarily through video and > audio interviews, conducted by a team of volunteers, to study the > displacement, transition and resettlement of the community emerging from > post-Colonial East Africa. The findings will be disseminated through > seminars, a publication and an exhibition. They will be archived in leading > British institutions as well as a website designed for the purpose. Mr > Flavio Gracias, President of The Goan Association (UK), said, “This grant > assures us that the Goan community is part of the national narrative and the > preservation of its historical and cultural past is an integral part of > Britain’s heritage. The study is an opportunity to re-examine and put right > misconceived stereotypes, engage in conversations with a larger audience and > build a repository of learning for future generations of Goans.” The project > will be led by Selma Carvalho, author of ‘Into the DiasporaWilderness’, > Clifford Pereira, Historical-Geographer, academic researcher and Fellow of > the Royal Geographical Society, and Eddie Fernandes, editor of GoanVoice UK. >
QUESTION: Should it be 'a historic' grant or 'an historic' grant? This one always confuses poor me! I thought Our Stella had covered this before; I distinctly remember doing the whole of Merton for her, with out claiming so much as petrol money! I would wager a bet, that what Stella garnered at that time will not be possible today - we Goans were more generous of spirit and willing to contribute, at that time. Along the way we have lost all that and more. I would like to be proved wrong. If it's all voluntary where will the money go? If you can't answer then say no more.....:-)) It is nice to put these things up for posting but when answers are asked there is zilch forthcoming. http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CCPN/pdf/Info03_08.pdf -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
