--------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help CONSUMERS in Goa to be better informed. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims ------------------------------------------------------ As a concluding part of its Childrens Road Safety & Traffic Management Awareness Fortnight being observed alongwith the village based Consumer Forums and campus based Consumer Welfare Clubs which includes Children's Day & the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, GOACAN is observing a remembrance day from 5pm on Saturday 14th November to 5pm Sunday 15th November.
Worldwide, almost 4,000 people are killed and many hundreds of thousands injured every day on the road. These figures are predicted to grow. The price in terms of human loss, grief and care is immeasurable. Road crashes are the leading cause of violent deaths and injuries worldwide and the World Day of Remembrance is drawing attention to the scale of this global disaster. The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was initiated by RoadPeace in 1993 in the United Kingdom. Since then it has been observed and promoted worldwide by several NGOs and this is now globally recognised. On 26 October 2005, the United Nations endorsed it as a global day to be observed every third Sunday in November each year. WHO and the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration encourages Governments and NGOs around the world to commemorate this day. This will be a major advocacy day for road traffic injury prevention and as an appropriate acknowledgement for victims of road traffic crashes and their families. In Goa over 300 deaths take place every year of men, women and children due to Road Accidents which means there is one death almost every 28 hours. In this connection, GOACAN is organising a gathering of remembrance on Saturday 14th November at the Mermaid Garden near GTDC Residency in Panjim from 5pm - 7.30pm. Through this gathering GOACAN hopes to ensure that the impact of Road Deaths and injuries will be better understood and the causes of the same would be addressed urgently. GOACAN appeals to citizens to join-in this gathering of remembrance in Panjim on Saturday 14th November and bring along a candle, a banner and a message poster if any. ---------------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa --------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: [email protected] Visit: http://goacan.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
