Prof Prajal tells Chandorkars their history and heritage
Noted Historian Prajal Sakhardande while asserting that Chandor was the most historical place in Goa being its first capital made a fervent plea to preserve and protect the remnants of the old Kadamba Fort that is still existing at Cotta in the village. Deliver a talk on Heritage of Chandor: The first capital of Goa, he said that Chandor village which was known as Chandra Aura at that time was the first capital of the Bhoj dynasty in the 4th to 6th Century as indicated by three copper plates existing in Shiroda whereby King Devrai Bhoj gave a land grant tp some priests. He said the name Chandra Aura later changed to Chandreshwar and then to Chandranath and finally was known as Chandrapur and explained why the names changed and said that during the Portuguese...
Read More22 Chandorkars trained in fruit & vegetable preservation
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott supported by Rotary Club of Cuncolim organized a “fruit and Vegetable Preservation course for people of Chandor for three days which was attended by 22 people. The course was conducted by Gajanan Tari a former employee of the Food and Nutrition Board of the Central Ministry of Women and Child and he taught the participants six different items all recommended by the Central Food Technological Research Institute at Mysore. Spread out over three days, the participants were guided as they prepared lime cordial, chilli pickle, mixed fruit jam, lime peel pickle and tomato ketchup. The course was conducted at the GBE meeting place and the following members also got trained: Sebastiana Cardozo, Maria Mascarenhas, Irene Antao, Serena Antao and...
Read MoreGBE members visit aged people
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott on 5th August 2018 visited the Home for the Aged at Cotta and besides interacting with the 15 inmates they also showed them a Konkani film titled “Chor Pulis” which was enjoyed very much by the spectators. GBE members Sebastiana Cardoso, Serena Antao, Lindarifa Fernandes, John Douglas Coutinho, Irene Antao, Emerson Britto, Maria Mascarenhas, Jose Coutinho, Benito Coutinho, Michael Gracias, Anthony Pereira, Derick Antao, Michelle Antao, Basil Fernandes, Cypriano Fernandes, Darwin Cardoso with his son Nikolai, Anand Shirodkar, Domnick Mendes and Julio D’Silva visited the home for the aged. Anthony Pereira along with Domnick Mendes and Maria Mascarenhas who were accompanied by Cypriano on the guitar entertained the inmates with some...
Read MoreGBE Gets New Managing Committee
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott at its annual general body meeting held on 7th July 2018 unanimously elected a new Managing Committee headed by Julio D’Silva as the President. The elections were conducted by Felix Furtado who volunteered to be the Election Commissioner. It may be recalled that Julio D’Silva was the founder general secretary when the Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott was formally registered with the Registrar of Co-operative Societies 10 years ago and served as the general secretary till May 2015. His name was proposed by Michael Pereira and seconded by John D Coutinho. Maria Mascarenhas and Irene Antao were elected as the two vice presidents. Incidentally both Maria and Irene were members of the earlier managing committee. While Maria’s name was proposed by Julio...
Read MoreGBE celebrates World Environment Day
People leaving the St Anthony’s Chapel at Cavorim after celebrating the novena mass were stunned to see some people standing with by the road side with their faces covered in plastic bags and carrying beautifully designed and printed posters with messages to preserve and protect environment. This was Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott’s novel way of observing World Environment Day following an idea mooted by ex President John Douglas Coutinho. Incidentally they also planted 25 trees around the periphery of St. Anthony Chapel property. Only flowering trees like Champa and others were planted by around 20 members of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott. Francisco Coutinho who was the project manager did an excellent job and handled the project very efficiently. Children of GBE members...
Read MoreCycling to say NO to plastic shopping bags
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held a cycle expedition on February 25, 2018 in the revenue villages of Chandor, Cavorim and Guirdolim to educate and sensitise people into saying NO to plastic shopping bags. The expedition started at 6:45 am and ended at 9:45 with breakfast at the meeting place. Nine members of GBE undertook the three hour long expedition that commenced from St. Anthony’s Chapel at Cavorim and ended at the St. Francis Xavier’s Chapel at Guirdolim. The cyclists went right up to border of the village with neighbouring Sao Jose de Areal via Doneamoll and then took the asphalted road to Chandor church. They visited different spots at the church spreading the message of saying NO to plastic shopping bags. In fact at the market square they met shopkeepers...
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