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Christmas Party for Senior Citizens
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held its annual Christmas Party for senior citizens on 13th December with 134 participating. The party was once again held in the premises of the Chandor Club premises which is rapidly nearing completion. The highest number of participants were from Cavorim followed by Guirdolim and lastly by Chandor. Incidentally the party was held on the first death anniversary of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott’s founder and an extremely active and important member Benedito Fernandes who had died of a massive heart attack at the same place...
read moreDiscover Goa 2015
GBE members along with friends and family at the Apeval Waterfall in Ponda Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held its annual Discover Goa programme on 17th and 18th November and this time three talukas – Ilhas, Bicholim and Ponda were explored by the 18 participants and in all 165 kms were travelled in the two days. The exploration commenced from Chandor and the group went to Old Goa where many churches were visited. Many of the participants had never been to these churches that were visited. First the group went to the St. Cajetan’s church which is...
read moreGampona Ghor
Gampona Ghor or Casa de Sessão at Igorjebhat which was in a dilapidated condition posing a great threat to the young children coming there as an anganwadi is housed therein, has been renovated by the children of late Francisco and late Francisca alias Fanny Coutinho. The entire house has been given plastered with cement inside as well as outside besides giving it an entire new flooring of granite stones. Besides, the entire roofing has been redone with the damaged beams replaced. A toilet and a store room has also been provided to the...
read moreGanv Bhavancho Ekvott carried out a tree plantation drive
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott carried out a tree plantation drive in Chandor on 23rd August 2015 wherein 39 plants of different species were planted with most of them being fruit bearing trees and a few flowering plants. Officiating Parish Priest of Chandor, Fr. Saluzinho Fernandes commenced the drive by planting the first tree which incidentally was a neem plant which is known for its medicinal qualities. All the 39 plants were sponsored with most of the sponsors being from the village itself except for two. Incidentally 32 plants were sponsored by...
read moreGanv Bhavancho Ekvott members market cleaning initiative
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott members toiled for nearly three hours on 19th July to clean the tinto at Chandor with a power washer that really cleaned the dirty walls and floors. The work commenced at 4:30 pm and ended at nearly 7:30 pm during which time each section was cleaned meticulously. While the section where pork and sausages are sold were cleaned off the blood stains, the fish market section was rid of the slimy after remains of the fish sold there. However, the most difficult was the cleaning of the vegetable market where ants, cockroaches...
read moreLeopard trapped in Chandor
Chandorkars have been living with the leopard for quite a long time now. People have been losing their pets to the leopards for many years now. In fact leopards have been spotted at various occasions not only on the hillock at Ghottmorod but even at Oilem Tollem. However, for the first time now, on 17th July a leopard was trapped in Chandor at Molla just behind the house of Sita Antao where incidentally the trap was laid for the third time in three years. What was trapped is a baby leopard which according to the forest officials is about a two...
read moreLadain held at the cross on the hillock at Ghottmorod
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held its annual Ladain at the cross on the hillock at Ghottmorod on 29th May 2015 from 5 pm onwards. In all there were 35 people present for the ladain that included 16 members, 6 children of members, one other child, four guests of which one was a member’s wife and eight of John’s staff that carried the snacks up the hillock. The ladain was sung in Konkani by all the members and guests gifted with the talent to sing. Anthony Pereira led the singing by accompanying on a guitar. He was supported by Presley...
read morePre-monsoon cleanliness drive
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott in collaboration with the Village Panchayats of Chandor-Cavorim and Guirdolim undertook a pre-monsoon cleanliness drive in the two villages wherein plastic and glass found lying by the roadside, in gutters and in open spaces was collected. Around 33 labourers were involved in this massive cleanliness drive that started at 7 am and ended at 11:30 am. While nearly one truckload of plastic waste was collected from the two villages, one mini-truck load of glass bottles and other waste was also collected. Twelve Ganv...
read moreGBE’s annual picnic held
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held its annual picnic for members and families on 16th May 2015 just across the Kushawati river and it was a great success as those who attended had a blast and those who did not make it missed a great event. In all 22 members were there for the picnic and two of them – Irene Antao and Sandra de Costa – brought their sons. So participation of families was minimal this year. The males dove into the river and swam around while some of them went kayaking including Irene’s son. Anthony Pereira, as usual entertained...
read moreGBE gets a new Managing Committee
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott got a new managing committee at the annual general body meeting held on 3rd May 2015 where Advocate Joe Antao from Guirdolim was elected the president. Of the 13 managing committee members elected 10 were members of the previous managing committee. The three new faces are Felix Furtado as General Secretary, Anand Shirodkar as Treasurer and Serena Antao as Managing Committee member. Advocate Joe Antao who was the vice president in the outgoing managing committee was unanimously elected as the President. His name was...
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