New Managing Committee Chandor Guirdolim Cavorim
Mr. John Douglas Coutinho was unanimously elected the President of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott while outgoing president Rui da Silva along with Joe Antao were elected the Vice Presidents.
At the General Body meeting held on 14th April 2012, Julio D’Silva was elected as General Secretary for a second term and Ashley Antao was elected as the Joint Secretary while Darwin Cardozo was elected as the Treasurer.
The following were elected as managing committee members: Anthony Pereira, Remy Furtado, Alzira Fernandes, Benedito Fernandes, Irene Antao, Tony Dias and Sita Antao.
The General Body meeting commenced by observing one minute’s silence as a mark of respect to late Matanhy Saldanha.
The General Secretary’s report was unanimously adopted with a standing ovation. As the Treasurer presented only a rough idea of the accounts, the general body empowered the managing committee to approve the same and urged the treasurer Carlos Gomes to submit the accounts as soon as possible.
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott has been working in the village panchayat areas of Cavorim-Chandor and Guirdolim and over the years have built up a good rapport with the villagers due to its various projects. In fact, the organization has become synonymous with plastic collection in the two villages and is also approached by the villagers to raise any issue in the gram sabhas as its members have been dominating these proceedings.
As the locality of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott could not be identified, the General Body resolved to including the names Chandor, Guirdolim, Cavorim below the organisation’s name.