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Senior Citizens’ Christmas Party held
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held its flagship programme, the Christmas Party for Senior Citizens on 19th December 2023 at the spacious hall of Chandor Club premises. This was the 15th year this project was held and had a record of around 300 senior citizens enjoying the Christmas spirit. Initially, this party used to be held in the open space behind the Chandor Church in the school premises. (Game and Bottle game) It was truly a fun time as there were games in which those gathered participated enthusiastically. Two games were...
read moreTraffic Island Renovated
Gamv Bhavancho Ekvott totally remoovated and refurbished the traffic circle in front of the Chandor Church. GBE is regularly maintaining this island in memory of its founder member late Benedito more commonly known as Benny Fernandes who was also a very dedicated and committed member. He passed away soon after GBE had first renovated it in 2014 with him as the project manager when the island was given a total new look with glazewd tiles of the three Wise Men who visited infant Jesus during Epiphamy which feast is celebrated in the...
read moreGBE gets first lady president
Alzira Pereira became the first lady President of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott since its formation 16 years ago. Besides being a founder member, Alzira has also served the organisation as vice-president and also as general secretary in the past. The new committee was elected at the general body that met at the meeting place at Cavorim on 5 th October 2024. Others elected to the Managing Committee are: Vice Presidents: Darwin Cardoso and Basil Fernandes, General Secretary: Jose Coutinho, Joint Secretary: Esly Henriques and Anand Shirodkar as...
read moreChandor School Excels At board exams
St. Joseph’s Educational Institute, Chandor achieved 94.19% at the Secondary School Certificate Examinations 2024 conducted by Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Of the 80 students who answered the examinations, 13 secured distinctions while 33 bagged first class. 31 students passed with second class and four got through with pass class. Trisha Hosmani ranked first with 538 marks that translates to 89.66%. She is the daughter of Prashant a civil contractor and Sandhya who is a home maker. Hailing from Karnataka they live...
read moreMarket area cleaned before monsoons
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott members slogged it out for three hours on sunny and scorching 25th May to clean the village market and surrounding areas of all the plastic and other waste littering it. This was to clean up the area before the onset of monsoons to ensure that the waste lying there does not clog the drains or get washed into the river, thereby polluting it. The dirt that prevailed in the market area Incidentally, earlier GBE members supervised labourers for eight days from 8:30 am to 5:30 to collect all the garbage lying by the...
read moreVillage cleaned for monsoons
In keeping with its commitment to cleanliness particularly to keep the village clean, Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott undertook its regular pre-monsoon cleaning of the village. All the waste littering the roadsides of the village and also the prominent open spaces by the road sides were cleaned by special labourers who were supervised by GBE members. The workers slogged it out in the blazing heat for eight days from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, with a break for lunch and some refreshments in between of course, to prepare the village for the monsoon...
read moreNew Chandor Parish Pastoral Council Constituted
The Parish Pastoral Committees of Our Lady of Bethlehem Church and St Francis Xavier Chapel, Guirdolim were constituted recently as the terms of the previous committees expired. The Chandor Church PPC has 64 members elected by the 32 Somudais affiliated to it while 28 persons are elected by the 14 Somudais affiliated to the Guirdolim Chapel. While Parish Priest Fr Jean da Cruz Fernandes heads the Chandor PPC as the Chairman, Assistant Parish Priest Fr Afzal Fernandes is also a member. Fr James Torres e Silva heads the Guirdolim Chapel PPC as...
read moreGidwon leaves behind pleasant memories
It is said that God takes away those he loves at the earliest probably so that they do not let any sin tar their character and that is exactly what happened to Claudius D’Costa more popularly known as Gidwon who breathed his last on 14th April 2024 Goa Medical College Hospital, Bambolim. Gidwon whose elders lived for more than 90 years, passed away at the age of 74 after valiantly battling pneumonia in the intensive care unit of GMC for some time. That he was much loved and admired in the twin villages of Guirdolim and Chandor-Cavorim was...
read moreSon of the soil is Auxiliary Bishop
Son of the red soil of the twin villages of the erstwhile capital of Goa, Rev Simiao Purificacao Fernandes was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman by the Holy Pope Francis on Saturday, April 5. The 57-year-old priest hailing from Guirdolim was the Director of St Pius X Pastoral Institute at Old Goa where all new priests are trained in their duties and responsibilities. He was born in the month of Lord Jesus Christ’s birth, on 21st December 1967 to Victor Fernandes and Ana Santana Costa, both of whom must be looking...
read moreVillage cleaned for Easter
In keeping with the Lenten spirit of cleansing of the soul for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott (GBE) cleaned the village of all the garbage strewn by the roadside so that people get to see cleanliness as they rejoiced in the Lord’s resurrection. Three labourers bore the blazing sun for 9 days to collect plastic, paper and other waste strewn by the roadsides of Chandor-Cavorim and the area around the Church leading right up to Monte in Guirdolim. The labourers were not only supervised but also joined by GBE members...
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