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Founders Day Celebrated
For the first time since its inception in 2008 Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott celebrated Founders Day on 21st January 2023 mainly to give its members and their families an opportunity to interact with one another and understand the aims and objectives of the organization thereby creating a Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott family. “Our members are always doing something or the other for the organization and hence we thought it was apt to give something back to them through this programme where they would just relax,” said founder member, former President and...
read moreTwin Villagers join protest to protect Mhadei waters
Nearly 115 people from the twin villages of Guirdolim and Chandor-Cavorim participated in the rally held at Sanquelim on 16th January 2923 to protest against the attempts to divert waters of River Mhadei to Karnataka. While 105 travelled to the venue in the three buses hired for the purpose, others travelled in their own vehicles. Founder member and former President of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott John Douglas Coutinho was up on the stage twice. Once for symbolically putting water in a bann kept on the stage to symbolize waters of all...
read moreJohn Fernandes’ success in composting kitchen waste
As garbage management is emerging as a major problem all over the State with even the Chief Minister of Goa Dr Pramod Sawant admitting that his administration has failed to find a solution to this problem as funds allotted by the government are being misused or manipulated, Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott President John Fernandes, has successfully created over 100 kgs of compost over the last two years by only using the vegetable and fruit waste generated in his house. John shared his experience in preparing compost at home and it was published in the...
read moreChandor Celebrates famed Feast of Epiphany
The feast of Epiphany more popularly called the feast of the Three Kings or Three Wise Men was celebrated with solemnity at the Church of Our Lady of Bethlehem with the associated pomp and grandeur. Three youngsters from the village, representing the three wise men from the East who visited Baby Jesus after his birth at Bethlehem descended from the chapel at the mount to reach the church at 10 am where the solemn high mass was celebrated with Parish Priest of Sancoale Church Fr. Kenneth Telles as the main celebrant. The three riding horses...
read moreTwin villages cleaned to welcome Baby Jesus
The twin villages of Guirdolim and Chandor-Cavorim look clean and pristine all ready to welcome Baby Jesus for Christmas thanks to a massive cleanliness drive undertaken by all the organisations operating the villages including the elected panchayat bodies and the Basic Christian Communities more commonly known as Somudais, of both Chandor and Guirdolim. How it looked before cleaning ...
read moreChristmas Party for Senior Citizens in 2022
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held its annual Christmas Party for Senior Citizens on 19th December in the Chandor Club premises which was attended by 230 senior villagers from the twin villages of Guirdolim and Chandor-Cavorim. This programme had Jose Coutinho as the project manager with Gidwan D’Costa and Francis Hanchik Peixoto assisting him as joint project managers and went on smoothly without any bumps or hiccups. The party commenced at 9:30 am and Francisco D’Souza from Modemwado in Guirdolim, who was the first to come to the venue was given...
read moreInteracting with the Guirdolim, Chandor-Cavorim Village Panchayat members
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott had a healthy interaction with members of the Guirdolim and Chandor-Cavorim Village Panchayats in the last threenmonths where various ideas aimed at making life easier for the inhabitants of the two villages were discussed. The Guirdolim panchayat agreed to undertake a survey of the migrants living in the village including those living in rental premises. This was decided upon in a bid to increase the revenue of the panchayat so that more funds can be collected to do more work in the village. The panchayat members...
read moreInteracting with the Guirdolim, Chandor-Cavorim Village Panchayat Members
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott had a healthy interaction with members of the Guirdolim and Chandor Cavorim Village Panchayats in the last two months where various ideas aimed at making life easier for the inhabitants of the two villages were discussed. The Guirdolim panchayat agreed to undertake a survey of the migrants living in the village including those living in rental premises. This was decided upon in a bid to increase the revenue of the panchayat so that more funds can be collected to do more work in the village. The panchayat members disclosed...
read moreGBE’s Fund Raising Projects
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott conducted two fund raising projects in the 2022 and both projects were hugely appreciated by the crowd as both the programmes were entertainers being a Konkani Tiatr and a Konkani Natak. Tiatr being a well known form of entertainment in the area, netted a profit of Rs. 1,09,580/- while Natak which was staged for the first time in the village did not earn any profits for the organization. On 1st May 2022 established playwright Prince Jacob’s tiatr “Apunn Apnnak Dev Somestank” was staged in the open space in front of...
read moreThrilling Discover Goa 2022
After a hiatus of two years due to the pandemic, Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott very successfully held its much awaited and very adventurous programme for members and their families, namely Discover Goa. The Project Manager Jose Coutinho truly organised a very memorable adventure for the participants and he was ably assisted by the new General Secretary Francis Coutinho who were backed by founder member and former President John Douglas Coutinho. In all 36 people participated in this adventure which was held on 10th and 11th September. Quite a number...
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