Goa Sudharop Seniors e-book launch and awards to orphanages(I)

PRESS RELEASE FROM GOA SUDHAROP

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Goa Sudharop Seniors e-book launch and awards to orphanages

Goa Sudharop Community Development Inc. a- non profit, volunteer working for betterment of Goa and Goans worldwide will launch Goa Sudharop Seniors e-book and make awards to Goan orphanages at the hands of their USA based co-founder Mr.George Pinto, on Tuesday, 8th May 2007 from 5.30 p.m, at Mandovi Hotel, Panjim.

The Seniors e-book is a collection of essay by and about Goa seniors from around the world. The book is edited by Valerie Rodrigues. Approximately, Rs.1, 75,000/- will be awarded to various Goan orphanages who serve orphans from different Goan communities, including some children who are affected by HIV/ AIDS.

These two features of the event are the concluding parts of the activities Goa Sudharop had programmed under the themes “Year of the Child” in 2005, and “Year of the Seniors” in 2006, respectively. The year 2007 is dedicated it the theme “Year of the Environment”.

Since its inception, Goa Sudharop has partnered with various NGOs in Goa as Goa Desc, Green Cross, Bailancho Saad, Goa Foundation, Peoples’ Movement for Civic Action and other groups working at Goa’s grass root level. This premier Goan diasporas organization provides the vehicle that enables all Goans- resident and non- resident to give back to Goa in the form of time, money and skills.  

Besides organization- based- projects, Goa Sudharop supports and funds individuals who have done outstanding work in Goa, through the Annual Goa Sudharop Fellowship Awards instituted from the year 2000. These Fellowships not only reflect Goa Sudharop’s continuing commitment to certain key issues like children’s’ and women’s’ rights, civil rights and the environment, but also allows Goa Sudharop to build living partnerships with outstanding individuals and groups in Goa, all working with a common mission- the betterment of Goa and Goans worldwide. For more information, visit our web site: www.goasudharop.org or contact Ibonio M.B.D’Souza at 2751002 or melicio@hotmail.com.