A thought provoking message from Oscar Furtado , President of the Goan Overseas Association, Toronto , Canada. .. 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 WORLD GOA DAY - 10th Anniversary 20..8.2010 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOO To Goans all around the world, Many Goan Associations and groups of Goans around the world have already hosted events to celebrate this special day, ‘World GOA Day’. A day that reminds us of our proud heritage - one that is worth preserving for future generations of Goans. The next generation is hungry for information about their past, where they came from, what’s in their DNA. Well, lets not waist this important chance to share this day with them. I encourage every Association around the world to take our celebrations one step further. As President of the Goan Overseas Association in Toronto we decided to make strategic changes to our annual calendar to ensure we focused on culture and the next generation. One of our primary goals was to create an opportunity for the next generation to learn about their culture and celebrate it year round. To us the solution was simple – establish specific portfolios that focused on the youth and family. Once we did this, we created specific portfolios that focused on Goan dance, language and cooking lessons. This was our way to help preserve our culture as most of the “next generation’ of Goans within our Association are now born in Canada – hungry for knowledge about GOA and their culture. I share this with you mainly for you to understand our thinking that we now designate many events throughout the year as our ‘events’ to celebrate World Goa Day. We want this to be part of our daily life. When we migrated to Canada, we brought a part of GOA with us and we plan to share that with future generations. Oscar Furtado., President., Goan Overseas Association, Toronto - Canada. http://www.goatoronto.com/ WORLD GOA DAY - TORONTO 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 A thought provoking message : GOANS ..........TOGETHER for a better GOAN WORLD. Lets JUST DO IT !! renebarreto Goanworld : http://worldgoan.blogspot.com/ WORLD GOA DAY 20.8.2010 WORLD KONKANI DAY WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATIONS ==========================================