------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN to observe Childrens Civic & Consumer Rights Week ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) will observe Childrens Civic & Consumer Rights Week from 14th to 20th November 2006 with a view to create awareness on the civic & consumer rights of children at the Village, Taluka, District and State level. During the week which will commence on Childrens Day and will end on the United Nations Child Rights Day, GOACAN will network with the village based Consumer Forums to promote awareness & provide information on the Civic & Consumer Rights of children in the local area. GOACAN will highlight the salient points of the Consumer Protection Act 1986 and the Goa Childrens Act 2003, the importance of the Village Child Committees and the role of the community in promotion and protection of the civic & consumer rights of children. During the week GOACAN will also write to various High Schools encouraging them to set up Consumer Welfare Clubs in their educational institutions with a view to promote awareness among children on their civic and consumer rights. Consumer Forum volunteers will organise phone in's and visits to various Departments and offices of other Govt. & Non-Govt.organizations to inquire about various facilities available & procedures to be followed to achieve the civic and consumer rights of children. During the week consumer activists will also publicize the postal address, telephone & fax numbers and email id of various authorities concerned with the care & development of children such as Department for Women & Child Development, Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), Goa State Commission for Children, Childrens Welfare Committee (CWC) and the Education Department. Children, Parents, Guardians and PTA members are requested to send copies of their suggestions/complaints on the implementation of the civic and consumer rights of children by post to GOACAN Post Box 187, Margao Goa 403 601 or by email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> during this week. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.2/528 - Release Date: 11/10/2006 _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org