Thank you Miguel. Goa Sudharop appreciates your kind words. --- On Fri, 1/15/10, Miguel Braganza <miguelbraga...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
Dears, You may like to be aware of the encouragement and support for activities/education that could be availed in deserving cases from Goa Sudharop Trust, Goa and Goa Sudharop Inc, USA. Last year the GBA's booklet demystifying RP2021 for village committees PLAN YOUR VILLAGE was first published in English with Goa Sudharop funds. the Konkani and Marathi versions were published through other sponsorships, including the Vicente Xavier Verodiano Award of Rs.1.00 lakh given by Dom Martin. I was specially touched that GS has recognized the selfless dedication to Goa's environment by the villagers of Colomb-Quepem. Mathew Antao is a young truck driver who has been arrested for stalling illegal mining activity. Rama Lavu Velip, who is spearheading the movement was there at the award ceremony, too. So was Durgadas Gaokar, the GAKUIVED President who is also spearheading the action against the expansion of a insecticide factory in Corlim-Tiswadi on the banks of the river Mandovi. The only recognition these activists regularly get is from the lathi of policemen and the pen of the lawyers representing the industrial lobbies. They need GS and each one of us to rally around them and prevent their spirit from being broken by despondency and cynicism. Goa is because Opinion Poll was won. Mog asundi Miguel
