--------------------------------------------------------**** ------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ---------------------------****------------------------ GOACAN to observe National Nutrition Week ----------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN will observe National Nutrition Week from 1st September with a view to creating awareness among consumers on the importance of exercising their right to be informed and the right to choice when consuming packaged food items and junk food.
A special focus of the GOACAN awareness campaign will be on theimportance of including fruits & vegetables in a consumers daily diet and the methods of growing these fruits & vegetables in an organic way free from chemical fertilisers & pesticides in kitchen gardens. GOACAN will also create an awareness among consumers on the need to reduce the wastage of food, understand the impacts of unsustainable eating habits and the impact of the same on their health and the environment. GOACAN will seek to network information from individuals & agencies involved in training and guidance to families, housing societies & educational institutions who wish to use workable models and best practices. During the week GOACAN volunteers will distribute leaflets and informationslips to consumers with the assistance of the village based consumer forums and campus based Consumer Welfare Cells. **------------------------------**-------------------- 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 mail: goa...@gmail.com **** **------------------------------**----------------------------------- ** **