000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Goans and Friends of Goa ! Extract from the GIN's webiste Goans in the Netherlands : http://www.goacom.com/gin/g/aboutGIN.htm You can write to them at : [EMAIL PROTECTED] , I am sure they ( The GIN's : - ) ) will be glad to hear from you .. Goans in and around the Netherlands ..or ..from wherever you may be. A day to make us feel 'Proud to be Goans'. It is celebrated on August 20th all over the world . The Netherlands has been home for Goans (People from Goa, India) for a long time. At least 45 years. A few of them had contact and presumed that they were the only Goans in the Netherlands. There are a lot of people from Surinam here. They look like Goans which made it difficult to approach every one who resembled a Goan. Internet came along. Goans got connected to the cyberworld. Then out of the blue came Miss Fredrica Cortez. Being all alone she made it her hobby to seek and unite the Goans in the Netherlands. She organized the first Picnic in 1999. It was a success. The second Picnic was held on the 15th of July. It drew an even larger crowd than the first. We all had a nice time. This site is dedicated to the Goans in the Netherlands. As events take place and photos come along they will be available to be viewed here. We are in the process of compiling a Database of all the Goans here and would like if you, the Goans In the Netherlands, e-mail us and give us your particulars. Just simple details like your names and telephone numbers, your children's names and age, hobbies and e-mail address. The purpose of this information is so that we can leave a network for our children. They are and will be here. They maybe able to use this information someday and keep the Goan flame burning. In the meantime lets have fun together. You are welcome to send poems, stories, drawings, paintings or any other form of artistic expression to this site and they will be published. 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 GOAGOAGOA WORLD GOA DAY GOAGOAGOAGOAGOA WORLD GOA DAY- 20th of Augugst 2005 Bringing Goans TOGETHER to work TOGETHER ..................for a better Goanworld. 000000000000000000 An email address for every Goan wherever s/he may be. Please support our Partnership project Goanet,St.Xavier's College -Mapusa, Goa. 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000 rene barreto PROUD TO BE A GOAN ================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com