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‘You and Your Neighborhood’ Podcast The ‘You and Your Neighborhood’ podcast is a series focused on bottom-up approaches to human settlement issues. Hosted by the Charles Correa Foundation in Goa; the podcasts will feature a variety of professionals, across disciplines, who have made a change at a neighborhood level all over India. The second podcast…
This 15th of August 2020, India’s 74th Independence day, Goan citizens and communities gathered to take up various initiatives in doing good for the state of Goa. 1. Silent protest until August 31 to protect Taleigao fields A few citizens from parts of North Goa joined in a silent protest since August 15th 2020,…
Posted on November 27, 2019
On 23 and 24 February 2019, the first-ever Games of Goa Festival was held in Loutulim, South Goa District. The weekend event offered participants the chance to learn about and play a wide range of traditional games alongside the guidance of organizer Kedar Borkar and friends. Long played by native Goans, many traditional games face…
In December 2018, a Bal Gram Sabha for the village of Aldona was organised by the village child welfare committee with the support of the child welfare group – Scan. The event included an awareness session for children on their rights, responsibilities and duties, as well as the schemes available for children. Students from local…
In honor of Earth Day 2019, on 28th April, several organizations and citizens came together to organize a Beach Clean Up at Anjuna Beach. In what was a unique event, not only did many locals, tourists, and hostel owners clean up the beach, but there was also plenty of fun through musical performance by ‘Musica…
The Goa Traffic Police’s Traffic Warden Scheme provides for citizens to get involved in road safety and traffic management issues at the Village Panchayat and Municipal levels. This is a purely volunteer driven scheme in which citizens can manage traffic in collaboration with the traffic police only. As part of this scheme, several senior citizens…
