Monday, April 28, 2008
Sangath gets MacArthur Foundation 2008 international prize
Sangath, a non-profit, delivers health care and other services in Goa. It was recognized earlier this month with the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation international prize for Creative & Effective Institutions for 2008. It was one of 8 organizations from 6 countries to receive this award.
"Sangath plans to use the prize money ($350,000) entirely to achieve one of its longstanding dreams: to build a center for child development, mental health and public health research," in Porvorim, Goa where its current offices are, the organization says on its website www.sangath.net. Being rooted in the community, Sangath has also urged people to help it find a reasonably priced plot of land to build the center.
Founded in 1996 with just seven staff, it is now considered the largest and most successful health related NGO in Goa, with more than 80 employees providing services, conducting research, and running training programs. Its managing committee includes a lawyer and writer, a psychiatrist, a medical epidemiologist, an educationist, a child rights author, and a leading journalist all directed to the mission of carrying out innovative research to promote health, and to directly provide services, counseling, and models of health care to serve those who live in Goa.
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"Sangath plans to use the prize money ($350,000) entirely to achieve one of its longstanding dreams: to build a center for child development, mental health and public health research," in Porvorim, Goa where its current offices are, the organization says on its website www.sangath.net. Being rooted in the community, Sangath has also urged people to help it find a reasonably priced plot of land to build the center.
Founded in 1996 with just seven staff, it is now considered the largest and most successful health related NGO in Goa, with more than 80 employees providing services, conducting research, and running training programs. Its managing committee includes a lawyer and writer, a psychiatrist, a medical epidemiologist, an educationist, a child rights author, and a leading journalist all directed to the mission of carrying out innovative research to promote health, and to directly provide services, counseling, and models of health care to serve those who live in Goa.
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Labels: awards, delivers, Goa, health care, journalist, MacArthur Foundation 2008 international prize, public health research, Sangath
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
‘Children Walking Tall' helps street children in Goa
There are hundreds of children living in slums and on the streets in Goa alone, and when Robert Lyon came to this tourist haven three years ago, he decided to stay on to look after some of them.
Some are orphans, others runaways, and almost all are not from Goa. So Lyons and his friend Shermina, who came to work with another NGO, decided to set up their own.
They founded Children Walking Tall, and registered in the United Kingdom in 2004 and in India in February 2005.(www.childrenwalkingtall.com)
Along with four local employees and regular volunteers from abroad coming at their own expense, the 35-year-old computer programmer turned social worker continues the work on his own.
With no funding either from international organizations or governments, Lyon currently has seven volunteers from abroad and four permanent staff. Over the last couple of years, they managed to rebuild a shell of a building into a beautiful home for the children and named it Mango House.
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Some are orphans, others runaways, and almost all are not from Goa. So Lyons and his friend Shermina, who came to work with another NGO, decided to set up their own.
They founded Children Walking Tall, and registered in the United Kingdom in 2004 and in India in February 2005.(www.childrenwalkingtall.com)
Along with four local employees and regular volunteers from abroad coming at their own expense, the 35-year-old computer programmer turned social worker continues the work on his own.
With no funding either from international organizations or governments, Lyon currently has seven volunteers from abroad and four permanent staff. Over the last couple of years, they managed to rebuild a shell of a building into a beautiful home for the children and named it Mango House.
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Labels: Goa, india, NGO, Robert Lyon, street childern, United Kingdom
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Mother of dead United Kingdom girl fears Goa police may charge her
The mother of a British teenager who was raped and murdered last month in Goa said on March 12 that she was worried at the possibility of police charging her with neglect for leaving her daughter alone.
Scarlett Keeling, 15, was found dead on a beach in Goa in February. At the time, her mother was away in Karnataka, according to police.
"I am worried at these reports. The police are deflecting the real issue and taking the focus away by saying that I neglected my daughter which is not true," Fiona MacKeown told Reuters from Goa.
"She was not alone and was under the care of a very responsible person. The police are only trying to cover up the case and I don't have any faith in them."
A police officer said charging MacKeown for neglect was a possibility but declined to say anything more.
"There are provisions under Indian laws to charge her with neglect," said Kishan Kumar, a senior police officer handling the case. "That is a possibility, but we are not saying anything more now".
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Scarlett Keeling, 15, was found dead on a beach in Goa in February. At the time, her mother was away in Karnataka, according to police.
"I am worried at these reports. The police are deflecting the real issue and taking the focus away by saying that I neglected my daughter which is not true," Fiona MacKeown told Reuters from Goa.
"She was not alone and was under the care of a very responsible person. The police are only trying to cover up the case and I don't have any faith in them."
A police officer said charging MacKeown for neglect was a possibility but declined to say anything more.
"There are provisions under Indian laws to charge her with neglect," said Kishan Kumar, a senior police officer handling the case. "That is a possibility, but we are not saying anything more now".
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: British teenager, Fiona MacKeown, Goa, Keeling's case, Scarlett Keeling, United Kingdom
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