NFDC Film Bazar launched at IFFI 2019:To go on till Nov. 24

Prakash Kamat
Panaji, Nocember 21-Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday declared the 13th edition of NFDC’s Film Bazaar, open on the sidelines of 50th International Film Festival of India at Miramar near here.
 The Minister also launched the  new initiative of single window clearance with the link of the FFO promotional film - shorturl.at/wHK46
The 13th Edition of Film Bazaar will be held from 20-24 November 2019 at the Marriott Resort in Goa, India.
Celebrating its 13th edition this year, the annual NFDC’s Film Bazaar has become a beacon of hope for budding filmmakers of South Asia. The platform has evolved into a one-stop shop for filmmakers, producers, sales agents, distributors, film festival programmers and financiers from around the world; a marketplace that encourages collaboration between the South Asian and international film fraternities
The Knowledge Series is a series of specially curated presentations, panel discussions and lectures by filmmakers, producers, top executives of film organizations involved in content production, aggregation and distribution.
Prasoon Joshi and Siddharth Roy Kapur will be seen discussing ways to empower the youth with skill development in one of the panels, while Vani Tripathi Tikoo will be in discussion with Shobu Yarlagadda (Producer of ‘Baahubali’) and Vishal Bhardwaj on cinema inspiring entrepreneurs. Another engaging panel will have Soundarya Rajinikanth and Nandita Roy amongst others discussing the changing role of women in Indian cinema, while film critic Anupama Chopra will be seen engaging Josh Seigel, Curator, Dept of Film MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York in a conversation. Others industry participants on the various panels include actor Sanjay Suri, cinematographers Shanker Raman and Tapan Basu, screenwriters Atika Chohan, Kanika Dhillon, and filmmaker Sharat Katariya. 
New additions at Film Bazaar this year include a separate segment titled “Behind the Silver Screen, Empowering the Aspirants” focused on skill development for students. This segment will have a series of workshops by industry veterans such as Actor Adil Hussain, Filmmaker Meghna Gulzar, CBFC Chairman Prasoon Joshi, Vani Tripathi Tikoo, Puneet Krishna, Rajiv Krishna Menon, Subhash Ghai, Shylaja Chetlur.
Also for the first time WIP lab projects will get a chance to pitch their films to potential investors, producers, sales agents, distributors, festival programmers in an Open Pitching session at the venue.
Another addition is the Producers’ Workshop, which is remodeled this year into an adaptive space for producing professionals in early stages of their careers. This year 20 projects from USA, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Taiwan and India have been selected to participate in the workshop.
The Co-production Market is a platform for filmmakers of a few curated projects to pitch their films to a selected audience of industry professionals including national and international producers, distributors, sales agents and financiers.
This year’s selection presents 14 projects from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, France, Nepal, Singapore and USA across languages like Hindi, English, Bengali, Malayalam, Assamese, Nepali, Dzongkha (Bhutanese) and Gujarati from established filmmakers as well as new talent. Out of 14 films selected in CPM, 3 are by female filmmakers.
The Work-in-Progress Lab includes five films who will get too screen their rough cuts to the panel of mentors and receive an in-depth one-on-one feedback. The mentors of this year’s WIP Lab are Philippa Campbell, Derek Malcolm, Olivia Stewart, Marco Muller, Jacques Comets, Lizi Gelber. The five projects selected in WIP lab this year include four debut films (Pedro, Swizerland, Uljhan, Shankar’s Fairies), one of which is by a female filmmaker (Shankar's Fairies). Films are in three Indian languages – three in Hindi, one in Kannada and one in Gojri.
The Viewing Room is designed to present films seeking finishing funds, world sales, distribution partners and film festivals to film programmers, distributors, world sales agents and investors.
Those interested can view the film on individual computer screens in segregated booths.
This year 213 films are available to view in the Viewing Room Library of which 154 are feature films and 59 are short films. 89 out of 213 films submitted are debut features. The films are in more than 30 languages including languages like Maithili, Sinhala, Galo, Gojri, Bodo, Gondi/Muria.
Film Bazaar Recommends 26 feature films to watch out for from out of the 213 films submitted in Viewing Room. The filmmakers of these films get to show their trailers and pitch to investors. Out of 26 FBR films, 16 are debut features and 4 are by women filmmakers.
Industry Screenings of a total of 36 films is scheduled at Film Bazaar this year. These films are in 11 Languages - Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Odia, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Konkani, Gujarat. There are 5 International Films, 29 Feature Films, 5 Short Films, 2 Documentaries, 2 Animated films, 19 Debut Directors. Out of 26 Film Bazaar Recommends films, 4 are from industry screenings
Film Offices of 12 Indian states are participating in Film Bazaar this year. These are, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka. A workshop on creating an effective ‘Single Window’ ecosystem will be held at Film Bazaar with sessions by Jess Conoplia (President, Association of Film Commissioners International) and T.C.A. Kalyani (Managing Director, NFDC) amongst others.
"Film Bazaar is a platform exclusively created to encourage collaboration between the international and South Asian film fraternities. The market aims at facilitating sales for world cinema in the region,says Ms. Kalyani.(eom)

Superstar Rajinikanth bestowed with the Icon of Golden Jubilee award at the opening of IFFI 2019.

Prakash Kamat

Panaji,November 20-The 50th Golden Jubilee edition of International Film Festival of India(IFFI 2019) opened in the  presence of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchanand South Indian superstar Rajinikanth, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other dignitaries at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium near here on Wednesday.

IFFI is jointly organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Goa Government's Entertainment Society of Goa.

The inaugural ceremony of the premier Indian film festival was hosted by ace filmmaker Karan Johar.

A postal stamp commemorating 50th edition of IFFI was also released on the occasion by Mr. Javadekar. 

Superstar Rajinikanth was bestowed with the Icon of Golden Jubilee award during the opening  ceremony of International Film Festival of India 2019. Speaking on the occasion, he thanked the Indian government for honouring him with this award. The megastar said that he dedicates this award to all his  producers, directors and technicians who worked in his  films.

This year, IFFI honoured  one of French cinema's iconic actresses, Isabelle Huppert, with the  festival’s highest honour Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony. She has appeared in more than 120 films and is the most nominated actress for the Cesar Award, with 16 nomination

Bachchan was also  felicitated during the opening ceremony of IFFI 2019. 

A special felicitation  recognized the contributions of Indian legends like Ramesh Sippy, N. Chandra and PC Sreeram at the inaugural event.

The 50th edition celebrates cinematic excellence from Russia, in the Country Focus section. Eight films will be showcased in this segment.

John Bailey, cinematographer and former President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences heads the International Jury of the 50th International Film Festival of India. Part of the Jury at IFFI 2019 are French filmmaker Robin Campillo, also on the Cannes 2019 International Jury; Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yang, Scottish filmmaker- writer and cinematographer Lynne Ramsay, and eminent Bollywood filmmaker Ramesh Sippy. They were felicitated on the occasion

Musician Shankar Mahadevan gave a riveting performance with the Godfather of Indian ‘Jazz’ Louis Banks.(eom)

Govt of India working on single window system for film permissions: Prakash Javadekar

Prakash Kamat
Panaji, November 20-The nine-day 50th edition of International Film Festival.of India(IFFI),jointly organised by the Union Directorate of Film Festivals under Ministry of Information& Broadcasting and the Goa government's Entertainment Society of Goa got underway near Panaji on Wednesday.

Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry is in the process of formulating a single window system to ease processing of film shooting permissions and clearances, Central Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday.
He described cinema as India's soft power, along with fields of Information Technology and music I his address at the inaugural of the film festival.
"India has such scenic locations, sites, but for shoots, one has to take 15 - 20 permissions. We are starting a single window system for (permission) for shootings. Goa, Leh Ladkah and Andaman and Nicobar will also benefit," he said.
Stating that Indian films are popular across the world, Mr. Javadekar said,"Wherever I go, there are Indian film aficionados, even in China. There is no limitation of language. It is art and performance which touches peoples' hearts. We have to further India's soft power."
Javadekar heckled during speech:
Minister Javadekar who is also Minister for Environment and Forest was heckled by sloganeering protestors during the inaugural session of the 50th edition of the IFFI on Wednesday, who accused him of betraying Goa's interest in the ongoing tussle between Karnataka over sharing of water of the Mhadei river.
Police detained three slogan-shouting youth.
Earlier,hundreds of party workers from the Congress, Goa Forward and activists of NGOs also staged a protest outside the IFFI campus in Panaji on Wednesday, protesting Javadekar's refusal to withdraw his Ministry's permission to Karnataka's controversial Kalasa-Banduri project, aimed at diverting water from the Mhadei river.
Several party workers of the Congress, Goa Forward party, who were part of the protesting group, were arrested.
The protestors demonstrated outside Inox multiplex complex in the city,where the festivals' films are scheduled to be screened, also held placards saying "Go Back Javadekar".
"Javadekar has betrayed Goa and has caused great injustice to it people by giving a green nod to the Kalasa-Banduri project illegally," Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar said.
On Tuesday, Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat had said that Javadekar should abstain from attending the inaugural session of the IFFI on Wednesday, because he had failed the people of Goa, vis a vis its water dispute with Karnataka.
“Javadekar should avoid coming to the inaugural function of the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India, because he has caused huge injustice to the people of Goa by not withdrawing his Ministry’s letter allowing Karnataka to go ahead with the Kalasa-Banduri dam project,” had said.
On Tuesday, Javadekar turned down Goa government’s request for withdrawal of the MoEF’s letter issued last month giving the Karnataka government a go-ahead for the Rs. 841 crore Kalasa-Banduri project, which aims to divert water from the Mhadei river to the water deficit basin of the Malaprabha river. Karnataka has claimed the project as for drinking water purposes.
The Mhadei river originates in Karnataka and flows down to Goa  where it meets the Arabian sea near Panaji.
An inter-state water disputes tribunal, set up by the Central government, after hearing the over two-decade-old Mhadei river water sharing dispute among Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra, in August 2018 allotted 13.42 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) (including 3.9 TMC for diversion into the depleted Malaprabha river basin) to Karnataka
The feelings on the issue continue to be very strong in Goa as the people of the State consider Mhadei which turns Mandovi once it enters Goa and flows maximum length in the tiny coastal State as "State's lifeline."(eom)

Golden Jubilee IFFI 2019 to open in Panaji on Wednesday with "Despite the fog"

Prakash Kamat
Panaji, November 19-Mega star of Indian movies Amitabh Bachchan will open the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India(IFFI) 2019 on Wednesday evening at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium near Panaji.

The 2019 Golden Jubilee edition of the International Film Festival of India(IFFI) will open in Goa from Wednesday with the screening of the film “DESPITE THE FOG” (Nonostante La Nebbia) Directed by acclaimed documentarian Goran Paskaljevic representing Italy.
Over ten thousand refugees of minors without parental care are wandering today in Europe, half of which are on Italian roads. “Despite the Fog” is a movie about one such refugee.
South Indian film industry mega star Rajanikanth will be awarded "Icon of the year" at the IFFI inaugural.
The film festival will close on November 28.
"Over 7000 delegates have confirmed their registrations," said Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant who heads Goa government's  Entertainment Society of Goa(ESG) which co-hosts the IFFI with Directorate of Film Festivals(DFF) which comes under Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Government of India.
The festival will see a variety of films in many languages from all around the world coming together under a single roof.
The  film festival will  screen over 250 movies from 76 countries, with Russia as the country of focus. It also includes 26 feature films and 15 non-feature films in the Indian Panorama section.
This year the country of focus is Russia and movies by the acclaimed filmmaker, TAKASHI MIIKE will be screened. The festival will also screen movies to homage to two great French filmmakers who passed away from our midst, Bernardo Bertolucci and Agnes Varda by featuring their acclaimed works.
2019 marks the 50th year of IFFI, which is often counted amongst one of the earliest film festivals of the Asian continent.(eom)

Prevent fires causing huge damage of property,lives,crops & pollution:Goa Environnental researcher tells Goa Chief Secrerary

Prakash Kamat
Panaji, November 18- A note for the Goa State Chief Secretary, Goa government on Prevention of wild fires in Goa during the vulnerable season  November 2019 to to May 2020.
The following note(made available to this blogger by researcher and Goan intellectual-writer-social activist Dr. Nandakumar Kamat himself,is based on his previous appeal to CS, Goa Dr. J.P.Singh ,IAS, who was supportive but couldnt initiate action as there were some other issues like regional plan agitation that year.
This year it would be a major natural disaster unless you follow these ideas and act immediately to save property, crops, lives and reduce pollution.
"Its a tragedy that I raise this issue every year with the authorities without much action," laments Dr. Kamat.
Due to
1. Extended monsoon there is more biomass
2. Due to high daily max temperature the dry biomass is prone to fire
3. The wind velocity increases from this month thus pumping in more Oxygen
4. Low soil moisture is promoting the forefront
YOU WOULD BE READING WILDFIRE INCIDENTS EVERY WEEK NOW SOME INVOLVING FORESTS, SOME INVOLVING CASHEW OR ARECA PLANTATIONS AND MOST INVOLVING INDUSTRIAL ESTATES ON PLATEAUS WITH GRASSlands and grassy hillsides.

1. The damages would astound the administration by February March 

(---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dr. Nandakumar Kamat <nkamat@unigoa.ac.in>
Date: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 4:52 PM
Subject: A note on action plan for prevention of wild fires in Goa casuing economic losses
To: cs-goa@nic.in
Cc: nandkamat@gmail.com)
Introduction:-
Every year wild fires cause a huge loss of property, vegetation, plantations, biodiversity and wildlife  besides increasing air pollution and disease load.  From November to  May Goa gets a dirty haze in the
atmosphere upto an altitude of three kms. because of this pollution. So far there is no co-ordinated action on this issue. to prevent such incidents. Most of the damage is controlled by the fire department when
thry get a call. Amendments to state fire act are necessary besides implementation of following actions before the dreaded wild fire season begins next month ( December 2019).
The meeting to be called by Revenue department would discuss the Action to be taken by the government
Departments/agencies/corporations  to be involved in action:-
1.      Chief fire officer ( to issue directions under state act)
2.      Forest dept.
3.      Home department and Goa Police
4.      State disaster management authority
5.      PWD
6.      GIDC
7.      Dir. Of  Panchayats
8.      Dir. Of municipal administration
9.      Goa state pollution control board
10.     Revenue authorities
11.     Dept. of information & publicity
12.     Agriculture dept.
13.     State housing board
14. IMD, Goa (to share information on weather esp. wind speed and direction)
Statement of the problem:-
Climate change has caused rapid soil moisture losss and increase in dry inflammable material. Old fire barriers such as walls of stones, fire resistant thorny trees at frm borers etc have been extinct. Every year non cutting of inflammable dry vegetation especially the wild grass causes fires-damaging live vegetation, wildlife, plantations, telecom cables, public property and causing massive air pollution. The acrid smoke affects the traffic and  increases respiratory illnesses. Wild fires reduce visibility disturbing the airborne  traffic. In advance preventive action by  all stakeholders can reduce and minimize the instances of wild fires. The following plan of action is suggested to the government.

The recommended action plan:-

Action Time span:- November 2019 for preventive action, December
2019 to May 2020 action for both prevention and control

The general principle to be observed in preventing fires is not to indulge in "controlled fires' or burning small strips of dry grass/vegetation. The vegetation needs to be cut, removed, buried/composted before it dries up
and then catches fire. All these operations need to be supervised by an authorised person trained by the firedepartment.
1.      The government must direct the chief fire officer to issue notices to all concerned parties with large areas which sport wild vegetation and have a chronic history of destructive widepsread fires-e.g. All India
radio, Goa University, Goa engineering college, Military camps, industrial estates etc. which are prone to wild fires every year. These parties need to be given a month’s time (ideally before November 30) to clear all the
inflammable wild grass and dry matter, on war footing . The fire officer must then inspect and verify the compliance.  The fire officer must be empowered to call a meeting of all stakeholders to apprise them of the
problems of wild fires and the measures to prevent these.
2.      The PWD (roads and highways) need to take preemptive action to cut the roadside bushes, wild grass etc. which is prone to fire every year. The action needs to be taken first along NH-17 A ( now 66) and NH-4 A, and Major district roads. Special attention needs to be paid to road shoulders near hairpin bends, ‘U” turns, and approaches to the bridges and culverts.
3.      The directorate of panchayats must issue a circular to all the village panchayats to clear the public areas prone to wild fires and also assist the communidades to do the same on hill slopes prone to wild fires every
year. The directorate must file a compliance report to the CS.
4.      The directorate of municipal administration must instruct the municipal councils to identify the areas prone to wild fires and cut the inflammable wild grass etc. well in advance before it catches fire.
5.      Huge wild fires are caused in Goa’s forest areas. Many a times this fire spreads from the shoulders of the roads towards the interiors. The forest department need to identify areas prone to such wild fires and take
preventive steps. It must also have contingency plans to deal with large scale forest fires.
6.      Goa state pollution control board is empowered to take action under air pollution control act. It must create awareness about the harmful effects of  wild fires. Using its’ mobile laboratory or portable samplers, It must monitor the ambient air quality in areas where large scale wild fires are reported and alert the people about pollution episodes.
7.      The Goa police must issue a public notice warning the pyromaniacs or anti social elements of stern action if they are found indulging in putting deliberate fires to wild vegetation and cashew, mango and other orchards, sugarcane and cash crop plantations.
8.      The government need to direct the GIDC to get the wild vegetation near the industrial units cleared in all the industrial estates before end of November 2019
30. On priority basis this has to be done near industries which are hazardous or use inflammable materials as raw material or finished products. Fire barriers need to be created by GIDC with fire retardant
materials.
9.      The agriculture department need to instruct the zonal agricultural offices to work closely with orchard/plantation (cashew, Mango, bananas) owners to maintain their areas free of wild grasses etc. which catch fire and cause economic losses. The ZAO’s must co-ordinate the clearance drive
to save the fertile fire prone areas.
10.     The state disaster management authority must get the records from previous years’ newspaper reports and the fire department’s duty logbooks to prepare a wildfire map of Goa. The time and place of many wild fires
can then be predicted .
11.     The directorate of information and publicity must launch an awareness campaign in both print and visual media to educate people and institutions on prevention of wild fires during the winter and summer.
12.     The Goa housing board must get all fire prone areas within the housing colonies promptly cleared.

The government may constitute a state level task force under the state disaster management authority  with representations of all above stake holders, NGOS and experts. The government must also open a 24 hours-Wild
fire prevention and control helpline active from November 21, 2019 till 31 May 2020 or
the onset of the monsoon whichever is later.
Financial and technical aspects:-the government need to provide some reasonable funds, grass cutting machines, fire retardants , water tanks and hired labourers for the suceess of the above actions from a central
pool.
It is my firm belief , on the basis of the study of this problem for many  years in the wild fire prone Goa University Campus, Taleigao, that if the above actions are positively taken before November 30, 2019 then it would reduce losses and people would also understand the importance of preventing disasters. Oherwise it would be same old story year after year.
I sincerely request the government to act on this matter in public interest urgently before the fire brigade receives the first call of this season.
--
Dr. Nandkumar M. Kamat,
Asst. Professor, Department of Botany, Goa University, Taleigao, Goa.

-Syngenta expands its R&D capabilities in Goa with a new State-of-Art Research Facility

Prakash Kamat
Panaji, November 5-Reinforcing Goa’s status as an innovation-friendly State, Dr Camilla Corsi, Global Head of Crop Protection Research, Syngenta,a global agriculture business company on Tuesday inaugurated a new “RATNA” Research and Technology Centre as an expansion of the current R&D facility of Syngenta Biosciences in the State.
Dr Corsi said, “This multi-purpose modern building will strengthen the site as a centre of excellence in chemical and analytical science adhering to the highest standards of health,safety and environment, and shall cater to the growing demands of the crop protection industry.
“In 2004, Syngenta was the first Agrochemical company to invest in an R&D centre in India recognizing the innovation potential in the country and the need for new solutions to meet the domestic market demand. This long term strategic commitment has been maintained since then and the opening of the new building marks an innovative milestone in the history of the site”, said Dr. Corsi.
“Syngenta’s commitment to accelerate innovation in a changing world aims at developing innovative crop protection solutions to meet challenges faced by growers all over the world. Crop Protection R&D is at the centre of this new innovation paradigm. Syngenta invests $1.3 billion in R&D annually and more than 5,000 Scientists contribute to Syngenta’s research globally. This investment in Goa SBPL recognizes the strong track record of delivery of a talented team that is fully integrated into the global Syngenta R&D network” added Dr Corsi further at the inauguration.
Dr JérômeCassayre, Head of Crop Protection Research Chemistry, said, “Delivering innovative and sustainable products to our customers can only be achieved by creating a stimulating environment for our scientists, also able to attract the future talents in our industry. Building on 13 years’ experience on the Syngenta SBPL site, “RATNA”
"The Centre- which currently employs more than 100 Scientists - will substantially grow in the near future through recruitment and development of new Syngenta workforce to meet the need of research and development using most advanced technologies”,said Dr Bhanu Manjunath, Director of the Research & Technology Centre, Syngenta Biosciences Pvt Ltd., Goa.
Located in a lush green area of 20 acres, the Centre at its Santa Monica Works, Corlim, around 12 km from Panaji will house various laboratories for discovery research, process and scale-up chemistry, analytical development, GLP labs and Central Warehouses.(eom)

Goa Rainbow Trust to bring Pride Week Celebrations to Goa kicking off from Nov. 3

Prakash Kamat in Panaji
November 2- The Goa Rainbow Trust(GRT), is bringing Pride Week Celebrations to Goa kicking off from November 3 with a finale of the Pride March on November 9 followed by the Post Pride March Celebrations.
It will begin with flash mobs at two undisclosed locations in Porvorim and Panjim, on the 3rd and 4th,respectively. This will be followed by a Pre-Pride Party co-hosted at The Park in Calangute on the 6th, which will include a string of performances curated by Sofar Sounds Goa and a night of socialising over food and drinks with people from across the country and the world.
For the 3rd year in a row, Goa Rainbow Trust will organise on the 9th, Pride De Goa 2019, Pride Parade, which will be held in Panjim.
The assembly point for the parade is Panjim Promenade, 3:30 pm onwards. The parade will commence at 4:00 pm and make it's way to Miramar beach. The parade will be embellished with posters and placards, slogans being voiced out, dances to the tunes of Dhols, a sky of rainbow flags and smiles on the faces of people in colorful outfits.
A team from The Lalit Hotel in Goa will also join the parade with water stalls along the route, and will walk with the crowd to show their support for the LGBTQ+ community. This Pride Parade will also mark as a celebration of Goa Rainbow Trust completing one year as a registered NGO. The Pride Week will conclude with a Post-Pride Party at Rudy’s Bar & Grill in Vagator with some more performances lined up by Sofar Sounds Goa.
The Goa Rainbow Trust team hopes to witness a large gathering of LGBTQ+ individuals and allies from Goa, as well as from the other States.They invite people from all walks of life and every shade from the spectrum of the rainbow to be a part of this Pride Week and support the peaceful fight towards an Inclusive Goa and India at large.
"We encourage all our supporters to wear their Pride colours proudly and join in the week long celebrations. We would like to thank all our partners, The Park, The Lalit, Rudy’s Bar & Grill, Sofar Sounds Goa, Stranger & Sons, Woodburns and White Owl for supporting us in making this what we hope will be an extraordinary week",says Chris A. Fernandes.
GRT is a registered NGO that works to empower, support, mentor the LGBTQ+ community in Goa, as well as create awareness about the issues faced by their members.
The GRT  aspire to create a safe environment for each and every individual, irrespective of sexual or gender identity and works towards making more allies.
They also aim at curating a safe space for expression, to celebrate the human element, to embrace vulnerability and to collectively strive for a positive change.
The members strongly believe that the LGBTQ+ individuals, like any other heterosexual individuals, deserve to enjoy equal rights as they too are citizens of India. Goa Rainbow Trust aims at creating a platform for support and guidance to the students, reaching out to those in slums with healthcare facilities and uniting the LGBTQ+ community in Goa.
They say,every drop makes an ocean,and Goa Rainbow Trust similarly feels that every bit counts. And they hope that everything they do through their contributions will surely start a chain reaction leading to a better tomorrow.
Reach out to 'Goa Rainbow Trust' on:

Website: www.goarainbowtrust.com
Facebook: Goa Rainbow Trust - GRT
Instagram: @goarainbowtrust
Twitter: @GoaRainbowTrust
Email: goarainbowtrust@gmail.com
Thanking you in anticipation,
Warm Regards,

Christine (Chris) M. Fernandes

CEO & Founder

Goa Rainbow Trust

Mobile: +918552017179

Website: www.goarainbowtrust.com

                     (File pictures)