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PANAJI
The State government may have washed its hands off but Goans from all corners are rushing in to support the Coelho siblings - Dayne and Katya - who will take a shot at earning a medal for the country at Jakarta in the mixed team RS: One category in the ongoing Asian Games.
As reported by The Goan, Dayne and Katya have been practicing at Jakarta since August 4 with old equipment and efforts by their dad, Donald, to get them new equipment by dashing off to Singapore on Monday met with partial success.
Donald, himself an ace sailor and who also doubles up as Coach of the Indian team at Jakarta, managed to buy the only available board for Dayne. For Katya, with no new board available for outright purchase, he has managed to lease one in Jakarta itself.
A score of Goans and organizations, including the school where Katya studies - the Ardee School - have offered to support in terms of equipment and have got in touch with Donald through text messages and phone calls.
Shefali Varma, the chairperson of Ardee School got in touch with Donald and pledged to help his
