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MAY 4
Embrace the outdoors  
Learn to set up a campsite, design and build a treehouse, observe  birds and nature etc from May 4 to 7 at Cajueiro Homestead, Valpoi. In  addition you can eat nutritious local meals made from farm vegetables  and fruits, learn jungle survival skills, make tools and weapons etc.    
Contact: 9823572035  
Jumble sale
The Women’s Forum, YMCA, Panaji, will be organizing their  annual Monsoon Magic sale in June 2017. Proceeds from the sale will be  utilized for their ongoing social service project Adoption from a  Distance. Donations are invited in the form of clean, wearable  clothes, books, toys and household items in working condition that can  be dropped off at the YMCA from Monday to Saturday between 10 am and 5  pm. 
Contact: 9822582022, 9423170317

Visual art and theatre 
Sunaparanta is happy to announce another  exciting year in Visual Arts and Theatre, beginning June 2017. The Mango  Tree after school art programme will be held every Thursday for age  group 5 to 9 years while the Pencil to Portfolio programme will be  divided into two batched. The Junior batch  (10-13 years) will be held  every Friday while the Advanced batch (13-18 years) will be held every  Saturday. In Stages- A Theatre company for young adults will have  classes from age group 12-16 years every Saturday
Contact: 2421311, 9767864206 , 9370675100 

Summer classes  
Learn Kudo under Sensei Nityanand, Bokwa dancing and Piloxing with  certified trainer Shraddha, basketball with coach Andy, carron,  badminton, cooking, Djhember African beats and more from April 4 to May   10, 9 am to 12.30 pm (Monday- Saturday) at Kids’ Kingdom International  School, Porvorim  
Ages: 1 ½ to 12 years  
Contact: 0832-2414887 / 9890178335  

May 5
Mexican delight
Southern India’s leading Tex-Mex chain ‘Habanero’ in Baga, is celebrating the Mexican ‘Cinco De Mayo’ holiday on May 5 .
Contact:  9717025647


Audio book 
The audiobook Os Lusíadas como nunca os ouviu will be  presented at CLP-Camões, Panaji on May 5, the International Day of the  Portuguese Language and Culture. The project of António Fonseca includes  speakers from East Timor, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique,  Angola, Macao, Sao Tome and Principe, the Portuguese diaspora in Boston,  and Goa. During the event, students of the summer course recently held  at CLP will make a presentation on the Community of Portuguese Language  Speaking Countries (CPLP).
Contact: 7030655664


Economics talks
 ‘Growth and Climate: Friends or foes’ a lecture by  Dr Rajat Kathuria (PhD University of Maryland, College Park), Director  and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International  Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi will be held on May 5, 6 pm at  International Centre Goa, Dona Paula.  
Contact: 2452805-10
Art classes
Learn what you can do with paper and enrol  yourself in a papier mache workshop from May 5 to 7, 4.30 pm at Carpe  Diem Art Gallery - Majorda. Also, Girish Gujar will conduct an intensive  watercolour workshop from May 12 to 13, 3 to 6 pm.
Contact: 2881035

May 6  
Abba tribute  
Purplive is all set to organise The Show - A Tribute to Abba’ on May 6, at Dr Shyam Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Taleigao.  
Cooking workshop
A Bakery and cookery workshop will be conducted by Fatima Moniz on May 6 and 7, 3 to 6 pm at  Raia .
Contact: 9370275702, 08322776035  

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Congolese plantation sprouts art centre to help the poor

There is no tap water, electricity or shops in Lusanga, a Congolese town once known as Leverville where the Dutch-British conglomerate Unilever long ran a profitable palm oil plantation.

The Goan Network
Published May 3, 2017, 6:40 PM IST
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Marthe BOSUANDOLE/AFPBut the 15,000 onetime workers living on the land recently found new hope in a stark contemporary art centre called the “White Cube” which stands somewhat strangely on the African skyline. Funded in part by chocolate sculptures and aimed at redressing the wrongs of the colonial past, the project seeks to promote local art and crafts while helping breathe new life into sustainable farming.The town in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo was…

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