{"id":3161,"date":"2025-07-11T10:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/?p=3161"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:24:27","slug":"three-countries-and-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/three-countries-and-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Three countries and a book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students from Goa, Cape Verde, and Portugal have come together to create the third edition of the book \u2018Stories from here and beyond\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

ELSTAN NAZARETH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In a unique initiative aimed at educating children on various environmental themes and the urgent need for sustainability, the Communicare Trust has worked with students from different countries to create a collection of books titled \u2018Stories from here and beyond\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

The themes of all three editions of this book are mainly directed towards the Sustainable Development Goals by UNESCO, which are aimed to be achieved by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n

In its first edition, children from Goa (from a Taleigao school) and Portugal worked on the goal Life on Water. The second edition saw children from Goa (from a St Cruz school), Portugal, and Mozambique working on the goal of Gender Equality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Trust has now recently released the third edition of the book that dwells on Climate Change and was created by the children from Cape Verde (an island on the west coast of Africa), Portugal, and Goa. In total, 500 students have authored this book. \u201cIn Goa, we worked with the students from Class 4 to 9 of St. Andrews ICSE School, Vasco,\u201d says the managing director of Communicare Trust Nalini De Souza.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, two other organisations (Avoar in Portugal headed by Rui Andrade and Cam\u00f5es in Cape Verde headed by Marina N\u00e9dio) worked with the children in Portugal and Cape Verde.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEach country worked on a separate story on the same topic. Following this, the stories were exchanged. The children from Goa then illustrated the story of Cape Verde, the story from Goa was illustrated by the Portuguese students and the Portuguese students’ story was illustrated by the students of Cape Verde,\u201d shares Souza.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to writing the stories, a workshop was\u00a0conducted to enlighten the students on the repercussions of climate change by an activist of the My Mollem Project. Documentary filmmaker Payal Kakkar\u00a0also\u00a0worked with them in helping students to understand the importance of mangroves.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cOne interesting thing about our books is that we don\u2019t write it only in one language. This book is written in Konkani (Romi-Script), in English, in Creole (language in Cape Verde)\u00a0and in Portuguese,\u201d says Souza, while expressing her gratitude to the Maria Crescencia Menezes Memorial Educational Trust, the Portuguesa Consulate in Goa and Cam\u00f5es -Centro de L\u00edngua Portuguesa\u00a0for helping in bringing this\u00a0book to life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from the book, the participant countries have also created three stop-motion short films that correspond to the three stories. \u201cWhen we go to schools or libraries, we present these movies,\u201d says Souza, adding that they are now in the process of preparing a set of downloadable PDFs with games and exercises connected to climate change, which teachers can use as resource material in classes. These will be accessible through the QR code on the back of the book.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Souza reveals that the two previous editions of the book did really well. The second edition was featured in a book house in Porvorim\u00a0and was also part of the Children\u2019s Book Festival in Margao\u00a0in February 2025. The books have also been\u00a0used for workshops and reading in school.<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, she hopes that the new book will also do well. \u201cI hope to take this book to the children\u2019s book festivals in Delhi and Pune as well,\u201d says Souza.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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