Clean Up Goa: Community wields Camera for Change
Channel: VideoVolunteers
Date: 2014-03-25

Most commonly identified as one of India's top holiday destinations, Goa comes complete with its sun-and-sand picturesque world & susegad life. However, there is another side to Goa, a side that often remains forgotten by a world lulled by the hot sun & potent psychedelia of Goa. Sulochana has been working for several years now to identify & change issues which plague the otherwise easy-going people of Goa. 

"I've worked closely with the community in Saligaon village several times in these last few years. In around April 2013 they approached me to help them with a health hazard in their village. I agreed to go for a reconnaissance and on reaching there, was convinced I needed to help them. 

Diago had returned to Goa after almost 3 decades to find that the neighbouring slaughter house functioned such, that it was impossible to live beside it. Despite past requests & inspections, the owners of the slaughterhouse didn't seem to understand the community's concerns with their current practices.  To begin with, they dumped all their waste in a nearby drain, which then caused an absolutely unholy horrific smell. I thought I would lose consciousness the first time I went close up to the drain to film! Schoolchildren walked by this drain daily. When I saw the situation, I didn't know where to begin. Do I identify the health hazards, like mosquitoes, sickness, bad smell, rats, other vermin or the legality of running such an establishment? I decided to focus on the drain because that the first thing I noticed when I got there, and it definitely bothered the entire community.  

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