STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA THANKS,  APPI , ( AZIM PREMJI PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVES ) one of India's biggest philanthropic organisation for supporting our 3 rehabilitation men's home for the next 3 years .

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It's been a long 8 months getting all the paperwork done, and here we are , ” The youngest NGO ever @ only 3 years old , ever to be granted funding under APPI “.

The work has spoken for itself. 

Our accounts and our systems passed the strictest of checks at APPI enabling us to get these grants inspite of being just 3 years old and with only 2 Balance Sheets in hand as the balance sheet for 19 -20 is yet to be finalized. 

That's the level of transparency we maintain @ Street Providence .

It's the transparency and the free flowing operation which had enabled us to run one of Goa's OUT OF THE BOX operations towards eradicating hunger and  homelessness in Goa ,  which caught the eye of those at APPI.

Thanks to Mr John Pinto my brother in law & his wife Mrs Joanita Pinto ( buddy)  who is our trustee and my sister for taking care of all the paperwork in the last 8 months. 

A big thanks to the man who introduced me to APPI,  Fr Edward, President of CRI , Bangalore Archdiocese , who met me just for 1 hour but understood my work.

Today I stand with folded hands and say a big thank you to all these listed below who played a part at some time or the other : 

But 1st To God for the inspiration to run this unique programme of dealing with hunger & homelessness in Goa.

My wife and my kids for cooking these tiffins in the very early stage before we even started the food bank fridges. 

These 3 men would daily distribute the 50 odd tiffins between 2014 to 2017 :

When we installed the 1st fridge on ,27.5.2017, these were the people or 

Parishioners of Sangolda & Guirim :

Who stood with me right from 27.5.2017 .

♡ Also Keegan from Assagao who picked up food for the 1st six months 

The 1st six months were the most difficult and I had multiple health issues. 

From 1.6.2017 these were the places where food started coming immediately :

Here I thank Sr Muesela & her team from Presentation Convent Margao who did the picking and serving of food for over 5 months non stop around Margao city .

As we started feeding we used to pick and clean people from the streets at various places every saturday like:

And these 3 people would run this service :

Our 1st home started on 1.12.2017 at porvorim which was given by my 

brother in law, Mr John Pinto 

Soon Our other food bank fridges started from Dec 2017and namely at :

☆ Early 2018 Our 2nd home at St Michael Chapel Assnora, started and thanks especially to all the trustees ie Simon, Joaquim , Luis who opened up their doors to the homeless. 

Quickly we got another home in Mapusa and that was due to Liz Pimenta & family and we just went on and on.

We thank in a big way the following :

Special appreciation to all at APPI :

☆ RAJNI 

2 goan bureaucrats who in late 2017 helped me with alot of support but quietly. 

♡ To all the benefactors who have stood with me ,  inspite of turbulence that we faced because of the issue at BATIM CHURCH in 2019,  yet choose to send us their blessing. 

Big thanks to those early benefactors from june 2017 till date who sow and bless us monthly without fail .

♡ To our Chartered Account Mrs Neeru & her husband Mr Biom for keeping our accounts always on the right track by being strict and demanding explanation all the time .

♡ To our office assistant Mrs Tanaya ( smally ) for standing with us for the last 3 years inspite of various troubles and issues.

♡ Freddy Mendez 

For supporting me in all and every way .

☆ Big thanks to Lyndon Monteiro , OSD to Power Minister for taking care of all our electricity issues whenever we had issues in all our 8 rehabilitation home. 

☆ A special Thanks to Mrs Jennifer ,  Revenue Minster of Goa , for always listening to our problems and going out of her way to find solutions to everything, whenever required. 

Thanks to Ex Ministers of Goa :

☆ Mr Jayesh Salgaonkar,  Mla of Saligao.

Thanks to these 2 IAS officers:

1. Dr Tariq Thomas,  DMA

2. Mrs R Menaka , Collector North Goa ,

for supporting us through our rehabilitation homes and responding to our requests .

Last but not the least our past & current  VOLUNTEERS namely those : 

who serve food at the hospitals , 

who run MOW ( meals on wheels)

who feed on the streets. 

who run our food bank fridges across Goa.

You guys are a blessing from God .

Last but not the least to BRO JOHNSON for allowing us to actually start our rehabilitation home in his place at NCH in june 2017 & then issuing us marching orders as he realised that to grow one needs to be in the open World among the poor and hungry. 

Thank God I walked away in Nov 2017 and did not retaliate. 

In fact BJ dropped in and prayed with our family on 14.12.2020,  the day APPI official was doing his final inspection in our homes

Just 3 years and see what THE LORD HAS DONE.

I had numerous set backs,  threats , complaints at police stations,  good volunteers left me , donations dwindled at times, arrest seemed imminent,  lost my health,  various problems. 

But its THE FAVOUR OF GOD, that i passed the trials and the tribulations and challenges.

Just 3 years old and such a big Grant from Indias biggest philanthropic organisation is not a small achievement. 

To you benefactors GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR SEED and be rest assured your donations have been planted properly for which you can see fruits.

For the doubting Thomas & few disgruntled elements, sorry you can never ever spoil my name or my integrity , especially where accounts & money is concerned. 

God bless you all and keep supporting us.