This middle aged poor goan abandoned married  lady suffering from severe mental disabilities continuously attempts to kill / harm herself by either slitting her hands or other means.

Sounds scary.

But for a moment hold on and just switch places.

She has been locked up / admitted in IPHB for  years as no one wanted her back home ie : neither her father as she is / was married nor 

her husband who just abandoned her.

Her only child was taken away from her by the husband/ family when she was for many years in IPHB.

Her blessings was ” we volunteered to rehabilitate her ” else she would still be in IPHB.

And she is with us last 3 years.

The most difficult part for this goan lady is when she came out of IPHB and we admitted her into our home she discovered that while she was in IPHB for many years:

Her mother died due to harassment,

Her one sister died due to suicide,

Her one sister died due to unknown reasons.

In addition when we took her to her home her brother & father did not take her inside the house nor did they acknowledge her presence in the home they just ignored her like she was a ghost.

She keeps telling me ” I don't want to live, I have no one , how long will any home keep me , I have no one “.

Wonderful woman when not thinking this issues but moment that old memories pop up all trouble breaks loose .

In the last 3 years we have admitted her back into IPHB atleast 12 times , that shows the severity of her mental health. 

So even though she has been for many years in IPHB still her condition is not conducive for her to live alone because she has no one. 

And belive me besides STREET PROVIDENCE there is no other SHELTER HOME across GOA volunteering to take care of such poor goan people FREE OF COST besides Rs 2500 / 5000 which WCD is paying us as grant per month per lady.

And like this lady we have close to 50 such poor goan ladies ( plus a few non goans )  all with similar issues – All on Severe psychiatric medication which makes them unable to live alone or with their families as they just don't have any one to care for them.

And like this lady we have another 24 such poor goan ladies with severe mental disabilities waiting to get into our homes for rehabilitation.

It's a huge risk and very expensive dealing with these hyper ladies as Any time they get violent & attempt to harm their bodies or to others.

And once the symptoms start of getting violent we rush them to IPHB & get them admitted.

But on the other side ” these goan ladies are human beings like your wife / sister / mother etc”.

For me personally ” I see God in them ” and that makes me go beyond my capacity. 

A mental hospital is the worst place while living to be kept in.

Even jails are better,  but to live for years in a mental hospital is not what we at STREET PROVIDENCE feel and desire. 

That's why we are opening more and more homes and you will always wonder why we are always aggressive and in dispute with various Government departments.

Without donations it's very difficult to run these services in Goa.

This is the Government job to care for its subjects but this not any minister , director or even The Disability Commissioner concern.

All these authorities are just turning their eyes the other side. 

But festivals to organize everyone is ready.

There is absolutely no returns or any money to make, in homes for people with mental disabilities. 

Look around and try to recollect if you know or heard of any homes in GOA taking in psychiatric poor people FREE OF COST especially ladies.

It's easy to look after men no matter how severe their mental illness is but it's very very difficult & dangerous caring for ladies with chronic mental disabilities. 

We have created infrastructure to take in upto 100 such ladies so you must understand how we work and how much we are working towards our poor goan ladies suffering from chronic mental disabilities. 

At any point of time in one go ” we can in any 1 day take in 25 ladies with severe mental disabilities “.

That's how much prepared we are to solve problems of our poor goan ladies suffering from mental disabilities. 

But it all boils down to donations & government grants.

For those who conclude that I am a very impatient man & always in a hurry , read the above post and understand I am responsible for so many poor goans suffering from chronic mental disabilities and for me time and energy is very important. 

Everyday there is some inmate on the loose in some home.

Most of our inmates are and will be permanent residents as long as they are alive so that responsibility is even more higher.

Finally I am at peace even though it's stressful that we @ Street Providence are doing the best we can, under extreme situations in attempting to breathe life or rather bring little smile into 160+ poor people suffering from severe mental disabilities ( 130 + are ethnic goans ) .

Next week we Will highlight a woman whose condition is so horrible that even I am in 2 minds to rehabilitate her or not .

It's difficult choices at times to make.

To our collaborators, landlords , benefactors we thank you for all the support shown to us last 7 years and counting.

Please do support us as we care for the worst case scenarios of our poor goans suffering from chronic mental disabilities. 

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Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you all