INDIA CELEBRATED ITS INDEPENDENCE DAY AND WE TOO AT STREET PROVIDENCE CELEBRATED ACROSS DIFFERENT STATES IN DIFFERENT WAYS

16.8.24  5pm IST 
India Celebrated its Independence day and we too at Street Providence Celebrated across different states in different ways as per the need of that state.
It's basically bringing a smile and cheer to those who are suffering from hunger, floods , conflict, poverty.
1. So we start from Goa where on 15.8.24 two our volunteers Arturo Dsouza & Anna Gracias spent half their holiday in Borim, Shiroda by presenting a FOWLER bed to an elderly goan widow totally malnourished who has been sleeping on a mud floor in a mud house in the entire monsoon that Goa has faced.
This lady house is on the verge of collapse and we are next week starting the work in part so that they can also stay in the house while the roof is repaired.
No negative comments please as The MLA of Mayem & The MLA of Shiroda have assured the family all support from the Government once they submitt their papers through the Panchayat.
2. Hon Governor of Goa flagged off our 1st relief truck to Calicut on 13.8.24 and the material was offloaded in the camp on 14.8.24.
Our team of Volunteers from Goa were physically present to hand over the material to the needy in the camps.
Mario Cordeiro from Saligao
Joseph Fernandes from Aldona
John Baptist from Fatorda 
》3. In Manipur , we distributed Rs 3 lacs Worth of Tin sheets & Rs 2 lacs Worth of Dry ration to many families whose homes were destroyed by the hail storm mid June 24.
Although money was paid well in advance the tin sheets had to come fron Assam and we know Assam too had floods.
But we delivered on our promise to provide tin sheets to the badly affected families
4. In Jharkhand, we gave away note books to a school surrounding our shelter home Worth 
Rs 25000.
These books were donated by a goan couple from Margao, Mrs C Mascarenhas & her husband specifically towards note books for children in Daltonganj. 
5. Sindhudurg we could not make it due to other commitments but alot of toothpaste/ bath soaps, etc are being delivered in the coming week to 150 + families who have been affected by the floods on 7th to 9th July 24
The irony is, over 7 days I am bed bound with a severe cough and running nose making me lazy & sleepy.
Alot of staff and residents have this cold & cough.
The icing on the cake on Independence day :
My little son David just 9 years old took part in an all Goa archery competition on 15.8.24 and won the Gold in his category plus the highest archer Scorer trophy among all the other groups higher than his age.
The good you do to others come back to you and your family in leaps and bounds.
Keep doing good.
It's once again HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY.
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
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