This post is about a homeless lady who might be a mother / a grandmother  / an aunt / a sister but abandoned , why & by whom is a question we don't have any answers.

Festivals & Feasts are always looked forward too by one and all.

In GOA, Hindus are  celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi and Catholics just celebrated the birthday of Mother Mary.

Once we finish celebrating any Festival / birthdays & Feast what next ?

What happens to the remaining days of the year till the next festival / birthday and Feast arrives ?

In our shelter homes we celebrate each and every resident birthday as well as all festivals.

This homeless lady FATIMA who is non goan but for surely is a mother,  was sitting at CHINCHINIM CHURCH  under the trees until we rescued her about 6 years back.

( link of when we picked her up 6 years ago )

Was Very aggressive , would wear very less clothes, suffering from stress and depression which I conclude was due to her being abandoned and who knows what else she suffered.

Worst part was & is SHE DOES NOT SPEAK HINDI but ASSAMESE only.

Anyway two to three years we had a tough time stabilizing her and teaching her ethic , table manners & orhers habits,  through sign language only.

Alot of care givers, drivers and other staff took alot of patience in dealing with her.

At IPHB FATIMA was diagnosed with PARKINSON'S & yet we still took care of her.

She is a lady who needs care but most of all she is a mother.

Today after 6 years Fatima can understand Hindi, is cool and calm, no aggressive nature, wears clothes and a few days back got a professional Haircut by a professional hairdresser fron Taj Holiday Village Sinquerim & her joy & expressions were beyond our dreams.

We have about 40+ such abandoned mothers, majority Goans rescued from the streets of Goa & still a huge no of abandoned mothers are waiting for you and me to help them reach a home from the streets of Goa.

We also care for 35+ abandoned men & women suffering from Dimentia & Parkinsons disabilities.

All religious heads & the government needs to focus on women abandoned on the streets who ultimately will be diagnosed as person with disabilites due to stress and physical & mental torture as well as hunger and loneliness.

Not many want to dirty their hands caring for people with mental & intellectual disabilities especially the homeless mothers/ ladies but all types of celebrations related to mothers / ladies are celebrated.

Our state & our country has officially put out figures at 15% of the population suffering from disabilities and this is rising fast.

In our country of 1.4 billion there are only 450 psychiatric hospitals and less spoken about

half way homes / mid way homes / rehabilitation homes the better it is.

Society needs to support NGOs doing this work as Government has failed across the board & religious heads needs to address this issue seriously,  either by opening their own rehabilitation homes or tying up with NGOs running such homes.

Birthdays / Feasts / Festivals come every year but the poor mothers on the streets as well as  ladies and the marginalized children are never ever part of such events as no one is bothered about them.

We are blessed that we were able to rescue & rehabilitate FATIMA inspite of her Parkinson disabilities and we are ever ready to double our intake of homeless mothers and ladies on the streets.

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