15.8.2020 7pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA wishes you all a HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY & A VERY HAPPY FEAST on the ASSUMPTION of MOTHER MARY .
We @ Street Providence are blessed as BOOKWORM TRUST ( A registered charitable trust ) from PANJIM donated their Maruti Eco Car to our NGO .
2 weeks back we had offered our only ambulance to the PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE @ Chimbel to be used for Covid related work and we were 1 short of a van .
Through social media we had inquired whether anyone has a ambulance to give away or any ambulance for sale. ( and we are still asking for an ambulance )
Dr Fernando Noronha ( A trustee ) who I have never met , ( but connected through social media ) WhatsApp me saying they have an MARUTI ECO CAR to give away .
We accepted this red color ECO a few days back and got the car serviced and ready to hit the roads.
This 15th August is special to STREET PROVIDENCE.
This RED ECO is come at the right time .
For the last 30 days we have a full time lady nurse ( NUN ) in our ladies home and I failed to utilized her services as the weather is playing nasty .
Exactly 15 days ago , one of our homeless man had a terrible issue with his leg and such all maggots and worms were spotted on this leg.
Our regular care giver could not manage.
Dr advised amputation but suggested a professional nurse to clean it daily so that it could be saved.
Infact a few months back when we had picked him from the street , he was advised at GMC to do the amputation.
In this COVID getting a nurse is next to impossible.
The nurse ( nun ) volunteered to step in and believe me last 7 days that man wound has improved that just today Dr was shocked that there is so much improvement . Now no amputation atleast for the moment.
But need 1 month daily dressing.
The nurse ( nun ) is in Mapusa and the man is in BATIM .
We managed to stop and adjust our regular work to move the nurse daily up and down.
But now we are looking for a volunteer to drive this RED ECO.
This Red Eco will be used every morning to dress the wounds of this man in our BATIM HOME as well distribute food to those who still stuck up on the streets of panjim & porvorim .
We have a huge quantity of medicines and surgical equipment donated to us coming from GUJARAT. ( this is for another post ).
Many homeless are still struggling on the streets.
This is what INDEPENDENCE is to us 👇
Setting the sick, homeless, hungry, downtrodden FREE from their pains and agony.
We have been provided by God :
▪︎1. The RED ECO CAR .
▪︎2. A full time nurse ( nun ) who is in
our home full time .
▪︎3. Boxes of medicines and surgical equipment
▪︎4.Homes to rehabilitate ( most are full )
▪︎5. Food coupons from NAVTARA to feed the homeless.
But We require :
▪︎1. A person to drive THE RED ECO provided you have a passion to
serve the poor .
( Can be lady or Gent ).
▪︎2. A home to house atleast another 50 to 100 homeless people who are still on the streets in Goa especially in MARGAO city .
▪︎3. Petrol vouchers as this work is daily mand continuous on the streets of Goa .
▪︎4. Support through prayers , blessings and donations.
▪︎5. A second hand ambulance incase any one has to give away or if there is one for sale.
All donations through cheque / Neft which are exempted upto 50 % under Section 80G of Income Tax Act along your pan card copy .
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As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564.
God bless you so much
Donald Fernandes
8380097564 / 7020314848