All posts by Jason Fernandes

21Feb/24

ORPHANED AT YOUNG AGE, HOMELESS, ROAMING ON TRAINS ACROSS INDIA FOR LONG TIME MENTALLY UNSOUND TODAY SET FREE FROM HER MISERY

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21.1.2024.  7 pm IST 
Orphaned at young age, homeless, roaming on trains across India for long time  mentally unsound today set free from her misery.
♡♡♡ Thanks to Sr Bernadette ( Hand Maids of Christ) & Shiv Premi , Suddesh Mayenker , both from Calangute , this cycle has been broken and healing is on the way to this young middle aged girl PRETTY ( that's what we shall call her )
Exactly 1 month today, 19.1.23, @ 8.07 pm , Friday , Sr Bernadette called from St Anthony Chapel, Calangute saying ” one lady in sad state, hungry, unclean and unsound mind.
I called Mr Suddesh who reached within 10 min and got the Calangute police involved.
Calangute police picked her up & took her to the Candolim health centre for a check up at 
10.30 pm , where the Doctor on duty declared “fit to admit in a shelter home “.
Which was wrong. 
Why wrong ?
No sound person will be living in dirt and in the darkness on the streets .
By declaring ” fit to admitt in a shelter home” both the Doctor & the police made their work easy by choosing this short cut method, but made our life that night a mess as whole night after admitting PRETTY into our home she turned the home upside down.
Attached an letter from ” The Goa State Mental Health Review Board ” which clearly says ” police personal in both districts need to do proper mental evaluation of such homeless before admission” but it's not working as we expect .
Any way next day PRETTY was taken to IPHB which was a Sat and we begged with the CONSULTANT on Sat duty to admit ,  but that too fell on deaf years, given medicine and sent back.
Next day Sunday and next day Monday which was again a public holiday.
That's why she had to be admitted on either Friday night by the police directly or on Sat when we took her.
Monday 22nd evening, she was totally out of control & since it was a public holiday I had to take her myself and that's where I lost my cool.
The junior Doctors took 3 full hours just asking question after question which is only A HUGE WASTE OF TIME and that's what my disagreement is at The IPHB.
Any way today after close to a month this young girl has been discharged and taken to our Home.
See how our system fails such poor innocent young girls & ladies.
If on 19.1.24 , this same girl was declared fit to be admitted into our home directly then how was she admitted for close to a month till 21.2.24 in IPHB ?
Minus Street Providence PSYCHIATRIC homes and you will have chaos on the streets. 
Most of the times such innocent ladies on the streets of Goa with chronic mental disabilities don't get any support from the law as the paperwork required to be done by The police involves :
☆ 1.Getting an assessment done at the local health centre who has to give in writing that patient needs admission at IPHB,
☆ 2. then approach the district Magistrate to get a Magistrate Order,
☆ 3. Then go to IPHB , they do some check up and recommend to GMC for scan etc.
☆ 4. Then come back from GMC and admit into IPHB.
All this takes minimum 8 to 10 hours.
And 4 Police personal and 1 police car is required
Which Police Inspector is going to do this ?Especially at night. 
That's what again I am in a dispute with IPHB , 
” allow us to admit such pathetic genuine homeless ladies directly into IPHB as The Law is not doing their part due to genuine reasons “.
And the genuine reason is ” even if The Law admits into IPHB  with the Magistrate Order, once discharged then where to put them or at times IPHB just discharges them directly “.
Today who knows what crap she must have gone through her life roaming around South India on various trains, hammered, abused, physically assaulted or may be even trafficked. 
But now with medication and full rehabilitation PRETTY will be soon on track to being normal atleast 70% .
Once the medication seeps in and she experiences love and care in the home may be she will open up more and let us know about the hurts and misery she has gone through.
We feel satisfied to have brought PRETTY out of her permanent bondage which had chained her for years for no fault of hers.
To Wholesale Careless Department ( WCD ) see how much trouble and costs we incurred to help a fellow lady who has no one in this world and you ladies at ( WCD ) are expecting us to work for Rs 2500/ Rs 5000 a month and too it's given after 1 or 2 years.
Absolutely no co-ordination between all government departments for poor women on the streets suffering from mental disabilities but all departments are 1st to highlight fancy slogans as declared by The Prime Minister & The Central Minister for Women.
On the ground reality it's all empty and taking the poorest of the poor no where , but who is going to report this To The Prime Minister & The Central Minister for Women ?
What I am saying can be verified on this particular case at Calangute police station , Candolim to Health centre & IPHB to know where and why my frustration arises.
There are many poor women crying silently on the streets and everyone is bothered about is their Salary and rules which are anti poor and  against those suffering from mental disabilities. 
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
17Feb/24

JUST 19 YEAR OLD & THIS GOAN BOY TURNED PSYCHIATRIC DUE TO DRUGS / SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

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17.2.2024. 8pm IST 
Just 19 year old & this Goan boy turned psychiatric due to drugs / substance abuse. 
We will help him in due course of time to recover thru our rehabilitation program. 
Substance abuse –  is a professional Word.
Drugs/Ganja – is a village Word.
From the age of 13 to 14 has been hooked on to drugs in a rural village of Goa and this went unnoticed by the family for over 3 years.
Family comes from lower level of society.
Big group of friends in this circle who were all at that time between 14 years to 22 years .
All of them are dead and gone, except this boy.
Parents of most of all these children can't belive that so many of this group of friends were on drugs and all died one by one. 
Over the last many years , many times this boy has been admitted and discharged but due to no proper care & monitoring at home, he skips his medication and again ends up worse than what he was before back into the IPHB.
I must thank IPHB for treating this boy and keeping him in THE IPHB for over 3 months and providing the best possible treatment so that he recovers in the fastest possible way.
This family was recommended to our home by IPHB a long time back but we were unable to stabilize him as he was very volatile.
Compassion and understanding by DrS @ IPHB who kept him for treatment for close to few months without an attendant is something I really appreciate and wish to publicly thank the concerned CONSULTANT DR.@ IPHB.
To rehabilitate him now is much easier than what he was when we were approached.
His immune system is accustomed to the medicine so his mind is at peace and now at our home with the company of other boys his rehabilitation will be much easier for him as well as the care giver.
Too many such young children suffering from severe mental disabilities due to over dose of drugs and its the poorest of the poor who are badly hit as no rehabilitation home will accept them for free or even for a little amount they can Willing want to bear towards some of the costs.
》1st it's beer and cigarettes,
》Then alcohol,
》Then grass and cannabis,
》Then the synthetic tablets.
This is the process how the mind gets blown.
It's sad and disturbing to loose such a child at such a young age to mental disabilities.
Imagine, I too have a son of 18 years and if I was in this boy dad's place what would be my state of mental frame.
We appeal to IPHB & The Doctors at IPHB , please do care and treat such young poor goan boys and girls ” imagining ” that these were your own children and should there be a requirement to further rehabilitate them, our doors are always open and our beds are always available.
I am having a serious issue with IPHB but in this world all troubles have solutions.
I have problems and issues with so many government departments as its the poorest of the poor goans who I am fighting for and all these poor goans are suffering from mental disabilities. 
No problem is too big to solve,  its THE EGO which does not allow the solution to the problem and when THE EGO eats you up then you get into situation which can lead one to a state of mental disabilities. 
It's my frustration and disappointment of Caring in my homes for so many young poor goans who 80% have come through IPHB, that most are chronic cases with no long term solution in sight.
 And when they explode ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT I get terribly disappointed & upset and to compound this at times I have to go-to IPHB to readmitt them at night where the junior Doctors just go on and on which really irritates me .
It's not that IPHB is bad and I am good or 
I am bad and IPHB is good.
But I too am a parent like so many doctors at IPHBand I too understand the troubles families go through when their child is a drug addict and can't be managed at home.
If IPHB Consultant Doctors had not recommended this boy to our home , the same problem will restart in a few days ,which means again re admission into the IPHB, one more bed occupied, morale drops of the Dr as he/ she sees the same patient again & again.
I sleep peacefully every night for close to 7 hours ( and in the day 2 hours )  as I know that our homes are open 24×7 to any one irrespective of their disabilities and sickness and I am always ready to accept any poor young or homeless goan who requires my help. 
I am blessed that so many poor goans in my home daily bless me for the care and support they receive free of cost.
If only IPHB listens to my recommendations and understands the ground reality ( as sometimes rules and SOP in catalogues are not prevalent in current times) life will be BEAUTIFUL to live as well as to give life will be BEAUTIFUL to so many who might just be in need of that warm bed which is always available at Street Providence.
Now it's the decision of ” the higher ups ” to decide whether to give me that medical supoort what i am demanding from IPHB or not.
Remember 240 FREE beds @ Street Providence for the persons with mental disabilites is not a small no to ignore or discard.
EGO has to kept aside else the cries of the poor will come to trouble the one troubling me in various ways.
Else the poor goan mental people will keep reaching the streets and that becomes a state issue which the State may not want.
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
13Feb/24

THIS LENTEN SEASON , PLEASE BE A VALENTINE TO OUR 50+ POOR GOAN HOMELESS WOMEN SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISABILITIES

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13.2.2023. 7pm IST 
This Lenten Season , please be a Valentine to our 50+ poor goan homeless women suffering from mental disabilities.  Watch the link.
This is an SOS post as ” A particular Government senior officer of a particular department inspite of assuring THE CM of GOA , just last month , in THE CM office, of moving our file & increasing our grants from Rs 2500 per women per month before the just concluded budget, has PURPOSELY for over 18 days, done nothing and now the budget session is over “.
This senior officer is practically not fit to be even a clerk, leave alone an junior officer.
Why I say unfit ” because who can look after a mentally unsound woman with Rs 2500 a month in 2023 ? “.
But this senior officer assumes by giving me 
Rs 2500 grant per person, some thing extraordinary is being done to me .
We have currently 60 ladies in our homes and 50 Goan ladies are without any family members and can't even afford to pay for their basic medicines and all are on severe psychiatric medication and homeless. 
We have another 32+ poor goan ladies suffering from severe and chronic mental disabilities in IPHB waiting to get admissions into our homes.
THE CM of GOA assured me in his office on 26.12. 2023, in front of the this sick , pathetic and unscrupulous Senior officer that for 2023-2024 , our grants will be revised to a very practical amount per lady per month as the previous rate was calculated at 2007 year and on that date it was 26.12. 2023.
All this terribly MENTALLY SICK SENIOR officer had to do was present a proper representation which was not done purposely.
Because has no experience as an officer so  can't make a proper presentation.
Only looking for a bribe as that's how things have been happening.
Harass the NGO till the bribe is assured or keep the file pending so NGO gets nothing , shuts down and that's it.
Screw the poor.  Let them die , who cares. 
I get my Salary to do nothing. Why take more stress and more paper work.
》 25.1.2024 the file came back to the dept.
》 From 27.1.24 till the date of the budget ie 2.2.24 I have visited the department every day and the junior officer never told me the file is returned.
》12.2.24, i requested the junior officer to show me the amendment as the assembly was over and she says ” your file is not approved, came back on 25.1.24 and so and so authority told not to move the file “.
》12.2.24 , I remined the Senior officer of her PROUD assurances in front of THE CM of GOA and she gave me some stupid, idiotic and 
non sense reply which made me loose my cool.
Either THE CM of GOA has been misguided and fooled by this senior officer or the senior officer is genuinely not fit to be sitting in a seat as the senior officer has proved to be incompetent which infact THE CM of GOA had expressed his displeasure on 26.12.23 when he Said ” you are not doing your job properly, that's why Donald is sitting and complaining in front of me “.
We can't manage these 100+ poor goan psychiatric ladies with this peanut grants given by this department which is an all women department. 
Top to bottom is run by ladies who are all stone hearted and have no feeling & compassion for poor goan women suffering from mental disabilities. 
Dealing with Men officers is always faster, quicker and better is my overall personal experience and after this crap which I am going through I am totally convinced that it's easier and faster to deal with men officers then women officers.
We will ” either have to seriously get out of this FREE SHELTER HOME services once and for all”  and let these poor goans suffering from mental disabilities die in suffering & rejection or ” we only look after paid wealthy goans ” who can afford to pay us what we demand.
The choice to help us to run these homes is :
yours as you are YOUR OWN FINANCE MINISTER and 
THE CM of GOA as he is the FINANCE MINISTER of Goa and these poor goan ladies are all citizens of GOA.
You can be a VALENTINE to our horribly neglected poor goans who have been given nothing by the department ispite of the being the authority to provide funds for such genuinely poor suffering women with mental disabilities.
Not sure whether THE CM of GOA will be their Valentine but you as an individual can surely adopt the yearly expenses for one such poor goan lady suffering from mental disabilities. 
Your support can be monthly or in what manner you wish to do the contribution.
I am under alot of STRESS & PRESSURE :
☆ how to run such homes for poor goan women,
☆ whether to take in more or just shut Down,
☆ what happens to those 60 in our homes?,
☆ Who will foot the bills in the coming year, 
☆ what happens to those women in IPHB ☆ who we assured to take in and today will have to go back to the streets and live in Shame , misery & torture of being mentally unsound incase we can't take them in .
Donations are slowing down and everyday we can't expect all to give donations but everyday we are expected to go on taking in such poor abandoned homeless and poor goan people with mental disabilities. 
I can't afford to see the poor goans suffering and that's why I keep taking in more people inspite of so many genuine obstacles.
I know hunger as I experienced it ,
I know Homelessness as I went through it,
I know sickness as I had so many complicated health issues but with The Grace of God I have over come each of them and with the prayers of those who I rehabilitate my sickness is ZERO.
And when GOD gives me such good health I have to give it to others.
I don't look at my job @ Street Providence as a Stress or as a burden but I look at it as an opportunity to be a blessing to these freaking poorest of the poor suffering from all the possible sickness under the earth and simultaneously I tell GOD thanks for the good health  now I will attempt to bring a Little healing in these poor people life's.
Normally Under so much stress and pressure one should be on medication but here I am medicine Free ever ready to fight anyone who is against the poorest of the poor especially our goans suffering from mental disabilities. 
You too can experience a medicine free life by supporting just one poor Goan lady for a year with this in mind ” thank you God for giving me an opportunity to ease the pain of the poor and marginalised “.
I an waiting to hear from those who read this long post and wish to walk with me in situation where we go through this 40 days of LENTEN by knowing one poor goan women life is taken care & blessings assured more than ever .
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No offence to anyone and all facts can be verified both with The CM of GOA & the Department. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
09Feb/24

” IF THE LAST POOR GOAN SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISABILITIES MATTERS TO THIS GOVERNMENT, WELL THEN NOW IS THE TIME TO FULFILL THAT ASSURANCE “

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9.2.2024. 9pm IST 
” IF THE LAST POOR GOAN suffering from mental disabilities matters to THIS  GOVERNMENT, well then now is the time to fulfill that assurance “
Tomorrow is the last Day of The Assembly session And I payer that our genuine demand of ” Health Department providing Psychiatrists to our shelter homes is raised, so as to get our Genuine demand met “.
Today we had a small & peaceful awareness program at Azad Maidan , Panjim , demanding that HEALTH Department deputes psychiatrists to visit our shelter Homes and provide care to our inmates who mostly are poor homeless Goans suffering from chronic mental disabilities. 
If you listen only for 15 min to what is explained in this link you will understand the severity of the issue but yet how simple it is to implement our demand.
Today we took along 10 of such ladies with mental disabilities for this awareness at Azad Maidan. 
Today we have about 172 + inmates & are shortly going to be caring for 240 + goan poor inmates suffering severe mental disabilities and most of these are genuinely poor goans recommended by IPHB to our shelter Home for care and rehabilitation.
Currently we have close to 32 poor goans awaiting admission into our homes in this coming month who are taking treatment at IPHB and we have assured them free rehabilitation once treated and stabilised.
It's going to be impossible to take all these 240 inmates regularly to IPHB for their monthly assessment and the most practical solution will be IPHB appointed Psychiatrist visits our homes.
We are THE ONLY FREE SHELTER HOME IN GOA for poor goan people suffering from mental disabilities & recommended by each and every DOCTOR @ IPHB as we provide practically free rehabilitation to our poorest of the poor goans of which 85 % practically can't afford any fees.
Yez we are partly funded both by Women & Child Department as well as Social Welfare Department but we need support of The Health Department who has to support our demand of Free Psychiatrists from IPHB.
We have 2 Physiotherapists supported partially by Social Welfare Department through a scheme who visit our homes daily – one for the North and one for the south.
But the need of the hour is PSYCHIATRISTS as of late to much physical disturbances are happening in all our women's homes as the severity of disabilities in women is difficult to handle as compared to men.
I am just scared if any untoward incident occurs in the women homes as we have highly chronic poor goan homeless women suffering from severe mental disabilities who either stay in our homes or will be back on the streets.
We should not be held responsible if something goes out of control in the near future especially in our women's Homes as this is the top most priorty for PSYCHIATRISTS from IPHB.
If The Health Department is not keen to accept our demand it will be very very painful for us as we will be literally forced to readmitt all these chronic poor goan women back into IPHB and then either IPHB discharges them to no where meaning they just walk out and reach the streets or IPHB sends them to PROVEDORIA which is not that easy as PROVEDORIA is always full.
We will be hitting the streets next week again with all our 60+ lady inmates and still if no assurance from The Health Department then we will march to either Chief Minister house or to The  Raj Bhavan.
We are providing a Service and we are not doing a favour to anyone neither is anyone doing us a favor but what grants or benefits are given from different Government authorities towards our NGO,  its the Tax payers money going TOWARDS THE LAST POOR GOAN suffering from MENTAL DISABILITIES. 
WE WORK HARD 
WE FIGHT LOUD
WE EXPECT OUR GENUINE DEMAND TO BE MET
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
07Feb/24

OUR CLOTHES BANK IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS COLLECTED 8000 PCS OF SECOND HAND CLOTHES AND SENT TO MANIPUR & JHARKHAND.

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7.2.2024. 8pm IST 
Through Our CLOTHES BANK in the last 3 months , we collected 8000 pcs of second hand clothes and sent to Manipur & today Jharkhand.
Both these states we run shelter homes and around our Homes are poor families who our staff and team members get these clothes distributed.
And 180+ goan families paid us a donation of 
Rs 5000 per 30 clothes, which is a something never ever heard off.
Many grumbled ” why should we pay to give away our good clothes ? “.
To those who paid us to take their clothes ” The spiritual blessings you and family have received from these poor people is beyond the cost of what you paid “.
There are huge huge costs in moving these 8000 clothes namely:
◇ Collecting from your door step,
◇ Storage and Segregating,
◇ Labour for picking 
◇ Laundry costs ,
◇ Boxes and tape,
◇ Reloading into local transport,
◇ Hire of big truck of the clothes to other states,
◇ Redistribution costs in that state.
And if anyone thinks we are going to bear all these costs to take away your clothes for free then it's never going to happen
In this truck we also sent 600 + blankets as winter in Jharkhand is hovering between 6 to 10 degrees.
》⭕ The link in the video is self explanatory. 
Remember whatever you do to the least of the poor you get back double.
We are accepting clothes all year round but with a donation.
Poster attached.
When you pay us a donation to take your clothe :
☆ You get spiritual blessings from the poor who wear your clothes,
☆ The laundry gets business which is run by rehabilitated trafficked women,
☆ Your negative energy from your unused clothes turns into positive energy,
☆ Our NGO gets a source of income to run our free shelter homes,
☆ Poor people especially battling winter get some warmth,
☆ Our dump yards gets a little extra space otherwise these clothes might have been binned.
Now whether to give us a donation with your clothes or not is a choice you as an individual has to make.
No force but we don't take clothes without a DONATION.
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
05Feb/24

A MASSIVE ALTERATION IN OUR SHELTER HOME WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES EITHER TO THE CARE GIVER OR TOO THE INMATE

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5.2.2024. 11pm IST
A massive alteration in our shelter home which could have caused serious injuries either to the care giver or to the inmate goan lady suffering from severe mental disabilities.
We all read or see or hear ” how a mother killed a child or a boyfriend killed a girl ” etc ?
Well when one is on psychiatric medication and you suffer from hallucinations then at that crucial time its next to impossible to stop the psychiatric person from doing what was planned in the mind.
Well few days back , one highly psychiatric goan lady in our home went beserck..
This goan lady is evey week physically taken to IPHB for evaluation and has been admitted numerous times in the IPHB .
But it's just not giving any results.
She is an Unwed mother, was raped or impregnated on the streets and as far as I know she has delivered 2 babies which both were given for adoption thru CWC.
One delivery happened before she was admitted witn us and one happened when she was just within two days of her being admitted into our home from IPHB.
Comes from a broken family where all are either psychiatric or sick and bed ridden.
Last 3 years under our care and taking treatment at IPHB .
She is an old patient of IPHB and brought thru Goa Police who has been referred by IPHB for care and rehabilitation in our home.
Few days back, she tied her own hair nice and tight in a towel after bath and I am sure she planned to attack the care giver due to some hallucinations issues
All of a sudden she started hitting and pulling the care giver hair and the grip was so tight that the care giver was in too much pain that she just could not defend herself or pull the this psychiatric goan lady hair back as she had tied it nice and tight.
Other two care givers tried to break free but it took full 3 minutes of WWF and pulling and pushing to get that grip loosened.
All captured on mobile as that's how we work.
Late that night she was taken to IPHB where the doctor on duty took more than 3 hours to get the admission done as the psychiatric goan lady by that time had finished her hallucinations so was talking other matters which made the doctor feel we are just trying to get the lady admitted into the IPHB without any valid reason.
Now the frustrations of mine starts and I am going to hit the streets soon both at IPHB & DHS as these are the genuine reasons :
》1. Why are all our shelter Homes not given the same medical facilities as given to PROVEDORIA 
inspite of an Order being issued by THE DHS clearly starting ” every 15 days each PHC will visit our STREET PROVIDENCE Homes situated in that area ” ?
》2. PROVEDORIA has about 240 inmates and we have about 180 inmates 
But we have 135 + psychiatric poor goans in our homes and PROVEDORIA has less than that, but IPHB sends their Psychiatrist to all PROVEDORIA Homes
We demand same facility from IPHB as given to PROVEDORIA 
》3. I have never ever seen PROVEDORIA staff coming to IPHB to admitt such chronic mental patients so that means 3 things – 
☆ a. either they are not having such chronic psychiatric patients who require admission especially night time into IPHB 
☆ b . the chronic patients from PROVEDORIA are directly admitted into IPHB as and when required
☆ c. We are often recommended by IPHB all the chronic patients who are not getting admission into PROVEDORIA.
We demand Max 1 hour of paper work especially after office hours incase we have trouble in our homes and urgent admission is required at IPHB.
Now coming back to this goan lady :
》1. If we don't accept her back into our home then 
this is what might happen : 
☆ a. She becomes a permanent inmate of IPHB and one day gets a bed in Provedoria or 
☆ b. IPHB has cell which goes to such patients family and through coercion & strong techniques without seeing the ground reality makes the family come to IPHB & sign the discharge and after that IPHB responsibility ends
☆ c. This goan lady goes back to her village in interior parts of Goa , gets again raped and assaulted and pregnant as she has no family to actually handle her and again through the police 
now pregnant will be brought for admission with The Magistrate Order to IPHB who will be compelled to admitt.
》2. We on humanitarian grounds take this psychiatric poor Goan lady back into our homes as long as all our demands are fulfilled by both THE DHS & IPHB.
And this is only 1 case I am highliting.
We have 60 women in our shelter homes suffering from different types of severe psychiatric disabilities and even IPHB at times might have that no of  inmates in their institute as to the no of ladies inmates we care for.
In the last 1 year, I am seeing a huge change in the IPHB attitude towards treatment of poor people with disabilities. 
I have complained to The Disability Commissioner to look into this matter a couple of days back, but no reply.
The Government of Goa / Health Minister who is also The Women & Child Minister has these options :
☆ 1. Listen to our genuine issues.

☆ 2. Treat us on par ” where medical facilities are concerned ” with PROVEDORIA .

☆ 3. Give Strict instructions to IPHB & GMC that all admissions from STREET PROVIDENCE to be handled quickly without time wasting.
And mind you these are women homes only we are talking about.
There are another 120 men who 70 + are on Severe psychiatric medication and 20 men are suffering from physical disabilities. 
Plus there are TB & HIV inmates also on psychiatric medications.
Most of our poor goan inmates are admitted into our homes on a recommendation letter from the local MLA & The local Sarpanch.
⭕ ⭕ Please do support our fight against the injustice done to our NGO in regard to the ” medical facilities ” denied to us as compared to PROVEDORIA by THE DHS & IPHB and GMC.
Either :
we get what we are demanding or 
we stop accepting highly chronic, unstable, beyond medical repairs goan ladies.
But we can't taking risks of our care givers getting brutally assaulted in our Homes.
Tomorrow if anything drastic happens due to such complicated and unruly behavior by such chronic persons suffering from mental disabilities then everyone starts blaming the NGO for taking Government grants and not doing proper service. 
As of today Government grants in this house was Rs 2500 per lady for 21-22  & Rs 2500 per lady for 22-23.
So it's peanuts to look after such Chronic mental patients with disabilities. 
Please leave your comments if you Have read the entire long post .
It's good to know what you would do if you were in my shoes.
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God bless you all 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
03Feb/24

ORPHANS GOAN SIBLINGS AGED 20 & 22 YEARS, ONE SUFFERING FROM SEVERE MENTAL DISABILITIES & OTHER ONE LOOKING AFTER HER AT HOME

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3.2.24. 7pm IST
Orphans goan siblings aged 20 & 22 years,
Poor & totally under nourishe & underweight,
One suffering from severe mental disabilities &
Other one looking after her at home,
both totally lost and stressed,
Nothing to eat at times for days in their home.
Infact one sister ” can sit in a corner for hours and days ” if no one tells her to get up, eat , have a bath , change clothes, etc she will be sitting and sitting staring into oblivion. 
Heavy and chronic signs of mental disabilities.
I am sure that by the other sister staying with her full-time only then we can get her out of her misery and mental disabilities. 
And this is right in Goa ( don't ask where).
What Is their future ?
Who is going to take their life long responsibility?
Just imagine 2 young girls staying in their small home without food and any other support and this can happen to my and your family in the future too.
Such cases are often taken advantage off by others leading to unwanted pregnancy and may be even murder.
One religious lady felt pity for them and requested me to rehabilitate which we did.
But it's time all religious men & ladies of all religions start opening their doors to help and care for such poor goans as there are so many such cases coming to us daily & it's going to be next to impossible in the future to handle .
These two young girls are penniless and poor so naturally they can't afford any fees for their stay and medication.
In this hectic world where the focus is only on money , we tend to forget and avoid getting involved with such instances of stark poverty and hunger as we feel it's not our job.
But today it's these two sisters in this sorry state, tomorrow it could be anyone else family.
Everyday we are flooded with horrifying instances of so many poor goans actually going hungry and getting pushed into Corners in their own little dark rooms and most are suffering from mental disabilities.
Who knows if they are molested , raped or abused as being poor and in unsound mind they become helpless in society and society too ignores such poor people. 
BEING THE ONLY NGO RUNNING  FREE SHELTER HOMES IN GOA for both ladies and gents suffering from mental disabilities, we are often approached to rehabilitate which we 99%  accept all and take in everyone after proper paper work.
But the demand is so huge that we will at some point of time have to stop accepting due to shortage of homes. 
We have at the moment a 240 bed capacity & we can go upto 500 beds but we are in need of homes to increase the capacity. 
The head of the State in Goa & The heads of all religions in Goa need to address this issue of mental disabilities among the poor goans who have just no place to go or no one to care for them.
Blaming The Government is not the issue for us as the Government is supporting us through many many departments. 
Where are the HOMES to add more beds ?
We don't own any property but all our 12 homes are rented and we are ready to rent more homes either fron The Government or The Archdiocese.
In the next two years, don't be surprised to see unsound people on the streets of Goa roaming with sticks and choppers attacking others.
All stake holders need to move fast and quick before this issue escalates due to lack of shelter homes for the poorest of the poor with mental disabilities. 
For full Two nights after accepting these two sisters I was disturbed understanding their plight and disturbed at how and what they had gone through and WHY no one was ready to take care of them FOR FREE .
Just image if there was no STREET PROVIDENCE, or if I had homes only for those who pay fees , what would be these two girls future ?
Lots of people assume and pass comments on social media that there are no poor goans who require shelter but only outsiders are on the streets.
Well there are huge huge nos of poor goans across all villages in such pathetic, horrible and freaking gone case situations and 90% will not want to get involved in such people but to pass comments these will be the 1st.
Remember mental disabilities can hit anyone anytime and what you speak by making fun and passing unwanted comments will 100% come back to those passing unwanted and unverified comments.
If there are such Sad and disturbing cases of goans living in pathetic and horrible situations do let me know through whatsapp message on 8380097564.
We will surely attempt to rehabilitate after proper verification And complete paperwork.
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
01Feb/24

SIR SANJIT RODRIGUES, ( IAS ) SECRETARY & SHRI ANANT PANGAM, CHIEF INSPECTOR OF FACTORY & BOILERS, ALTINHO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND GETS INTO ARRANGING FRESH FACTORY EXTRA COOKED FOOD FOR THE POOREST OF THE POOR IN GOA

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1.2.23. 7pm IST
Sir Sanjit Rodrigues, ( IAS ) Secretary, Factory & Boilers & Shri Anant Pangam, Chief Inspector of Factory & Boilers, Altinho roll up their sleeves and gets into arranging fresh factory extra cooked food for the poorest of the poor in Goa.
This Goan duo ( Secretary & Chief Inspector) puts their weight behind a project where hundreds if not thousands of kgs of cooked food, which was daily gets wasted, but now will reach poor people in villages in Goa.
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA  GOA is installing 9 food bank fridges in canteens of the biggest factories in Goa @ Verna & 1 in the Canteen contractor kitchen at Verna to accept all excess Canteen food cooked daily for the employees of these 10 factories.
All these 10 factories are MNCs with a few of them having their HQs out of India.
Cipla.    Lupin.         Commscope.
IFB.       Siemens.    Marksons.
Teva.     Sanofi.        Microlabs.     Watson.
For these 10 big factories to allow our small NGO to install a food bank fridge in their premises is a huge huge achievement for us as those who work in Big companies will understand how strict SOPs are and above all its cooked food.
But that's how this dynamic duo of Sir Sanjit & Shri Pangam found out a solution to this one of a kind project across India which will hence forth be used as a model across other states.
This is just the start , we have plans to put such fridges across another 50 such big factories within the next 3 months with the support of Factories and Boilers department .
Through this model :
》Cooked food is fed to the poor,
》Wet waste is reduced,
》Companies will get poor people blessing,
》Hunger issues are addressed. 
Our Food Bank is the only registered bank In Goa and at any point of time we have a capacity to accept upto 4000 kgs of food per night.
Two years back , 1.2.22, we installed our 1st food bank fridge at Quepem police station and today we have 11 such fridges in Police stations in Goa and today 1.2.24 we are installing 10 food fridges in factories.
Across India, we are the only NGO having installed fridges in Police stations and now in Factories, both in the state of Goa.
A chance meeting with Sir Sanjit about a year back outside his office, where I shared this proposal got the WHOLE HEARTED attention of Sanjit Sir.
Usually most of us must be thinking that IAS officers are proud and only take instructions from politicians and will not go beyond their call of duty.
I too had the same notion till I started my NGO in 2017.
But it's all in one thinking ” if you are positive and persistent then the result is positive, if you are negative then you stand to lose “.
Sir Sanjit went completely out of his comfort zone and got his Chief Inspector, Shri Anant along to address the issue of feeding the hungry.
Well this project took a long time to materialize as convincing Plant Heads of these big companies is very very complicated and frustrating but TRY & TRY and SUCCESS will FOLLOW YOU.
If not for Shri Anant Pangam , Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers, who in the last 4 months had so many meetings in his office with these officials from these 10 factories and gave his full time and effort , this project would still be now where as it's where today.
Well before approaching Sir Sanjit, for two full years I was literally begging of FSSAI Director Mrs Jyoti Sardesaai , who refused to help me.
I pleaded with her and her department to atleast call the factory Heads and share the idea but it reached no where as she was not in favour.
I then approached Labour Commissioner, Shri Raju Gawas and his asst labour Commissioners who tried what best they could do, but Shri Raju Gawas got transfered.
Side by side  I approached ADC to Hon Governor of Goa, Shri Vishram Borkar ( SP ) who introduced me to the then Secretary , Mr Mihir Vardhan , who heard my proposal and suggested to get this proposal implemented through Factories & Boilers department.
♡♡♡ Well today I can only say ” THANK YOU ” to Sanjit Sir & Shri Anant for putting food on so many people plates , today it will be a few hundreds but in the next 4 to 5 months it will be a few thousands.
The BLESSINGS & THE PRAYERS of the poor who will benefit from this food will be beyond one's imagination and understanding.
Goa has highly capable and understanding Government officials and two of them are
Sir Sanjit Rodrigues & Shri Anant Pangam. 
We mostly only find faults when things go wrong and post all nasty comments but one needs to also appreciate such deeds and services especially when the topic is not connected to the Department.
If you reading this post are working in a factory in Goa & feel that Canteen extra food should not be wasted & it can be given to the poor , then please do contact Shri Anant Pangam , Chief Inspector of Factory and Boilers , Altinho.
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
30Jan/24

NOW STARTS FREE PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICES IN RURAL VILLAGES ACROSS GOA FOR THE POOREST OF THE POOR GOAN

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30.1.2024. 7pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA now starts FREE Physiotherapy services in rural villages across Goa for the poorest of the poor Goan senior citizens, widows and those suffering from disabilities.
We have been running successfully : 
》12 Free psychiatric homes for the poor Goans,
》23 Food Bank fridges,
》3 Physiotherapy units for our homeless goans
_*This is how we are planning these free Physiotherapy sessions.*_
☆ 1. We are first conducting  FREE Physiotherapy camps in rural Goa.
◇ Camp 1 – innaugrated by Director of Social Welfare,  Sir Ajit Panchwadkar @ St John The Baptist Church , Pilerne, on 28.1.24
◇ Camp 2 – organized by Minister of Social Welfare, Shri Subash Phal Dessai @ Sangameshwar Vidhyalay , Nr Vithal Temple, Bazarwada, Sanguem on 29.1.24 In collaboration with our NGO.
Hence forth , Two camps per month for the next 11 months with one camp in each district per month is being planned across Rural Goa only.
☆ 2. From these camps, the poorest of the poor & deserving especially Widows & senior citizens with disabilities will be identified who are in need of Physiotherapy. 
☆ 3. Twice a week for a month, a batch of 6 to 8 such poor senior citizens will be given Free Physiotherapy sessions per camp.
☆ 4. Those who attend the camps and are not poor or economically backward and are in need of Physiotherapy will have to approach the Physiotherapist who conduct these camps and pay them to do the Physiotherapy sessions at their residence.
_*Well basically psychiatric homes are run by Psychiatrists &*_

_*Physiotherapy units are run by Physiotherapist.*_

_*I am neither a Psychiatric nor a Physiotherapist*_
But I understand, Hunger , sickness , poverty  Homelessness , disabilities, etc and I am committed to go beyond my capacity inspite of me being an Commerce graduate.
_*On this network of FREE 24 Physiotherapy units in rural Goa, we intend to divert into psychiatric treatment to the poorest of the poor goans.*_
The rate of poor people in Goa suffering with mental disabilities is hitting the roof.
In two years from now even if we have increased our bed capacity from today which is at 240 to 500 , still the demand will be more.
To offset that future demand for rehabilitation , we intend to identify in rural villages through our Physiotherapy units those also suffering from mental disabilities and list them down. 
We will provide transport to these poor goans and get them to IPHB for evaluation & assessment.
Once assessment is done, we will provide free psychiatric medication which IPHB does not provide free after their monthly assessment.
And this will be month after month.
In this way, we intend to keep the lid on those poor goans in villages suffering from mental disabilities from going out of control due to timely psychiatric treatment and plug this problem well in advance.
_*Its a long term plan which will give results in may be 2 years from now.*_
Since we have hard core experience on the ground level  in both fields ie Psychiatric & Physiotherapy by handling more than 1000 such people in the last 7 years, this is the only tried & tested formulae we now wish to take to the poorest of the poor goans in rural villages especially Widows, senior citizens & those suffering with mental disabilities. 
Trust me, the demand for rehabilitation in shelter homes for those with mental disabilities will be so huge in the next few years that beds will not be available as there are no NGOs entering this field of FREE REHABILITATION for the poorest of the poor.
The economics just don't match.
The calling to serve the poor is not appealing to many. 
Today it's all about the money.
We have to take medical services to the poorest of the poor in Goa to the villages and we are going to do what we have started. 
Free Physiotherapy sessions for the poorest of the poor across Goa.
_*Well many will wonder about FUNDING for*_
_*the equipment for the 24*_ _*Physiotherapy units,*_
_*the Physiotherapist fees for these 24 units,*_
_*Etc*_
_*Well that's for another day on another post.*_
Be free to ask all queries if you have once you read this complicated yet need of the hour post.
All queries strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564.
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
29Jan/24

INSTALLING THESE 10 NEW FRIDGES TO ACCEPT AND COLLECT EXTRA COOKED FOOD

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29.1.2023  8pm IST 
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA  GOA is installing THESE 10 new fridges to accept and collect extra cooked food.
( picture attached).
Please do sponsor these fridges @ Rs 19000 each.
These are brand new ELANPRO  fridges purchased from Global Enterprises , Porvorim.
We have identified 10 locations where these fridges will be installed & we are assured of daily min 25 kgs to 30 kgs of Extra food which otherwise is being wasted everyday.
These 30 kgs of food from each fridge is enough for 80 to 90 meals as 1 kg of food is enough for 3 people.
We have identification of numerous poor families situated in the vicinity of these fridges who are suffering from HIV & TB and other sickness.
We have 3 teams created covering 3 fridges per team and these teams will directly get this extra good food to those poor families daily.
We as the only Registered Food Bank in Goa have 23 such fridges installed across Goa , with 11 such fridges installed in Police Stations. 
For almost 6 years and running our food bank fridges has been feeding our homeless in our shelter Homes as daily we get about 300 kgs to 500 kgs of food of which 20% to 30% is not consumable which is then fed to the animals.
We also donate extra food to other homes and other NGOs who feed in their locality in Goa.
Running Food bank fridges has been one of the greatest achievements I can boast off as a result we are able to open so many Homes and take in non stop so many homeless people. 
Why ?
Because daily we know God provides food in our fridges which is donated by many unknown and unseen people who understand hunger & Homelessness. 
If my shelter Homes can run with extra cooked food through our food bank fridges why not other poor people homes especially those suffering from HIV & TB and sickness ?
Many will think about ” FOOD POSIONING “.
Yes you are right .
We have designed systems where by our team members are made to understand looking at the food to know if the food is consumable or not.
Usually poor and underprivileged people never ever complain about food as most of them hardly can afford 2 decent square meals and whatever is given is accepted if not good they will throw out, but they never ever complain.
It's the unwanted idle people who are usually jealous and envy of those who are trying to do good who make issues and show a mole as a hill
If you feel your can sponsor a fridge or two then be assured of UNLIMITED BLESSINGS from so many poor families suffering from HIV & TB and poverty and sickness.
All communications strictly through whstsapp messages only on 8380097564.
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848