Being a lady, abandoned and suffering from physical & mental disabilities is something beyond yours and my imagination.

Add : homeless and unwanted by society.

On International Disability Day we had a small but awesome program for 65+ lady residents, all on Severe psychiatric medication, reassuring our motto : ENDING HUNGER and HOMELESSNESS.

The YouTube link of 75 min will leave you enlightened about our NGO , our work, our team, how we treat and care for people with mental disabilities, etc.

We also launched our 2nd edition book on the work we do. This is the link of of E Book.

We have numerous teams & volunteers and each one play their part, synchronizing with the other teams to keep the residents up and running.

The 3 hours program held on 6th Dec at Silver Bells Sangolda was meticulously planned by my trustee & sister Joanita Pinto & supported by my brother in law John Pinto and both are senior citizens along with our office staff.

The transportation of these 65+ lady residents from 6 homes of which 10 of them are wheel chair bound due to old aged and due to physical disabilities is the responsibility of Our operation manager Sapnesh Salgaonkar and his team who did a fantastic job of moving the residents to & fro along with the drivers and other staff.

To our dedicated Volunteer Sir Bosco George IPS , who post retirement, is the MC for all our programs and the man who is there always,  brightening up the lives of people with disabilites.

Sir Bosco George also is our trouble shooter between me and the authorities especially the government departments.

To Joseph Fernandes our volunteer who makes it a point to cover all our programs and capture these events on his camera.

To our care givers from Jharkhand who take alot of trouble living in the homes and caring for these ladies, is something not easy to handle.

To our Physiotherapists, counselors, art teacher, Vocational teacher and our Resident Doctor, who play their part 24 *7 , 365 days, we thank you.

Consists of other silent volunteers across Goa who perform free of cost the duties assigned to them without any expectations and publicity.

We appreciate the attendance of :

who experienced 1st hand, many goan ladies with mental disabilities and shared their views about their approach towards ending Hunger and homelessness. 

The resident ladies were thrilled and excited to be recognized by the audience for the performance they put up.

We also had a small exhibition on their art craft and drawing work done in the last 2 years and each Invitee was asked to pick any item and take home as a remembrance of the lady residents in our homes.

You need to see their art work in this you tube link attached.

With out The Favour of God and good health it's next to impossible to do what we do.

It's very stressful , complicated and pulls you down as dealing with mental disabilities residents is not easy plus dealing with landlords as everyone today thinks feels and understands that NGOs make alot of money.

It eats me up at times when I see and am told about so and so suffering on the streets due to mental disabilities & I just can't help or do anything.

A few of these ladies are very very aggressive in nature and anything small is enough to kick, hit , pull hair of others, use sharp objects to injure their own self and others, attempt to harm or run away.

But it's a great satisfaction that we are able to do this little without any formal training or any specialized courses.

This is where I  see Jesus Christ in people with mental disabilities, the homeless & the hungry.

For Jesus Christ as a Roman catholic is not in any church , structure or any formality which I have been told or taught about.

This is my Bible, my church , my retreat , my prayers, my recollection, my religion.

My motive is to do good to those who I don't know and who will never ever come back to thank me or ever be able to help me.

If I only help those who I know or who will help me back then that's not Jesus Christ teaching to what I learnt.

Although I never or very seldom visit any shelter homes yet I aware of everything that goes on in all our Homes.

It's their disappointment of residents with mental disabilities living in a shelter home which upsets me as LIFE IS MEANT TO BE HAPPY & CHEERFUL & then I get stressed and upset as I see 1st hand that they want to get better but their medication is such that they just can't do much alone outside in this COMMERCIAL LIFE.

The worst part of mental disabilities is that SOCIETY cares a DAMN starting from the Government and going up to all religious heads including my religious head Cardinal Ferrao.

The demand is so high for rehabilitation for the poorest of the poor and our own ethnic goans  that everyone is just is closing their eyes and pretending or assuming some one else will do this service.

Our shelter homes cares for Catholics, Hindus & Muslims.

Our staff is predominantly Hindus , but we also have Catholics , Muslims and Tribals , both men & ladies working in our homes.

Once you see the entire link of 75 minutes & feel yes ” its time to be a volunteer or a benefactor then please whatsapp me your views on 8380097564 “.

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This goan lady now lives in a home, sleeps on a bed , sits on a chair and eats meals on a table; has a bath daily, changes her clothes daily, replies to questions when asked.

So what's the big deal ?

Well for over 12 years this same lady due to mental disabilities lived on streets, slept under trees and on footpaths , ate food from unhygienc places, always wore only 1 red saree, no table manners & totally aggressive and disoriented.

But with 18 months of rehabilitation, medication, care , monthly follow ups and blood tests , today she is much cooler , calmer and oriented but has may be early stages of Parkinsons.

Image the hurts , insults, abuse, loneliness she went through for 12 long years where I assume her emotions took a hit very badly.

Only solution is shelter homes/ half way homes/ mid way homes.

If not brought to us by Goa Police today this lady would have still been on the streets or would be Permanently locked up in the mental hospital.

☆ Her only fault : poverty and death of her husband many years back which made her loose her peace of mind.

☆ Result : today she can't be left by herself as she has to be monitored and given her daily psychiatric medication.

☆ Future : Hon CM needs to understand that there are many Goan ladies like her turning up homeless on the streets due to mental disabilities.

☆ Need of the hour : state government needs to address this issue on a war footing.

Not an easy task at Street Providence but some one needs to do this service when the Government pretends to look the other side .

It's really tiring, expensive, complicated, difficult but yet achievable and we need your help to help so many in the streets of Goa who just might be waiting for a second chance to get off the streets

All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you all 

This goan lady now lives in a home, sleeps on a bed , sits on a chair and eats meals on a table; has a bath daily, changes her clothes daily, replies to questions when asked.

So what's the big deal ?

Well for over 12 years this same lady due to mental disabilities lived on streets, slept under trees and on footpaths , ate food from unhygienc places, always wore only 1 red saree, no table manners & totally aggressive and disoriented.

But with 18 months of rehabilitation, medication, care , monthly follow ups and blood tests , today she is much cooler , calmer and oriented but has may be early stages of Parkinsons.

Image the hurts , insults, abuse, loneliness she went through for 12 long years where I assume her emotions took a hit very badly.

Only solution is shelter homes/ half way homes/ mid way homes.

If not brought to us by Goa Police today this lady would have still been on the streets or would be Permanently locked up in the mental hospital.

☆ Her only fault : poverty and death of her husband many years back which made her loose her peace of mind.

☆ Result : today she can't be left by herself as she has to be monitored and given her daily psychiatric medication.

☆ Future : Hon CM needs to understand that there are many Goan ladies like her turning up homeless on the streets due to mental disabilities.

☆ Need of the hour : state government needs to address this issue on a war footing.

Not an easy task at Street Providence but some one needs to do this service when the Government pretends to look the other side .

It's really tiring, expensive, complicated, difficult but yet achievable and we need your help to help so many in the streets of Goa who just might be waiting for a second chance to get off the streets

All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you all 

Mr LEOPOLDO a poor ethnic homeless goan is going through the worst period of his life & It's the most difficult situation to ever be in life for anyone when is abandoned, in poverty, old aged and suffering from mental disabilities. 

Hon CM of Goa you need to understand the plight of hundreds of such poor Goan ethnic men who are living and dying on the streets of Goa.

Why ?

Because of these reasons :

Look at this man in the link .

Ethnic Goan from CAMURLIM Bardez Goa.

Mr LEOPOLDO.

Brought off the streets 18 months from DMC College Khorlim by Mapusa police in a very unclean and pathetic mental state.

Due to old aged , had a fall in the home & last 15 days admitted into the government hospital.

How would any GOAN politician or religious head feel if their brother, father , relatives were like LEOPOLDO ?

Just because GOANS like LEOPOLDO are old and no value to the goan politicians that they are not considered as fellow citizens ?

Then how today we are celebrating our country 75 years of the constitution ?

Where the constitution provides and guarantees the right to life in India but with already 15% of our population classified as persons with disabilities, who is going to provide basic facilities to such Indians suffering on the streets?

See how the poor are getting poorer and the politicians are PRETENDING that there are no funds for welfare schemes benefitting the people with mental disabilities in Goa ?

Hon CM you need to step in quickly and get up and running PALLIATIVE CARE HOMES & HALF WAY HOMES for men with mental disabilities.

Our main disappointment are too many :

But what is the Hon CM and his government doing for such poor ethnic homeless goans especially men ?

Nothing, absolutely nothing and it's a big SHAME that crores of Rupees are spent on entertainment & unwanted events but on human beings with mental disabilities no funds.

We have close to 120 such poor goan men all in bad and horrible health conditions and if not with us In our homes then either will be living on the streets or staying permanently in some government hospital like IPHB where 70 such people – Goan & non goans are presently living for years.

Our country is growing rapidly but what about the better health facilities for poor people on the streets who are also citizens of this country ?

Hon CM you need to listen to our problems as we are working on the ground unlike the officers and Directors of your departments who are only doing paperwork and endless meetings which does not  take the homeless off the streets in Goa.

It's getting really tight as too many calls and everyone expects us to say yes and open the doors of our homes but without Government funding it's not going smoothly & we can't oblige all & everyone.

The costs of running up and down to hospitals with the homeless to keep them in the best of health both mentally & physically is too much to handle both with manpower and finances.

We are always ready to help but funding is the main concern and without donations it's next to impossible.

We thank our generous benefactors for the support & generosity over all these last 7 years which enabled us to keep our homes up and running and from just 1 home in Dec 2017 to now 2024 we have 11 homes in Goa.

All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564.

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Please leave your message / comments in our you tube link attached with this post.

God bless you all 

Hon CM of Goa , listen to us as we are on the ground doing the complicated & hard work your government is suppose to do .

Don't let the sun set down on poor goan ladies with mental disabilities on the streets 

But why are the Police not picking up people from the streets and admitting them into the mental hospital ?

Your answer is at the end of this post.

Mid September 2024, this poor goan homeless abandoned lady was picked up by us with the help of Mapusa police as well present was Mrs Aishwarya Salgaonkar and our NGO admitted her into IPHB ( not the police ) as she was violent and had been living on the streets of HANUMAN NATYAGRAHA Mapusa just opposite to Hotel Satyaheera with severe mental disabilities.

Sangeeta is the name we kept her as she did not even remember her name while admitting her into IPHB on that day .

From mid April 24 till mid Sept 24 , same corner right on the footpath, the entire summer & the entire rainy season, Sangeeta lived on that street.

Imagine a lady living in a major city of goa where thousands of people if not a lakh of people daily cross this HANUMAN NATYAGRAHA corner.

Mapusa police station is just 200 meters away from this corner and each and every police at mapusa police station has to cross this corner.

Well today Sangeeta was discharged from IPHB & we admitted her into our home.

So why could the police not do this earlier ?

Well , for the police to admitt a homeless into the IPHB is a :

Sounds strange. Let me break it up.

☆ 1. Nightmare – most of these homeless are unclean, aggressive, abusive & harmful in nature.

》pick the homeless,

》Take to the local PHC,

》Conduct a medical report,

》Then locate the city Magistrate,

》If its night time go to the home of the city Magistrate who always is a resident of another city along with the homeless.

If its day time local Magistrate is in court so wait.

》Once Magistrate sees the homeless then will issue an order.

》Take the order and go to IPHB.

》Stand in line with the homeless.

》Who might be smelly & no toilet habits.

》IPHB will do some checking & refer to GMC.

》GMC another Line and wait for reports.

Bring patient & reports back to IPHB. 

》Then they will admitt.

In the above process, minimum 12 hours is needed with :

》One PSI

》3 to 4 constables 

》1 driver 

》Petrol & police car.

This same process if through STREET PROVIDENCE is only 2 hours & 2 constables.

Government should understand this huge saving of time & resources. 

Well once this same homeless person is ready for discharge, the police don't run shelter homes so either they just ignore the calls from IPHB to sign for the discharge of any patient admitted thru the Magistrate Order OR

The patient may tell IPHB they want to be discharged OR

The police sign the discharge and the patient walks away back to the streets as there is no family to take them home.

After few days same story on the streets and police again feel it's useless to repeat the same exercise as after a few weeks again the cycle goes round and round.

Well that's the reason SANGEETA was not picked up by the police and admitted into IPHB but we picked up Sangeeta , supported by The police and our NGO admitted her into IPHB.

Today our NGO signed Sangeeta discharge papers and police gave an NOC to admitt into our shelter homes. 

Today Sangeeta ate food on a table, read / flipped through some books , slept at night On a warm bed , watched Television.

Who knows how and what is going on in her mind.

Still says in the last 24 hours ” I don't want to stay in a home I want to live on the streets, picking up waste bottles & smoking her biddies”.

Now you all got the answer why when u go to the police station to address the issue of homeless with mental disabilities is not taken seriously? 

So who is to blame for this mess ?

Obviously The Hon CM of the state as Police & finance are always under The CM of the state.

If the Finance department does not give the funds to the women & Child Department for grants to be given to NGOs running shelter Homes for women on the streets with mental disabilities then it's The Hon CM Fault.

And no NGO is crazy to look after homeless people with disabilities without Government grants and supoort.

I hope you got the answer to the question at the start of this post.

The Sorkar / Government under The Hon CM of Goa please take note.

By coming Wednesday ie 27th Nov 2024 we will hitting the streets again and may be forced to take our residents to meet The Hon CM of Goa as with Rs 33 per day for food and Rs 6.67 paisa per day for medicines it's just not possible any more to carry on.

Maharashtra elections are over ,

Exposition started 

IFFI innaugrated.

So now The Hon CM of Goa should give us an appointment & fulfill his commitment when he addressed our lady residents as HIS MOTHERS & SISTERS on 2nd Oct 2024 when we visited him In his Bungalow & assured to release the other 60% of our grants.

All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380087564

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you all

Hon CM of Goa , listen to us as we are on the ground doing the complicated & hard work your government is suppose to do .

Don't let the sun set down on poor goan ladies with mental disabilities on the streets 

But why are the Police not picking up people from the streets and admitting them into the mental hospital ?

Your answer is at the end of this post.

Mid September 2024, this poor goan homeless abandoned lady was picked up by us with the help of Mapusa police as well present was Mrs Aishwarya Salgaonkar and our NGO admitted her into IPHB ( not the police ) as she was violent and had been living on the streets of HANUMAN NATYAGRAHA Mapusa just opposite to Hotel Satyaheera with severe mental disabilities.

Sangeeta is the name we kept her as she did not even remember her name while admitting her into IPHB on that day .

From mid April 24 till mid Sept 24 , same corner right on the footpath, the entire summer & the entire rainy season, Sangeeta lived on that street.

Imagine a lady living in a major city of goa where thousands of people if not a lakh of people daily cross this HANUMAN NATYAGRAHA corner.

Mapusa police station is just 200 meters away from this corner and each and every police at mapusa police station has to cross this corner.

Well today Sangeeta was discharged from IPHB & we admitted her into our home.

So why could the police not do this earlier ?

Well , for the police to admitt a homeless into the IPHB is a :

Sounds strange. Let me break it up.

☆ 1. Nightmare – most of these homeless are unclean, aggressive, abusive & harmful in nature.

》pick the homeless,

》Take to the local PHC,

》Conduct a medical report,

》Then locate the city Magistrate,

》If its night time go to the home of the city Magistrate who always is a resident of another city along with the homeless.

If its day time local Magistrate is in court so wait.

》Once Magistrate sees the homeless then will issue an order.

》Take the order and go to IPHB.

》Stand in line with the homeless.

》Who might be smelly & no toilet habits.

》IPHB will do some checking & refer to GMC.

》GMC another Line and wait for reports.

Bring patient & reports back to IPHB. 

》Then they will admitt.

In the above process, minimum 12 hours is needed with :

》One PSI

》3 to 4 constables 

》1 driver 

》Petrol & police car.

This same process if through STREET PROVIDENCE is only 2 hours & 2 constables.

Government should understand this huge saving of time & resources. 

Well once this same homeless person is ready for discharge, the police don't run shelter homes so either they just ignore the calls from IPHB to sign for the discharge of any patient admitted thru the Magistrate Order OR

The patient may tell IPHB they want to be discharged OR

The police sign the discharge and the patient walks away back to the streets as there is no family to take them home.

After few days same story on the streets and police again feel it's useless to repeat the same exercise as after a few weeks again the cycle goes round and round.

Well that's the reason SANGEETA was not picked up by the police and admitted into IPHB but we picked up Sangeeta , supported by The police and our NGO admitted her into IPHB.

Today our NGO signed Sangeeta discharge papers and police gave an NOC to admitt into our shelter homes. 

Today Sangeeta ate food on a table, read / flipped through some books , slept at night On a warm bed , watched Television.

Who knows how and what is going on in her mind.

Still says in the last 24 hours ” I don't want to stay in a home I want to live on the streets, picking up waste bottles & smoking her biddies”.

Now you all got the answer why when u go to the police station to address the issue of homeless with mental disabilities is not taken seriously? 

So who is to blame for this mess ?

Obviously The Hon CM of the state as Police & finance are always under The CM of the state.

If the Finance department does not give the funds to the women & Child Department for grants to be given to NGOs running shelter Homes for women on the streets with mental disabilities then it's The Hon CM Fault.

And no NGO is crazy to look after homeless people with disabilities without Government grants and supoort.

I hope you got the answer to the question at the start of this post.

The Sorkar / Government under The Hon CM of Goa please take note.

By coming Wednesday ie 27th Nov 2024 we will hitting the streets again and may be forced to take our residents to meet The Hon CM of Goa as with Rs 33 per day for food and Rs 6.67 paisa per day for medicines it's just not possible any more to carry on.

Maharashtra elections are over ,

Exposition started 

IFFI innaugrated.

So now The Hon CM of Goa should give us an appointment & fulfill his commitment when he addressed our lady residents as HIS MOTHERS & SISTERS on 2nd Oct 2024 when we visited him In his Bungalow & assured to release the other 60% of our grants.

All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380087564

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you all