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31Aug/24

FOOD BANK SANGOLDA GOA , COLLECTS 28 TONNES OF GOOD COOKED EXCESS FACTORY FOOD, IN THE LAST 5 MONTHS FROM JUST 9 FACTORIES , @ VERNA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

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31.8.24. 7pm IST 
FOOD BANK SANGOLDA GOA , collects 28 tonnes ( 28000 kgs ) of good Cooked excess factory food, in the last 5 months from just 9 factories , @ Verna Industrial Estate.
We are ” Turning Surplus into Support for those in need “.
These 28 tonnes of food, fed 84000 meals in the last 5 months ( 1 kg = 3 meals ) .
These 28 tonnes of food if not collected by our food bank , would havd reached the wet treatment plant & thrown out as waste.
Most of these 9 factories feel proud & happy that their factory contributed towards :
▪︎Feeding the hungry,
▪︎Reducing wet waste ,
▪︎Saving the environment &
▪︎We get a financial charge every month towards the cost of picking up this food which goes towards running our shelter homes for the homeless & goans with disabilites. 
Running food bank is very very complicated & requires accurate time management as the food has to be moved to the poor & needy ASAP.
If we are able to feed hundreds of meals daily & thousands of meals every month then the credit goes to :
☆ 1. Secretary, Factories & Boilers, Mr Sanjit Rodrigues IAS ,
☆ 2. Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers, Mr Anant Pangam,
( Both of these fine officers understood my idea & got 9 big factories to support this idea.)
☆ 3. The company which provided us the refrigerated truck under CSR which enables us to pick & hold 300 kgs food per time ,
☆ 4. Our food feeder at Vasco , Mr Hassan Khan,
☆ 5. Our various staff who daily pick this food from nine factories 6 days a week 2.30 to 4.30 pm.
But these 28000 kgs has to come from a source and these are the companies which donate their extra canteen food daily :
◇ Commscope 
◇ Micro Labs
◇ IFB
◇ Siemens 
◇ Marksons 
◇ Cipla
◇ Teva
◇ Lupin 
◇ Sanofi.
If these companies refused to support the idea of donating their extra canteen food to the food bank as well as reimbursing the costs every month, then these 28000 kgs would have reached the bins and turned to waste.
We also collect food daily in these Industrial Estates :
》San Jose the Areal : 1 company 
》Kundanim : 1 company 
》Corlim : 2 companies.
Per month all our factory food collection is about 7000 to 8000 kgs but Verna Industrial Estate is the biggest contributing sector to our food bank.
All services has a cost and some one has to bear the costs otherwise it reaches the bins and that's how our waste treatment plants are going out of control.
We feel satisfied that many many poor families are benefitting from this extra food daily across pockets in Goa.
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
29Aug/24

ETHNIC POOR GOAN FAMILY FROM BORIM SHIRODA AREA WHOSE MUD HOUSE NEEDS URGENT REPAIRS AND WE HAS STARTED TO REPAIR THE HOUSE IN PARTS.

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29.8.24. 7pm IST
This post is about an ethnic poor goan family from Borim Shiroda area whose mud house needs urgent repairs and we @ Street Providence Goa has started to repair the house in parts.
STREET PROVIDENCE PRIMARY FOCUS IS  :
☆ 1. running shelter Homes for the homeless and those with mental disabilities &
☆ 2. running food banks to collect extra cooked food daily and feeding the hungry.
But when we are approached and when we investigate we feel that Yes ” we should help such poor goans on project to project basis ” and that why we are trying to help in repairing such homes of poor ethnic goans.
Well Devidas Chari family is consisting of his bed ridden stroke elderly mother who we have provided one fowler bed as she was sleeping on a mud floor totally not in a way one would expect
Devidas has a wife and two little children.
Due to poverty and other socio issues their life is a struggle and it's all in the link along with this post.
Devidas wife's elderly father is a a dialysis patient and the wife 3 times a week takes her elderly father to GMC for dialysis while devidas does some odd job as he has to keep an eye on his bed ridden mother and his two small children.
Imagine the stress & disappointment.
And for those including ME, who grumble how life is , this family struggle will serve as a reminder that you and me are much much better off than Devidas and his family.
Well last week we repaired their roof of their kitchen and put up a metal roof which costed us close to Rs 1 lac.
Now we have to repair the walls of the kitchen which has fallen down as well as cement the walls of the entire back side including the kitchen which is quoted at Rs 1.40 lacs with labour & material.
Later on a small washroom cum bathroom needs to be provided as they are currently having bath in the open at the back and this is quoted at rs 1.2 lacs.
Remember there are all females/ ladies on this home and a washroom cum bathroom attached to the home is a safety for all.
Total cost for both theses jobs is rs 2.6 lacs.
Usually when such mud houses collapses most of the news channels sensationalize the tragedy & so many comments suggestions views that at times I wonder ” why wait to highlight a fallen house? Why did these news channels not try to get the house repaired before falling down? “.
At times we don't even get any media coverage for the work we do as media at times only wants to highlight sensational news to get the audience.
But that does not stop us from doing the little we can to bring a roof over a head of an ethnic goan poor family.
If you can support us through your donations we will be able to complete both the above jobs of this family.
The donation is strictly through NEFT / CHEQUE only.
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
23Aug/24

MAINA- CURTORIM POLICE STATION @ GOA POLICE GET OFF THE STREETS, TWO ELDERLY BEGGARS IN PATHETIC CONDITIONS AND LODGES THEM IN OUR SHELTER HOME

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23.8.24. 2pm IST 
Maina- Curtorim police station @ Goa Police get off the streets, two elderly beggars in pathetic conditions on 21.8.24 and lodges them in our shelter home.
☆ One is a Goan Mr Christopher who was spotted late night 1am at PHC Curtorim by the police.
Claims to be from Varca/ Carmona and when the police went to his home,  found that he is staying alone & the house was not in proper condition for him to live.
☆ The other is a non goan who was spotted at Rachol Seminary,  Mr Das who was admitted at 10pm.
We appreciate LPSI Miss Veronica for rescuing these 2 elderly men late night.
But I am still at loss to understand why the Goa Government is not starting a beggars home or why is our HOME not notified as a beggars home
Every police station calls us to admitt and we just cant say no as these are old and sick people on the streets .
But caring for them is not easy as they come with a lot of sickness and mental imbalance.
Running around with these beggars for treatment is not cheap as it requires alot of hospital trips, tests , medication & follow ups.
Too many calls of late and I tell the caller pls approach the local police station. 
We just can't pick anyone directly as there has to be some paper trail.
All the major cities in Goa are having a sizeable no of beggars and vagabonds and it's just increasing year after year.
Also crime on the streets increase due to beggars as well as murders and deaths have increased due to no clear policy of the Government towards Beggars & the homeless.
We ask the Hon CM as well as The Social Welfare Minister to put a policy in place towards beggars and homeless in Goa and see that our grants are given well in advance to run such homes for the homeless.
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God bless you so much
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
21Aug/24

A POOR GOAN FAMILY LIVES IN THIS MUD HOUSE WHICH IS ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE, @ BORIM SHIRODA GOA.

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21.8.24. 6pm IST 
A poor goan family lives in this mud house which is on the verge of collapse,  propped up everywhere by props , which that too is giving way @ Borim Shiroda Goa.
The below link will show you the actual house condition.
The floor of this house is of mud.
An elderly mother totally undernourished sleeps on a old mat on this mud floor.
Leaking roof and peeling off walls in the entire house.
And this is what we saw about 10 days back ie
Arturo Dsouza, Anna Gracias and myself .
So we decided to do something for this family.
On 15th August 2024 we gave a semi new fowler bed so that the elderly lady could sleep on a bed with a rexin mattress and it's easy to clean it as she is bed ridden / paralyzed/ disabilities. 
This link is on 15th August when we gave the fowler bed.
Quickly we took a quotation to repair the worst affected part of the house ie the kitchen & the back side as it's nearly collapsed with huge holes in the walls.
Due to rains and the topography it took us a few days to organise the material as well as the labour.
Yesterday we paid for the material, etc only for the back side of this house which includes the kitchen.
We expect to complete this roof work in 3 days and counting.
After that they require a small bathing room & washroom attached to their home.
That too we will provide.
The entire home requires floor tiles .
The middle room needs the roof to be redone.
The front balcony is on a metal prop which is also rusted & falling down as the white ants have eaten up the wooden rafters and ribs.
We will be undertaking the repairs, little by little in parts but also on how we receive donations for this house.
It's too sad to see such pathetic living conditions of this family.
We are appealing to support us as we undertake to do up their house stage by stage.
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
20Aug/24

A GROUP OF SENIOR CITIZENS UNDER THE BANNER OF CARMEL FOOD BANK GETS TOGETHER AND CONTRIBUTES QUIETLY TOWARDS RECONSTRUCTION OF A PART OF A HOME WHICH COLLAPSED

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20.8.24. 7pm IST 
A group of senior citizens from Margao Goa under the banner of Carmel Food Bank gets together and contributes quietly towards reconstruction of a part of a home which collapsed due to July 24 heavy rains across Goa.
Sounds bit difficult to digest.
Well Street Providence has numerous volunteers across Goa working individually by themselves as groups, focusing primarily on feeding the poor.
Carmel Food Bank was the 1st such group of volunteers to have joined me way back in 
Dec 2017 and till date they have been / undertaking many many projects.
Mind you most / all of them are senior & super senior citizens but they have the compassion & determination to go beyond their age factor.
Mid June 24 / early July 24 , heavy rainfall in Goa caused alot of mud houses to collapse and I suggested to them ” why not undertake to repair one house as Carmel Food Bank? “.
One senior citizen in Madel Margao , Cynthia Pereira had one part of her house fall down as it was of mud.
And Cynthia is partially suffering from disabilities. 
Carmel Food Bank volunteers agreed to fund the repairs of this house and accordingly the work started.
Today finally as seen in the link , the broken down part is fully repaired and the majority work is complete.
No big show , no publicity , nothing.
All contributed to their little they could but the objective was achieved.
Mostly we put our energy in criticizing the authorities, the politicians, the system when we find such suffering & hardships faced by poor people.
We expect that the authorities should have done more & done it more quickly.
But if we just stop and read the situation and decide to help rather wait for the authorities then you will reach this wonderful satisfaction 
” WE PLAYED OUR LITTLE PART AS A TEAM “.
Such moments are priceless.
Let's take an example from these senior citizens and work towards providing some relief to our own goans in one's own backyard who might just be waiting for help.
So many poor people approach our NGO & we too keep our eyes and ears open finding poor goan families in need of a helping hand.
You can always approach us if you and your group would like to play such small cheeerful part in the lives of poor goan families struggling for various economic reasons.
We help you with a ready platform if wish to bring a change in the life of the poor & needy.
♡♡♡ We thank The Local MLA of Fatorda & the local councillor of Madel Ward for all the support given without obstructing this repairs of this house.
Also the entire Repair team headed by Press Reporter Savio Dias , Madel along with Mr Pio and the rest who worked quietly, systematically & efficiently, inspite of the rains and the weather being unfavorable in the month of July 24.
For any one incase I missed your name, I apologize.
But it was a great experience to see so many senior citizens of Margao working quietly under the directives of one person who undertook the responsibility of finishing reconstruction on a war footing.
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
16Aug/24

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

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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 
8380097564 / 7020314848
08Aug/24

SELDOM ONE HEARS ABOUT IAS OFFICERS GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY AFTER OFFICE HOURS AND ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS TO HELP THE POOR & HOMELESS ESPECIALLY SENIOR CITIZENS.

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8.8.24. 11am IST
Seldom one hears about IAS officers going out of their way after office hours and on public holidays to help the poor & homeless especially senior citizens.
Well we have an opportunity to have experienced one such IAS officer Mr Arun K Mishra , Secretary of WCD , Government of Goa, who understood the ground reality of a goan elderly  homeless women aged 88 years.
Saturday late night 3.8.24, there was this 88 years old goan women in need to shelter and a local police station in Salcette was handling her , where this matter was reported for her safety & long term rehabilitation. 
Basically under WCD , there are 2 NGOs one in north & one in south , under a central government scheme which comes directly under the WCD Secretary to have helped this lady.
Both NGOs could not help in their NGOs on whatever grounds that night of 3.8.24. 
I am not getting into that.
Let the authorities investigate.
So I was called as usual as our homes are always used for anyone & everyone across all departments to take in all & sundry , 24 * 7, to admiitt all in need of shelter & care.
I point blank refused as I wanted to know, how and what plan is available to Goa Police , which I realized on Sunday morning 4.8.24 , that there is no plan except Street Providence. 
But last week on 30.7.24 , it has been disappointing & disturbing @ Street Providence to an extent we almost shut down all our ladies home but for the intervention of The CM , 
Mr Subhash Phal Dessai, Mr Guru Pawaskar & other important secretaries of Goa Government.
Sunday 4.8.24 , a police officer  handling this 88 year old homeless lady was practically in tears as there was no old aged home or any other home to shelter her.
The officer is a new recruit with a small baby at home and the stress was beyond the officer expectations.
That's what i have been going through last 7 years dealing with so many homeless requests & practically peanuts in the form of grants from the Government.
Top it all , DD of WCD phone switched off , when it was most needed but it's Sunday.
Only phone available was Secretary of WCD, which the police officer called and explained the dire situation the police station was facing.
Immediately Mr Mishraji took the initiative to reach out to Street Providence but since I was, disappointed, upset , too stressed & it being a sunday,  I too had my both phones confiscated by my family and ultimately both my phones were off .
Our Manager Sapnesh Salgaonkar was the next to be contacted both by the  police officer & on a request from Secretary WCD , Mr Mishraji , this lady was admitted into our home.
WCD Secretary could have just ignored this issue and enjoyed his Sunday. 
Ultimately there is a department to handle this.
But no, WCD Secretary understood the ground reality what we @ Street Providence go thru quite often and reached out to us & the police by requesting & seeing that our manager did the needful ie rehabilitating this 88 year old goan homeless lady, which was taken care by the manager Sapnesh Salgaonkar. 
I am sure on that day WCD Secretary must have understood the actual ground reality faced by Goa Police towards homeless on the streets especially ladies.
Many times I loose my cool and take rash decisions and this was one difficult decision i took that night of 3.8.24 , that we will not accept the lady let Goa Police break their head. 
And often , it's either my trustee cum sister Joanita Pinto or our operation manager Mr Sapnesh Salgaonkar who calm me down and rise up to get the problem solved to avoid any harassment or untoward unpleasantness towards the homeless.
Mr Mishraji , we appreciate your concern and willingness to contact us even though you know the troubles we go through at WCD for no fault of ours.
The 88 year old Goan homeless lady is taken care off at our women shelter home and we are committed to her care as it's going to be permanent.
We also are committed to taking in more homeless ladies with Secretary of WCD assuring all possible help to permanently sorting out all issues with WCD under the instructions of 
The Hon CM of Goa.
It's time more IPS / IAS / DIRECTORS of Government departments go out of their way without being afraid of any Ministers and help the poor & needy as that's what their position & designation calls for.
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
06Aug/24

FOOD BANK SANGOLDA GOA FINALLY GETS OUR 1ST KITCHEN, UP & RUNNING AT A RELIEF CAMP IN WAYANAD FOR FAMILIES DISPLACED BY THIS FLOODS.

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6.8.24. 8pm. IST
FOOD BANK SANGOLDA GOA finally gets our 1st kitchen, up & running at a relief camp in Wayanad for families displaced by this floods.
We appreciate and thank the Diocese of Kannur :
Bishop Rev Dr Alex Vadakumthala, 
Vicar General Rev Fr Clarence Paliath,
& my good friend Fr Shyam ( Cannosian ) for an opportunity to serve the poor & hungry in such devastating times.
Our NGO has provided dry ration of Rs 3 lacs which was purchased in kerala itself,  to feed meals, 3 times a day in the camp to :
》 Name: Poolakutti Relief camp
》No. Of Families today: 47 families 
》Total no of  people 127 
》Men: 43
》Children: 21
》Ladies: 63
》Panchayat: Kanichar
》District: kannur
》Venue: St. Mary's church Parish hall…
Today the Vicar General of Kannur Diocese handed over these dry ration items on behalf of Street Providence Goa to the families in this particular Parish hall in Poolakutty ( PO ) , Chittariparamba, Kannur district.
12th or 13th August our 1st relief truck leaves from Goa to Calicut and our team of relief volunteers will be in calicut to distribute the relief material which is in Co ordination with the Diocese of Calicut , headed by Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal.
We are collecting the following items as specified in the poster attached with the drop points where one can drop / deposit items as specified in the poster.
Kindly note ” WE ARE NOT COLLECTING CLOTHES “.
Blankets , towels, bedsheets , sleeping mats should all be new and not second hand as we are sending to relief camps and it has to be new only.
Kindly try to avoid using this collection program  to offload old stuff even if it's not used.
Our collection points have been instructed to accept only new items. 
Our collection drive is till 31.8.24 and we have points across Goa so please call the nearest point and go with an appointment as these are our volunteers who are also occupied with their profession and other family commitments.
If you have any queries or any doubts please whatsapp only on 8380097564.
No calling at all as we just can't manage to answer querries as there is no time.
We have planned a couple of more trucks every week depending on the donations/ collecting of items.
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
03Aug/24

WE ARE SENDING OUR 1ST RELIEF TRUCK TO CALICUT ON 12.8.24 , SO AS TO REACH POOREST OF THE POOR IN RELIEF CAMPS IN WAYANAND

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3.8.2024 7pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA is sending our 1st relief truck to Calicut on 12.8.24 , so as to reach poorest of the poor in relief camps in Wayanand .
We are blessed to be associated with Diocese of Calicut & Diocese of Kannur during this relief work which we plan to run across August September & October 24.
In fact last 2 days our local volunteers are on the ground making arrangements to start a FOOD BANK KITCHEN from Monday ie 5.8.24 to provide meals to 130 people in a Parish hall , Poolakutty(PO) , Chittariaparamba, 3 meals a day atleast for 15 days even extending to a month.
We have already committed Rs 3 lacs worth of Dry ration which is purchased in WAYANAND district and this will be delivered on Monday to our FOOD BANK kitchen at the Parish hall.
This has been purchased from a store in PERAVOOR ROAD , KELAKAM.
Coming week , 3 of our team members & 
2 nuns will be leaving for Calicut to assess and take forward the relief material distribution across the relief camps.
These 3 members have hard core experience in such relief work across India.
☆ 1. Relief material will be routed through the Calicut Diocese. 

☆ 2. Where as our Food Bank kitchen will be through Kannur Diocese.
We are starting relief material centres across Goa by Monday 5.8.24 where one can drop your relief material.
Most of our benefactors will have remembered how we had sent 13 truck loads of material during 2018 floods.
And most recently we were the only NGO from Goa to send 4 truck loads of 32 ft each to Manipur.
Our relief work is completely there for all our benefactors to see as we constantly update everyone through social media with facts , figures , details and all information.
Your intention & willingness to contribute & help either through Monetary Donations or through kind by purchasing the items in the list attached is what makes us one of the most reliable NGO'S in Goa undertaking relief work no matter where help is required and how small or big the tragedy is.
We have just sent our 2nd consignment of relief material to our neighbours @  Sindhudurg Diocese & Bishop Allwyn Barretto was all praise for we being the only NGO providing relief material from Goa.
No one else responded to their requests during the tragic flood that took place in ORAS area of Sindhudurg Diocese between 7th to 9th July 24.
We at Street Providence Goa are committed to reaching out to those in need across Goa & India and this is only possible through our SILENT BENEFACTORS who are always willing to assist the poor by donating to our NGO.
We don't insist only on monetary donations but we also request for material in kind although it's tedious, labour intensive , etc but we provide the benefactors a platform to bless those in need.
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564.
Please avoid calling as it's next to impossible to answer calls.
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380087564 / 7020314848
02Aug/24

WE ARE PROVIDING THE 2ND CONSIGNMENT OF RELIEF MATERIAL TO SINDHUDURG ARCHDIOCESE

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2.8.2024. 8pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA,  is providing the 2nd consignment of relief material to Sindhudurg Archdiocese consisting of huge qty of school note books and basic stationary items for children whose homes were flooded due to the floods on 7th to 9th July 2024.
Attached a picture of the school note books and stationary items.
Last week we provided to the Archdiocese of Sindhudurg:
☆ 300 mats
☆ 300 bedsheets 
☆ 300 towels 
☆ 300 packets of paratha.
Attached two collages of the relief material distributed from our 1st consignment through the Archdiocese of Sindhudurg. 
We @ Street Providence are continously working in India no matter how small or how big the disaster is in bringing a few smiles to those affected either by floods or by conflict.
We have generous and silent benefactors who rise up to our appeals which enables us to undertake so many projects.
We work on the ground with complete transparency and constant updating of all our works through social media platforms. 
The last major relief work was Manipur where we sent more than 2 crores worth of material & even today we are still providing dry ration in villages & schools in Manipur.
All relief requests are always complied with.
Even in Goa many many families have been provided dry ration kits in July 24 and even now we are providing dry ration kits in the month of August 24.
Currently in Goa we are adopted 4 homes of our NIZ GOENKAR which are under repairs & renovation and 6 more homes requests are pending for us to support as these houses suffered damages due to the rains. 
In the 4 states of India where we have shelter homes for the poor street people and people with mental disabilities, we always reach out in any way we can to the people around the vicinity of our shelter homes. 
Sindhudurg Diocese needed help and we were 1st NGO from Goa to go there which was on 19th July.
7th July to 17th July we were in Goa as heavy rains had affected many families and close to 1000 bags dry ration was given away through our volunteers & other NGOs.
Very soon our team will be heading to Wayand to assess and understand the needs of the peiole and we will start relief work.
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God bless you all 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848.