If you see any naked or semi naked lady walking on the streets in GOA only , please do stop and call the local police and see that help is reached or whatsapp us on 8380097564.

Mental disabilities / Psychiatric sickness makes one walk without clothes at times.

Why ?

Many times it's because the voices in their head told them to. Public nudity by the mentally ill seems to occur most often as part of other hallucinations and distortions of reality.

It's not that one purposely takes off their clothes especially ladies and walk around semi naked / naked.

Society needs to be little sensitive towards such Sad and pathetic situations rather than making fun and condemning the family.

Recently we took in a middle aged divorced 

goan lady who was in a particular city roaming around naked / semi naked but now under rehabilitation.

A chronic case of mental disabilities leading to an extent that having clothes on or no clothes made no difference to her.

Few years back was admitted into our home but was too hyper and complicated to handle and family members took her away.

But GOD has his own plans & after 5 years by sheer coincidence/ God's way , same lady is now in our Home being rehabilitated. 

Usually I seldom visit the IPHB (mental hospital) as I get upset seeing so many suffering people and yet I look after 150+ psychiatric poor people in our shelter homes. 

On a particular day I was passing by the IPHB & something Said ” go inside and meet the manager Sapnesh ” as he was in the IPHB with our inmates.

As i entered the IPHB , an elderly parent who I know by face approached me and said ” please help me, my daughter is in bad shape”

I looked around and the daughter was there with a stick and a stone in her hand and a swollen face one side.

Totally hammered on the streets i assume and disoriented.

Got Sapnesh to deal with the elderly parent while I requested the Consultant Dr to admitt without any attendant as the parent is 77+ and too poor to pay for a care giver.

I assured the Consultant Dr that within two weeks of admission & treatment we will 100% rehabilitate directly into our home.

Consultant Dr was kind enough to admitt .

We have one PRINCIPAL @ Street Providence regarding IPHB Bambolim ” If we commit to rehabilitate a patient who we have admitted / recommended for admissions into IPHB , then on the day of discharge we will 100% take to our homes”.

And basically because of our commitment that many times IPHB accepts our requests and admitts.

Else we have PLAN B to get the person admitted.

And that PLAN B is not what any Consultant Dr can refuse and we seldom use PLAN B.

Same lady patient has been for years being admitted into IPHB, discharged, does not take medication, again roams on-the-streets, abuses and throws stones And hit and abused by public, picked up by cops and cycle continues. 

To an extent Cops too are at times fed up as the elderly parent can't do much as the lady patient does not take medication.

This time I am given to understand the lady patient stripped/ semi naked and roaming the city.

And city people are talking and making fun which is not humane.

This lady patient is now admitted into our home and medication is being administered but it will take two full years to get her fully stabilised as for close to 15 years + she is totally disoriented and totally suffering from other mental disabilities plus schizophrenia.

Its going to be difficult to handle but possible to cure and heal only with TIME, LOVE ,HUMANITY & MEDICINES. 

Blabbering adult stuff, talks dirty language, sings vulgar songs but that's common as medication will take time to Penetrate the nervous system slowly but surely.

But there is light at the end of this tunnel for the agony & suffering of this middle aged goan woman.

Once the parent passes away then what?

We have mastered the ART of getting such people help, to an extent they can stay in a shelter home as normal person but not alone where no one knows if one has taken the medication or not.

Like this case , I know close to 10 such poor goan ladies roaming around semi naked and very violent always throwing stones in different places but it's something I cant do alone to get help to them.

It's SOCIETY that needs to be alert & sensitive.

The need of the hour is more psychiatric shelter homes to take in so many such patients who have practically no place to call home and no one at home to call family.

Street Providence is fighting a freaking loosing battle ALONE currently in Goa and its not easy as the bills keep mounting, admissions keep increasing and we keep opening new shelter homes so that OUR OWN POOR GOANS get a place to call HOME and FAMILY to live with.

You need to support us as we support so many such Sad and disheartening true cases of mental disabilities and homelessness and it's only GOANS who were are taking in.

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Fr Agnelo sayings include :

Today i share something which is really the need of the hour and ie MENTAL HEALTH.

It's so sad and disappointing to see so many young and not so young people losing their mind.

And the worst sufferers are women.

Too many requests are coming in for rehabilitation.

And these are even from highly educated people both rural & urban.

We have currently in our rehabilitation homes :

It's a silent TSUNAMI which most of us don't want to see or even hear about.

Now I am at my wits end how to go about and address so many genuine goans cries  in a situation at times that it's impossible to say no.

We have poor unsound goan ladies & girls :

We have many Goan men & Boys :

And the reasons are many many more.

We as a society need to be more sensitive and caring towards such people and believe me it's an ever increasing number , day by day.

90% of these requests are goan people who are so poor and frustrated that it makes no difference to them even if their own family member is roaming naked on the street or living like a vagabond on the streets , and if Kept at home, might get more aggressive.

The only Solution for this problem: SHELTER HOMES which is something that not many want to jump into & it's not a cheap and easy service to run as it requires full time nurses , caregivers, attendants.

It requires passion & commitment.

To an extent, late night if an inmate loses their cool then I have to get them admitted into IPHB as the Staff can't be called back once gone Home.

But that's not going to be enough.

Since the poor can't afford even basic fees , we have to depend on both government grants and public donations as most of the inmates can't be put to any use in the Homes to recover the costs to rehabilitate them even if one teaches them a trade ” as they are beyond repairs & only need to be maintained and sustained till they die “.

As we Celebrate The feast of Venerable Fr Agnelo de Souza, let's attempt to live by his teaching in SPIRIT so that the world becomes a better place to live for those who don't even know their name and those who dont where they will get their next meal from.

Let's try to live a life befitting to the life lived by Venerable Fr Agnelo. 

Let's work for the betterment of the poorest of the poor especially those with mental disabilities.

We need to all work together as we take on this TSUNAMI called mental disabilities especially those who are the poorest of the poor.

Once again A Very Happy Feast of Venerable Fr Agnelo. 

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Archbishop of Imphal, Rev Fr Domnic Lumon, bless our 4th relief truck to Manipur on 18.11.23 ( Saturday) at 10 am .

Col Manish Kumar Singh , Ex ADC to the Governor of Manipur has consented to Flag of this 4th truck.

Flagging off is from :

We have attached an itinerary of tomorrow's program along with this post.

The visit of The Archbishop of Imphal to Goa is for two purposes :

There will also be a small felicitation of our North Goa volunteers at Aldona church on 18.11.23 and our South Goa volunteers at Navelim church on 19.11.23 

♡♡♡ Volunteers are our back bone and without their support,  relief material in these 4 trucks would not have been possible to be sent to the relief camps.

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Join our clothes drive, be a proud donnor of your clothes and a generous benefactor with your donation along with your own preloved clothes.

Warm clothes and blankets for those in camps.

Winter is on the way and in some places its started and will last another 4 months.

We already sent 9200 brand new blankets to relief camps and another 800 are going in the 4th truck on 18.11.23.

And that makes it 10000 blankets to the relief camps ” all donated by YOU wonderful BENEFACTORS “

It's the warm clothes which is the need of the hour but it's a complicated service as there are procedures and ways of giving away second hand warm clothes.

One never knows when situations and circumstances can be revsered.

For warm clothes / clothes we had put a post saying give us Rs 5000 as donations and we will pick 30 clothes.

Good response 1600 clothes in the last 15 days  but people are grumbling ” why give our clothes and pay you ?”.

Most Said clothes are laundered . 

Ask when ?

Answer : about 3 months back.

That's not a way to give clothes.

Mostly clothes are given in old and dirty suitcases and bags which we can't send to others in such manner. 

So all clothes picked up go straight to the laundry and comes back in a neat box,  with camphor inside the box and a sleeve of brown paper on the top. 

Well look at the poster attached with the clothes.

Also look at the laundry bill of these 1600 clothes

If we just accept all clothes without any donation

then who will pay for :

A 22 ft truck to the camps is rs 2 lacs plus.

To those wonderful people who Gave us their clothes and the donations – you did a service.

The poor who wear these clothes will BLESS YOU SPIRITUALLY.  You donations has come back to you in the SPIRITUAL REALM.

To those who want me to take their clothes without a DONATION –  please stop thinking you are doing a favour by giving away your clothes.

Old clothes in any closet for months and years are only adding to stress and no peace of mind as every day one looks at these unused clothes and that grumbling feeling comes to haunt .

Since i am not working on emotions, please avoid giving excuses like :

We @ Street Providence are doing no one a Favour, but a service and there are huge costs in each and every project at all stages including this clothes project.

We feel the pain,  despair , heart breaks , sickness,  suffering etc of so many poor people either on TV or on social media platforms.

But pity & sympathy without food, clothing,  medications is not going to get those suffering any benefit. 

If our NGO has to do a service it's only going to happen through DONATIONS from YOU our BENEFACTORS. 

Look around and see if you know anyone who is accepting clothes in bulk in Goa ? That too from your doorstep across entire Goa.

We have a capacity to accept upto 10000 pieces of clothes a month ie Rs 5000 for 30 pcs.

All these clothes are for poorest of the poor across Goa & other states of India and especially warm clothes are for the displaced people in the relief camps .

To give away your used clothes and especially warm clothes which are unused is something you need to decide as we are collecting clothes all 12 months but with your donation of Rs 5000 for 30 clothes  

” Any increase in fuel prices in the future will also lead to an increase in the Donation for 30 clothes” .

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We are hearing too many SILENT cries of poor goan women looking for shelter and medication due to poverty, abandonment & sickness.

STREET PROVIDENCE GOA is starting our 6th Shelter Home for Women suffering from disabilities and the 10th overall shelter home in Goa, on 18.11.2023.

♡♡♡ Archbishop of Imphal, His Grace , Rev Fr Dominc Lumon, will be blessings this shelter home in the presence of Director of Women & Child, Government of Goa, Mrs Sangeeta Porob &  elected representatives from the local bodies.

STREET PROVIDENCE has collaborated with FMCK Congregation at their Candolim home to look after poor goan ladies suffering from disabilities with focus on Dimentia & other Neurological sickness.

Our collaboration with FMCK which started in mid 2018 , has been very successful & has grown from strength to strength.

Our homes for ladies suffering from disabilities supported by FMCK are at:

We also have  ladies shelter homes at :

☆ Our one mens home at Cavelossim is in a house  which is owned by FMCK but rented out to our NGO for rehabilitation of the homeless men with disabilities.

The Provincal of St Clare @ FMCK & the council, understands the need of the hour of shelter homes for poor ladies with Disabilities & other neurological issues and that's why one can see the work right from 2018 growing consistently.

How many have heard of a lay NGO collaborating with a religious congregation ?

And that too with NUNS.

And too for 6 years and counting ?

Not easy for a lay NGO to collaborate, work, sustain and open up so many homes the way FMCK & our NGO has been doing it consistently. 

There are issues and hurdles but when both our FOCUS is on the same Charisma, everything else takes a back seat.

It's time other CRI ( GOA ) open up their homes for rehabilitation of the poor goans suffering from mental disabilities as everyone wants/ feels that Street Providence will take all and sundry on the streets for rehabilitation. 

But where are the HOMES ?

We as an NGO don't own any property and all our homes across Goa & India are in rented premises.

Alot , I mean alot of poor goan women are suffering fron mental disabilities and are being abandoned by family members due to poverty and other genuine issues.

Alot of young girls/ ladies/ middle aged women are turning up homeless due to mental disabilities and no one wants to rehabilitate them on a long term basis as non of them can afford the fees of a home due to poverty and abandonedment.

80% ( of the 50 we care for) of the ladies we rehabilitate are poor goans who are suffering from chronic mental disabilities and if we were not in service of the poor , these 40+ goan ladies would be on the streets living an unbearable and pathetic life.

Coming 2024 , we are keen to start another 8 to 10 homes in Goa, with majority of these homes being only for poor goan homeless women suffering from mental disabilities and other neurological disorders. 

We are fighting a terrible battle in Goa against mental disabilities where by our own poor goans, especially ladies are crying silently due to mental disabilities and the need of the hour is more homes and blessings in the form of donations.

Not many are entering this field of providing free rehabilitation and shelter to those suffering from mental disabilities especially to the poorest of the poor as its a service which requires commitment and passion.

Please let's thank God as we innaugrate this 6th home on 18.11.23 at the hands of The Archbishop of Imphal, that many more poor goan ladies suffering from mental disabilities can get a dignified life in this shelter home.

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It's the FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS & WE @ Street Providence Goa wish each and every one of you A Very Happy Diwali Festival.

We @ Street Providence gave away a little for the poor in Goa for DIWALI.

In Manipur, for Diwali , we planned to give away 1000 sweet boxes but due to continuous blockade , this did not happen today but it will happen in the coming week as sweet boxes are ready in Guwahati but transportation is an issue into IMPHAL.

IN Jharkhand, we are giving away for DIWALI something warm for 500 children but yet to get the details.

Whatever you SOW, to bring LIGHT into a poor people life, AUTOMATICALLY comes back to you, bringing LIGHT into your life.

Just four days ago, our Young Volunteer from Curchorem,  Mr Akash Pednekar,  distributed on behalf of our NGO to 100 poor Goan families in that area , 1 pkt each of Phova & 1 pkt of Jaggery.

And this is the 3rd year running,  he is distributing on behalf of our NGO  pre-Diwali all by himself.

I told him ” no pictures required “.

This small gesture surely brought little LIGHT to these families to some extent.

But Last night , A retired School Teacher from 

St Theresa School , Candolim , Sir Domnic Colaco, ( along with his team ) also brought LIGHT to our NGO by managing to raise a huge amount of donation for Manipur displaced people.

Well you must be aware that we are attempting to raise CREAMUX Cookies & REGOs BEBINCA for the displaced people in Manipur through our 4th truck which leaves on 18.11.23.

Sir Domnic, ( along with his team ) organized a tiatr  in AID of our MANIPUR RELIEF , which I was aware, but WAS not ACTUALLY aware that it's SOLELY organized by Sir Domnic and that this tiatr was his baby & that too Sir Domnic organizing a tiatr at this age inspite of being a senior citizen.

I mean who at this age will want to take trouble and headache to raise funds for those displaced in relief camps ?

Alot of people WHATSAPP me the tickets that were printed and inquired if it's for STREET PROVIDENCE which I said YES.

I never expected that the entire benefit of this tiatr  after meeting all expenses would be so much and all this benefit would be used for our MANIPUR RELIEF Christmas hamper. 

Our Trustee Mrs Caroline Collaso & our Volunteer Mr Arturo Dsouza were present on behalf of our NGO and I am sure they too were taken aback that this tiatr was organized solely by Sir Domnic Colaco ( and his team).

My association with Sir Domnic goes back to about 10 years back at NCH , Calangute.

Everyone who knows Sir Domnic will agree with me that Sir Domnic is a very soft spoken , quite and practical man who gets the job done once he puts his hand to that job.

But he putting in effort last 3 months to get a tiatr organized and that too at the right time when we are attempting to arrange  & meet the deadline.

Sir Domnic ( and his team ) gesture in BRINGING LIGHT to those who need the most and that too on the eve of DIWALI,  means alot to me.

Festivals knows no religion.

Hunger & homelessness knows no religion.

Humanity needs to be lived and not preached.

Bringing LIGHT to those in darkness, poverty, hunger, war, Infliction, riot , earthquake, etc should be the motive of those who have the resources to contribute.

I end with all my sincere WISHES to each and every one of you reading this post .

HAPPY DIWALI TO ONE AND ALL.🪔

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8.11.2023. 7pm IST 

In exactly 10 days from today , our 4th truck leaves to The Relief Camps with Special Goan Christmas sweets ( and other relief material).

And we are just at 2000 boxes of the set target of 10000 boxes of Cookies & Bebinca boxes.

Lots of people are asking me why Christmas sweets and not dry ration ?

Well here the link will tell you the answer.👇

A MNC company from Verna Industrial Estate , Verna Goa has been kind enough to donate a huge qty of dry ration to 500 families , for the next 6 months which started in Oct 2023.

Well most of the dry ration is always rice as that's the staple food and is easily available in entire Manipur.

Also edible oil & other basic items were given.

And another MNC company from Bangalore has almost finalized : 

And we are providing relief material to both communities in equal districts of Manipur.

The suffering and the pain is in both sections of society & hunger and homelessness knows no religion, caste or creed.

We as AID workers are have been working on the ground in Manipur through the Archdiocese of Imphal and this 500 families identified in Churachandpur district were selected from more than 15 villages / relief camps. 

In the coming month of November we will be providing 500 families dry ration in Imphal district and the staff is on the ground listing &  verifying the poorest of the poor.

For Diwali , 1000 sweet boxes are on the way to Imphal and due to an economic blockade we are unable to get these boxes from Guwahati to Imphal.

Quite a couple of more MNC are showing interest in providing some relief material, based on our requirements for those still in Various relief camps across Manipur as winter is just around the corner.

Most people may have forgotten The people in camps in Manipur but the situation is yet to get back to what it was.

It's taking time but surely with All our prayers Peace will return very soon.

Some lockdown or the other happens in one district or the other quite often due to so many reasons and it's the poor people who suffer.

It's Christmas season and it's just a little way to cheer up people who have been affected by the displacement for over 6 months and counting.

So please don't worry why we are not giving dry ration and giving Christmas sweets .

We are giving dry ration , baby food etc in the coming months and I feel more MNCs will be giving us relief items for those in Relief camps.

Christmas will be a quite affair this year for those displaced and we are only trying to bring that little extra smile on their face with the Christmas hamper. 

We need to get as many as we can these Christmas Hampers of :

If you require help in getting these Creamux Cookies or Regos Bebinca organized please be free to contact the nos on the poster or please whatsapp me on 8380097564.

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Educated but yet not motivated, preferred for years to live on the streets in Panjim city, inspite of suffering a mild stroke.

It took me 4 full years to convince him to get off the streets and live in a home and one day about 2 years back out of hunger & frustration.

Mr Anirudh Gokhale himself Said to me ” I want to come to the shelter home,  I am tired on the streets “.

The below link tells you his life story .👇

He was given Physiotherapy and little exercises and as the stroke was mild, he did not suffer much.

And today Mr Gokhale is refreshed and incharge of our biggest and most complicated men's home where he has a team with him to run this home.

Last year again he was determined to go back to nowhere and just idle his time but a little bit of hard counseling and practical picture of his past on the streets for many years and his rehabilitation improvement made him stay back.

It's difficult at times convincing and putting sense into people who have lived years on the streets about how they destroy their life on streets but that urge for alcohol , tobacco or just fast life makes them want to go back even after years of rehabilitation with all facilities.

We have now certain rules in our shelter homes.

One thing  – once any one leaves our home , we seldom take them back .

Two – we are reducing the intake of non goans as they get rehabilitated and again leave and go back to the life on the streets and come back after few months in worse conditions which really irritates me as we have to restart the rehabilitation which costs us a bomb.

Most non goans on the streets assume and feel that shelter homes are a cozy place to come, eat sleep, enjoy life , get free treatment and when season starts go to the beach side, earn, drink and then live on the streets and some shelter home will take them in during the summer & rainy season.

We have understood their mind frame very well and that's why we are more focused on the goans who are homeless, poor and suffering from mental disabilities.

We are starting Shelter homes in different states of India free of cost and all those from other states need to go back to their respective state and get rehabilitated and live in their state.

Goa Police should take this offer of ours seriously and attempt to send back those beggars and migrants living in Goa on the streets to our homes across different states.

From 1.1 2024 all our 10+ shelter homes in Goa will only accept GOANS either who are genuinely homeless, poor or suffering from all types of sickness and any disabilities. 

Before I end , it's very satisfying to have got 

Mr Gokhale back to being a big blessings to himself and to so many in our homes with he being the incharge and explaining to them why they should not live on the streets.

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