Donate your Preloved old clothes to Street Providence(its a 12 months drive)

This was a post we put out 1 month back.

In just 30 days,  we collected 3600 good clothes from more than 46 generous goans who also willingly gave us the donation to take their clothes and some benefactors gave even more, understanding the costs and difficulties in running this clothes collection.

Watch the above link,  see the joy and excitement in the gentleman who gave away 300 clothes. 

 The most touching part Of all these 46 benefactors was a gentleman from Margao, Mr Loyola :

》& gave us the full donation for 300 clothes.

We just had to pick up , store it and distribute them to the needy. 

He could have bargained and said ” see its all washed, folded, ironed , boxed well and packed , so why pay you Rs 5000 for 30 clothes “.

But he was generous and that too cheerfully.

For as little as Rs 5000 we come to your doorstep and accept 30 clothes in any condition.

By these 46 generous goan benefactors donating their clothes and their money see how so many benefitted :

☆ 6. Mother Earth got spared hypothetically if these clothes were just thrown into the bins.

Quite a few people are unhappy ” why pay you to take our clothes “.

Well our shelter homes are not in need of so many clothes.

We are providing these clothes to the poorest of the poor in Goa & across India and there are huge costs in our organized & systematic clothes drive.

Rest we leave to you to donate your clothes with a donation or just leave it in your cupboard for some other day , month or even a year.

No force, but pay and we take your clothes.

Give cheerfully and receive abundantly.

Your donations bring food , shelter & medicines to so many poor people suffering from mental disabilities in all our shelter homes in Goa & across India.

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STREET PROVIDENCE, JHARKHAND,  distributes 500 brand new blankets along with the Cathlolic Church @ Daltong Diocese. 

♡♡♡ All thanks to Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, Bishop of Daltong Diocese for giving us an opportunity to bring a little warmth to 500 little children across 2 Schools in the same taluka  where our shelter home is located.

You must see both the links , Bishop Theodore has explained in KONKANNI about this place and the cold winter climate.👇👇

And just last few days ago , India celebrated DIWALI ” The festival of lights “.

Bishop Theodore was gracious enough to 

spread WARMTH to these small poor children in his Diocese which is a poor rural area surrounded by coal mines and where the tempestures are between 5 to 9 degrees from December to February/ March. 

Children in these schools come mostly walking covering 4 to 8 kms daily one way .

The chill is really biting as I have stayed here during the winter and I have seen with my eyes how these poor children with no so good clothes come to school. 

Some have torn shoes , some come with slippers , bags are old etc and I decided to attempt to help these 2 Schools in due course of time.

It's a tough life for them in this interior part of the country and here in Goa its just the opposite.

These BRAND new blankets for DIWALI  brings a little light to these little poor children who 100% will feel that warmth once the winter sets in.

Like I Said in my posts a few days back , in many states where we have shelter Homes, we also work for the poor children/ poor families in that locality in any little way we can.

Huge demand here for clothes and shoes and In due course of time we will be sending continuously clothes , shoes , school bags, toys so that 100's of poor little children are benefitted.

When we belive all Indians are My brothers & sisters we need to understand that poverty exists in India and if we are blessed abundantly then we need to share our blessings with those who are not so blessed.

Its not only giving away our old unwanted things but it's the presentation that counts when giving away old Second hand things.

Join our second hand clothes drive where we collect from your home.

If you wish to give 500 to 1000 new blankets let me know.  I can even take you to these schools to physically hand over these blankets and you will feel that joy and happiness along with a few tears in your eyes when you understand poverty.

Many many such poor children in need of this warmth.

Remember Christmas is around the corner and it's the best time to share that warmth as we know Baby Jesus was born in a stable.

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Tomorrow we start the Novenas of St Francis Xavier @ Old Goa , and we also start serving FREE breakfast for just 1 hour ie 7am to 8am.

But what is the connection ?

But let's pray during these novenas for all those ladies suffering from mental disabilities & either turning semi clad on the streets or just ending their life with the abuses and stress of being unwanted and uncared by Society.

24 hours back,  a 75 year old goan lady was discovered, semi decomposed in a well – a matter of chronic case of mental disabilities.

Two days back we had put a post out, how we have rehabilitated / taken in two Goan ladies  –

Well this second lady is highly educated & is from the ST community and eldest of the other sibling. 

Being poor and from rural Goa , she studied for a Bachelor Degree in a specific field dealing with medication and started working to support her sibling and was self dependent for over 8 years. 

Her young siblings have studied Diploma in a field connected to health care.

All her young siblings fell in love and got married.

But this eldest child could not find a right boy &  felt upset to an extent that she lost her mind.

Developed Mental disabilities compounded with bio polar issues.

Last freaking 10 years totally gone haywire.

A case fit for immediate rehabilitation and continous company of a care giver as she gets totally afraid of darkness. 

As all siblings are married and struggling to earn a living and with each sibling having their own children in joint families, it's getting very difficult to care for this sister of theirs.

At the moment, last 10 years, the siblings are trying their level best to look after their eldest sister,  but the effects of the mental disabilities will start taking a toll on the small children in the family.

Major constraint in people with chronic mental disabilities is ” refusal to take daily psychiatric medications “.

She wants to get alright, she wants to feel better but the mind is playing tricks as the medication is not administered to her last so many years systematically & we are currently attempting to rehabilitate her in our home, by giving her medication which is prescribed by the IPHB.

Such poor chronic people just wander around endlessly and will either start talking to themselves or just go on singing unpleasant songs which finally will lead them  to getting semi clad on the streets.

And roaming and roaming around , they will get abused, hit , hammered, mocked , may be Even physically assaulted & sexually abused, forced into alcohol & drugs and finally one day found either dead or committed suicide.

And all comments appear with every one condemning the family, the government etc.

But when these same people were alive 

” SOCIETY Including ME , did nothing to bring little joy to them by helping them fight their battle against mental disabilities “.

Mental disabilities is at a ration of 1 : 5 whether the government accepts this fact or not.

That means after every 5 person , 1 person is suffering from mental disabilities. 

Let's stop focusing on celebrating and rather focus on those who are struggling to survive ESPECIALLY those ladies suffering from mental disabilities. 

Being a lady / girl with mental disabilities is the worst form of torture/ headache for any family members.

As we start The Novenas of St Francis Xavier @ Old Goa, I will be thanking God that we @ Street Providence Goa are blessed through the intercession of St Francis Xavier to have the Strength , Grace & commitment to fight this freaking unseen enemy in the form of mental disabilities that so many ladies / girls are going through.

We all need to see GOD in the poor and the marginalized especially those poor ladies suffering from chronic mental disabilities.

The breakfast serving for 9 days novenas is a thanksgiving for the STRENGHT , GRACE & RESOURCES to fight this freaking battle daily with no solution in sight. 

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FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA GOA will be serving FREE breakfast @ The Novenas of St Francis Xavier,  Old Goa , all 9 days of the novenas daily @ 7am till 8am supported by NAVTARA group of Restaurants.

Last year too we served free breakfast.

It's open to all and everyone whether rich or poor.

Hunger knows no boundaries & no religion.

Menu is fixed and it's like this :

Every day the menu will alternate.

No show or glamour but a free service.

For those who might not be aware ” we are the only registered Food Bank across Goa feeding last 7 years, in multiple places daily “.

Daily close to 500 kgs of food is collected and 1500 meals served through a chain of unseen & unpaid volunteers.

Across entire INDIA , we are the only FOOD BANK to have installed food bank fridges in 11 POLICE STATIONS in Goa plus 15 fridges in other places in Goa, where extra cooked food is deposited ( we don't collect food but you have to drop your extra food).

If you wish to be part of this free breakfast at the novenas by sponsoring 1 day breakfast please get in touch with me through whatsapp on 8380097564.

We sincerely thank Mr ADITYA owner of NAVTARA for the support in providing the breakfast at a no profit basis but on cost to cost basis. 

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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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God bless you all