More than 100 people are missing in India’s northeast after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst, leading to flash floods which ripped through the Himalayan state of Sikkim. 

More than 22,000 people have been affected by the flood, prompting state authorities to set up 26 relief camps, according to the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority.

STREET PROVIDENCE & FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA GOA has started relief work for the flood affected people in SIKKIM.

Our NGO has tied up with the SIKKIM CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION to provide relief materials to the affected people in Sikkim.

Our Volunteer Mr. Bosco George, (IPS Retd) has been entrusted with the task of putting into place a plan of action to ensure that the relief material reaches those most affected by this natural calamity. 

Presently dry ration consisting of :

☆ and medicines worth Rs 10,000/-  has been purchased in Gangtok by our NGO and routed through our team @ SIKKIM CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. 

On 8.10 23 the team procured the dry ration and got the transport organized to leave for North Sikkim in 2 big transport vechiles.

On 9.10.23 ,  the team left at 4 am early morning, travelled 9 hours, then walked 1 full hour with the dry ration load as the roads are non existing and did the distribution. 

Late night by 9 pm , the team was back to the base all exhausted and tired as traveling 8 hours one way on non existing roads is not easy.

This relief material was sent to villages in the NORTH district of Sikkim. These are remote villages along the TEESTA BASIN.

The relief material purchased in Gangtok, was   transported by road uptil Naga and from there the material was delivered by head loads.

The road network and other infrastructure is presently not conducive for travel but in the next few days, a two / three member team of volunteers from STREET PROVIDENCE, Goa will be in Sikkim to assist those who might be severely affected by this floods.

Sikkim has just 30,000 + Christians of which 5000+ are Roman Catholics and SIKKIM CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION is one of the relief teams on the ground trying to assist those in need. 

However, the situation there is perilous. The flash floods have cause alot of destruction and devastation in about 4 districts.

As usual our Volunteer Mr. Bosco George, 

 IPS ( retd DIG ) has used his network to verify the needs of the people in the worst affected areas of Sikkim and according relief material is being sent .

Additionally  Mr. John Shilshi. IPS (Retd) who hails from the North East, also a volunteer / advisor with STREET PROVIDENCE has contacted persons working in the affected areas to ascertain their needs. 

With this information  obtained, our NGO will verify and act accordingly in the coming weeks once road network is restored.

Relief work is team work and co ordination with various other groups with a similar mission. It is definitely not a  1 man show nor a  means of cheap publicity.

With Two retired IPS officers on Board as volunteers, and taking charge of all our relief work – 1st in Manipur & now in Sikkim , our NGO stands committed to working for those poor and impoverished people who are affected due to natural and man made disasters across INDIA

( Certainly one day relief work out of India too ).

Since both,  Mr. Bosco George & Mr. John Shilshi are retired IPS officers, they are atuned to each other and their advice is always on the same lines and that makes our relief work reach the last point across any project we undertake.

These two make a lethal team together with our huge network of staff, long time volunteers and Benefactors.

Man made and natural calamities are continuously occurring here in India and we at Street Providence Goa are  working on a robust plan of responding to such disasters within the shortest possible time frame in providing assostance to those in need.

You too can play your part in SIKKIM  by supporting our SIKKIM RELIEF work. 

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STREET PROVIDENCE GOA ” BLANKET DRIVE FOR MANIPUR RELIEF ” has touched 7000 blankets as of today .

♡♡♡ We thank all the generous benefactors who have contributed towards these 7000 blankets especially one family who has donated 1200 brand new Blankets.

We had set a target of 10000 blankets to be sent to the relief camps in Manipur by OCT 15TH.

We still have 10 days from today to collect another 3000 brand new Blankets to load into our 3rd truck leaving Goa either on 16th / 17th October.

In our 2nd truck we had loaded 2300 new Blankets.

In our 3rd truck we are attempting to load 7700 new blankets of which we are having in our stores 3700 brand new Blankets.

We request you to help us get another 3000 new Blankets to reach the required 10000 blankets for our MANIPUR RELIEF. 

Winter is yet to set in but it's always good to be prepared well in advance especially as those poor displaced families is relief camps will surely be affected by the winter.

For those who require help to buy new Blankets , please get in touch with me on 8380097564 through whatsapp messages only and I will help you .

We are not collecting / accepting any old blankets.

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STREET PROVIDENCE GOA is in need of these items which can be 2ND HAND but usable.

9 running free shelter homes for the poorest of the poor and those suffering from all types of disabilities. 

3 new homes starting in the coming months.

Most of our shelter homes rehabilitate poor people with mental & physical disabilities.

Alot of hospital trips so bikes are convenient.

A couple of bedridden patients in all homes and at night electricity fails so taking them to washroom is an issue hence inverters a must. 

Television is the only entertainment for people with disabilities and we are always in need of Televisions as most of the Television we have are second hand and outlived their life.

Water purifiers as all our homes are connected to public water supply and since most of the inmates are on psychiatric medication, Pure and clean drinking water is something which is important to good life of these patients.

Gas stoves are always being over used and knobs keep going or rust keeps accumulating on the stoves .

Plus a few other house hold items are in the poster which we are badly in need of.

Again I repeat ” all these items can be 2nd hand and we are ready to accept as long as it is in perfect working condition and we haven't to repair it and then use it “.

All communications through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564.

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Help us reach 10000 new Blankets for our MANIPUR RELIEF. 

Collected 3500 as on date,  6500 needed. 

STREET PROVIDENCE GOA had started a NEW BLANKET drive on 6.9.23 for the displaced poor people In relief camps in Manipur and within 20 days we have reached 3500 blankets.

In the 2nd truck which left on 16.9.23 , we sent 2500 blankets.

As of 26.9.23, we have bought additional 600 blankets through donations received and 250 new Blankets have been donated by so many wonderful BENEFACTORS through our collection centre's in Goa.

All put togther 3350 blankets, plus 150 new Blankets are to be collected from different benefactors / couriers are on the way.

We still are in need of 6500 more new Blankets to reach the target of 10000.

Our next truck leaves on 16.10.23 ( approx ) and the winter should set in by mid Oct to early Nov and 55 k + poor people are still in camps across so many district's

If you require help in purchasing blankets do let me know as we have bought bulk 2000 blankets and these blankets need to be paid for.

Bulk quantity are always at a discounted rate.

Across Goa we can have different points where the NEW BLANKETS :

Let's all try a little to provide some warmth to those thousand of poor people In relief camps be it :

☆ The bed ridden & those with disabilities.

Winter in Manipur touches anything between 

5 to 8 degrees, with some places even going down to 1 to 2 degrees depending on the area.

And these people in camps are those who ran away from their homes without anything so 100% the winter is going to be a big source of worry to all in the camps.

Infact during our team 2nd visit to Manipur between 28.8 23 to 6.9.23 , to distribute the 1st truck which we had sent earlier , all the people who our volunteer Joseph met insisted on 

1 thing only ” BLANKETS FOR THE WINTER “.

That's why we started this BLANKET DRIVE.

This above link will explain how life is in the camps in Manipur and how our Volunteer spent 6 full days in Churachandpur and mind you during those 6 days there was firing and fighting in Churachandpur yet Joseph our volunteer went about doing his distribution of relief materials. 

Once again we need to get 6500 new Blankets before 15.10.23 to send in our 3rd truck to Manipur to those in the relief camps. 

Please do help us to reach 10000 new Blankets.

All queries , suggestions & views strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564.

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We hear this beautiful phrase ” Beti Bachao beti padhao ” but we will show you how our Women shelter homes in Goa actually do it.

Pictures attached of the creativity of a goan young girl & a young goan married abandoned woman.

BOTH are on PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION.

Our system of providing rehabilitation has harnessed their creativity to make them believe that they are capable of being accepted in society even though they are on psychiatric medication. 

The Young goan girl is just 27 years and last 12 years has been diagnosed with many complicated mental issues.

Mother died when she was very young , father died at the age of 17 years and last 10 years she has been looked after by the uncle but he too is growing old.

Admitted endlessly into IPHB in the last 10 years but no one back home to look after her and give her medication on time so same routine ” admitt into IPHB,  stabilised, discharged, after few weeks again admitted into IPHB etc.

Her daily medication is nothing less than 10 tablets a day so automatically she will feel sleepy & drowsy. 

But she has a hand for drawing and coloring and thats where our rehabilitation program of having 

an Occupational therapist , a Vocational trainer,  a Physiotherapist & an art teacher comes into effect.

Today this young goan orphan girl enjoys her life by relating to those problems she is going through by her drawing.

There is a message in her drawing and that only a few will understand what this young goan girl is going through and has gone through.

She is much at peace,  but recovery is still far away and any time she just explodes and gets uncontrollable.

The second lady is a married goan woman abandoned by her husband and disowned by her own father & brother who live in utter poverty

Mother & 1 sister committed suicide due to this girl being admitted for long time in the IPHB and unwanted by her husband due to her mental illness. 

Used to cry, go into a shell , slit her hands often due to frustration, etc.

No one ever knew she Has a good hand at Needle work & crotchet.

For over 5 years taking psychiatric medication.

Kept in IPHB for close to 2 years and it was a mere coincidence that this matter was brought to my notice 3 years back.

We kept her with some nuns but often she would slit her hand or attempt suicide which made her unwanted everywhere she stayed.

Very unreliable those 3 years back.

2 years back had a long chat with her and made her understand that there is life beyond her understanding and that it's time to move ahead as she has some one at Street Providence who will care and take care of her, provided she stops slitting her hands.

We introduced her to many many skills and she picked up each and every skill taught.

To our blessing and her blessings she learnt and picked up ” needle work , crotchet , flower making ” and today her medication is just 4 psychiatric tablets per day as to 7 tablets about 3 years back.

Very dedicated and responsible lady 

Last 2 years she has not slit her hands nor has shown any signs of attempting to commit suicide. 

Today she is a cook in the home and does all her jobs assigned with responsibility and dedication but every month is taken to IPHB for a monthly check up.

There are many,  I mean many , may be hundreds of such young poor goan girls/ Abandoned ladies who are either disowned by the families due to poverty and compounded by their mental illness or are just not having anyone to look after them due to their mental illness.

They're routinely brought by the police to IPHB, admitted for 45 days, stabilised, discharged , goes back home, don't take medication on time, again police admitt into IPHB, and the cycle goes on .

You know why?

Because GOA does not have Government shelter homes / half way homes / mid way homes for these people.

But to organize events and programs in the cities especially, there are funds.

Young young children / youngsters as young as 22+ are developing mental disabilities and parents don't know how and where to treat them.

Girls/ ladies/ females are the biggest losers in the fight against mental disabilities in Goa &

Beti Bachao beti padhao is not anyway close by to this section of society.

Mid way Homes are the need of the hour , Government grants,  government support is the need of the hour.

It's all VERy weVERY LESS what we are getting through grants that both Women and Child Department as well as Social Welfare Department are disembursing to our NGO but the budget of events are huge.

Infact our grants given in 2022 has been calculated in 2006 when :

Petrol was rs 45 per litre &

1 Dollar $ to 1 Rupee was rs 46 

Today petrol is 96 and $ is 83

We @ Street Providence are doing the best we can to live PM dream of Beti Bachao beti padhao as this girl and this lady are surely some one daughters and just because of their mental Disabilities their lives should not be any less.

It's a desperate situation for hundreds of such goan ladies/ girls to survive with their mental disabilities and being unwanted especially those who come from poverty.

We now run 5 such women shelter homes in Goa with 2 more women shelter Homes planned in the next month only to address the issues of BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO.

It's a very complicated and expensive service caring for people with disabilities. 

BUT WE DARE TO DREAM & DREAM BIG

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We also have GOOD NEWS during this Festive season and that is ” our Application to set up a shelter home for those POOR people with disabilities in Manipur has been approved and temporary license granted, all with a few days “.

Took a couple of days short holiday especially as we were up to our necks on Saturday , when we flagged off our 2nd relief Truck to Manipur at 

10 am & In the evening at 4.30 pm we innaugrated our 5th women home.

Good news Is YOUR SMALL NGO from GOA is now having recognition in MANIPUR & the Government of Manipur through Social Welfare Department has accepted our application to start shelter homes and even granted our NGO a 6 months temporary license to rehabilitate poor people with all types of disabilities in Imphal as the work to upgrade the shelter home has started.

But 1st read this link 👇

This is data by the authorities on 1st Sept

So much pain , anxiety and uncertainty in the camps. 

There is and will be huge demand for rehabilitation which I had foreseen 3 months ago that's why we had applied for a license for starting rehabilitation homes for poor people with disabilites in Manipur.

Things will get even more difficult once the winter sets in which is 2nd week of October starting, with temperatures going to vary between 1 to 5 degrees.

But there is HOPE and we @ Street Providence along with you our benefactors carry along that HOPE.

Our 2nd truck should be in Churachandpur by 26th Sept and our team should be there by 30th September.

With the winter setting in and the trouble still going on its only going to get tough for the poorest of the poor, like small children, infants , young mothers , elderly people and those with disabilities.

It's not easy raising resources month after month

MOTIVATION is the key.

☆ 1st from my side – my MOTIVATION Is really high as I bring along 8 years of relief work experience & if I quit now then I become a failure.

☆ 2nd from your side – you the BENEFACTORS have stood by me last 3 months during the MANIPUR RELIEF program.

Benefactors only donate generously when there is MOTIVATION. 

We @ Street Providence are grateful & thankful for the support.

If You are not further MOTIVATED to donate for a genuine cause then alot of poor people lose out due to hunger & homelessness.

For us @ Street Providence , with the SHELTER HOME license being issued is a VERY GOOD NEWS but not to put our collar up,  but to be even more helpful in many district's of Manipur through MORE medical assistance, dry ration, relief trucks , clothing and a couple of more shelter homes in other districts.

We are the ONLY GOAN NGO in MANIPUR working on the ground last 3 months in many many fields supported by THE ARCHDIOCESE OF IMPHAL & now by The Social Welfare Department, Government of Manipur. 

To our team members:

Your effort , risk and commitment to represent STREET PROVIDENCE In Manipur during these stressful days is well appreciated by all our fellow Goans & our benefactors.

To my Advisor on Manipur Relief :

To the Archdiocese of Imphal :

Our 3rd truck is planned for 2nd week of October which is only carrying New blankets.

We ask you to please support the poor people numbering thousands of them in relief camps through this NEW BLANKETS drive which our NGO is conducting.

For those who can't purchase new Blankets do whatsapp me and i will help you to purchase the New Blankets as we have ordered in bulk.

We are working on many projects in Manipur just to bring that little HOPE to so many infants, children, young mothers , elderly and those who are suffering with disabilites and your support as a benefactor plays a big part in this HOPE which our team members convey during the distribution of the relief material in the trucks which we send from Goa.

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STREET PROVIDENCE GOA yesterday evening at 4.30 pm ie 16.9.23 innaugrated our 5th women shelter home for poor women suffering from Dimentia,  Parkinson's, Downsyndrome and Autism in CHORAO,  Mayem Constituency.

Overall in Goa its our 9th shelter home. 

Mr Shet is more of a compassionate man towards the issue of people with disabilites than an MLA and we generally take his help when we don't get help from the Social Welfare Minister in emergency.

A link of our innaugration. ☝️

Autism , Downsyndrome , Parkinson's and Dimentia are sickness / disabilities which require special care and rehabilitation.

No one usually ventures into such rehabilitation homes as its not an easy task as huge no of care givers are required along with dedication,  Commitment and love for such people.

We have tapped, trained and nurtured such care givers who are trained as Semi Nurses.

These young nurses are trained at a Nursing institute in Daltonganj diocese for over 12 months and then have joined our NGO.

♡♡♡ We thank The Provincal of Society of Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima, Sr Rufina Toscana for opening up their 2nd home to our rehabilitation program of caring and rehabilitating poor homeless women & women with mental & intellectual disabilities. 

Last year 15.9.22 , our 1st home with Society of Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima was started at GUIRIM which is still taking care of 12+ ladies with mental disabilities with Sr Edith incharge backed up by our Care Giver cum nurse.

Exactly after 1 year we have strengthened that bond with Fatima Sisters and that resulted in this 2nd home being put to use for ladies with disabilities.

It's going to be Challenging and not an easy ride but the effort is worth the trouble.

This home is situated in the convent and we have rented 4 BIG NEW rooms on the 1st floor to care for 10 ladies only with 2 care givers incharge of this home.

This is a STREET PROVIDENCE PROJECT supported & collaborated with Society of Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima.

Once this woman home settles down we will be starting a similar home for poor men suffering from Autism , Downsyndrome , Parkinson's and Dimentia.

The Social Welfare Department & The State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities have to provide QUICKLY a long term solution in Goa to so many poor and underprivileged GOANS suffering FROM MENTAL & INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES especially Autism , Downsyndrome, Parkinson's and Dimentia.

The State is not doing enough in the rehabilitation part and that's why we have to step in as an NGO and start 9 homes as of date with another 2 planned in the coming months.

Goa is having a huge % of people with disabilities but sadly there are no Government shelter homes specializing in rehabilitating poor people with mental & intellectual disabilities.

We are the only registered NGO with the Social Welfare Department & Women and Child Department having close to 200+ beds for ladies & gents and we have close to 175 such people in our 9 homes providing free rehabilitation to 90% of our inmates.

Only PROVEDORIA which is an autonomous body fully funded by the Government of Goa has more beds than us, but in the sector of caring & rehabilitating people with disabilites we are the only NGO in GOA With 200 beds at hand & the no of beds being added is going up.

Its a request and it will be wonderful if :

THE SOCIAL WELFARE MINISTER , 

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DIRECTOR & 

THE SOCIAL WELFARE SECRETARY, 

THE STATE COMMISSIONER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, Considers our services just like PROVEDORIA and treats our NGO on par or to some extent with PROVEDORIA as the expenses are mounting and the requests for rehabilitation is increasing.

Everything costs money and its big time expenses running free shelter homes which is actually the job of the State.

It's a headache, stressful , complicated, tough to care for FREE towards  people with disabilites.

If we convert these 200 beds into fully paid facility we can comfortably be at peace as people are ready to pay a price to rehab their loved ones with disabilites but then where do the poor and underprivileged with disabilites go ?

On the other side, the bills keep mounting and pathetic and genuine poor goans keep crying at our office for help & assistance in rehabilitating their loved ones.

WE DARE TO DREAM BIG  inspite of being a very small and young NGO .

Once again A BIG THANK YOU to our BENEFACTORS who stand quietly yet consistently in our projects across Goa & INDIA.

Without the love & support , given by the BENEFACTORS,  we would not be where we are in such a short span of just 6+  years.

Also thanks to The Government of Goa for the support through various government departments but that supports needs to be 

re evaluated and upgraded ASAP as we are in 2023 and the grants been given to us are devised & calculated in 2006 when :

$ to a Rs was 45.31 and 

Petrol per litre in 2006 was Rs 43.

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