STREET PROVIDENCE GOA , runs 3 Physiotherapy centre's, FREE of cost for the inmates in our homes who are homeless & are suffering from disabilities.

We have 3 Physiotherapy clinics at :

The 1st two are in house facility for the homeless who are rehabilitated in Quepem & Cavelossim homes.

The clinic at Sangolda caters to our 5 shelter Homes situated in North Goa  & has a Grant from the Social Welfare Department towards the equipment. 

At Sangolda we have a full time Physiotherapist who comes in daily in the morning and attends to 7 to 8 patients.

These are both ladies and Gents and they are transported from different Homes of our NGO to this clinic by our van along with an attendant. 

Most of them are well chair bound and are Wheeled up and down which takes alot of effort and care.

Few are stroke related caes and most are suffering from both physical and mental disabilities which I feel upset about. 

In the other two centers @ Quepem & Cavelossim these homeless  are staying in the same shelter homes so transportation is ruled out .

Quepem & Cavelossim we have sessions every alternate days.

At All our 3 Physiotherapy centre's we focus continously on the most severe and chronic patients till they are able to stand and walk alone and today of the 160+ patients we have,  65% are our ethnic goans.

If Physiotherapy is not provided the no of incapicated or bed ridden will rise immediately and that puts pressure on the care givers .

Attached a small video and sheet of the no. of sessions conducted at these 3 centers till 31.12.22👇

Cavelossim & Quepem were put into operation only by mid Nov 2022.

Since Physiotherapist are professionals, we need to pay the Doctor a fee every month. 

And the doctors are changing our NGO less than the market rate as its for a cause towards the poor and the homeless.

Also As the equipment is all belonging to the NGO which is donated by 3 benefactors & Social Welfare Department has given us a Grant towards the Physiotherapy centre equipment @ Sangolda , the Doctors fees are at a lesser rate .

We require support in the form of funding towards these Physiotherapist fees at our 3 Physiotherapy centre in Goa on a monthly basis.

Our NGO again must be the only Shelter homes in Goa if not In India where the homeless street people with disabilities are rehabilitated with free Physiotherapy sessions. 

We care FOR THE LAST & THE LEAST .

You can go through our website on :

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

We operate through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564 so please avoid calling 

God bless you all

This Goan man had Once given up hope with no one to even ask “can I help you ” to now ” helping and caring for 160+” homeless people, is HOW this young goan man has accepted a challenge and is giving back to Society. 

The video will tell you all . 👇

That day his weight was 35 kgs 

Today he is around 65 kgs . 

Being lost , hungry , sick, unable to move, forgotten by so called friends, nothing to cling on to , not sure how to spend the day and what holds at night is a nightmare that most people who are genuinely turned homeless or who due to mistakes in life become homeless face . 

It's been a SERVICE that our NGO has been providing last 5 years to hundreds of such pathetic cases as you will see In the video. 

These are cases that no :

Will ever take. 

That's what we do ” we take in the most pathetic & difficult cases ” & work on them to bring out the best that they can give to society . 

Our NGO does not discriminate like :

We take in anyone and everyone who we can help and who is fit to be admitted in a shelter Home PROVIDED WE HAVE SPACE & the paperwork both by the Police, & the medical examination fits the requirements. 

Abhijit lost his way and way back on 30.9.20 we took him in to our home. 

Alcohol and malnutrition coupled with loneliness and many other issues got him to the state he was in . 

Educated but needs a mentor to guide him & some one to rap him on his knuckles when he goes off track . 

Dr's and treatment got him back on his feet and he regained his health but that made him get extra smart so much so in Jan 22 he decided to leave our Home which i willingly agreed to on the condition that even if he wants to come back the doors are shut as I knew he was not ready to face the world so soon . 

Exactly within 2 months he was on the verge of collapse and wanted to come back which I point blank refused. 

So he got to the manager Mr Sapnesh Salgaonkar and assured that he won't make the mistake again which both of them mutually agreed. 

Today Abhijit is a blessing to our NGO . 

He is a SORT OF A COMPOUNDER incharge of the monthly medication of 120+ psychiatric people in our homes. 

He handles this job perfectly well and knows individual medication of every patient at the tip of the finger . 

He had risen to the rank of a Supervisor and gets paid for his effort. 

Abhijit is incharge of all the incoming and outgoing food at the food bank and now he has a small team under him which he guides and monitors. 

I still can't  imagine if on that night of 30.9.20,  peak of the 1st covid wave, had I refused to open our doors to Abhijit, where and what would be his life today? 

Practically all our homes are always full but we still try to accommodate. 

Today the homeless have increased in all cities across Goa and no one in the Government has a freaking clue what to do and where and how to go about this exploding issue. 

All those who are responsible for the homeless in the Government are just taking their salary every month and give me non stop excuses every time I raise the issue of Homelessness and funding or grants to our NGO. 

At times i too throw my hands up as it's really tough dealing with so many issues at one time. 

It's like I want to help others start their life afresh but the government through so many departments just don't understand the situations our NGO goes through at times and It's like ” let's quit and close down the homes “. 

Funding is a the major issue as the costs of getting so many like Abhijit back on track has risen drastically and it will rise further & after all the effort and the expenses, the man leaves the Home healthy,  gets into the muck and expects you to restart the process again. 

That upsets me more  

The Goan homeless in Goa are increasing slowly but quietly and today we have close to 70% goans in our homes. 

Last 12 days to be frank we have not taken a single homeless into our homes as that motivation has died down due to so many genuine reasons we are going through and no one in the Government is there to complain too. 

160 + homeless people is not a small responsibility but then it's a SERVICE we started and we have to fulfill this SERVICE irrespective of the problems and financial solutions we face. 

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We operate through whatsapp messages  only on 8380097564 so please avoid calling . 

FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR, SANGOLDA GOA, saves 14000 kgs or 14 tonnes of good extra food from reaching the garbage dumps enough to feed 1600 meals a day .

Attached a small video 👇

As of today we have installed 25 fridges in public places to accept extra cooked food.

Of which 11 fridges are installed in Goa Police Stations which are open 24*7.

Although 14 tonnes is a substantial amount its just 5 – 10% of the total food extra cooked food that is daily wasted in Goa .

Our Food Bank is accepting / collecting 

400 kgs to 500 kgs daily,  but over 

5000 kgs to 10000 kgs daily of good cooked food is reaching the dustbin. 

And guess who is to take care of this wastage?

Its the FDA / FSSAI @ Bambolim. 

FDA / FSSAI has a superb website which PROUDLY DISPLAYS an inniatitve to SAVE FOOD FEED FOOD .

But then who cares and who bothers. 

All are closings their eyes to this PARTICULAR issue of such huge food wastage but the press conferences and press releases are being done.

We are the ONLY FOOD BANK across Goa last 

5 years working towards feeding the poor and saving the environment and its a very expensive service as there are huge logistic costs in running food banks and feeding the poor daily.

But its a passion AND SERVICE which keeps us doing what we are doing- feeding the poor.

Lots of co ordination and communication involved daily in running food bank fridges. 

This month on a average we provide food meals close to 1600 meals a day daily through this food that we accept and collect daily. 

We are the only STATE in INDIA where one will find FOOD BANK FRIDGES in POLICE STATIONS .

Even THE Honourable Governor of Goa is supporting our FOOD BANK for the last 9 months by donating 100 fresh meals every week.

But the sad part is FDA / FSSAI BAMBOLIM are just ignoring our services by refusing to understand how to run food banks and how to save tonnes of good extra food from being wasted.

SHAME .

Attached witn this post is a list of fridges installed across Goa .

Please drop your food in food grade plastic bags or silver foils in these fridges. 

Don't wait for last minute to ask where is the nearest fridge.

Save these two posters and whenever you have extra food please drop it in the fridge. 

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

We operate through whstsapp only on 8380097564 so please avoid calling .

God bless you all 

STREET PROVIDENCE PRISONERS WELFARE, is working towards the welfare of the prisoners in jails and lock ups &  we have ended this year giving the best we can towards THE LAST & THE LEAST in Society @ Colvale Jail.

As we end this Year today , we @ Street Providence Goa are happy that we were able to bring alot of smiles, cheers and good vibes to prisoners by installing these 2 machines  :

☆ 1. A new water Dispenser cum purifier installed before Christmas which was innaugrated by IGP PRISONS. MR BOSCO GEORGE & paid in full by Mr Kirit Maganlal .

☆ 2. A 2nd hand automatic chapati machine installed before New Year which will be innaugrated in a few days as the trials are going on.

Just like we run water banks and food banks in different places across Goa including numerous police stations , we got these two machines installed so that the prisoners can get chilled cold water 24*7.

The Jail has hundreds of prisoners which made us understand that their breakfast preparation was having some issues. 

Today this chapati machine gets 1000 chapati ready per hour .

Also I am given to understand which I fully support the idea of the prisoners using this machine to supply chapati to various government hospitals and offices and generate a little income towards the prisoners benefit.

Life in a prison or shelter home is usually to confinement. 

Ask me more as I am in this service last 5 years.

If these prisoners are given something to look forward to everyday, then  their motivation levels their approach to life, their feelings that they are part of this society will make a huge huge impact on their life when they go back to the world .

Our NGO had done just that .

We are very excited to have an opportunity to work for the welfare of the prisoners and as we enter the NEW YEAR we have many things lined up for the Welfare of the Prisoners. 

Hence the Name : Street Providence Prisoners Welfare 

Usually not many or rather very very few visit or give anything to the prison – either due to security reasons or because we often think that prisoners are bad people who are suppose to suffer and are there for a purpose of their actions

But for us @ Street Providence it's just the opposite.

I think and feel differently. 

All prisoners, homeless people, poor people with disabilites, unwed mothers , widows, single mothers, sick and abandoned are all children of God .

God does not create bad people but people actions are bad. 

They are in a situation due to many reasons and if society does not reach out to this huge section of people then life is only one sided and has no meaning as our association is only to the good People who will repay us back. 

If you reading this post wish to do a little for the prisoners then please get in touch with me .

We need your support towards the cost of this 2nd hand automatic chapati machine.

If any one wishes to bear the cost of this automatic chapati machine please let me know.

On this last day of this year let's work if possible togther for the LAST & LEAST .

There might be some who don't agree , but please don't condemn as one never ever knowx one's own future and what holds for us and our loved ones. 

There is only 1 Big Jail in Goa.

I end by wishing each one of you A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023.

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

Your support through your prayers,  blessings and donations is always welcome 

We operate strictly through whatsapp only on 8380097564.

Awarded the Best NGO for the year 22-23 by 

The Government of Goa

Recently a Goan BJP MLA , shows his maturity and compassion towards the NGO & understands the works of the NGO inspite of a huge misunderstanding and miscommunication. 

Mr PREMENDRA SHET IS THE BJP MLA FROM MAYEM CONSTITUENCY , North Goa and our NGO was  getting angry with him over an man from his constituency who is admitted  in our shelter Home. 

Our anger caused us to use language not fit for an elected representative and we even one day asked the police to get involved. 

Today,  our Manger, Mr Sapnesh Salgaonkar & myself,  met the MLA & apologized to him even though he did not make it an issue. 

Well 2 years ago Mr PREMENDRA was a panchayat member and there was this goan man who was suffering from  chronic mental disabilities and was a big nuisance in the village to the extent he would be beaten up as he was disturbing the locality . 

Mr Premendra as a panchayat member  having concen for the man some how over the phone requested us to rehabilitate the man and we obliged and one day , late evening dropped the man in his car to be rehabilitated. 

Since it was Covid period,  we took him in on humanitarian grounds and we were told that his mother is old and they are really poor. 

But despite medication, care and rehabilitation efforts, when there is no   improvement in the person after 2 years, we get frustrated and upset. 

We called this  ” the panch member ” and asked him to send his family to meet us or we tell the ” panch member ” to take the man home,  etc. 

And we are not telling him in peaceful way but we are very upset and aggressive as its a case to us of ” MAN DUMPED to LIVE IN A SHELTER HOME all his life ” which I am totally against. 

Incase something happens to this man in our shelter Home and if he has family who is responsible? 

These were our concerns and we are upset that the ” panch member ” is not helping us and is not calling us in the way he was calling us 2 years ago before we admitted this man. 

Today running an NGO , one needs to be very careful especially where rehabilitation is being provided  free   and when admissions are done by powerful people who can just make things uneasy for the NGO . 

Well 7 days ago it dawned on my Manager that the ” panchayat member ” is now the elected MLA of Mayem constituency as we received a request on paper but this time from ” THE MLA OF MAYEM “. 

We put things togther and realized that the 

” panch member is now MLA “. 

I calls his secretary asking for an appointment and told the secretary the status of the misunderstanding. 

Usually the Secretary of an MLA acts like he is the MLA . 

His Secretary was more humble than the MLA & Said to me ” MLA is not upset with you, we all make mistakes “. 

But no appointment was given. 

This morning I called the MLA and told him I am coming to meet you for just 5 mins which he agreed. 

We spent 45 minutes in his office and till we left his office and after asking the MLA 3 times 

' why did he not tell us you are now an MLA ” as we were really angry with him , the MLA just smiled and said nothing to that query . 

The MLA is BSC graduate from a very humble background and being educated he is surely aware of the troubles involved by NGOs taking care of poor people with disabilites free of cost . 

One thing I can say with guarantee ” what ever the MLA assured help to our problems regarding our poor goans suffering from disabilities especially from rural Goa , he will stand by it and get it addressed that includes raising these issues in the upcoming assembly sessions “. 

Very often you see and hear of harassment meted out to NGOs but here in Goa , the communal harmony is so strong which THE MLA OF MAYEM has lived up to  and I feel ashamed of my attitude towards the MLA . 

But at times the frustration is so high especially when we don't know whom to contact in case of emergency . 

I had to get this uneasiness and feeling away from me that I have behaved unprofessionally with an ELECTED MLA  before we end this year as we need to enter the NEW YEAR with solutions to problems faced in Goa by the poor rural goans suffering from mental disabilities and  no free shelter homes for such poor people suffering from mental disabilities. 

At the end of the day, all I can say is that  

” Mr. PREMENDRA SHET is a true gentleman 1st and politican 2nd “. 

All the above facts can be verified with the MLA. 

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

Awarded the Best NGO for the year 22-23 by 

The Government of Goa

STREET PROVIDENCE GOA distributes gifts to 100 children in rural Goa.

Any festive season is always connected to gifts & celebration and for the last 5 years our NGO has been doing just this 

” Bringing a Smile on the least Fortunate ” in a little way we can .

We celebrate with our friends in the ladies shelter homes- Ganesh Chaturthi & Christmas festivals and all are given a new gift.

This Christmas we had fun filled afternoon celebration with more than 30 such friends who are homeless and abandoned in 3 of our women shelter homes from North Goa and most are on psychiatric medication.

We have one shelter home in South Goa and their gift is sent to this home.

We also for Christmas send gifts to different children in different Homes across Goa.

This year we identified 100 such goan children in rural Goa – curchorem , quepem, sanguem & canacona through our volunteers :

Mr Akash Pednekar 

Mrs Sharon 

And they will be giving away these gifts as we did not get time earlier in the week due to other more important priorities in all our shelter homes.

The gift packet for the children contains :

☆ And some small items for the girl children. 

♡♡♡ Thanks to our Trustee,  Mrs Joanita Pinto for planning and arranging the function for the Christmas party for these 30 friends as well as taking trouble to get all the gifts organized and co ordinating with our two volunteers who recommended the children's name to Mrs Pinto.

It's that little JOY which one brings to the poorest of the poor which drives us @ Street Providence. 

For me JOY can be summed up as :

One can't buy JOY but you can get JOY in the work you do or financial support towards the  poor , hungry , Homeless, sick, abandoned , old aged, prisoners , widows,  single unwed mothers, orphans, persons with disabilities, HIV & TB suffering people and children. 

Our NGO covers all the above and I feel that JOY.

Besides JOY, one gets these poor people BLESSINGS which is more than what I can expect and it comes directly from their hearts .

Attached a few pictures of the celebration of the friends in our women homes  and gifts packed for the children across rural Goa.

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

Your support through your prayers,  blessings and donations is always welcome 

We operate strictly through whatsapp only on 8380097564.

Awarded the Best NGO for the year 22-23 by 

The Government of Goa

We will be entering the New Year very soon.

And as part of our NGO NEW YEAR resolution we are going to use the manpower at all our shelter homes across Goa to play a small part in solving and reducing the GARBAGE issue in Goa.

We have started cleaning major BLACK SPOTS of GARBAGE in North Goa in public areas which is considered as a giving back to Society by these homeless men whom we have rescued earlier. 

https://youtu.be/xeujcROepGg.  

Attached a link of one such Black Spot☝️

We as a Society have to take care of Mother Earth and we have to be responsible in channelising our extra unwanted stuff to proper channels rather than sending it to the garbage dumps.

Last 3 months I have been visiting many garbage dumps, dumping grounds , garbage zones and have made a study of what is actually dumped here and I observed many things.

Even when cleaning Black Spots we observe the same pattern of things thrown out .

Things like the below listed are usually found in dumps namely   :

Now in many parts of rural Goa and orher rural districts surrounding Goa and may be other states, we all know poverty and poor people do exist.

Can't this be Channelised to these poor people who are our own brothers & sisters?

Why are such things thrown away in garbage dumps, has been my question last 3 months ?

How many think like me is the point I am asking ?

Collecting the above items from you is the only way to reduce the garbage.

But there is a Cost to our NGO ?

Most people want to give away all the above items without considering the cost. 

And most of the time people say ” I an giving you very good stuff for the poor “.

Giving it away is one part, getting to the actual poor is another part.

We have planned in the New Year massive drives to collect shoes, sandals. Socks, clothes,  school bags and ladies bags , utensils,  etc. 

And all this will be collected ,stored, Segregated , repacked, transported by transport across various districts , re offloaded and redistributed to the poorest of the poor.

There are no drop points so don't ask where to drop please. 

We are talking huge numbers like :

All possible, if you just follow the instructions and ready to bear some cost of this mammoth and tedious excise.

But this is the only one way to reduce the garbage as Goa is generating alot of garbage and it is increasing and will never ever reduce.

Otherwise we will always be blaming the authorities for all garbage related issues.

Working togther is always better than blaming the authorities. 

Next month JANUARY 23 we will be attempting to collect 10000 pairs of WEARABLE FOOTWEAR , like sandals,  shoes , slippers,  ladies footwear,  gents footwear,  sports footwear , etc.

If you have any queries please whatsapp me only on 8380097564.

If you call I will not be in a position to answer the call and the call will get cut .

This entire operation will last till April 23.

Let's work togthet to reduce the garbage in Goa and at the same time let's bring joy on the face of hundreds if not thousands of our fellow Indians in rural India.

It's a win win situation to all .

www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God answered my prayers for the balance amount to buy the 2nd hand car .

Yesterday at 10 pm we uploaded a post asking for donation of Rs 285000 to buy a 2nd hand car for our NGO work .

The actual cost was rs 385000 but before I uploaded the post I had received a commitment of Rs 1 lac.

This morning 10 am , an elderly wise gentleman handed me over a cheque of Rs 3 lacs.

But those who would like to read ahead please do because ” GOD IS NEVER IN DEBT to us “.

This elderly gentleman had given me an appointment to visit him almost 3 weeks ago.

He Said meet me 27.12.22 @ 10 am .

Alan Lobo from porvorim the mechanic who maintains our NGO cars called me on 24.12.22 saying a good 2nd automatic car for sale , pls go for it.

I took the test drive and I was happy. 

26.12.22 our team from Quepem brought some inmates to IPHB for assessment and the Santro which is already 15 years old stopped 3 times on the way .

Which I was not aware of but was aware that the Santro is giving trouble on and off , quite often.

26.12.22  at 11am  I confirmed the car with Alan who inturn confirmed with the seller. 

I picked the car at 5pm on 26.12.22  and dropped it at Alan garage for a simple servicing and I called a lady benefactor asking for help at 5.45pm  to buy this car which she confirmed Rs 1 lac on the spot .

Last night I put the appeal out and went to sleep. 

Till 9.45 am this morning no one got back to me saying they will help us with the balance. 

At 10 am I met this elderly wise gentleman who within the 1st 10 minutes of our conversation said  ” I have a cheque for you for Rs 3 lacs for the car”

We had a 1 hour conversation and I left feeling happy but thanking God for this miracle.

Miracle,  but why ?

How did this elderly wise gentleman ever fix an appointment well in advance for the 27th Dec ?

Why did Alan the mechanic call me on 24th Dec and convince me to go for this car ?

How did that Santro break down on 26tb Dec?

Why without having the money to pay for the car did I decide to go ahead ?

Now the Temptation after experiencing a miracle.

Now at 11am today when I left the gentleman home witn the cheque , I got two offers of 

Rs 1 lac each donation towards this same car .

But I told both of them the truth ” that I received the entire amount for the car, I can't accept the donation for this car “.

Both told me to still take the cheques ,  which I confirmed that I will take it for a big project we are starting in January 23.

I am putting this post out to tell all that we received the balance rs 3 lacs for the car and we don't require funds for this car .

Attaching a picture of the car with me.

God has provided in FULL.

We will still accept donations for our other projects so please support us .

I always ask help on social media for anything and everything during the last 5 years of running the NGO .

And I always upload on social media help received for the problems I have asked help for.

Besides all our daily work is uploaded on social media for the people to know the complicated and complex services we provide at our NGO 24×7 last 5 years .

Being declared THE BEST NGO for 22-23 by the Government of Goa is what we have worked hard for.

Its the Favour of God & trust of numerous benefactors who 95% of them have never met me or may never ever meet me.

It's also the TRUST that our NGO has gained which keeps the NGO moving.

” God is never in Debt to us ” especially when one works for the poorest of the poor otherwise read the above post again & let me know your views and suggestions.

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