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24Dec/22

IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT RECEIVING BUT ALSO IN GIVING AND GIVING TO THE LEAST & THE LAST ONE

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24.12.2022. 8pm IST 
It's the Eve of Christmas when Baby Jesus will be born.
Christmas is a time that we all expect gifts.
And we usually give a gift to a known person or a known person gives us a gift .
But for me , it's not only about receiving but also in giving and giving to the least & the last one 
( this is the message given today by Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao ).
Today I saw something in the Jail which made me understand how TALENT is hidden in the rejected & condemned ie the prisoners. 
SUPERB HUGR MECHANICAL CRIB in the jail made by the prisoners. 
Picture and video attached 👇
Today we gifted a NEW WATER DISPENSER at 5pm to the COLVALE jail for the benefit of the prisoners.
This Watet Dispenser cum purifier was innaugrated by :
IGP Prisons – Mr Bosco George IPS 
In the presence of :
☆ 1. Asst Superintendent of Jail : Mr B Pednekar
☆ 2. Adv Caroline Collaso :  Our Trustee
☆ 3. Mr Sapnesh Salgaonkar :  Operation Manager
& a huge contingent of Goa Police personnel & staff of the Jail personnel.
♡♡ Thanks to our operation manager Mr Sapnesh Salgaonkar for co ordinating with many involved and getting this machine up and running in just 48 hours .
It's peak season but the gift had to go before Christmas.
Many more such WATER DISPENSERS are needed to be installed here in the jail. 
During a casual talk with the top officials of Prisons i understood that there is need for water purifiers as the prisoners are huge in number  in the jail .
I decided to do my part and adjust our expenses of the NGO to get this machine installed in the jail. 
An opportunity to bring a little joy to those prisoners was worth jumping into with this machine especially on Christmas Eve.
PREPARATION +OPPORTUNITY =SUCCESS
Thanks to Global Enterprises for the heavy discount and then further discount, we managed to get This New Water Dispenser installed within just 48 hours.
Many many people are aware of our services across all sections to the poorest of the poor and prisoners are one section I have always wanted to help & work with.
Today that desire came to Pass .
I sent a request message to a well known business man asking if he would like to pay for the water dispenser.
Without asking any questions ” send the invoice” was his reply. 
♡♡♡ Thanks to Kirit Maganlal fron MAGSONS group of Supermarkets for taking care of the bill.
Many will be thinking ” why should the public pay for this when its the government job ?”.
Well let's always ask ourselves ” what can I do in my country to make the life of the  poor & the marginalized including the prisoners a little better ? & that too on Christmas Eve ? “
If you can't get an answer then you can forget the question and just move on with life .
Being good to  the poor and the neglected is our duty when the system fails.
It's  better to fill the gap and get the job done to which surely the authorities will wake up one day .
Many people today want to help genuinely with their donations,  but don't know whom to belive and trust. 
Well here we are , STREET PROVIDENCE. 
Goa's best NGO for the year 22-23 , declared by the Government of Goa, whom you can always support as we are into many fields of helping the poorest of the poor across the board and donations are always welcome. 
Many many good things can happen if you want it to happen  
But if you want to criticise, find fault, be an obstacle,  etc then it's not going to help you at all.
I thank God for giving me an opportunity to do a little during this Christmas season for the prisoners without having to bear the cost .
God provided me an opportunity to meet the officials.
God used me to solve the prisoners issues,
God inspired the supplier to offer the discounts 
God touched the business man to pay the bill.
Our NGO understands the life of a prisoner as we too run many shelter homes and giving a little JOY to the prisoners is what 
MY CHRISTMAS is about.
Let's welcome baby Jesus as he is born in a stable tonight .
Before the New Year starts we will be installing another machine in the jail which is connected to improving the facility connected to the preparation of prisoners breakfast and you can try to be a part of bringing joy to a life of these prisoners by this machine which needs to be donated.
We @ Street Providence wish you all a Very Spirit filled Birth Of Jesus Christ .
A Very Happy Christmas.
I assured my new friends that our NGO will be surely coming back again and again to work with them and help them and be there for them as these are the people who are last and the least in today's world as they are on the other side of life for the mistakes they committed. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
23Dec/22

HAS INSTALLED 4 MORE ADDITIONAL FRIDGES DURING THIS FESTIVE SEASON TO ACCEPT EXTRA COOKED FOOD

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23.12.2022. 7pm IST
☆☆☆During this festive season please don't waste food. Drop your food in our 25 fridges in Goa.☆☆☆
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA GOA has installed 4 more additional fridges during this festive season to accept extra cooked food which will be used to feed the poor .
We have installed fridges @ 
☆ 1. Bogmallo church 
☆ 2.. Pilerne church 
☆ 3. Anjuna police station.
☆ 4. Verna police station
Thanks to 
♡ 1. Fr Theo , Pp of Bogmallo Church 
♡ 2. Fr Derrick , Pp of Pilerne Church 
♡ 3. Mr Prashal Dessai, Inspector of Anjuna 
♡ 4. Mr. Diogo Gracias, Inspector of Verna 
for supporting our work of ending HUNGER in Goa and opening a little space to install these 4 fridges. 
We have today more than 25 fridges installed across Goa to accept extra cooked food & this is expected to go up.
( List attached of all our fridges in Goa )
Of which 11 fridges are in Police Stations, both in North Goa & South Goa .
In entire India , Goa must be the only state having food bank fridges installed in Police Stations. 
And that is a very good support from Goa Police to a very small Ngo of ours .
All one needs to do is pack your food in food grade plastic bags / silver foils  and drop it into the fridges .
It's Christmas festival followed by the New Year & we @ Street Providence are attempting to save the good extra food from going to the garbage dumps. 
We are playing our part by creating an awareness and offering a facility to drop you extra food for a cause of feeding the homeless.
Now you reading this post need to do you part:
◇ 1. Forwarding the posters & this post to as many as possible so as to know where is a nearest fridge
◇ 2. Informing your family members about food bank fridges to drop your extra food .
◇ 3. Saving the environment by not allowing good extra food to reach the garbage 
If we all work togther we can kill 5 birds in one stroke :
☆ 1. We install the fridges 
☆ 2. You drop your extra food 
☆?3. We feed the hungry 
☆ 4. Wet garbage is reduced 
☆ 5. You dropping your food gets you blessings 
All we require is commitment to get the extra food to the food bank fridges. 
We are already implementing the FSSAI project of SAVE FOOD , FEED FOOD in the last 5 years which was to be implement by FDA.
I hope now atleast FDA @ Bambolim will join OUR food bank and work along with us to implement from their side SAVE FOOD FEED FOOD inniatitve. 
Running Food Banks is not an easy service and creating food banks today is never going to be easy no matter how much FDA advertisers on newspapers and have press conference. 
Please during this festive season and the new year take a resolution to drop extra food in food bank fridges in Goa and let's do it together. 
God bless you so much
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
20Dec/22

OPENS OUR SHELTER DOORS TO THE POOREST OF THE POOR JUST NOW AND TAKES IN TOTAL 6 VERY SMALL CHILDREN & 3 PARENTS .

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20.12.2022. 10 pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA opens our shelter doors to the poorest of the poor just now and takes in total 6 very small children & 3 parents .
☆ 1 lady adult who is the mother of 3 children & 
☆ 1 gents adult who is the father of 2 children & 
☆ 1 lady adult who is mother of 1 child of just 11 months. 
All are migrants and sleeping on streets in a city in Goa 
Police rounded them up .
Thanks to our care givers for whole heartedly opening the doors and agreeing to take in these poor little children.
A warm meal was arranged from our home and  all the sleeping arrangements for these little children and their mothers.   
How long they will stay I don't know , what will happen tomorrow I can't tell but tonight we opened our doors and that is THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS. 
Christmas is about the poorest of the poor , the homeless,  the migrants, the marginalised, the hungry. 
Actually this is not our problem to shelter these children.
But saying no just because it's not our problem is not right .
99% of the time , If any one requires shelter and whether we have space or not ” it's always a yes” provided it's routed through the police.
No direct admission without a proper medical and proper verification.
Goa Police dropped these little children & their parents.
We have two homes in the vicinity of just 20 meters apart from each other. 
Ladies home for children & ladies and 
Gents home only for men.
When our NGO has so much of facilities and support from the Government,  it's always YES to any request from the authorities. 
I am really SCARED at the amount of homeless people In Goa at the moment which according to my sources and volunteers can be close to 700 people and rising . 
I have made letters to all the City Dysps @ Goa Police as well as the North Goa Collector but sadly everyone is just quite.
Recently.about 2 to 3 weeks back,  some Commissioner ordered both the COLLECTORS to get all the children off the streets and into shelter homes .
I really don't see that happening and I am not sure when that is going to happen and where are the shelter homes for these street little children with their parents.
Supreme Court order clearly states ” little children can't be separated from the mothers “.
It's a really difficult journey in life for the poor and marginalised and I not sure what holds good for such poor people who live and stay on the streets. 
As for me it's always a pleasure to be of help to anyone and everyone who is homeless provided the admission is done through the authorities and with complete paperwork. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
19Dec/22

THE HONOURABLE CHIEF MINISTER OF GOA, Dr PRAMOD SAWANT TODAY PRESENTED OUR NGO AN AWARD AS THE BEST NGO IN GOA FOR THE YEAR 2022 -23.

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19.12.22. 7pm IST 
The Honourable Chief Minister of Goa,  
Dr Pramod Sawant today presented our NGO an award as the Best NGO In Goa for the year 2022 -23. 
( Attached a 40 sec video along with a photograph of the award today). 👇
And our NGO is just 5 years old as a Registered Trust. 
There are many people who I wish to thank publicly for standing / supporting me in the last 5 years in some way or the other : 
♡ My wife Dorothy & my 3 children 
♡ My late Uncle Fr Walter Gomes., SFX.
♡ Fr Maverick from Caritas 
♡ Bro Johnson Sequeira
♡ Adv Caroline Collasso 
♡ Archdiocese of Goa & 
Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao 
Our current & former landlords :
♡ John Pinto & my sister Joanita Pinto
♡ Trustees of St Michael Trust Assnora
♡ Liz Pimenta , Mapusa 
♡ Sr Vandana , Provincial of FMCK 
♡ Fr Ubaldo , Ex Parish Priest. Batim Church
♡ Sr Shirley , Ex Provincial of FHIC
♡ Aura & Lawrence Fernandes 
♡ Sr Edith, Fatima Convent , Guirim 
♡ Simon Carvalho, Quepem 
( our NGO does not own any property ). 
Without the support of these Government dept we would not have been here today : 
☆ Goa Police 
☆ Women & child dept 
☆ Social Welfare dept 
☆ Directorate of Health Services 
☆ All Doctors at IPHB Bambolim & GMC 
♡♡ A big thanks to AZIM PREMJI PHILANTROPHY for supporting us when we were very small 
( just 2 years old ) and still our partner. 
♡♡ Special thanks to all our 300+ volunteers across Goa who have been standing with me in our FOOD BANK Program. 
But the biggest support had been our SILENT BENEFACTORS. 
The complicated and multi services we PROVIDE FREE of cost  in our NGO requires funding and its the BENEFACTORS who have been our SUPPORT . 
95% of our BENEFACTORS have never ever met me or seen me but yet that TRUST is what binds our NGO with the BENEFACTORS. 
Many,  I mean really many have been sending us donations month after month, year after year, last 5 years even when we went through a few set backs and had negative publicity , many called me / messaged me and said ” WE STAND WITH YOU “. 
To hold on to alot of BENEFACTORS for 5 years and counting , ones services really need to be good and extra ordinary. 
Thanks to my current Trustees :
♡ Adv Caroline Collasso 
♡ Mrs Joanita Pinto 
♡ Mr  Freddy Mendez 
♡♡ A note of Thanks to our Ex Trustee Mr Anselm. 
Running shelter homes for the homeless requires manpower and I thank my Staff who work with commitment & care namely :
☆ 1. Sapnesh Salgaonkar – Operation Manager 
☆ 2. Tanaya.- our accountant 
☆ 3. Douglas Pinto – Hospital incharge 
☆ 4. Akash Pednekar  – South Goa incharge 
And all our current staff & former staff who have been part of this NGO totally 25. 
Also without the caregivers In all our shelter homes things would be not easy as it is now :
1. Asim 
2. Abhishek
3. Abhijit
4. Ram Singh
5. Ignacio
6. Pobres
7. Mayur 
8. Sr Edith 
9. Milagrin 
10. Sr Mariya
11. Sr Alexia 
12. Karan 
♡♡A big shout of thanks to our AUDITORS 
M/s SBN & Associates for standing with us right from the time of inception and guiding us with all the legal accounting modalities. 
This Award motivates our NGO to new services planned for the coming year namely :
☆ 1. A free 25 bedded  stroke recovery facility for the poorest of the poor in Goa 
☆ 2. A Dialysis centre for the poor and rural goans
☆ 3. Setting up of food bank fridges in other states
☆ 4. Setting up shelter homes for the homeless across India 
I thank you all who have been our SILENT well wisher and following our work last 5 years. 
If this particular post has motivated you then as a goodwill gesture please forward this to your family and friends. 
As usual all communications through whatsapp only on 8380097564 . 
God bless you all 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564/ 7020314848
16Dec/22

FOOD BANK SANGOLDA IS IN NEED OF NEW FOOD FRIDGES WHICH WE INTEND TO INSTALL TO ACCEPT EXTRA FOOD FOR THE POOR.

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16.12.22. 8pm IST 
FOOD BANK SANGOLDA is in need of new food fridges which we intend to Install to accept extra food for the poor. 
FOOD BANK SANGOLDA has been running food bank fridges across Goa last 5 years , accepting extra cooked food In our fridges which is then in turn fed to the poor & the marginalized through our volunteers. 
Its the Christmas season and what better way to be part of a program that has been feeding hundreds of meals daily across Goa through various food bank programs. 
In The month of NOVEMBER 22 , Our Food bank fridges and our food bank collection from factories , Bakeries & hotels was close to 12000 kgs.( 12 tonnes ) 
Inspite of no commitment and support from FDA over the last 5 years , we have been running Goa's only registered Food Bank and saving thousands of kgs of food from going to waste . 
But on the other side FDA has never ever troubled our food bank in the last 5 years which is a good sign. 
But yet FDA is closing their eyes and ears to tonnes of food being wasted daily in Goa. 
I decided to move ahead in Goa & other states of India, irrespective of support from FDA. 
This Christmas atleast 4 more food bank fridges across Goa & in the New Year another 6 more fridges in Goa we wish to install in different parts of North & South Goa. 
We are also soon starting these food bank fridges across other states in India in the New Year. 
Besides saving the extra food from going into the garbage dumps we are also feeding the poorest of the poor. 
Your support during this festive season by donating a Fridge goes a long way In helping the poor as well as blessings from the ALMIGHTY. 
With the Grace of God we are able to daily accept approx 300 to 500 kgs good edible food from being thrown out . 
There is a huge logistic costs in running FOOD BANKS and that's the reason no one wants to venture into this service. 
We need your support to install these 10 fridges during this festive season as alot of food gets wasted and once people are aware of food bank fridges during the festive season the rest of the year food is automatically dropped in fridges. 
All donations are exempted under Section 80G of the INCOME TAX ACT. 
For any queries and clarification please get in touch with me strictly through whstsapp only on 8380097564 
God bless you so much 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564/ 7020314848
15Dec/22

WE ARE READY TO RESCUE, ACCEPT AND TAKE IN ANY AMOUNT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN GOA BETWEEN 15th – 23rd DECEMBER AS ITS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.

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15.12.22. 7Pm IST 
It the festive season of Christmas and it's in this mood of fun & frolic,  let's also think , remember and help the homeless In Goa who are living on streets, bus stops , gardens, outside hospitals,  subways etc .
We are ready to rescue, accept and take in any amount of homeless people In Goa between 15th – 23rd Dec as its the Christmas season.
A festival for me is not complete when there is  suffering and sick people on the streets including the old, persons with disabilities, and the improvised .
A warm bed , clean environment, two meals, medication is what will bring that joy and smile to the homeless because you decided to help a genuine homeless during this festive season of Christmas. 
Most of us Catholics will be preparing for Christmas in many many ways but I and my team are preparing to take in more homeless inspite of already being full in most of the men's homes. 
All you need to do is this :
◇ 1. Spot / locate / find a genuine homeless 
◇ 2. Whatsapp the picture with the location on 8380097564
◇ 3. Contact your nearest police station and see that the police attempt to help the homeless by bringing the homeless to our NGO .
◇ 4. If police don't show any interest let me know on the spot through whatsapp on 8380097564.
Let's attempt to spread the feeling of Christmas to the homeless by getting them to a shelter home.
It's going to be tiring & difficult for us during these few days with over 160 homeless people in our 8 homes taking in more homeless but it's CHRISTMAS SEASON.
We require you to support our NGO by helping those on the streets reach a shelter home in getting a better life to start afresh. 
During this festive season you can also support us in any way you can as we go about rescuing , caring and rehabilitating the homeless and the old who are abandoned with no one .
We require your help in any form.
Please keep all communication through whatsapp only on 8380097564.
We offer you income tax exemption on your donations under Section 80G of the INCOME TAX act .
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
13Dec/22

AS GIVING BACK TO SOCIETY IN GOA ONLY, OUR NGO STREET PROVIDENCE HAS STARTED TO CLEAN THE BLACK SPOTS IN GOA

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13.12.22. 7pm IST 
As giving back to Society in Goa only, our NGO Street Providence has started to clean the BLACK SPOTS In Goa . 
Yesterday & today , our friends in the men's home at ASSNORA,  collected, packed and filled in plastic bags close to 1800 to 2000 kgs of garbage in close to 60+ such bags at one of the worst and ever increasing BLACK SPOT I have ever seen . 
This you tube link will show you the video with the magnitude of garbage dumped and how our homeless friends have cleant it in 2 days. 👇
Just on the border of SIRSAIM -ASSNORA
( Bardez ) is a way which goes up to St Michael Chapel , Assnora . 
Since it's a no man land hundreds & hundreds of kgs of garbage has been dumped, thrown in this particular area measuring say 500 meters in length. 
We have been using this road last 4 years daily as our men's shelter home is on that hill and it's such an eye sore to see the mess just piling up year after year. 
Most of the times , all this garbage is just set on fire and then new garbage is dumped again. 
For quite some time I have been intending to put the shelter Home men to work and what better way then to clean BLACK SPOTS. 
Last 2 days,  8 hours a day & 6 men togther cleant and kept ready approx 60+ garbage bags filled to the brim which will approximately be about 2000 kgs. 
Our NGO launched this service at one of the biggest and terrible dirty BLACK SPOT so as to test the capacity of our team. 
Where ever there is a BLACK SPOT in the 3 kms vicinity of all our 8 shelter homes in Goa, we will clean the same and keep the bags filled up ready to be sent to the plant by the local Village Panchayat or Municipality or even LOCAL MLA. 
Our shelter Homes are at 
☆ Cavelossim (2)
☆ Quepem
☆ Assnora
☆ Guirim ( 2 )
☆ Calangute 
☆ Porvorim 
We don't just shout and blame the authorities but we enter the system and be the change what society wishes to see . 
Most of our projects are complicated and has not many or any others doing this service free of cost consistently ie : 
◇ 1. We are only NGO in entire GOA who rescues, accepts & rehabilitates from streets  hospitals , police stations homeless and people with disabilities. Not an easy service. 
◇ 2.We are the only NGO running GOA's only registered Food Banks across the state accepting food & feeding the homeless and monthly saving 10 to 12 tomnes of Wet waste reaching the garbage bins. 
◇ 3. Running THREE FREE PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTREs in Goa for the homeless & persons with disabilities 
◇ 4. And now the only SHELTER HOME attempting to clean BLACK SPOTS & reduce the garbage issue in Goa . 
If anyone requires our services to clean BLACK SPOTS priorty in NORTH GOA,  please let us know and one will need to pay us some amount as there is transportation of the homeless men to & fro, garbage bags , refreshments , etc. 
In addition we need to give the boys something to be motivated about . 
Getting these friends of mine to do this service also helps them to use their mind and body and it will help to be active and appreciated in their life as they are rejected both by their families & society. 
Once again we need to be concerned about our environment and dump garbage in garbage bins or in designated garbage zones. 
All comments, advice, Criticism , correction and ideas are welcome on this BLACK SPOT project. 
Please keep all communication through whatsapp only on 8380097564 
We have our homeless teams ready in QUEPEM & CAVELOSSIM to clean BLACK SPOTS. 
God bless you all 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564/7020314848
11Dec/22

RESCUES & REHABILITATES AN ELDERLY GOAN LADY FROM BHATI PANCHAYAT, SANGUEM CONSTITUENCY.

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12.12.22. 7PM IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA rescues & rehabilitates an elderly Goan lady from BHATI Panchayat,  Sanguem Constituency. 
Video of 45 sec  will speak for itself 👇
Mrs Kamal Kalekar is a widow with no children and all old and lonely with weakness that she can't stand as well as got a problem with leg / ankle . 
She might have been crawling in her house to move around as we had to pick her up and put her in the car . 
Akash Pednekar our incharge of Our QUEPEM home received a call from the local MLA & Social Welfare Minister , Mr Subhash Phal Dessai to help and rehab this lady. 
When a minister calls an NGO means he is aware of the ground reality and the MINISTER is concerned about the poorest of the poor in his constituency. 
Sanguem Police did their verification and we too sent our team to verify. 
The lady has relatives but they have not met her for a long long time and husband is dead . 
House is almost crumbling down and is in a dilapidated state . 
Neighbors have been providing her food but she requires much more than that. 
Last night our team along with the police personnel from SANGUEM Police station got her to our home at Cavelossim. 
♡♡♡ Thanks to our care givers at Cavelossim ladies Home especially Sr Maria for accepting the lady although it was late evening. 
Mrs Kamal can't walk at all neither can stand . 
It's going to be trips to hospitals and medications followed with nutrition till she Gets her strength back. 
It's Christmas season and it's always special to experience the Birth of Christ through instances like this . 
We need to open our doors to the old sick and abandoned and that's the message of CHRISTMAS. 
Today at Sunday Holy Mass , Fr Jose gave the same sermon about helping the poorest of the poor . 
We @ Street Providence are attempting to take in as many as possible during the next few days before we celebrate CHRISTMAS even though we are overloaded and space is a constraint. 
Its not right that the poor, old , elderly, widows, the  homeless with disabilites who are in pain and require shelter and care are suffering and we just look the other side because the homes are full . 
God will make a way to solve this problem. 
At the moment we are tying to live that spirit of Christmas by reaching out to the old , sick, widows,  abandoned,  homeless people with disabilities who need a warm bed and love & care in a home . 
When we take into our shelter homes such people  we also take a recommendation letter from the Local MLA & The Local Sarpanch so that the locals are aware of that where their fellow villagers are cared for . 
Attached a video of how we had to get 
Mrs Kamal into our home and her prevailing situation. 
You can imagine her physical state and what trouble we will be going thru seeing her current situation. 
But then as A Roman Catholic,  I need to  follow Christ who came for the poor , old. Abandoned,  sick, Widow, the homeless. 
I can't call myself a follower of Christ especially during this festive season if I don't open our homes to such people like Mrs KAMAL 
Attached a 46 sec video in konkani which will tell you all that you wish to see and understand. 
Your support in prayers, blessings and wishes is what at times motivates me to do what I am attempting to do in my little free time . 
All communications through whatsapp only on 8380097564. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
11Dec/22

Live From The Field

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10Dec/22

ANOTHER GOAN MAN , HOMELESS AND ABANDONED ON THE STREETS OF MAPUSA .

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10.12.2022. 7pm IST 
Another Goan man , homeless and abandoned on the streets of Mapusa . 
This is Nicholas Fernandes from Moira who according to my sources has been living at Mapusa Bus Stand last 10 years . 
Aged 67 to 70 years and living last 10 years in the dust , dirt , heat , unhygienic condition has destroyed his health. 
Exactly 15 days back we were requested by Mapusa Police Station to rehab Nicholas which we obliged. 
Nicholas has been in District Hospital Mapusa for quite some time before we took him into our home. 
Has got major internal problems which required him to be admitted into District Hospital by 108 as it can be he was lying on the streets of mapusa . 
Since he was being discharged he needed a place to recover and was guided to the Mapusa Police Station who were kind enough to send him to our home . 
But with a few days his health started troubling him and we readmitted him into the District Hospital Mapusa where currently he is being treated. 
Certain homeless people come with so much of serious health issues coupled with stress and insecurity that it takes a long time to settle down in a shelter home as all their life they have been living on streets and dark areas that something like a shelter home is difficult to digest . 
There are many many such homeless men in Goa living a dark and life of misery all in bondage. 
We are all tied up in our own bubble that we don't have the time , energy & motivation to stop and see whether any homeless requires a hand to start life again. 
And that implies to me also. 
At times i too loose that motivation as the main issue is the medical bills and the expenses. 
90% of homeless people who we admitt into our shelter home require serious medical help and continous trips to hospitals , follow up, Various tests and continuous assessments. 
Taking care of 160 such homeless people as of today is not an easy and feasible service especially when 95% of our friends are homeless & penniless . 
As of today close to 12 such friends from our homes are admitted in both district hospitals & GMC for treatment. 
We need your help daily to help others on the streets to start life again.. 
We need volunteers and fellow citizens to spot such genuine elderly homeless Goan people and either get them to a hospital for treatment or to any shelter home. 
If we can rehab we will else I am not sure where they can be admitted. 
It's getting chill here In Goa and its the Christmas season . 
Mos of us reading this post will be sleeping in our warm beds all tucked up . 
We need to think and share our thoughts with such homeless people living on the streets as they are abandoned for either their fault or just abandoned because of no family who can care for them especially if they are old & senior citizens. 
Please support us in whatever you can as we attempt to end Hunger & Homelessness in Goa. 
God bless you so much 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848