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09Dec/22

ALARMING RATE OF INCREASE OF ABANDONED GOAN MEN / HUSBANDS / FATHERS / BROTHERS ON THE STREETS OF GOA BY FAMILY MEMBERS.

Updates
9.12.22  7pm IST 
Alarming rate of increase of abandoned Goan men / husbands / fathers / brothers on the streets of Goa by family members. 
Today we highlight one such elderly Goan man found living in a broken down balcony in TALEIGAO , Mr Rosario. 
Rosario might be 75+ years old and over a month may be was spotted by A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR by the name of Mrs Clarita Simoes in GMC admitted by 108 and she felt sorry for him . 
Requested me to rehabilitate him which I agreed and Rosario himself came to stay with us . 
But ROSARIO is too weak and carries along with him to many health issues making it difficult for us to manage him in our shelter Home. 
High pressure, Diabetics , stress etc . 
I belive he has a wife and three adult children who either have thrown him out or might be he has walked out of them many years ago . 
According to what I picked up, he has been away from the family for over 30 years +. 
Not sure if it's the guilt which is eating him up or the rejection from his family but he is very upset with life and that complicates his mental & physical state of mind. 
Incase anyone recognises him or knows his family please let me know or let the family know. 
He is too weak and exhausted in life and might not make it further. 
At the moment he is in hospital taking treatment. 
We just can't afford his treatment privately and that's another issue. 
Atlesst he should get a chance either to forgive his family or his family should forgive him . 
Today many such families are throwing their family members out and these people are either living on the streets or dumped in hospitals. 
Many many of them are there similar to ROSARIO & there is just no shelter for them . 
No one cares and no one is bothered. 
Plenty of homes which can actually take in a few of them but due to so many reasons are not entertained and turned away . 
Small NGO like ours. already with 160 such homeless people are forced to take in more . 
The infrastructure in all our SHELTER HOMES are being stretched to a limit and we too can't manage taking in more people. 
Goa is witnessing alot of women , children,  families roaming and living on the streets add to this our own goan ladies & gents homeless. 
Its time the local panch members, local religious leaders , social workers get togther village wise and see how and why people like ROZARIO are homeless and abandoned. 
Believe me we will reach a level very soon that major cities will be facing a crisis just like there is a crisis of migrants children and ladies living in all the major cities of Goa . 
We are currently Sheltering about 15 such goan abandoned men having families but no one ready to take them back. 
Everything is changing in life and the change is more because of commercialization and monetization. 
The poor, Elderly , sick , etc are not welcome in their our homes any more. 
Little do they know that one day , they too will grow old and surely meet the same fate. 
I am not sure how and who is going to address the genuine goan homeless people living on the streets of Goa and abandoned in hospitals and bus stops but we can go on only for a limit taking in such cases. 
160 homeless people currently being sheltered is not an easy task at the moment as the expenses are mounting and needs to be addressed daily . 
We need your prayers , wishes,  blessings & support as we carry on our mission of ending hunger & Homelessness in Goa. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes
8380097564 / 7020314848
08Dec/22

TWO ELDERLY NUNS, AGED 79 & 75 YEARS , OPENS THEIR HEARTS & HANDS & HELP IN STABILIZING AND BRINGING BACK TO NORMALCY A WOMAN

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8.12.22. 7pm.IST 
Two elderly nuns, aged 79 & 75 years , OPENS THEIR HEARTS & HANDS &  help in stabilizing and bringing back to normalcy  a woman who was one of the most complicated, highly destructive and totally high degree of mental disabilities that I have ever rehabilitated in the last 5 years ” BLESSED ” 
On 1.9.2022 we had uploaded about this Goan girl who we had named BLESSED . 
Link attached. Read that post 1st . 
Today after 3 months , BLESSED is a totally New Creation within control and is a big blessings in our shelter home without any signs of insanity, no aggression like before nor any suicidal thoughts. 
Absolutely no complaints and in the last 3 months we did not feel the need to admitt her into the IPHB @ Bambolim. All her troubles are things of the past . 
So how this change? 
How this goan girl once upon a time was a pain in the neck to her family and to any shelter home including ours , to an extent the only solution was admission for months into IPHB has improved? 
Well these are the people who play a very active role behind the scene daily during the last 3 months and will play their role in the future with BLESSED. 
1. The Two old nuns who are the care givers of Street Providence Home, who inspite of being retired Look after BLESSED & another 9 such ladies with patience, & kindness . 
These two nuns provide that MOTHERLY love which BLESSED might had not got from her own mother from childhood .I don't know. 
The nuns took BLESSED as a challenge into the shelter home when all my other women shelter homes caregivers gave up and refused to understand BLESSED. 
2. A Capucian priest who daily visited BLESSED during the month of September and just sat and listened to her and counseled her spiritually as BLESSED is a ROMAN CATHOLIC by religion. 
3. My good friends from Bro Johnson team ie 
Prakash, Sujata , Alka & Sharon who have been visiting this home last 90 days daily for 2 to 3 hours and just sitting and spiritually building BLESSED up. 
4. Our operation Manager Sapnesh Salgaonkar who comes with tonnes of patience and who knows how to handle such cases. 
5. All our office staff who regularly visit BLESSED and who every 15days is taken for an assessment. 
It's ALL TEAM WORK which all these players play together in their own assigned time. 
Today even BLESSED own family and relatives can't believe that BLESSED has improved so much. 
♡♡♡ WE DARE TO DREAM ♡♡♡
Never in my wild imagination did I ever ever feel that BLESSED would stay quite cool and calm like a normal Person in our home. 
Usually such cases are admitted into IPHB. 
Prior to 1st September 2022, we must have admitted BLESSED many many times even upto 45 days at a strecth into IPHB then discharged her for 7 days then again admitted another 45 days as we just could not handle. 
BLESSED has gone in the last 20 years through the most difficult, humiliating,  insulting,  cruel experience which no female should ever go through. 
All of us @ STREET PROVIDENCE are proud to have had a wonderful experience is seeing two types of BLESSED . 

Before & After 
Today BLESSED does alot of handicraft work in the Home , plus mops the floor and washrooms. 
Attached 2 pictures of the flowers made by BLESSED. 
BLESSED sings , reads,  writes , lives a much better life and one day i am sure she will rise up and be a FULL TIME CARE GIVER in our NGO helping other such ladies come out of their bondage . 
We have been successful in looking after and caring for such CHRONIC, HOPELESS, COMPLICATED & DESTRUCTIVE ladies suffering from mental disabilities. 
The key to such deranged woman recovering is :
☆ Care givers with commitment ,
☆ Supervised & timely medication 
☆ Prayers & counseling 
☆ Nutritious food ,
☆ Timely assessment at IPHB
☆ Outings and trips to different places in nature. 
BLESSED family has been kind enough to reimburse our NGO all our expenses towards her REHABILITATION as they wish to give the best to her . 
If you know any such ladies IN GOA suffering from such mentak disabilities and having no one to care for them then please let me know through WHATSAPP only on 8380097564. 
We can help in rehabilitation after we study each and every individual request. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
08Dec/22

TWO ELDERLY NUNS, AGED 79 & 75 YEARS , OPENS THEIR HEARTS & HANDS & HELP IN STABILIZING AND BRINGING BACK TO NORMALCY A WOMAN

Updates
8.12.22. 7pm.IST 
Two elderly nuns, aged 79 & 75 years , OPENS THEIR HEARTS & HANDS &  help in stabilizing and bringing back to normalcy  a woman who was one of the most complicated, highly destructive and totally high degree of mental disabilities that I have ever rehabilitated in the last 5 years ” BLESSED ” 
On 1.9.2022 we had uploaded about this Goan girl who we had named BLESSED . 
Link attached. Read that post 1st . 
Today after 3 months , BLESSED is a totally New Creation within control and is a big blessings in our shelter home without any signs of insanity, no aggression like before nor any suicidal thoughts. 
Absolutely no complaints and in the last 3 months we did not feel the need to admitt her into the IPHB @ Bambolim. All her troubles are things of the past . 
So how this change? 
How this goan girl once upon a time was a pain in the neck to her family and to any shelter home including ours , to an extent the only solution was admission for months into IPHB has improved? 
Well these are the people who play a very active role behind the scene daily during the last 3 months and will play their role in the future with BLESSED. 
1. The Two old nuns who are the care givers of Street Providence Home, who inspite of being retired Look after BLESSED & another 9 such ladies with patience, & kindness . 
These two nuns provide that MOTHERLY love which BLESSED might had not got from her own mother from childhood .I don't know. 
The nuns took BLESSED as a challenge into the shelter home when all my other women shelter homes caregivers gave up and refused to understand BLESSED. 
2. A Capucian priest who daily visited BLESSED during the month of September and just sat and listened to her and counseled her spiritually as BLESSED is a ROMAN CATHOLIC by religion. 
3. My good friends from Bro Johnson team ie 
Prakash, Sujata , Alka & Sharon who have been visiting this home last 90 days daily for 2 to 3 hours and just sitting and spiritually building BLESSED up. 
4. Our operation Manager Sapnesh Salgaonkar who comes with tonnes of patience and who knows how to handle such cases. 
5. All our office staff who regularly visit BLESSED and who every 15days is taken for an assessment. 
It's ALL TEAM WORK which all these players play together in their own assigned time. 
Today even BLESSED own family and relatives can't believe that BLESSED has improved so much. 
♡♡♡ WE DARE TO DREAM ♡♡♡
Never in my wild imagination did I ever ever feel that BLESSED would stay quite cool and calm like a normal Person in our home. 
Usually such cases are admitted into IPHB. 
Prior to 1st September 2022, we must have admitted BLESSED many many times even upto 45 days at a strecth into IPHB then discharged her for 7 days then again admitted another 45 days as we just could not handle. 
BLESSED has gone in the last 20 years through the most difficult, humiliating,  insulting,  cruel experience which no female should ever go through. 
All of us @ STREET PROVIDENCE are proud to have had a wonderful experience is seeing two types of BLESSED . 

Before & After 
Today BLESSED does alot of handicraft work in the Home , plus mops the floor and washrooms. 
Attached 2 pictures of the flowers made by BLESSED. 
BLESSED sings , reads,  writes , lives a much better life and one day i am sure she will rise up and be a FULL TIME CARE GIVER in our NGO helping other such ladies come out of their bondage . 
We have been successful in looking after and caring for such CHRONIC, HOPELESS, COMPLICATED & DESTRUCTIVE ladies suffering from mental disabilities. 
The key to such deranged woman recovering is :
☆ Care givers with commitment ,
☆ Supervised & timely medication 
☆ Prayers & counseling 
☆ Nutritious food ,
☆ Timely assessment at IPHB
☆ Outings and trips to different places in nature. 
BLESSED family has been kind enough to reimburse our NGO all our expenses towards her REHABILITATION as they wish to give the best to her . 
If you know any such ladies IN GOA suffering from such mentak disabilities and having no one to care for them then please let me know through WHATSAPP only on 8380097564. 
We can help in rehabilitation after we study each and every individual request. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
07Dec/22

TODAY WE EXPLAIN HOW ABANDONED LADIES IN OUR WOMEN SHELTER HOME SPEND THEIR ENTIRE DAY .

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7.12.22. 7pm IST 
Today we explain how abandoned ladies In our women shelter home spend their entire day . 
A small video attached. 👇
1st of all to be a lady who is :
☆ abandoned, 
☆ widowed & childless , 
☆ rejected by own family, 
☆ divorced & thrown out on the roads, 
☆ thrown out by your own child, 
☆ an unwed mother ,
☆?suffering from HIV & TB ,
☆ Old and unmarried with no family share 
Then you are in a situation. 
Now Club this situation with disabilities, specially if its mental disabilities like :
☆ Schizophrenia ,
☆ Bi polar ,
☆ Hypertension, 
☆ Hallucination,
☆ Depression & anxiety ,
☆ Mood swings  
☆ Phobias 
Add both or if there is a lady ( which many are ) who suffer from all the above then rehabilitation is very challenging and difficult and its more stressful / challenging when the services are absolutely FREE. 
We have 4 ladies Homes & 46 such ladies 
3 homes in the north & 1 in the south. 
Morning all arise at 7 am,
Fresh up and then breakfast 
Small light exercises 
House cleaning and mopping . 
Then Physiotherapy sessions on alternate days & daily Hospital trips in the morning especially to IPHB for assessment , follow up and monthly medications. 
We have Counseling and vocational training sessions in the 3 north homes which is quite effective. 
Afternoon lunch and siesta time due to medication. 
Evening tea followed by indoor games as well as exercises and outdoor walks in the vicinity of each home. 
Bath at 6 pm , followed by early dinner but light dinner and all lights off by 8 pm. 
Caring for these 46 women is more difficult then caring for 100 men . 
On the bright side, in all our ladies homes,  alot of craft and handwork with cloth is taught and is carried our by the ladies. 
They enjoy using their hands in making flowers and handicrafts. 
We don't have any outside cooks or maids but in all our homes the kitchen is taken care by the ladies who are under rehabilitation supervised by the care giver. 
Some ladies do gardening and they like to touch the mud . 
Outing to the beach is the most looked forward activity in the ladies Homes . 
We have dance , music, games. Etc which bring out the talents of these ladies especially those who are below 60 years . 
But I will be fair ”  OUR LADIES HOMES ARE CLEANER & SYSTEMATIC as compared to the men's home”. 
You know why ? 
Because ladies are more involved with house work as compared to men .It's their inbuilt instinct. Our washrooms and bathrooms are spotless and clean. 
We have in our ladies Homes professionals like  :
♡ counselors
♡ MSW
♡ Occupational therapist
♡ Physiotherapist 
♡ Expert care givers 
♡ Nurses 
Who take good care of each and every lady in the ladies shelter homes. 
For the first 3 years of our existence,  I had only one shelter home and I was a failure in running this shelter Home because it just was not happening the way I wanted it . 
And everytime I asked GOD why am I not tasting success. 
Why can't I open more homes for ladies? 
I got the answers in these 3 years which I can't write here but I realized the success is in getting the right care giver who understands ladies suffering from disabilities and who has the passion which I have and not keeping OFFENCE & ANGER. 
And in the last 21 months, we started another 3 shelter Homes ad God has sent the right care givers who share my dream and my passion. 
Most of these ladies will be permanently rehabilitated with OUR NGO and i really feel for them but I just can't get emotional. 
My satisfaction is that inspite of being a man with little patience, short tempered , yet I Have the passion to plan, implement, co ordinate and put a team together in these 4  ladies shelter homes. 
There are many many patient and better people who run old aged Homes for old people but don't have that passion to work, care and look after homeless women with mental disabilities. 
I thank God for the Calling, The Grace & the motivation daily to do the best I can when I get up everyday. 
Takes alot of guts and energy dealing with :
My wife & children 
My job 
My Trustees 
My staff
Various Government officials 
The friends in all the 8 shelter homes &
My health 
And i thank all the benefactors who stand with me daily, reading my long posts and blessings me with donations, prayers and wishes. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
06Dec/22

WHAT IS A DAILY LIFE OF A HOMELESS MAN IN OUR SHELTER HOME

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6.12.22. 7 pm IST 
What is a daily life of a homeless man in our shelter home where most of our friends are suffering from mental disabilities, be like? 
Most of the day is full of little joys which will bring a smile on your face once you watch the video. 👇
☆ Morning all awaken by 6.30 am 
☆ Clean up and freshen up & bath.
☆ Followed by breakfast 
☆ Once the sun is bright say by 8.30 am SUN BATH
Exercise, yoga, brisk walking and simple exercise
Physiotherapy sessions and hospital trips for those suffering from sickness. 
House cleaning and washroom cleaning along with mopping and washing the homes daily is encouraged to all my friends in the homes. 
Some are taught and encouraged to draw , write and even to read alphabets and numbers. 
A couple of the younger men are taught to play cricket and soccer which I am sure they have never ever held a bat or kicked a ball for many many years. 
Sounds strange but we treat our friends to face the world by learning. 
☆ Lunch time by 1 pm followed by light nap. 
☆ Tea at 4 pm followed by out door games by those who can and indoor games by the old and those suffering from physical disabilities. 
☆ Later by 6pm bath and Television 
☆ 7 pm dinner 
☆ 8 pm all gone to sleep. 
All our staff in all the men's shelter Home are in house employees . 
The Cooks, care givers,  watchman , compounder , house incharge were one day all homeless and on the streets but over  a due course of time , have recovered and today stay back to take care of the others . 
Only a homeless understands a homeless especially :
▪︎If wounds have to be dressed daily 
▪︎If Elderly men have to changed if on Pampers,
▪︎If elderly men have to be bathed & shaved,
▪︎ If anyone has to be fed their meals.
Etc . 
You and I will never able to go through this . 
Hiring outside manpower is too expensive & our team can't reach out daily to over 100+ such men  in all our 4 mens home & we are soon going to be rehabilitating upto 140 men . 
We are now fortunate to have employed :
☆ 4 Physiotherapist to treat our friends & 1 Clinical Psychologist 
to work and help our homeless men get back on track and be able to be a blessings to others . 
Some of them in the men shelter home daily take care of the food bank and food collection. 
Some are daily in hospitals assisting the others get their medication and on their monthly check ups. 
Everyone of our men in the men's home are given some responsibility to enable them to think, understand, take decisions , be responsible. 
Majority of these friends of mine are on mild to heavy doses of medicines for their mental disabilities but that does not stop them from taking responsibilities in the men's shelter home. 
Two of our men's home at Cavelossim & Quepem having a current strength of 60 men & the men are really recovering much more than expected. 
Porvorim home has all the hardworking men where most of the operations are controlled from 
Assnora home with a current capacity of 36 men  is the most complicated and difficult place to manage as all the hyper,  chronic and nerve wrecking friends of ours are rehabilitated here. 
It's just the thought of attempting to reintegrate these Once homeless men with severe mental disabilities which bring a smile on my face and motivation to go ahead and DREAM BEYOND MY EXPECTATIONS. 
We don't believe in PITY but every friend has to take up his responsibility and face the WORLD. 
♡♡♡ Big thanks to our long time benefactors who 90% have never ever met me but are inspired to support our NGO just by reading our posts and following our work which is continously uploaded daily on various social media platforms with pictures and videos. 
Running a complicated NGO like ours is not easy but even difficult is paying the bills daily. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
04Dec/22

IN NOVEMBER 2022 COLLECTED 12000 KGS ( 12 TONNES ) OF EDIBLE, EXCESS , FRESH FOOD THROUGH ITS 16 FOOD FREEZERS

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4.12.22. 7 pm IST 
IN NOVEMBER 2022, FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR, SANGOLDA collected 12000 kgs ( 12 tonnes ) of edible, excess , fresh  food through its 16 FOOD FREEZERS  and DEDICATED  VOLUNTEERS and  GENEROUS PARTNERS! 
A 2 min video of all the food in our food bank fridges across Goa for Entire
 November 22. 👇
With absolutely no support and no cooperation  from FSSAI /FDA Bambolim, we are able to accept and distribute the increasing amount of excess, fresh food  every month and prevent it from being discarded. 
In early 2017 ,  India ranked 70 on the Global Hunger Index . 
Today, India ranks 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2022. 
In Asia, Afghanistan with a rank of 109 is the only country behind India 
Prime Minister of India , Shri Narendra Modi started an initiative to SAVE FOOD SHARE FOOD in December 2017 through FSSAI / FDA across INDIA. 
This initiative was meant to redistribute the excess, edible food through the FSSAI, the Recovery Agents/ Food Banks and the volunteers. 
Despite having such a good initiative in place, why has INDIA slipped in the HUNGER INDEX RANKING? 
Is it because the initiative has not taken off? 
In Goa,  FSSAI / FDA  have done nothing to even start the ball rolling . 
In the last 5 years, FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR, SANGOLDA  has created and perfected a system through its benefactors, partners, volunteers and beneficiaries collecting tons of edible food and redistributing it to the needy, impoverished and malnourished without any help from FSSAI/FDA.
FSSAI / FDA Bambolim should be ashamed that their own initiative being advertised on their own website and initiated  by the HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA since the last 4 years have yielded no benefits to the poor and needy. 
Yes,  I don't see eye to eye with the Director of FSSAI / FDA Bambolim as she refuses to understand and cooperate in saving daily 5000 kgs of edible food from being thrown in the garbage bins despite my repeated efforts to connect with her. 
But she can surely learn from an existing model of a Food Bank and depute a reasonable and practical officer who can attempt to work with Food Recovery Agencies like us. 
The Director insists on paper that 3 FOOD BANKS  are operational in Goa. Try calling the numbers given on the website and one is met with the message that these  numbers not operational (Bandh aahe) 
Hence I am of the opinion that these so called registered Food banks are only on paper  with the blessings and support of the FSSAI / FDA Bambolim. 
If these so called FOOD RECOVERY AGENCIES do exist we would like to see them collect and distribute 200 – 500 kgs of food which we are ready to give them daily from our food banks. 
If not, maybe this food could be dropped at the  FSSAI office, Bambolim, to sensitise the authorities to the amount of fresh edible food going waste thanks to their apathy and arrogance. 
Is anyone really  interested in the welfare of the poor., needy, hungry and the environment which is being destroyed everyday due to tons of good cooked food being dumped into the garbage ? 
When will the FSSAI / FDA Director,  Bambolim understands that more than 5000 KGS of fresh  cooked factory food is wasted daily. 
Sitting in an air conditioned office insulates the FSSAI/FDA Officers from the stark reality of hunger and malnourishment. 
But, Madam, the HUNGER INDEX RANKS do not lie! 
Step out of your Office and take a peek in the lanes outside and have a look at the hungry parents and their malnourished children. 
We are foot soldiers working on the ground in touch with the hungry and you  FSSAI Officials are white collared people. 
Running Food Banks is not an easy and cheap service. 
We have an official license FROM FDA/ FSSAI to run a food bank. 
We also have 3 full fledged kitchens across Goa to assist our volunteers in feeding the poor . 
Manpower  is required daily to collect and distribute this food and this comes at a price – their salary. 
A very high standard of quality control and hygiene is maintained during collection and  distribution and  food unfit for human consumption is directed to  the animal farms. 
But on the brighter side, we thank all those kind hearted and generous persons who day after day drop their excess , fresh edible food In our fridges consistently since the last 5 years . 
You may never meet those malnourished children and their families but your efforts go a long way in alleviating their hunger.  
On their behalf we thank you sincerely for your generosity. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
03Dec/22

OUR NGO STARTED OFF AS A FOOD BANK, BUT TODAY OFFERS NUMEROUS OTHER SERVICES TO THE POOR, NEEDY , HOMELESS & THOSE SUFFERING FROM DISABILITIES

Updates
3.12.22. 10 am IST 
☆☆☆ A very Happy Feast of St Francis Xavier to one and all ☆☆☆ 
Our NGO started off as a FOOD BANK, but today offers numerous other services to the poor, needy , homeless & those suffering from disabilities with the food bank the most important service as hunger knows no boundaries. 
Today sermon @ Holy Mass at 7am delivered by
Fr BONIFACIO FURTADO in Konkanni at OLD GOA was very touching. 
Whatever was preached at today sermon is what is exactly we do at our NGO. 
One should go thru the YouTube and hear his sermon. 
I being a Roman Catholic and a follower of Christ , I need to walk the path the Jesus Walked. 
Recently Pope Francis released a document 
” PREDICATO DE EVANGELOU ” 
Which means ” PREACH THE GOSPEL ” both in words and deeds. 
At Steeet Providence its about the deeds which is primarily feeding the poor through our FOOD BANK last 5 years & taking care of the homeless through our REHABILITATION HOMES besides numerous other services to the downtrodden. 
Pope Francis explains the we all need to get involved in the lives of the poor , the sick , the downtrodden. 
As preached by Fr BONIFACIO FURTADO during his sermon ” WE NEED TO TOUCH THE SUFFERING CHRIST in THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS “. 
And the best way to touch the lives of the poor is through food , clothing & shelter. 
As a registered Food Bank, we offered free breakfast at the NOVENAS of St Francis Xavier @ old goa on 30th Dec. 1st Dec & 2nd Dec with the support of Navtara Restaurant and through the kind service of our volunteers Mr ARTURO D'Souza & his wife and Mrs Ana Gracias who were serving the breakfast. 
A small link attached of the feeding at old goa during the novenas . 👇
Running Food Banks is not an easy and simple service. 
We have an official license FROM FDA/ FSSAI to run a food bank and that keeps the officials away from troubling us as we are within the law to provide these free feeding services. 
Once again thanks to alot of people who have been dropping their extra cooked food In our fridges last 5 years and a big thank you to our benefactors. 
Once again A Very Happy Feast of St Francis Xavier to one and all. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
02Dec/22

PROVIDES THE BEST HEALTH FACILITIES IN ALL OUR SHELTER HOMES TO OUR FRIENDS ( THE HOMELESS )

Updates
2.12.2022. 7pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE provides the best health facilities in all our shelter homes to our friends 
( the homeless ) and I am sure we are doing the best we can inspite of being a very small NGO . 
Our NGO has set up 3  Physiotherapy units, 2 units are in house units in South Goa and 1 unit is at our registered office in North Goa & the most severe cases of physical disabilities in our homes is being tackled on a war footing. 
It pains me to see some one bed ridden or some one on a wheel chair or some suffering from Stroke and those just getting incapacitated. 
Thanks to all our benefactors who made these 3  Physiotherapy centre's a reality &  the Social Welfare Department Government of Goa, I am all pumped up to go all out to get each and every friend of mine in the shelter home up , standing,  walking if not running. 
We have INTRODUCED A TILT BED &  5 of our shelter homes have one TILT BED each . 
SO what is a TILT BED & for whom is it ? 
Tilt table ( BED ) is a padded table in the size of a single bed, that can be elevated from horizontal position to vertical position. It serves as an integral part of therapy for physiological and psychological accommodation to an upright position. 
It is used in a therapeutic setting for physiological accommodation to upright position, facilitate early weight bearing,  and cardiovascular conditioning. 
Early weight bearing is essential to facilitate proprioception in the joints. This promotes quicker adaptation to an upright position. The patient also gets used to postural pressure changes (hypertension/hypotension). 
It also helps to improve the psychological state of mind of a bedridden patient who has not been standing for months or years. 
With proper guidance and training a tilt table can be used to promote early standing which  helps for rehabilitation of walking in the later stages. 
As an added bonus it can be used as a regular bed due to its size and shape. 
One particular friend of mine in the shelter home has and can't stand up alone for years and whenever he is strapped to this TILT BED he is like smiling and happy & excited. 
We are ready to give these TILT BEDS out strictly on SECURITY DEPOSIT which is fully refundable to any person who requires to use this ” only on the recommendation of a registered Physiotherapist with a valid prescription “. 
We have a good no of these TILT BEDS and they are available at our points in :
☆ Porvorim 
☆ Quepem
☆ Cavelossim 
We are working on a high speed to reach out to as many as possible suffering from all types of disabilities and Physiotherapy is one of the means to bring relief to a person who just walk or stand up right. 
These TILT BEDS are usually not available easily and many MOBILITY BANKS which give equipment out to use don't provide these TILT BEDS as its very expensive . 
We have attached a video of how the manual TILT BED works . 
Also added a picture of our physio session at our 3 Physiotherapy centre as well as 3 of our friends in one frame strapped to the TILT BED. 
It's just inner joy I get watching all these Physiotherapy sessions on the CCTV in all our units how the PHYSIOTHERAPIST come faithfully at their designated time and with love,  care and compassion perform their sessions and leave . 
Mind you 70% of our friends in all our shelter homes are suffering from mental disabilities and 90% are homeless and abandoned and the Physiotherapist are really a blessings to them. 
Incase you know anyone who is in need of mobility and is bed ridden then these TILT BEDS can be used STRICTLY ON DEPOSIT BASIS. Which is fully refundable. 
Please do forward this message to such families. 
As usual we operate through whatsapp message only on 8380097564. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
01Dec/22

WE ARE THE ONLY SHELTER HOME IN GOA ( may be even India ) TAKING IN SAME BLOOD PEOPLE FROM SAME FAMILIES IN PAIRS

Updates
1.12.22. 7pm IST 
We are the only Shelter Home in Goa ( may be even India ) taking in same blood people from same families in pairs of Mother/ son, husband/ wife etc, suffering from multiple disabilities, 
bed ridden & sickness and that too absolutely FREE of COST . 
We @ Street Providence Goa are accepting and caring for all types of homeless people and goan people from families suffering from all types of disabilities but having no actual families to look after & care for them . 
Infact we have already 2 or more family members from the same family in our shelter homes, which otherwise both will be on the streets. 
We have 5 such combinations of same family members in our shelter homes. 
☆ 1. Brother & sister ( non goans ) 
☆ 2. Mother & son ( Goan ) 
☆ 3. Mother & daughter ( Goan )
☆ 4. Husband & wife ( Goan ) 
☆ 5. Mother & Son ( Goan ) 
■ Case 1 
Both are suffering from mental disabilities and are middle aged and homeless. 
Mother & father both dead . 
■ Case 2
Mother :  Polio & bed ridden .
Son :  depression & mental disabilities .
No house of their own & father died long time. 
■ Case 3
Mother : mental disabilities 
Daughter : mental disabilities 
Both are chronic & severe Cases to handle. 
This case is sad as mother lost her mental balance looking after the daughter .
No father from childhood. 
■ Case 4 
Husband : suffering from Polio
Wife : suffering from mental disabilities 
Living on the streets. 
■ Case 5
Mother :  Infected & mental disabilities 
Son : studying in school 
Father abandoned along time back when young
House totally broken down. 
Were Living & studying on the streets. 
Ever heard of even other types of Homes taking in such combinations FREE OF COST ? 
Usually such poor and genuine cases are ignored for, as rules and regulations are quoted. 
For us,  it's FIGHTING AGAINST THE TIDE & taking in such most difficult admissions is what drives us. 
God has been kind to me with all our requests always being blessed by you Benefactors who are always inspired by God to support our NGO. 
Although we are small in size and all our homes are rented,  yet we can DREAM BIG by taking in any genuine request irrespective of the sickness, age, etc . 
God gives all of us EQUAL GRACE and does not discriminate while showering his blessings on us all. 
But when such poor homeless people suffering from mental disabilities knock on the doors for shelter then do we reply and attempt to take them in ? 
Is rehabilitation only about those who can afford the fees? 
See the no of closed homes in Goa which could have been used for rehabilitation of the homeless & the poor . 
The homeless and those suffering from mental disabilities are increasing quickly & silently but we as an educated society is just not looking at this point but rather looking at the other side which is paid and those who can afford the fees. 
It's getting really tough and tiresome for our own local goans and the homeless on the streets especially for those suffering from disabilities to live a simple and secured life . 
If there are any such genuine poor goan family members suffering strictly from any types of disabilities in need of rehabilitation and care then let us through whatsapp on 8380097564. 
We will study case to case and decide. 
Has to be :
Poor local ethnic goan & ( not from across border)
Suffering from disabilities &
No other family members who can care for  them 
This service of caring for the homeless & people with disabilities ( especially mental disabilities) is not a easy, simple and cheap service. 
We require daily help, blessings, prayers and donations as practically daily admissions happen both into our homes and from our homes we admitt daily to various Hospitals 
Reaching out to the poorest of the poor is 
A DREAM WE DARE TO DREAM irrespective of the sickness or the costs Involved . 
We operate strictly through whatsapp only on 8380097564 only for all your queries 
God bless you so much
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
29Nov/22

FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR, SANGOLDA GOA IS SERVING FREE BREAKFAST AT THE NOVENAS OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, OLD GOA

Updates
29.11.22. 7pm IST 
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR, SANGOLDA GOA is serving free breakfast at the Novenas of St Francis Xavier, Old Goa on Wed., Thursday, Friday ie 
30th Nov, 1st Dec & 2nd Dec between 
7 am till 9  am or till breakfast stock last. 
Our NGO celebrates our 5th Anniversary on 1st December and since the last two years we just could not do much due to lockdown. 
♡♡♡ Thanks to our Food Partner , M/ s NAVTARA group of Restaurants,  owners Mr Carlos & his Son Aditya for the support shown to our food bank in the last 5 years. 
This 3 days breakfast is being discounted by NAVTARA and alot of trouble will be taken to move the breakfast for the next 3 days to old Goa . 
We still Have to take care of the bills but the discount is what reduces the bill. 
Logistics too have been borne by NAVTARA . 
♡♡♡ Big thanks to Goa's well known SOCIAL WORKER Mr ARTURO D'Souza from St Cruz who agreed to handle the distribution and serving of this breakfast for 3 days along with Mrs Ana Gracias & Sudeep Dalvi & others . 
Due to our other priorities of the Shelter homes I am not sure whether I or my trustees may make it but we are just delighted to be part of feeding the poor, hungry & those in need of a light meal for the next 3 days at OLD GOA. 
♡♡ Thanks to Goa Police @ Old Goa Police station for the support. 
♡♡ Thanks to our operation manager Mr Sapnesh Salgaonkar for the co ordination. 
For any one wishing to support this service please whatsapp me on 8380097564. 
Try to limit the calls . 
Its an all GOAN AFFAIR for the next 3 days of serving free breakfast at old Goa. 
God bless you so much 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848