STREET PROVIDENCE GOA HEARS the SILENT CRIES of this POOR Goan lady suffering from PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA & we take her into our women shelter home.

And that means permanently this goan lady is my responsibility till i am alive or till the shelter homes are operational.

Why permanently  ? Read on .

The lady aged 42 approx  has been suffering from chronic PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA and is un married from rural part of Salcete .

All these years her late mother had been looking after her till her death a few months back .

Now her only living sibling is her widow sister who herself is suffering from physical disabilities with just one EYE , without a job and no children.

So her sister has to look after herself by going to work daily as a daily wage worker and that too if she gets work. 

To top it all this lady suffering from PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA walks away if left alone so she is locked up in the house and then she starts shouting if locked up and if not locked up starts walking away endlessly. 

This is the 2nd such admission of PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA among ladies we are caring for.

Not easy to handle ladies suffering from PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA but we are doing the best we can to help our poor goan people before they reach the streets and are fully put of control with mental disabilities. 

For those who don't understand how homelessness is increasing please read the post again. 

Many many such cases popping up and out of frustration and desperation family members just give up on their own blood members as its next to impossible to look after one self forget the sibling with mental disabilities especially if you are poor and lonely. 

Poverty and mental disabilities is like a curse to such poor families and no one helps or can help except SHELTER homes for Free as its impossible for this family to pay rs 30000 fees charged by homes which are in Goa.

Once this PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA lady reaches the streets or just walks away, chances are there she might be exploited by unscrupulous elements and then pregnancy issues and more problems on hand to sort out.

In this SEASON OF LENT we have decided  to get help to another 40 ladies out there CRYING SILENTLY  by rehabilitating them in our ladies shelter homes and we are working towards this goal. 

You too can play your part in this LENTEN SEASON by recommending such poor goan people suffering from mental disabilities and those homeless living on the streets of Goa and getting them to our shelter homes with the required paper work.

You can also support our work through your donations as 90% of our homeless street people in all our 8 shelter homes numbering close to 165+ are provided FREE FOOD CLOTHING & MEDICATION of which 125+ are on pchystric medication. 

This Goan lady can be adopted by you incase you can foot her monthly bills as its a Sad and poor case of being born in poverty with severe mental disabilities @ 42 years and with just one sister who herself is a widow with one eye and no job and fixed source of income.

We provide you income tax exemption under SECTION 80G On your donations 

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God bless you all

An honest  goan senior citizen finds a huge excess amount in his E COMMERCE account which he understood was hacked and so one day changes his password and decides to give this excess amount away to a cause.

This senior citizen approached the police stating he has excess money in his E COMMERCE ac which needs to go back to the person who hacked his account. 

Police usually have received complaints of people loosing their money by hackers but here the hackers got their own taste of their medicine.

Anyway since the Police were unable to do much the honest senior citizen approached me asking for suggestions how to utilize this amount ?

I gave many suggestions but one was accepted.

The senior citizen wished that this can be utilized to the welfare of A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT and so we ended up purchasing these 100's of  PHOTO COPYING Bundles of Papers.

We @ Street Providence Goa will be giving close to 27 units of A PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT across both districts a few bundles of these PHOTO COPYING paper and also requesting each OFFICER  to do more than what they are doing towards our goan homeless and poor goans suffering from disabilities in their jurisdiction by getting them to our shelter homes.

It's going to be a SCOTCHING SUMMER & the homeless especially those suffering from disabilities need help with food shelter clothing & medication.

The best people to get help to the homeless are this PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT and this goodwill gesture is only to remind that STREET PROVIDENCE has shelter Homes both for men & women across both districts of Goa.

Next week we will me moving all these 100's of bundles across Goa

Last we need to appreciate this senior Goan honest citizen who tried to return the excess amount which did not belong to him & when he realized that it was not possible, he decided to give it away for a worthy cause to our NGO who in turn decided to give it to this PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT. 

Sounds strange this post ?

Honesty is a VIRTUE and HONESTY can be acquired but it has to be CULTIVATED. 

What Would you too do if you had excess amount in your E COMMERCE ac ?

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you all

16.3.2023. 7pm IST 

When the Department concerned does not show interest in their own projects listed on their own web site of how to save food from going waste , then what is the next solution ?

One of India's biggest Food Bank network collaborates with our NGO @  Food Bank for the Poor Sangolda Goa to distribute to the poor and needy packaged food manufacturered by MNCs well before the expiry date of the products in Goa

Usually big brands manufacture packaged food and it's distributed through the FMCG distributors

What happens when these goods are not sold on the shelves of shops & Supermarkets ?

It goes back after expiry date to the distributor and then to the depot and it's thrown out into the garbage.

Food bank for the Poor Sangolda Goa was started way back in 2017 on a small note with just 1 fridge running for over 6 months .

Saving of food can be looked from two angles basically through this post.

◇ 1. Today daily we pick and accept 400 – 500 kgs of fresh cooked food through our Food Bank fridges installed across Goa and through our Food collection from factories. 

Monthly we collect around 14 to 15 tonnes.

Freshly cooked good extra food has to be moved out as quickly as possible which we have been doing non stop last 5 years.

◇ 2. Packaged and manufactures food products is a bigger area of food wastage in India and today we have an opportunity to enter this sector all because of One of India's biggest Food Bank network collaborates with our NGO @  Food Bank for the Poor Sangolda Goa.

We feel that every month in Goa itself close to 20 to 30 tonnes of packaged and manufactured food is being thrown out into the garbage.

Today we received close to 

This is just the beginning and we will be distributing this  :

We are aware of more such stocks reaching our food bank in Goa and what the Department could have done all this while is being done by our NGO today by the Grace of God .

This leading Food Bank Network based in Delhi is yet to personally meet me but the amount of work our food bank has been doing last 5 years has caught their attention and in GOA the Department is sleeping doing absolutely nothing to save food from being wasted.

Its a SHAME that all our requests, Applications, explanations, hard work last few years is just ignored due to EGO of the Director and we wait for the new Director who will be taking over after the current Director retires in a few months from now.

In the mean time i personally feel SATISFIED & HAPPY that a leading Food Bank Network in INDIA from Delhi has entrusted our FOOD BANK @ STREET PROVIDENCE to avoid packaged food from going waste and given us an opportunity to feed the poor, needy and deserving in Goa.

No matter how many obstacles I faced to put this packaged food project from becoming a reality with the Department, that effort did not go waste.

Today we are ready to accept monthly 10 tonnes of packaged and manufactured food items into our FOOD BANK and we can feed many many children & our poor goan people who just might feel that SOME ONE CARES for them.

If any food manufacturer in Goa or surrounding areas of Goa read this post and wish to feed the poor and needy instead of throwing out their manufactured food products please get in touch with me on 8380097564.

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you all

This post is about me holding on to my job , rehabilitated homeless men getting a small livelihood and economically empowering ladies who are victims of violence & trafficking . 

◇ 1. For those who are unaware , I have a full time Sales job in the dairy & non dairy sector and I work with Vimal oil & Foods Ltd in Goa for the last 13 years and that's where I provide for my family through my job. 

Good company to be associated with and that too 13 years & counting without a break. 

Having a full-time job & running a complex operation @ Street Providence NGO is not an easy task at all especially in last 5 years of our NGO being started. 

◇ 2. Alot of our inmates are rehabilitated from alcohol & but still need a place to stay as they are not good to start life alone in the world as they might fall down again. 

But they need activity to keep their mind occupied and to build up their motivation and communication skills . 

◇ 3. There is a 25 year old NGO known as ARZ in Vasco city who rescues trafficked women & women in violence  & economically empowers such ladies who are victims of violence & trafficking to stand on their feet . 

ARZ has started a small factory where these ladies work and they manufacture toilet roll & tissue paper in addition to other products. 

To generate sales to keep my job and to also support these ladies I have started Home delivery across Parts of Goa especially areas where my men's shelter homes are situated of Vimal products & tissue paper and toilet rolls. 

Delivery is Free to your door step. 

We are covering these talukas with deliveries  : 

This is just a CROSS PROMOTION and nothing else to keep me , my homeless rehabilitated men & the rescued trafficked women going as we need to survive in this highly competitive world. 

Your support in purchasing from the charts attached with this post makes a huge impact to so many of us both at Street Providence & ARZ. 

You can order through whatsapp messages on 8380077564 and if there are bulk orders without the PROMOTION Items then a competitive wholesale rate can be worked out on full cartoon of  both dairy & non dairy products on 8380097564 preferably through whatsapp only. 

In the following weeks I will be promoting through home deliveries items/ products made by poor simple people suffering from all types of disabilities again with CROSS PROMOTIONS . 

Our NGO understands the marketing issues faced by poor goan people suffering from disabilities and we will promote such items very soon. 

Those who manufacture usually can't market and those who market are not manufacturers on a whole. 

Please do store these charts and forward to your near and dear ones this message along with the charts . 

God bless you so much 

One Goan man Mr Winston Collaco from Margao turned GOOD SAMARITAN towards an abandoned homeless sick goan man Mr Jose Pereira and got him off his misery and pain from the streets to our shelter home 

https://youtu.be/NYxNMgnC-jk 

Well 15 days back I got a request of Mr Jose living in pathetic conditions in a broken down balcony to be shifted to our home. 

Seeing his condition I requested the caller turned good SAMARITAN Mr Winston Collacco to call 108 and follow the procedure . 

The leg was oozing with worms and maggots and smelling and only professional help was the way out . 

The abandoned man had met with an accident many years back and had a rod inserted into his leg . 

Due to covid and then being old and homeless he did not follow up at the hospital and that wound turned septic and gangrene. 

And this balcony was his home for over 2 years in the vicinity of Margao police station. 

In the last 5 years of our rescuing & rehabilitating homeless people I have never ever seen such commitment & follow up like I saw from Mr Winston. 

He called 108 and got the man lifted from the streets. 

Winston went to District Hospital Margao but they directly sent to GMC where Winston too reached. 

Got Jose Pereira admitted N Doctors had to amputate his leg as the gangrene had spread. 

Paid for the attendant for over a week @ rs 1500 a day, plus bought diapers and other medication and saw to it that Jose was well taken care off. 

Winston was behind my back to rehabilitate him which I had assured him. 

In between these 14 days I will be FRANK , I had and got upset with WINSTON as I had some doubts in my mind

” WHY IS THIS MAN HELPING A HOMELESS ? ” 

”  IS HE RELATED TO HIM ?”

Etc . 

But quietly we did our private investigation and we understood the meaning of the word GOOD SAMARITAN. 

Today we accepted the Mr Jose into our home and Mr Winston has agreed to help us in the future in whatever way we require help to foot the bills of this man . 

Mr Jose is on a caterer and on a pamper and its going to be difficult but not impossible to stabilize him as his parameters will have to be under control all the time. 

Our experience in amputated people is ” 1st 6 months endless trouble and hospital trips till that wound gets dry and the bandage is removed”. 

LENT is also about reaching out to the LOST & HOMELESS & I feel bad & ashamed for doubting the clean intentions of Mr Winston in helping this poor abandoned homeless goan Man Mr Jose Pereira. 

Even my Wife got upset with me saying ” why are you making the admission difficult for them ?”. 

It's just that there are so many requests coming for such homeless abandon goan people that at times own family members are just looking to dump their own parents on the streets and keep coming up with fictitious stories and I always need to be careful as later on unwanted issues and distant relatives pop up for signatures and death Certifcate. 

When living on the streets no one bothers. 

I feel proud that Winston is inspired by our work and attempted and succeed in getting this homeless goan man right from his being in that balcony, to the hospital and today to our home. 

You must see the you tube link attached with the post 👇 https://youtu.be/NYxNMgnC-jk 

A TRUE SAMARITAN in this season of LENT. 

Many times people call and expect me to run around and if we don't they get angry and upset. 

It's next to impossible to attend as we are really stretched for man power but we can guide the caller how to proceed and surely we can rehabilitae once ready for admission after all medical examinations and paper work 

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you all

We all read and heard about International Women Day being celebrated yesterday across Goa.

At Our 4 Women shelter homes for homeless women & women with mental disabilities it was a Sad Day & A Happy Day .

A Sad Day as two of our shelter homes are yet to receive the grants for the year 21-22 and we are almost entering 23-24.

Infact yesterday I met the top most Senior Government official of the department for over an hour and explained in simple words that without FUNDS it's going to be very hard to keep these two homes open post April 24.

To put my pains across, we have planned a visit to this TOP most senior Government official cabin on 20.3.2023 with more than 20 such homeless women to present before the top official the different  types of homeless Goan women with disabilities we care for.

And I have fixed this trip on 20.3.2023 yesterday itself so that everyone knows and sees how much trouble we go through in taking care of the last section of the society & by early April some hard decisions will need to be taken if grants not released.

The irony in this Department is THE No 1 & No 2 are both WOMEN and yet I am made to go up and down with no consideration for the work we do with the homeless and ladies witn disabilities.

What's the point in our NGO being declared 

THE BEST NGO in Goa in December 2022 ?

The Top official was very assuring and understanding about our genuine issues of funds but then I can't go on caring for these homeless Goan ladies without the Government funds/ grants.

So don't be surprised to see 20 homeless Goan woman with serious disabilities on 20th of this month in the most powerful place of Goa where the entire Government functions from.

The HAPPY DAY was when for the very 1st time in their lives 10 homeless women from our shelter home at Calangute with severe chronic mental disabilities were invited for a FREE LUNCH at a RESTAURANT ” ROCK CAFE ” @ Calangute by the owner Mr FELIX & his family.👇

Out of this 10 ladies,  7 have never ever eaten at a restaurant all their lives and of the 10 ladies,  9 are Goan homeless ladies with mental disabilities & 2 of these ladies were on Pampers.

Felix is my good friend last 25 years and his restaurant is running last 28 years and the invite to bring over 10 homeless ladies was with one rider / condition ” please I hope they will be well behaved and not go out of control ? “

And right enough, all the 10 ladies were up to the mark.

His Daughter , Miss NARUSHA played perfect host by attending to the needs of these ladies during the lunch today. 

NARUSHA being an upcoming MODEL could have just avoided being with these ladies today but no , she stayed the entire Lunch and got talking to them as a sign of support & Concern to these homeless women.

Such invitations to the last section of society is a big boost to EMPOWERING WOMEN especially on INTERNATIONAL WOMAN DAY. 

These woman may be down and out due to their circumstances but bringing a small cheer to their faces speaks volumes of FELIX & His family

Well know Social Worker Mr Suddesh Mayekar too was present at this lunch with these homeless ladies. 

One never knows what hold good in future for each one of us and with mental disabilities on the rise , we all need to be nice to those suffering from mental disabilities especially if one is a lady and is homeless. 

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God Bless you all

7.3.2023. 7pm IST

Sarpanch of Chinchinim & panch members get togther and gets off from the bus stop one Goan senior citizen man who has been staying for some years with all his belongings including a bed and mattress at this bus stop, into our shelter home. 

The man is from the village but has some issues and was seen residing at the bus stop for months if not years and its very strange no one took time to stop and help him .

10 days back ie last Sunday, I was asked to help.

PI Of Cuncolim was contacted and togther with the panchayat members the man was admitted into district hospital margao for stability and care.

Yesterday we accepted him into our shelter home with all the required paperwork completed due to the inntiniative of the Sarpanch of Chinchinim and the panch members.

Why all these letters ?

Well tomorrow if some relative pops up and files some missing case or kidnapping case saying you have confined my brother in your ngo then what ?

When on the streets the family is not bothered.

Parish priest letter was taken so incase he dies 

( this man is Catholic) in our home in the future , funeral can be done in the church otherwise we have had issues in the past for burial as burial was refused as no one knew the person in particular.

MLA & Sarpanch letter is required as these elected representatives need to know where their voters are cared for and how they can play their part in the future in case of any medical issues arising as the NGO at tines can't foot all the bills at hospitals. 

POLICE INSPECTOR letter is required as tomorrow any accusation like kidnapping, human rights violation etc can be put on the shelter home. 

Today people are UNGRATEFUL towards shelter homes service towards their own relatives dumped on streets and bus stops.

Paper work is very important and I am sure the Sarpanch & his panch members must be grumbling under their breath at the way we made them get all these documents ready before the man was admitted.

We as a Society are heading towards difficult times regarding the homeless and people with disabilites on the streets and NO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT in GOA is having any CLUE / IDEA / PLAN to address this increasing trend of homeless Goans on the streets. 

It's a good sign and I feel happy that THE SARPANCH & panch members literally got behind  me to get help to this goan homeless man and I made them follow the procedure from their end so that they understand the difficulties involved in rehabilitating such homeless goan people .

Today we are running a losing battle against homelessness on the streets of Goa .

All , I repeat all government departments are just pretending that they are unaware of our own goans on the streets requiring help and no one is attempting to address these issues. 

are least bothered about the homeless issue in Goa right at this moment concerning the Goans.

To top it all there are no government designated shelter homes and small NGOs like Street Providence is doing the work of the Social Welfare & Women and Child Department in providing shelter and care for free. 

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you so much 

 We @ STREET PROVIDENCE have been celebrating WOMEN's DAY in a different manner for the last 4 years , which actually has impacted in practicality numerous poor goan homeless women suffering from disabilities & we have heard THEIR SILENT CRIES. 

We have opened 4 FREE shelter homes in 4 years in Goa for homeless and poor goan woman suffering from mental disabilities, CRYING SILENTLY and more such homes are planned but the funding either from Women & Child Department or CSR funding is not reaching our 

We have 2 excel sheet & 2 collage of over 40+ such homeless women & women with mental disabilities CRYING SILENTLY last 4 years and we stand with their cries and don't only show SYMPATHY but we PHYSICALLY care and WIPE THEIR TEARS on a daily basis.

Infact OUR NGO celebrates WOMEN's DAY practically EVERYDAY.

Please go through the excel sheet slowly and understand the numerous mental sickness that people usually suffer from.

The hair on your hand has to stand once you read the excel sheet along with this post. 

The EXCEL SHEET will enlighten you what deadly combination of mental disabilities women are suffering from at the same time and how today our NGO has a FULL WARD equivalent to any Government psychiatric institute, but we @ Street Providence are providing free service without any funding from Women & Child Department or social welfare department. 

Only one women home has been given the grant for the year 19-20 , 20-21, 22-23.

21-22 grant not yet given for this one Home. 

And we have 4 such homes.

Last many years I am rattling my brains understanding how celebrations for different functions are really having any meaning and direct impact on the topic chosen for that particular function?

After going through the pictures of the woman in our homes which are numbered and the corresponding excel sheet which are also numbered which will tell you the serous nature of their mental disabilities,Please decide if you can sponsor one such lady for a year on a monthly basis. 

These ladies can be some ones mother,  daugher , sister,  aunt , relative etc 

And we have all age groups in this excel sheet

This ladies are not looking for jobs in your homes as maids or care takers so please don't even think of asking .

80% of the women in our homes are GOANS which is the worrying and disturbing factor and the nos. are rising and we are the only NGO hearing their SILENT CRIES & doing the best we can to take them into the homes. 

We need your help till THE NEXT WOMEN's DAY so that the actually meaning and true sense of the women's day percolates down to this last & neglected section of the society  & after one year you can proudly put your collar up and feel the true meaning of WOMEN's DAY. 

All donations qualify for INCOME TAX EXEMPTION UNDER section 80G

Www.streetprovidencegoa.com 

God bless you all

CIVIL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF GOA, provides free ration to our NGO starting this month.

STREET PROVIDENCE GOA thanks Civil Supplies Secretary, Mr Sanjit Rodrigues, IAS , Government of Goa for linking our NGO to the Department and as such enabling the poor and the homeless people in our homes to avail of central government scheme of free food grains.

Usually we have heard in Goa all negative stuff about the Civil Supplies Department in the last few months. 

But here we have the same Civil Supplies Department going out of their way and ensuring that our NGO is part of the scheme where by free food grains reach the poorest of the poor and the homeless @ Street Providence.

And the man who got this scheme to my notice is non other than Sanjit Rodrigues, Civil Supplies Secretary. 

Late Jan 2023. I was waiting in the secretariat to meet the Social Welfare Secretary along with the Mayem MLA over some issues.

It was during this waiting period that the Civil Supplies Secretary was entering his office and observed I was waiting and asked me to enter his cabin.

We have never ever formally met before neither was I sent with a recommendation.

As I entered his cabin he had an important meeting so I sat and waited for his attention which he was kind enough to give me.

I inquired about any free ration applicable to shelter homes which he brought to my notice that such a scheme is actually existing for a long time and frankly speaking I was not aware off.

Secretary was kind enough to link me to the concerned officials and from there on two Civil Supplies officials were kind enough to help us witn the paperwork and without hassling and any time wasting.

I appreciate the support from the Civil Supplies department  :

for the quick paperwork in moving the file and the inspection and documentation.

The officials @ CIVIL SUPPLIES Mapusa were kind enough to update us regularly about our RATION CARD & finally with 3 weeks we were eligible to get free food grains from the nearest ration shop.

Today we picked up 265 kgs rice allocated for 53 homeless people @ 5 kgs each, which will be supplied monthly free of cost. 

Infact the Civil Supplies Inspector after his inspection donated a few bags of rice In Feb 23  which he bought as he was moved seeing the type of people we take care off.

Although we currently care for about 160 homeless people, some are yet to get their adhar cards , where as some have their adhar cards registered already in their own villages and as such we submitted 100 adhar cards of the homeless but the system which is online accepted only 53 adhard cards.

Our monthly requirement of rice is almost 

1000 kgs a month on lower side but we THANK GOD that we are now getting 265 Kgs FREE RICE from the Government of Goa just because of one IAS officer Mr Sanjit Rodrigues who took the time to invite  me into his cabin, listen to me and connect me to his Department. 

I wish the other IAS SECRETARIES @ Goa Secretetarit too provide such services through their power that they hold in their capacity towards the homeless and the hungry in Goa to our NGO.

It feels great to know that such a good GOAN IAS officer EXISTS @ Secretariat Goa who understands about the troubles and issues our NGO goes through daily to PROVIDE FREE – food, clothing,  shelter & medication to the poor , homeless & the hungry at our shelter homes and our food bank programs. 

If you run free shelter Homes / orphanages/ etc. In Goa than please do approach the Civil Supplies Department at Panjim.

Imagine in the last 5 years we were unaware of the Free scheme of Food grains but it's never too late to be part of this Scheme .

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God bless you all