Category Archives: Updates

04May/22

IS AN NGO WORKING FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS WITH A FOCUS TO ERADICATE HOMELESSNESS & HUNGER IN GOA .

Updates
4.5.2022  7pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA is an NGO working for the last 5 years with a focus to eradicate Homelessness & Hunger in Goa . 
Incase any one is unaware of our services, we have listed down our current services:
☆ 1. We run shelter homes for the homeless 
☆ 2. We run a very big Food Bank 
☆ 3. Free help for the Rural disabled 
☆ 4. Disability Aid Bank 
☆ 5. Water Bank 
☆ 6. Clothes Bank 
☆ 7. Dry Ration Bank 
☆ 8. Medicine Bank 
☆ 9. Education Bank 
☆ 10. Gas Stove & cylinder Bank 
Our services 1 to 3 are our main focus and close to 35 staff are employed here . 
Attached is a detail break up of each service. 
Many people get excited when they hear that we run a clothes Bank. 
But the clothes Bank is not our priorty and it works only on monthly or bi monthly drives, initiated with a time frame and circulated through Social media. 
Our immediate UPCOMIMG SERVICE is : 
Free Clinics / medical centre for the poor & Persons with Disabilities ( only for those possessing a Disability Certifcate & UDID card ) . 

These Clinics / medical centres will be in :
Bardez , Salcette , Quepem. 
Free transportation will be provided to poor PWDs incase they require to & fro from their homes to the Clinics & back . 
These medical centres / clinics will provide the following FREE services primary to the ever increasing residents in our ever increasing shelter homes and to the poor impoverished persons ( PWDs)  who are in need of :
☆ 1. Basic Physiotherapy 
☆ 2. Psychiatric treatment 
☆ 3. General medical examination ( internal medicine)
☆ 4. Gynecology 
☆ 5. Pediatrics
☆ 6. Orthopedics
☆ 7. Counseling 
☆ Etc 
1st such FREE CLINIC / MEDICAL CENTRE should be operational by mid June 2022 in Bardez in a 200 sq metre area ( 2000 sq foot ) 
Work is on in full swing and close to 40% is complete . 
Our FUTURE free Services :
Two hospitals in North & South Goa only for the poorest of the poor & those with disabilites. 
This is our Dream to start hospitals and that will happen once the 3 Free clinics / Medical Centres are fully operational. 
Everyone must be thinking “where is the funding”. 
Well if you heard or know LUKE 6:38,  well that has been my FORTE. 
Also I believe that God provides all my needs according to his riches in Glory . 
We are looking for various professionals
to support these projects and dreams and reach out the poorest of the poor . 
If you are looking for a platform to work for the poor and those with Disabilities then u reached the right NGO. 
For those who wish to know more about us you can follow us on social media 
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
          
Twitter : @streetproviden1 
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
 
02May/22

FEEDS 4400 + MEALS TODAY, BEING LABOUR DAY AS AGAINST A SET TARGET OF 5000 MEALS .

Updates
1.5.2022. 7pm IST 
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA feeds 4400 + meals today, being Labour Day as against a set target of 5000 meals . 
♡♡♡ Thanks to many many sections of people who made this possible 
♡♡♡ Thanks to all our benefactors who contributed towards this cause. 
♡♡♡ Also thanks to Navtara Owners Mr Carlos & his son Aditya for all the support and their staff at all their 7 outlets who worked tireless with limited time to get these meals ready inspite of their regular business. 
♡♡♡ Thanks to the following Eminent persons who graced this program inspite of the heat , the humidity and it being a holiday and handed over the food pkts to our volunteers . 
Following were present at :
☆ Mapusa : Ret SP @ Goa Police , Mr Serafin Dias
☆ Porvirim : PI Porvorim Mr Anant Gaonkar
☆ Calangute : Mr Suddesh Mayenkar
☆ Panjim : Dysp @ Goa Police , Mr Edwin Collaco
☆ Margao : ADC to Governor of Goa , Mr Vishram 
☆ Margao : Mr Digamber Kamat, MLA.
☆ Siolim : Mr Sucor 
All though planning happened well in advance,  there were some hiccups. 
Two places volunteers came late due to traffic, 
One places Chief Guest came late .
One place volunteers took food pkts before time .
One place food pkts were not ready . 
But at the end all food pkts reached the correct destination as planned. 
Not an easy task either for me or for the entire operation to run as planned as the heat was really bad . 
♡♡♡ BIG BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS who distributed these pkts of food with their respective teams in the shortest possible time with heat being unbearable and high humidity . 
More than 30 Volunteers  plus their teams serving 4400 meals within 2 hours across 9 talukas from 7 navtara outlets is not a small task. 
Attached small 2 videos. 👇
The purpose of this program was to motivate  our volunteers and keep them ready as very soon we are attempting to feed a few thousands of people fresh cooked food DAILY , which is extra and daily being thrown out daily across Goa from different sectors. 
Thats in short what I can say at the moment . 
Once again thank you all for blessings Our Food Bank for the last 5 years. 
We are Goa's only recognized and organized Food bank across Goa . 
For those who wish to know more about us you can follow us on social media 
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Twitter : @streetproviden1 
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
 
29Apr/22

ACCEPTS THIS HOMELESS GOAN LADY INTO OUR SHELTER HOME, WHO HAS BEEN SLEEPING AND STAYING RIGHT ON THE STREETS OF MAIN OLD GOA AREA

Updates
29.4.2022. 5 Pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA accepts this homeless goan lady into our shelter home, who has been sleeping and staying right on the streets of MAIN OLD GOA area for over 9 months, all because of this Goan gentlemen Adv Mr Xavier . 
Read on . 
Never in the last 5 years of our rehabilitation service for the homeless have I been taught to be MORE considerate to the homeless street women. 
My problem is homeless women are not easy to look after and we don't have more compassionate women care givers to look after the ever increasing homeless women in Goa . 
Today I learnt something which I will remember. 
This lady who has been living right outside his restaurant at OLD GOA for months is from SHIRODA , Ponda. 
Many many people informed me but it always has been ” let the police call me “. 
Few days back this lady was picked by the local politican and dropped to her elderly relative home in calangute. 
This lady today reached the Calangute police station saying she wants to go back to old goa as the restaurant owner Adv Xavier had been feeding her . 
Adv Xavier, was requested to reach Calangute police staton, who in turn called me. 
I initially refused to help as I am sure it's a case of Mental disabilities. 
But Adv Xavier did not give up . 
Adv Xavier inspite of being not connected to this homeless goan lady came from : 
☆ 1. old goa to calangute police station, because the lady had a card of his restaurant with her, and he was requested to come . 

☆ 2. Convinced the police to take this lady to IPHB bambolim for a check up, 

☆ 3. took the police and the lady in his car for a check up @ IPHB, 

☆ 4. Got me convinced without force that she requires rehab, as Dr at IPHB concluded she is mentally fit to be admitted in a shelter home and I have my doubts , 

☆ 5. Brought her back to calangute police station and personally came along to admitt her into the home. 
The lady has a brother,  but few months back  the brother who works in Gujarat had come to help her get off the streets, but she refused to be helped. 
No one can blame him as he tried and he is still trying and willing to help her I am told . 
We accepted her into our home finally . 
Adv Xavier says ” he has been knocking on many doors and requesting many in and around OLD GOA to help this homeless street goan lady ” 
But it was God's plan many months back when atleast more than 10 people called me in the last 9 months asking to get this lady of that area. 
I want and I wish to help more ladies on the streets who are homeless and with disabilities but I don't have Woman Care Givers full time . 
I have or I can arrange everything else but Women Care Givers is the need of the hour for me. 
Our two shelter homes for homeless woman are overloaded with close to 32 such woman being rehabilitated. 
Planning to start 2 more such homes for homeless woman very soon. 
Attached a picture of Adv Xavier . 
I don't know how long this lady will stay with us in our shelter home but 100% she requires treatment and admission at IPHB as she has been long time now living on the streets alone. 
It's going to take a long time to get her confidence back and mentally get her into well being. 
Life on the dark lonely wet streets is not a joke . 
How I know ? 
Most of our women inmates at times tell us how they are tortured and treated as they are homeless and weak . 
If only I can get good , compassionate, caring & concerned, full time  lady care givers , my big problem will be solved. 
Any one listening ? 
Please support and help such homeless street women wherever you see them . 
I apologize to all those people who called me , argued with me and got upset with me for not helping this lady before . 
But I have my limitations regarding homeless street women. 
Please support our NGO generously. 
You get 50% rebate under section 80G of the 
INCOME TAX act, once you donate to our NGO. 
We accept only CHEQUES / NEFT with your pan card copy . 
For those who wish to know more about us you can follow us on social media 
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
          
Twitter : @streetproviden1 
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
 
28Apr/22

FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA GOA IS ATTEMPTING TO FEED 5000 VEG MEALS ON 1.5.2022

Updates
28.4.2022. 7pm IST 
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA GOA is attempting to feed 5000 VEG meals on 1.5.2022, which is LABOUR DAY & a Sunday within 2 hours flat. 
It's all happening between 11.30 am to 1.30 pm . 
♡♡♡ Thanks to our Volunteers and their teams across 9 Talukas who will be out there during lunch time in the heat to feed these meals. 
♡♡♡ Food bank is thankful to NAVTARA group of Restaurants for the support of providing these 5000 meals from 7 of their outlets inspite of their restaurants being opened on that day for regular business. 
50% of these prepackaged meals are being served to our own local Goans at their doorsteps who might be engaged in some sort of labour work. 
10% is on the streets of Goa as we don't want any garbage issues cropping up once these meals are served in the cities. 
20% are going to slums and colonies where actual labourers reside. 
Rest 20% are going to PWDs , shelter homes, HIV families , etc . 
Its not an easy task for any of us . 
Planning , co ordination , distribution and transportation is mind blowing and all within 2 hours flat . 
We have not been able to cover the talukas 
Ponda , Pernem & Sattari as we did not get Volunteers. 
4 eminent Goan personalities & 1 buearecrat will be handing over at 5 outlets of Navtara these prepacked Veg meals to our volunteers , all at 11.30am. 
It's a testing time for our Food Bank , as very soon we are attempting to daily feed fresh extra food for a start to 5000 people through a 
FSSAI / FDA project which is helping to save good food from thrown out daily. 
Fresh Food wastage if tackled through our Food Bank across Goa and Supported by the Government of Goa , can easily save for a start 5000 kgs of good extra cooked food from going into the wet garbage daily . 
We have requested the Chief Minister Of Goa , who has understood and I an sure to get this request implemented through 2 Government agencies. 
Nothing wrong in collecting huge quantities of daily extra good food to feed the poor especially in villages where many such goan families will benefit. 
Let's save and reduce wet garbage. 
If you would like to help us with a few prepackaged meals do let me know . 
You can buy the coupons at any Navtara outlets or donate to our NGO . 
ALSO THANKS TO ALL THE BENEFACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN REGULARLY BUYING THE COUPONS FROM NAVTARA in the last 4 years . 
Your support is blessed and multiplied . 
Please support our NGO. 
You get 50% rebate under section 80G of the 
INCOME TAX act, once you donate to our NGO. 
We accept only CHEQUES / NEFT with your pan card copy . 
For those who wish to know more about us you can follow us on social media 
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
          
Twitter : @streetproviden1 
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
 
27Apr/22

ADMITS INTO OUR SHELTER HOME ANOTHER HOMELESS MAN WITH WOUNDS ON HIS LEG .

Updates
27.4.2022. 5pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA admits into our shelter home another homeless man with wounds on his leg . 
Raju Das , stayed with us 4 times in 4 ,years . 
Gets better , same story , back on the streets with that same leg wound getting infected. 
This time he was brought by Mr Arjun from Living Waters , an NGO from Calangute, after doing all his paperwork and medical reports. 
Arjun was sleeping and living on the streets in this heat some where in Calangute . 
One of the rare instances where our NGO has failed in getting this man out of his depression or whatever he is suffering from . 
Very difficult to help a Chronic case of his nature. 
This time , we will be forced to keep him in for a very long time to completely cure his leg . 
No matter where such men live in Goa , all of them ultimately end up coming back to our shelter home as no other shelter homes are taking in such men . 
Frustrating and disappointing that our team gave him the best facility especially regarding medical services and then he wished to leave the home as he felt better and did not stay back with us 
But in a few months,  he is back on the streets in a pathetic situation. 
Can't say no also as he will die out there in the heat as he just can't walk and stand properly. 
To kill that pain , he is forced to drink . 
Daily cleaning, dressing and daily bandaging is the only solution to his problem. 
Sometimes it's just to impossible trying to help such rare instances of men with Raju Das who just don't want to listen. 
This full month of May 22 , our NGO intends to get off the streets as many men as possible as the heat is rising and the monsoon will be equally bad. 
It's a tough service taking care of the homeless with all sort of disabilities and requires alot of running up and down to hospitals. 
The heat is adding to the frustration. 
Practically everyday last one week we toke in one person a day . 
This week and next week close to 12 men are being taken in , 1 a day. 
Please support our NGO. 
You get 50% rebate under section 80G of the 
INCOME TAX act, once you donate to our NGO. 
We accept only CHEQUES / NEFT with your pan card copy . 
For those who wish to know more about us you can follow us on social media 
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
          
Twitter : @streetproviden1 
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
 
26Apr/22

ACCEPTS INTO OUR HOMES MR. JOHN AGNELO , WHO IS HOMELESS, FROM CHICALIM HEALTH CENTRE

Updates
26.4.2022 7pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA , accepts into our home Mr John Agnelo , who is homeless,  from Chicalim Health Centre , on last Saturday. 
Incase any one recognizes him please let me know. 
Lost toes on one foot and the other foot too has a few toes cut . 
Needs cleaning and bandaging everyday as its a bit messy . 
Claims to have :
☆ a brother in UK 
☆ a sister in Mumbai who is a professor 
☆ a brother in Pune. 
But looks like he lost his way and ended up living in the fruit market,  Vasco as he got hurt on one leg a few months back and then he got hurt on the other leg. 
He was admitted into CHICALIM Health centre about 10 days back. 
Dr Anil treated him and understood that to get better he requires a shelter home . 
Our shelter home was the choice :
as it's free , 
we have facility for such medical cases,
he will get fresh food , 
clean environment and 
company of other men,
plenty of rest for both feet to recover. 
Claims he has some friends in Vasco . 
If gone back to the streets then the wounds can get complicated and might fester. 
Plus last few days it's raining in Goa so chances are there his wounds will get wet . 
Dr Anil organized all the paperwork , police noc , medical discharge and his medication. 
We drove to Chicalim , put him in our car  and within few minutes we moved out of the hospital straight to our home . 
Looks to be bit educated and talks well . 
Wishes to stay till his wounds are healed and then go back to where he came from. 
Thanks to Dr Anil for not discharging him and sending him away but getting Mr John Agnelo to a shelter home to recover. 
Everyday we are practically helping such men to get off the streets of Goa and into our shelter homes. 
Each request is sad , depressing and deserving . 
The homeless are in need of food , clothing & shelter. 
We thank all our benefactors, well wishers , 
staff, Government officials, doctors, etc who support the homeless In getting help to the homeless to restart their life . 
If you know such homeless people
( priority men) who require help to get off the streets let me know. 
We will Explain the procedure and let you know how to proceed . 
For those who wish to know more about us you can follow us on social media 
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Twitter : @streetproviden1 
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
 
23Apr/22

STRESS IS ONE OF THE REASONS BEHIND POOR MENTAL HEALTH

Updates
23.4.2022  6pm IST 
We all talk about mental health and its importance, especially in pandemic times but many of us do very little about managing it or improving it on day to day basis. 
According to the WHO, mental health is “a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.” 
Stress is one of the reasons behind poor mental health and workplace stress, bereavement, separation, financial problems all could contribute to it. 
In children and adolescents, mental health issues have significantly increased possibly due to rise electronic communication and digital media, according to research. 
There are a number of measures one can adopt to bring down the stress levels and improve mental health on a daily basis. 
Attached a chart with this post . 
Save the chart . It might help those in need . 
Exercising, ensuring 8 hours of sleep, eating well, meditating, talking to a friend on a regular basis are some of the ways to take care of your mental well-being. 
10 easy tips to manage your emotional health.
☆ 1. Keep a track of the good things
☆ 2. Exercise
☆ 3. Control your diet
☆ 4. Meditate 
☆ 5. Sleep well
☆ 6. Talk to your friends & relatives 
☆ 7. Invest in your hobby
☆ 8. Do something for some one else 
☆ 9. Listen to calming music & religious music.
☆ 10. Ask for help 
Many factors contribute to mental health, including genes or brain chemistry, trauma, and even a family history of mental health problems. 
Some early warning signs of poor mental health are low energy, eating or sleeping too much or too little, not participating in activities, abusing alcohol or drugs, mood swings, panic attacks, shivers and more. 
Anything extreme and out of the ordinary can help you identify poor mental 
Alot of youngsters and middle aged people are going to various stages of Depression. 
Depression and Mental issues are having medication available 
More FREE rehabilitation homes are the need of the hour . 
We have 6 already and adding this year another 4. 
But the demand is more than current homes . 
No one is talking about this as its not in my home or in my family so why break my head. 
I saw this trend starting many years ago and decided to work in this field by providing free rehabilitation for people with disabilities. 
My dream is to have each such home in all constituencies as ” believe me , we are sitting on a huge time bomb called Depression “. 
I will be remembered only when this time bomb explodes . 
Few years back our NGO would get calls once a month to handle such cases of Depression. 
Last few months its 2 to 3 calls a week . 
Now it's daily calls,  messages,  requests to rehabilitate people with Depression. 
Very soon it will be a call an hour . 
And it's our own poor Goan people , Niz Goenkar who are coming to our NGO asking for help . 
We all need to join in togther. 
Frankly speaking I am really scared at what I am seeing , hearing , understanding with so many , requests,  cries , pleas for looking after either their brother,  sister., mother , father , relative . 
We are trying to take in as many as possible . 
But after we are full then what ? 
It's crazy at the moment . 
Even if the government starts homes , the demand is hitting the roof . 
More FREE SHELTER HOMES are need of the hour as the poor Niz Goenkar can't afford homes which charge Rs 20 k to 25 k 
If you reading this post and share my views and thoughts and you value human life or are concerned about life of the poor , homeless and the persons with mental disabilities, then please connect with me on whatsapp only on 8380097564. 
All help is required be it if you are a doctor, nurse, psychiatrist , counselor,  therapist,  etc . 
As I write this post , we have to accept/ pick up / rehabilitate close to 10 such persons who are currently in IPHB and all are local goans whose families are going through crisis to manage their own loved ones. 
For those who wish to know more about us you can follow us on social media 
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
          
Twitter : @streetproviden1 
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
 
19Apr/22

SPENT A WHOPPING Rs 7 lacs FROM 1.4.2021 to 31.3.2022 ON PURCHASING MEDICINES & TRANSPORTING OUR SHELTER HOME INMATES

Updates
19.4.2022. 8pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA spent a whopping Rs 7 lacs  from 1.4.2021 to 31.3.2022 on purchasing medicines & transporting our Shelter Home inmates in need of medical care to hospitals and  Medical Centres. 
Homeless people and People with Disabilities 
(Pwds) especially those with mental issues are in constant need of medical diagnosis, medication and periodic evaluation by Medical Doctors 
Delay or neglect in providing the above, results in deterioration of their behavioural  condition resulting in depression,  suicidal tendencies etc, and this creates havoc in our shelter homes and could prove dangerous to the other residents. 
A total of 270 trips were made last year to various Hospitals and Medical Centres for treatment. 
Attached below is a compressed yearly record  of treatment and medecines provided to each and every resident in our Shelter Home. 
We maintained a yearly register both for each and every patient medicines and their hospital trips . 
From this registers we compressed and made the chart . 
Shelter Home residents are treated at the Medical Centre nearest to them, viz: – 
☆ 1. Women Residents at Calangute & Guirim Shelter Homes – District Hospital Mapusa/ Vision Hospital /IPHB Bambolim /GMC Bambolim 

☆ 2. Homeless men residing at Assonora and Porvorim Shelter Home – District Hospital Mapusa/ Vision Hospital/ IPHB Bambolim /GMC Bambolim 

☆ 3. Homeless men residing at Quepem  & Cavelossim Shelter Home – District Hospital Margao /IPHB Bambolim /GMC Bambolim . 
Emergencies especially on Sundays and holidays are treated at private Clinics. 
Expenditure is incurred for the following:-
☆ 1. Registration and case paper charges are paid for.
☆?2. Blood tests and other Diagnostic tests are paid for especially during holiday emergencies. 
☆ 3. Medication for the mentally challenged,  if not available at IPHB are purchased from the market.
☆ 4. Transporting residents to and fro is one of the major expenses, especially with the cost of petrol Sky rocketing.  
The old , sick,  infirmed,  physically and mentally challenged residents  are unable to travel by public transport and hence the need for a private vehicle. 
Medecines are purchased from the following Pharmacies:- 
☆ 1. Purchased from OVER THE COUNTER (OTC)  in case of an emergency like Crocin , gels, ointments, cotton,  bandages , common medicines which don't require prescription. 
☆ 2. ANTILLA PHARMACY, Guirim,  a Generic Pharmacy  where  monthly medicines for all residents purchased  on credit strictly against valid prescription, mainly psychiatric medicines as 70% of our inmates are chronic cases of mental sickness . 
☆ 3. WELLNESS PHARMACY,  Porvorim for  medicines unavailable  in Generic  form. 
We are blessed to have 2 long standing BENEFACTORS, who provide  medecines as per our list to them,  every month since the last  4 years and I take this opportunity to thank them for this generous offer. 
Ms Elaine purchases medicines worth Rs. 3000/- monthly based on our requirements from a pharmacy in St Inez. 
M/s E-Dot , a Company from Vasco  sends monthly  medicines based on our requirements worth Rs 5000/-. 
Switching over to Generic medicines in the last year has brought down our bill by 30 percent. 
We require your help for the coming year 2022-2023 since 
☆ 1. Medecines costs are hiked up by 11%. 

☆ 2. Fuel costs are ever increasing. In this month alone it's up almost Rs 10 a litre . 

☆ 3. Number of homeless admitted and dependent on medecines have increased. 
One thing I would like share with all :
” my personal medication has reduced to just 1 tablet a day from taking 10 tablets a day some where in late 2017 and entire 2018 “. 
When I do good to others especially the old, sick, Pwds , homeless etc automatically their prayers and blessings empower  me and my health improved and dependency on medication reduced considerably. 
My children rarely fall sick or visit doctors and I believe it is  the blessings from our shelter homes people. 
A small suggestion—– support the  homeless people with their medical bills  and enjoy their  blessings and prayers on you and your family.  
Always believe you are healthy and strong . 
Thank God that He is using you to solve the medical problems of the  homeless , sick , old  and  abandoned  homeless people who are also disabled. 
Keeping ones mind active and trying daily to help the others is one way to fight sickness . 
Never speak the words :
I am sick 
I am Diabetic 
I am Arthritic 
I am tic , tic tic,  etc. 
I am having this sickness and that sickness. 
Always tell others even if you are sick and on medication , ” I am blessed and healthy by the Grace of God “. 
Life and death is in the power of your tongue ,
Those that love it, shall eat the fruits of it . 
Speak life and life in abundantly. 
Sickness and suffering is not from God but from the evil one and sickness comes when the mind is evil and destructive . 
Please support our NGO. 
You get 50% rebate under section 80G of the 
INCOME TAX act, once you donate to our NGO. 
We accept only CHEQUES / NEFT with your pan card copy . 
For those who wish to know more about us you can follow us on social media 
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
          
Twitter : @streetproviden1 
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
 
15Apr/22

VERY EARLY THIS MORNING WE ADMITTED A HOMELESS GOAN BOY MR GANESH

Updates
15.4.2022.  7 pm IST 
As Good Friday is celebrated today,  I as a Roman Catholic too took part in the Good Friday religious ceremony , commemorating the crucifixion & death Of Lord Jesus on the Cross. 
Today is also a Public Holiday. 
But our Shelter Homes are open as we take no holiday. 
Very early this morning we admitted a homeless goan boy Mr Ganesh with the support of Ponda Police inspite of incessant rain last night in that area of Goa. 
☆ Ganesh was picked by us on 18.2.22 from shiroda. 
As he was on treatment he got better and skipped out one day from the hospital when he was taken for a check up just last week 
We tried searching him but reached no where . 
Sapnesh used his mind and sent his picture to a SP @ Goa Police from Shiroda who immediately put that picture on his village group and bang the man was found last night in the rain . 
Ponda police along with Akash Pednekar who looks after our Quepem home Co ordinated and Ganesh was admitted again early this morning 
1 am . 
Today this morning 9am , I received a call from PSI Mrs Vibha @ Goa Police , Mapusa Police Station saying this lady Laxmi is looking for shelter. 
Quickly paperwork and medical done and shifted her before 1pm into our shelter home . 
Very complicated and abusive in nature. 
Incase anyone recognises her or is missing her please contact Mapusa Police Station. 
Tomorrow Laxmi will be taken to the hospital for a check up . 
And will be stabilized else will be admitted for treatment as she might be uncontrollable. 
There were two other ladies who needed shelter but the paperwork was not ready and details were not proper. 
For me this is my Good Friday. 
We have to be ready to reach out daily to the poorest of the poor on the streets irrespective of Public Holiday or not . 
Getting off the streets a homeless man is not an issue no matter what their condition is , we can handle. 
It's the homeless women which becomes very very difficult to handle and rehab . 
The ladies are like totally battered and shattered and the mind is totally weak . 
Requires alot of time , energy , patience,  medication , blood tests , hospital trips to bring these homeless ladies back to normalcy. 
And to top it all some don't even speak Konkanni & Hindi but only their native language. 
With close to 30+ such homeless women most of whom are sick or are suffering from mental issues,  it's really getting tough. 
But our NGO can't just refuse them a place as there are not many such homes accepting such women. 
Please support our NGO. 
You get 50% rebate under section 80G of the 
INCOME TAX act, once you donate to our NGO. 
We accept only CHEQUES / NEFT with your pan card copy . 
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God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
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13Apr/22

WE ARE STILL FEEDING PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PLACES ACROSS GOA THROUGH VOLUNTEERS.

Updates
13.4.2022.  6 Pm IST 
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA GOA was the 1st project I started 5 years back to feed the hungry and homeless. 
We are still feeding people in different places across Goa through VOLUNTEERS. 
One Such VOLUNTEER is Mr Pai , Ex Prof from Goa University . 
Attached a picture of Prof Pai with this post . 
A senior citizen but full of life and enthusiasm. 
It's over two years and he is still feeding 
Monday to Saturday,  outside IPHB & GMC 
I salute this senior citizen for being committed to his word and  feeding close to 100 meals every morning . 
He must be leaving home at 7am and reaches IPHB to start serving at 7 30am. 
Then from 8.15 am till 8.45am he is outside GMC. 
Uses his own car and own petrol . 
Never complains or very rarely takes an OFF. 
We feed the following menu :
3 days a week bread with jam & butter chiplet 
3 days a week paratha with jam & butter chiplet 
Prof Pai arranges fresh bread early morning  which is paid by our NGO. 
He also stores in his house the jam chiplets and the butter chiplet in his fridge. 
Fresh Paratha are delivered to his house early morning 3 times a week . 
In this way he prepares himself every morning all loaded up in his car to feed the poor , hungry and those in need of something  
Quite often he distributes cakes to children In and around IPHB & GMC , which we provide him through our Food Bank. 
Some of these children are waiting at times to eat cake as this was the 1st time they knew what is a Cake, all because of Prof Pai. 
Attached a picture of children with cakes 
Daily across different parts of Goa :
we collect extra food from different places or 
we cook food in our kitchens or 
we buy food or
we receive food in our food bank fridges , 
and we feed more than 1000 to 1500 meals daily across Goa through our volunteers in a system which runs automatically through volunteers. 
No one asks or tells anyone anything . 
It's a smooth flowing system running on the commitment of Volunteers , supported by generous benefactors and generous donors from factories , hotels and food bank fridges placed across different places in Goa and from The Governor of Goa . 
Many try to find out how such a system can work? 
Well , it works because God wants us to feed the hungry and the homeless and no where will I be seen ever because that's how the system is created. 
I feel happy , proud and satisfied that an idea 
5 years ago which was never executed or implemented in Goa, is going strong without my interference on a daily basis. 
You too can play your part by donating to this breakfast service. 
Celebrate your :
☆ Wedding anniversary 
☆ Birthday 
☆ Promotion 
☆ Special occasion 
by sponsoring a meal well in advance. 
You can also come along and serve the meal with Prof Pai. 
It will bring joy to the hungry and blessings to you and your family . 
Support Us in our NGO generously. 
You get 50% rebate under section 80G of the 
INCOME TAX act, once you donate to our NGO. 
We accept only CHEQUES / NEFT with your pan card copy . 
For those who wish to know more about us you can follow us on social media 
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 
          
Twitter : @streetproviden1 
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848