Category Archives: Updates

14Sep/22

REHABED OLD MAN WHO HAS BEEN SLEEPING ON THE FOOT PATH IN PANJIM CITY

14.9.2022. 11am IST 
It's raining last few days in Goa and this old man has been sleeping on the foot path in panjim city which caught the attention of Mr Muktar Sheikh who requested us @  Street Providence to rehab him . 
Yesterday we picked him up and took him to our home. 
He has been sleeping on the footpath last few weeks and not disturbing anyone. 
Attached a 1 minute video 👇
Had a fever last few days and Mr Muktar has been giving him medicines. 
This old man has been troubled at night for money by rowdies and has been at times being beaten up. 
That's the sad part of being old , homeless,  sick and then harrased and beaten on the streets by younger men who rob and harass such old and sick homeless people. 
Muktar Sheikh really got behind me yesterday to help this old man . 
It was a really tight day yesterday and we just could not squeeze time to pick this man up but Muktar went on calling every 2 hours asking when will our team reach. 
Muktar understood the homeless mam plight and he wanted him off the streets as soon as possible. 
Man is quite old , stressed and sick . 
We at times really can't make it due to prior work, shortage of manpower , pending hospital trips of other patients in the home . 
Once again We thank Muktar Sheikh who works for Adv Carlos at his office which is in the vicinity of Keni Petrol Pump panjim for getting help to this homeless man and following up with  me inspite of me postponing the time . 
We once again assure you that we are committed to picking up and caring for genuine homeless people and not those people who are laid off / sent away from restaurants and shacks as the season is off . 
Lots of people try to feel pity and sad for anyone without knowing their history and try to force us to take such men . 
See, homeless are genuine and there is a way to spot and understand the actual homeless. 
Waiters , Cooks,  kitchen helpers once given a break from their season line should go back to their native place and rest . 
We have had very bad experiences of such type of people staying in our homes till the season starts and then taking away our good rehabilitated manpower and then calling late nights once drunk and threatening our staff , care givers , even at times giving me missed calls late night. 
These laid off waiters , Cooks,  kitchen helpers when admitted in the past just don't do any work in the home , want non veg food , try to leave the Shelter home in search of alcohol and tobacco. 
And when confronted they argue that 
“we did not want to come for rehabilitation but this uncle/ that aunty has forced us to stay “. 
So anyone reading this post , please always route such homeless people to the local police station. 
Let the police decide which shelter home they should be admitted or they should be sent back to their state where they belong too . 
Please do support us in whatever you can . 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
13Sep/22

BLESSED AND INAUGURATED OUR 3rd SHELTER HOME IN GOA FOR HOMELESS WOMEN & WOMEN IN DISTRESS

13.9.2022. 7 Pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA blessed and inaugurated our 3rd shelter home in Goa for homeless women & women in distress yesterday at Guirim. 
♡♡♡ Madam Deepali Naik , Director ,  Women & Child Development , Government of Goa was The Chief Guest and cut the ribbon and graced the function. . 
A small home capable of sheltering close to 10 ladies who are homeless and in need of care & shelter . 
♡♡♡ Special Thanks to Fatima Sisters especially their Provincal,  Sr Rufina for opening up this home which will be FREE for those ladies who are homeless and abandoned as well as those suffering from Disabilities. 
This ladies in this  home will be taken care by 
Sr Edith, who is very close to being a SENIOR senior citizen but has the spirit and determination in her retirement to help those ladies on the streets who are homeless and abandoned. 
This is our 3rd such shelter home in North Goa and with this home,  we will have a total capacity of 40 such homeless women being taken care in North Goa . 
We have attached a link which will take you thru the entire inauguration and the short cultural program put up by the ladies who once were in distress and abandoned. 
God bless you so much 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
11Sep/22

INAUGURATED TWO SHELTER HOMES FOR WOMEN IN DISTRESS AND THOSE SUFFERING FROM DISABILITIES.

11.9.22. 9 pn IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA , this coming week,  gets up , running,  blessed and inaugurated two shelter homes for women in distress and those suffering from Disabilities. 
Tomorrow Monday 12th Sept 2022 @ 5.00 pm we officially bless our 3rd home at Guirim, supported and In collaboration with Fatima Sisters, Guirim. 
A home to comfortably hold 10 such women who are homeless, abandoned and suffering from mental & physical disabilities. 
This home is already sheltering 5 ladies who are in dire need of care and shelter. 
Another 5 to 7 ladies can be accommodated. 
This 3rd home to be completely operational from Security point of view and other basic equipment has been fully funded by generous benefactors. 
Infact after we put a post 3 weeks ago asking for Rs 2 lacs to complete the fabrication, electrical,  plumbing , Cvtv etc & a family from Mumbai who we never met before  sent us the entire Rs 2 lacs. 
On 15th Sept 2022 , we bless and inaugurate our 4th shelter home for homeless women and those suffering with disabilities at CAVELOSSIM in association & collaboration with FMCK sisters. 
This home can accommodate 20 ladies comfortably. 
All these 4 ladies homes together will have a capacity of 60 ladies where our NGO will be looking after for FREE and most of whom are suffering from mental disabilities. 
In total we will now have 3 ladies homes in the north Goa with a capacity of 40 ladies & 
In South Goa 1 ladies home with a capacity of 20 ladies. 
Kindly note all admissions happen only through our office at SANGOLDA  and not directly at the homes . 
We have a certain procedure and paperwork to follow which happens through our office at Sangolda. 
We all are aware that last year crime against women has risen as per the latest reports and the need of the hour is shelter homes to take in these homeless,  battered , abandoned & those suffering from Disabilities. 
To all activists who are working for women in distress please take note that our NGO has at the moment a capacity of almost 25 beds  to take in such women who need help and shelter. 
Most people understand that we are a NGO focused only on North Goa . 
Actually we have 2 big men's home in South Goa @ Cavelossim & Quepem with a combined capacity of 100 men  and now this 4th ladies home at Cavelossim with a capacity of 20 women. 
♡♡♡ We thank The Women & Child Department,  Government of Goa for supporting our work for homeless street women and I have to mention that this would not be possible Without The Grace of God who has inspired and moved the officials at the The Women & Child Department, Panjim . 
♡♡♡ I must thank FMCK sisters & Fatima Sisters for supporting our work
One Women home is entirely run by the homeless women themselves which is very very encouraging for me as it makes the women responsible for themselves and for each other  
That is what REHABILITATION is all about ” able to get over your issues and look after others “. 
Please continue to support and bless us and help us in our mission of eradicating hunger & homelessness in Goa . 
I thank God for all the Grace and wisdom to run shelter homes for the homeless. 
I Also thank :
☆ Various long time benefactors ,
☆ Government of Goa through its various departments, 
☆ Our full time staff ,
☆ Our volunteers ,
☆ My Trustees and my family 
☆ FMCK sisters  & Fatima Sisters 
Without their supoort our rehabilitation program would not where it's is today all within under 5 years . 
And we are a very small NGO with a very big heart to serve and care for the poorest of the poor who are homeless and abandoned. 
God bless you all 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
08Sep/22

TODAY WE OPEN OUR CLINIC DOORS @ SANGOLDA TO THOSE WHO REQUIRE PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR FREE

8.9.2022. 
Today we @ Street Providence Goa , open our Clinic doors @ Sangolda to those who require Physiotherapy for Free and primarily who are suffering from disabilities. 
Today is Birthday of our Mother Mary and a very blessed day, to start this Clinic for those looking for Free Physiotherapy or those who are looking for affordable Physiotherapy sessions  
After 3 long months of trial and testing of equipments , set up , etc we are accepting appointments from you , incase you are recommended for Physiotherapy. 
☆ 1. It's FREE for any one who is physically disabled or suffering from any disability including children with disabilities. 
☆ 2. If you are SENIOR CITIZEN  , you can also book an appointment but we will expect a donation of Rs 100 per session in the donation box which is kept in the clinic. 
☆ 3. The rest who can afford can also book an appointment and give us a donation of Rs 300 per session in the donation box . 
We are operating through APPOINTMENTS only on 8380077564  between 9 to 6 pm and no walk in requests will be entertained. 

( pls don't call on my both nos as I will not entertain as there is a separate team for this services ) 
This Physiotherapy centre is serving the homeless and people with disabilites completely FREE but running costs like :
☆ Electricity charges as the clinic is air conditioned,
☆ Doctors fees ,
☆ Equipment maintenance ,
☆ Daily cleaning,
☆ Purchase of gels and other items , 
Is to be considered. 
Last 3 months catering to just 34 such homeless people with disabilites with a total of 198 sessions from our shelter homes costed us close to Rs 1 lac with majority of the amount going towards the Doctors fees . 
( Poster attached ) 
The Social Welfare Department has done the inspection and the grant when released is 
Rs 10000 per month towards the Physiotherapist charges and we have two such Physiotherapist : one lady & one Gent. 
We treat a wide variety of conditions such as:
# All types of Musculoskeletal pain and Sport injuries such as Neck pain, Shoulder pain, Knee pain, Ankle injuries, Sprains and Strains, Joint replacements, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Frozen Shoulder etc.
# Post operative physiotherapy. 
# Neurological Rehabilitation for conditions such as Stroke (paralysis), Parkinson's Disease, Bell's palsy, Balance issues.
# Paediatric conditions such as Developmental delay, Cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, and various musculoskeletal and gait abnormalities.
# Geriatric Physiotherapy. 
Our two young goan Physiotherapist are providing the above services in our clinic. 
Your patronage helps us in reducing our running costs of this clinic for our homeless people and in return we can treat more poor homeless people suffering from Disabilities with your donations. 
Today we have close to 135 homeless people in our shelter homes and 100 of them are suffering from disabilities require  Physiotherapy. 
So incase you require Physiotherapy or any other family member or friends require Physiotherapy do book an appointment on 8380077564. 
We would like to offer these services FREE to all but then anything given FREE is always misused and has no value at all. 
That's why we have kept :
Free  for those with disabilities,
Rs 100 as a donation for senior citizens
Rs 300 donation for those who can afford. 
This is the 1st of the 3 clinics planned in Goa for the people with Disabilities. 
The other two are coming up in Quepem & Cavelossim in due course of time . 
We will be adding next month various other medical services like :
☆ Visiting Orthopedic Dr 
☆ Visiting  Psychiatric Dr 
In future we will have also add :
☆ General Practicioner 
☆ Counselors 
☆ Gynecologist 
☆ Pediatrician 
We @ Street Providence are committed in providing FREE & affordable health care facilities for those who are  really poor and can't afford these services at normal rates that other clinics charge. 
These services are not on a business model but our NGO is offering affordable health care facilities to those who can't afford including our senior citizens. 
I thank you reading this post & for forwarding this post to your near and dear ones especially those who reside in NORTH Goa . 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
05Sep/22

HAS STARTED acce6pting & REHABILITATING YOUNG GOAN TEENAGERS SUFFERING FROM DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE

5.9.2022.  7pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA has started accepting & rehabilitating young Goan teenagers suffering from drug and substance abuse in the last few months 
Of late, too much noise we hear, read and browse regarding drugs and substance abuse in & around Goa Everyone is blaming someone for this problem. 
But how many posts speak about rehabilitating or how many homes are accepting such drug abuse teenagers for rehabilitation ? 
Last couple of months we ventured into accepting and rehabilitating young goan boys between the age group as young as 22 years to 27 years and its really sad and upsetting. 
Today we have in our shelter homes about 8 such young boys . 
We decided to test the waters to see if we could contribute to this issue of drug abuse and we are now capable of handling many more such cases of drug abuse . 
One such case will send shivers down your bones. 
This young boy 26 years and his two friends were on all the chemical based substances, like MLD , LSD , DMT , etc and both his friends died on the beach in South Maharashtra. 
This boy survived but completely lost his mind. 
The sister has struggled to help the younger brother and many times admitted into IPHB , stabilised but no free rehabilitation Home to keep him In. 
It's close to 45 days but the improvement is very very slow as most of the cells are damaged. 
This is just one case . 
The other 6 cases are mild abuse of substance which can or might get them better in due course of time, but all youngsters in the aged group of 22 years to 27 years . 
These youngsters come from poor families and their parents are too illiterate ( or some don't have parents ) or just daily wage workers. 
No one to help and guide them neither can they afford the fees of bigger institutes for rehabilitation. 
The need of the hour is more shelter homes for such many many young boys out there who are just wandering and loosing their mind and leading them to depression which then leads to  a slow and painful death, all alone abandoned as most of us are afraid of drug addicts due to their violent behavior. 
Its very chilling and frightening and I can't write. 
Initially we thought it would be difficult to handle these drug abuse boys but in due course all 6 are stable and are getting better but slowly. 
We don't shout and condemn the government or the system but we work at the ground by entering the system and being a problem solver. 
The WORLD REQUIRES PROBLEM SOLVERS rather than harping on the problems and the problems just increasing. 
Easy to condemn but very difficult to walk the talk. 
The situation is really bad as substance abuse is raising it head big time in higher secondary and colleges . 
Most of these 7 goan boys are from interior parts of Goa and not the coastal areas so there is an issue. 
OUR NGO is currently housing most of them at ASSNORA shelter home which is on the hillock. 
IPHB at Bambolim is doing a wonderful job of   treating such drug abuse cases and since it's a government hospital all treatment is free. 
Our NGO today takes in and looks after for free:
☆ 1. Homeless street people & destitudes 
☆ 2. Homeless street  people with disabilities 
☆ 3. Homeless men with HIV & TB
☆ 4. Homeless street alcoholic people 
☆ 5. Men suffering from drug abuse 
☆ 6. Any one who requires a place to stay and is homeless and in depression. 
We are ready to help anyone and everyone who requires food , clothing & shelter and a hand to catch to get back on track. 
Ultimately we take nothing from this world but only blessings and prayers . 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
01Sep/22

TODAY I AM HERE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN “ANGEL ” ADMITTED 3 DAYS BACK INTO OUR HOME

1.9.2022. 7 Pm  IST 
Wishing each and everyone of you a beautiful , colorful and cheerful Ganesh Chaturthi 
May this festive season bring along  smiles & celebrations for you , your family and the homeless street people and People suffering from all sorts of disabilities & sickness. 
My previous post a few days ago described the challenge we face with a young girl whom we  call “BLESSED”.  Her mental condition does not permit her to stay in a Shelter Home. Her condition compels her to seek discharge and walk along the streets, sleeping at bus stops, in unoccupied residences etc. 
We are very keen on assisting her in her rehabilitation but are at our wits end as all our approaches are fruitless. 
Today I am here to draw your attention to another young woman “ANGEL ” admitted 3 days back into our home , the day my late Uncle,
Fr Walter expired and its such types of people late Fr Walter encouraged me to help irrespective of the occasion or the time. 
Attached her picture taken from the reverse. 
Angel was born in a middle class family, showed significant disabilities during her childhood but due to lack of information and assistance she didnt receive much medical treatment. 
Being different, she was not accepted in schools. As she grew older, her mental disability was evident and she was referred to a medical doctor. 
Thus started the vicious cycle of inhouse  treatment followed by discharge with instructions to continue  the prescribed medications with little or no improvement. 
Today ANGEL suffers from manic depression, has suicidal thoughts, is violent and has attempted to commit suicide on numerous occasions. 
Her family is ready to care for her but ANGEL just walks away even if left unattended for a minute. 
ANGEL is usually found roaming in different cities of INDIA and when confronted by the Police, simply hands over  her sister's mobile number  to the cops , and her sister or a family member has to travel to bring her back and then  after a few days , she walks away again 
We are ready to rehabilitate her in our Shelter Home, but after the 3rd day or so  ANGEL threatens to commit suicide if she is not allowed to leave the Shelter. 
Today I seek  PROFESSIONAL help for this young woman.  
Any Clinical Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Cousellor, Social Worker, Institution,caring individual who is willing to meet up and take on these two challenging cases, please do get in touch with me on whatsapp only on 8380097564. 
One needs to have a Certificate of Registration from Social Welfare to look after such people with disabilites so the rest please excuse . 
We will support you in whatever way we can during  the course of the treatment. 
If she needs inhouse treatment at a speciality clinic, please recommend and help us with the admission through whstsapp messages only. 
Both these girls ” BLESSED & ANGEL ” are patients for long at IPHB Bambolim so all facts can be verified by just showing these 2 posts to any Consultant Doctors there . 
Please don't message me to contact non professional people 
I am determined to get help for both – “BLESSED”  and “ANGEL”.  Their safety, both bodily and of the mind is my top priority or else they could end up either dead or violated on the streets. 
I have made up my mind to getting permanent help for both the girls ANGEL & BLESSED on a top priorty . 
And these 2 are no way related to me . 
It's s big stress dealing with these types of cases. 
But its my AVAILABILITY to these types of girls to help them permanently rather than my ABILITY. 
This broadcast is not about financial help.  I am asking for PROFESSIONAL HELP to save the precious lives of ANGEL & BLESSED. 
Please do pray  for ANGEL & BLESSED , that the right professionals may come along to help them be free from their mental anguish. 
My apologies for posting my festival greetings  with this urgent plea for professional help but during this festive season please spare a thought for the less fortunate and if you can,  help those whom you  don't know but who need you the most! 
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
26Aug/22

PERMANENTLY ENDED THE MISERY AND AGONY OF A MAN WHO FOR CLOSE TO 5 YEARS HAS BEEN TAKING OFF HIS CLOTHES AND ROAMING NAKED

26.8.2022. 7pm IST 
♡♡♡ PSI Mr Sanket a young and dynamic officer @ Goa Police , Panjim Police Station permanently ended the misery and agony of a man who for close to 5 years has been taking off his clothes and roaming naked across various cities and states in India, by only making one phone call to me yesterday. 
Imagine you see a fully naked man walking on a road in panjim city ? 
What will you & I conclude ? 
He is mad / unsound mind / crazy / lost his mind 
What will be yours & my  reaction be ?
☆ Abuse him
☆ Chase him 
☆ Make fun of him 
☆ Throw stones at him 
Then May be call the police . 
What will police do ?
Put some clothes on him and either 
☆ 1. Take him to the mental hospital or
☆ 2. Put him in a train and get him to no where. 
If they put him in a mental hospital they require a tedious paper work which is called a Magistrate order ( MO ) & once say after few months of treatment, once okay the mental hospital will / might ask the police to take him away. 
But where will the police admit him for rehabilitation? 
Or he might just be there in the mental hospital for a long time. 
So that's how the system is . 
Cruel / complicated / no co ordination between various departments as rules are thrown in your face . 
Well yesterday I had an opportunity to be part of this naked man life all because one police officer Mr Sanket called me asking if I could rehab this man . 
I asked Psi Sanket his other options which he said one of the easiest one was to put him in a train and send him away from where he came. 
Man is educated and is 12th standard but last 5 years has been hit by this sickness where he claims some voices / spirits hit him when he is alone and that makes him take off his clothes. 
He is doing it Sub consciously . 
He says he would walk 30 to 40 kms daily just moving endlessly and meaningless . 
He says all night he stays awake naked as that spirit irritates him if he does not take off his clothes & then he can't get sleep, resulting in mosquitos bitting him and the abuses and stones thrown on him . 
I have a couple of such men some from Goa who are in our home with the same complaints that people have thrown stones on them due to their mental sickness. 
Anyway he can't be put on Train and sent city to city. 
Yeserday 10 pm I take the homeless man with the Police as support and explain the matter to the Doctors at IPHB. 
My care givers found it difficult to handle as he kept speaking about spirits and blood. 
IPHB Doctors were considerate enough to admitt him and I have personally assured to rehabilitate him in our shelter Home on his discharge. 
The junior Dr last night at IPHB inquired whether he wanted to get admitted or just walk away . 
At that moment my heart skipped a beat . 
Here its 10.30 pm , I have disturbed my sleep to help this man and the young Doctor is literally giving him an option of just walking away. 
1st of all I am short of patience and God only knows why the man Said ” I want to get alright please admitt me “. 
Both the junior doctor & the senior doctor asked the man ” why have you come to Goa for the 1st time “. 
If PSI Mr Sanket had not called me, the evil plan would have succeeded and this man would be in the same pain & agony of roaming naked, city to city , state to state , getting stoned and abused. 
We live in a world full of glamor and fast life and we ignore this section of society . 
Imagine or just visualize if it's your own family member how you would cope with it ? 
Would you manage to take care of the sickness or would you abandon the family member ? 
That's when reality strikes us . 
We need to reach out the lost . 
I am seeing , getting , rehabilitating many many such cases and it's rising fast, where family members really can't help their own loved ones due to financial stress and family issues. 
So the next time you see any naked people roaming on Goa, please don't walk away. 
Stop and see how you can help them. 
These type of people require your presence of mind and your compassion to get out of the agony and sickness there are going through. 
Call the local police station and let me know through whatsapp on 8380097564. 
We will do the best we can @ Street Providence to get that person out of their misery permanently by getting them admitted into the mental hospital and then free rehabilitation in our shelter homes. 
We provide FREE care and compassion to the homeless street people @ Street Providence, Goa especially to those suffering from mental disabilities. 
We would not be here today at this level without our benefactors and various Government departments like :
☆ Goa Police ,
☆ IPHB  & GMC ,
☆ Directorate of Health Services ( DHS )
☆ Women & Child Department
☆ The State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
All the above play their part in solving our problems and the problems of the homeless. 
The day Social Welfare Department accepts our NGO and understands the issues of disabilities on the streets faced by the homeless, that day I will be at peace . 
Once again please support our NGO in whatever way you can. 
Please contact only thru WhatsApp messages on 8380097564.  Strictly no calling . 
God bless you so much 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
25Aug/22

STARTS ANOTHER FREE SHELTER HOME FOR THE HOMELESS STREET WOMEN @ GUIRIM

25.8.2022. 
♡♡♡ A 78 year old retired nun joins the fight against homelessness in Goa by collaborating with our NGO in starting a free shelter home for homeless Street women in her Convent premises.
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA starts another FREE Shelter Home for the homeless street women @ Guirim , Bardez Goa . 
This will be our 7th Shelter Home in Goa and our 3rd  for women in distress and homeless. 
A small home comfortable for 10 women only . 
☆ The main person behind this Shelter  Home Sr EDITH from Fatima Convent ( Old Aged Home ,Guirim ). 
My association with Sr Edith goes back 5 years when we had just started our NGO. 
We would help the Aged  Home in a small way of providing our Ambulance to them when required. 
Sr Edith, who was then the  local Provincial, would on my recommendation  take in homeless women free of cost,until necessary arrangements were made, as in those early days we did not have our own Shelter Home. 
Sr Edith has now retired but her commitment to help women  in distress is admirable!
She convinced both the Mother General & the Provincal General of her congregation about starting a Shelter  Home and agreed to be responsible for 
the same. 
After working for 50 long years, in the twilight of her life , when most people take it easy, here is Sr Edith voluntarily
venturing into a very difficult service of caring  for and rehabilitating   women  in   distress. 
Sr Edith  is witty, jovial,very easy to get along with, has a loving nature and is  more like a Mother than a nun which attracts alot of people like me to her. 
In  today's world of fast life and tension free living , she has stepped out from HER COMFORT ZONE into the field of troubles, tensions and unclear waters to provide for homeless women suffering from rejection, abuse, addiction andmental and emotional issues. 
She has watched us grow from inception till  now with 130+ inmates in the last 5 years . 
I am very impatient and demanding in my approach to Homelessness and Hunger, and it is not easy to work and support me, yet Sr. Edith after 5 years of association with me and STREET PROVIDENCE  has taken the plunge to partner with us in our fight against Homelessness. 
I have dealt / met / known / disagreed with numerous such nuns like Sr Edith in the last 5 years and only a couple of them have shown that desire to work and support the homeless street people quoting the rules and regulations of the congregation as a reason for not being able to help fight the issue of Homelessness of women. But Sr. Edith is an “exception “.
A well known adage states ” God dwells in the poor, the sick , the abandoned,  the widows, the mentally challenged and not in Stone structures “. Also “Helping hands is better than praying lips” . 
I salute Sr Edith for a very bold stand of partnering with us to  work in her retirement years for the homeless street women . 
Looking forward to a wonderful experience , as Sr Edith will bring a lot of love and compassion,  ideas and tricks of the trade to look after these street women with her vast and profound experience .
I pray that many more empty structures are opened up for the homeless after reading this post and we @ Street Providence find many more “Sr Ediths” to meet the current demand of free shelter and rehabilitation for women on the streets suffering  from disabilities, abandonment and abuse. 
Like Sr Edith, we  all have two hands – one to help ourselves and the other to help the needy. So let us step forward today and make a difference in the lives of our needy sisters on the streets.
Inauguration and Blessing of this Shelter Home is scheduled for 12th September, 2022.
This home is open for admission and presently 5 women are admitted and basking in the love and care given by Sr. Edith. 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
20Aug/22

TODAY FINALLY GOT OFF THE STREETS PERMANENTLY LIVING ON THE STREETS SOME WHERE IN Pernen TALUKA

20.8.2022. 7pm IST 
A middle aged , divorced & abandoned lady, with an unsound mind , living on the streets some where in Pernen Taluka , today finally got off the streets, permanently. 
Actually the lady is abandoned both by her own family and her married family and it can't be worse than anything else to be unwanted In no family. 
♡♡♡ Thanks to the Inspector of Pernem @ Goa Police, Mr Dattaram Raut and his team for understanding this particular matter & moving in quickly . 
It all started yesterday at 2 pm at Pernem police station when Adv Shailesh Gawas , social worker spotted this lady right in the vicinity of pernem police station & called me . 
Without even I asking for the lady picture I knew who the lady was . 
Two months back I was briefed about the same lady by another lady who saw her plight and tried to help her but some how the police I assume did not take much interest due to the below reason. 
The lady is married, having a child but divorced and husband I am told has taken custody of the child and living with the child with a court order. 
Naturally it will lead to depression. 
This lady is sitting at bus stops , loiters at the local school, sleeping on the streets & at times sits outside the relative house but just does not talk much . 
A couple of times taken to IPHB Bambolim treated and again back on the streets. 
Agony and misery . 
After treatment such Cases need to go to shelter homes but there are no FREE Shelter homes for Pwds except Street Providence. 
The private shelter homes start at Rs 20000 a month. 
Nor are they any government mid way homes for such poor people with mental issues. 
Yesterday too , after I spoke to Inspector , on humanitarian grounds,  a police personal,  this lady & the relative reached IPHB. 
Examined, given medicine & sent back, as IPHB will not admitt without an attendant & the lady is divorced and abandoned so no one is going to put their neck out . 
Its like IRRITATING to even know that the lady will be back on the streets and that she is not going to take that medicine but still RULES are shoved in your face. 
Having handled 100 's of such cases, I gave a plan to our manager Sapnesh who got in touch with LPSI Mrs Samedha @ Pernem police station. 
Simultaneously we requested the Dr @ UHC Tuem to do the medical and get the patient sent to IPHB & explained the plight of the lady. 
Superb co ordination and understanding among the Pernem Police station & UHC Tuem Doctor 
Hats off to them . 
This morning :
☆ Medical done at UHC , Tuem ,
☆ Magistrate order ( MO ) Procured ,
☆ Admitted into IPHB 
Also thanks to IPHB for admitting the lady into the institute. 
Once treated and stabilized, police will discharge and bring to our shelter home. 
Relative by then will be making an AFFIDAVIT stating that he has no objection to admitt in a shelter home . 
What did not happen for months & a year ,  happened  fast 24 hours . 
This is how system and co ordination between government departments have to be . 
I feel at peace that sitting with my phone and using the goodwill our NGO has generated over the years , Government officials are taking interest and helping such abandoned mentally challenged people on the streets to get a better life . 
I just don't talk but our team works daily across Goa helping many such mentally challenged homeless people get off the streets and into the IPHB for treatment. 
This post is to create an awareness that Goa Police , the DHS & IPHB are doing a wonderful job in helping and treating so many such mentally unsound people on the streets and finally we care and rehabilitate them in our ever increasing shelter homes across Goa . 
You too can help a homeless person with mental issues in Goa to a better life by contacting the local police station and also by getting in touch with me strictly through whatsapp on 8380097564. 
To bring down the different Crimes against homeless women, shelter homes are the need of the hour . 
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
16Aug/22

ADMITTED THIS MIDDLE AGED GOAN LONELY MAN INTO OUR SHELTER HOME

16.8.2022. 7pm IST 
Once working on the Cruise liners , but last 2 years + living on the streets of Vasco and had a terrible accident resulting in a broken leg which is quite bad . 
Admitted this middle aged Goan lonely man into our shelter home , Mr Lionel Lobo 
♡♡♡ Thanks to Mrs Aggima from Carmona who helped this goan man reach our home . 
Lionel claims he is homeless and has no one and was begging to survive on the streets of Vasco right from Jan 2020. 
Says he used to work on cruise liners till 2013. 
Some where early July 2022 , he and his friend were sitting at the Vasco bus stand at night and a bus went over his leg . 
He lost consciousness and was admitted in GMC where he was operated upon. 
Mrs Aggima was also with her husband in the same hospital when Lionel narrated his story and Aggima got in touch with me . 
This is about about 2 weeks ago. 
I assured both Mrs Aggima & Lionel that I would help. 
Thanks to Dr's at GMC who I was in touch with continously seeing that this man was not just discharged as that would be very bad for Lionel recovery. 
One thing I can proudly say ” whenever I call any Government Doctor from the hospital and confirm that our NGO is surely taking an abandoned homeless to our home for rehabilitation,  the Doctors believes me and that particular patient surely reaches our home “. 
That's the respect our NGO has earned. 
All happens over the phone. 
Our NGO walks the talk and not just promise to take and then back out. 
Otherwise how are so many homeless ending up in our shelter homes ?. 
Last week Lionel was shifted back to Chicalim health centre where as usual Dr Anil big boss of Chicalim health centre got all Lionel paper work done including the police noc as he was admitted into GMC with an MLC. 
Attached a small video .👇
On Sat 13th we admitted Lionel into our shelter home . 
He can't walk or move alone. Totally incapicated. 
Lionel needs a full time attendant to have  bath, use the washroom, get up from the bed , to even change his clothes and is on a pamper. 
Got alot of stories which might be true but I can't believe. 
If any one recognises him please let me know . 
Can be genuine homeless and disowned by family or can be thrown out due to alcohol . 
But I am not judging  
Our NGO will care for him till he recovers. 
It's not going to be easy . 
He is in pain and discomfort , weak and stressed due to his being lonely, abandoned & now with a broken leg. 
There will be endlessly trips to the Hospitals,  bandaging, cleaning of his leg plus Physiotherapy once the cast is removed. 
Practically every day we are accepting such homeless and abandoned people either from Hospitals or from the Police Stations. 
It's not easy admitting daily homeless people  but some one has to take in these desperate homeless who otherwise will be on the streets. 
If any NGO is providing such services then please get in touch with all the Government hospitals, IPHB & all the major police stations & support the homeless who might need a place to stay and food to eat . 
As a rule , incase we can't manage any homeless we re-admitt that homeless to the hospital where the admission cane from or back to the Police Station. 
We don't just transfer the homeless to other shelter homes as anything can go wrong . 
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Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848