Category Archives: Updates

01Mar/25

FOOD BANK SANGOLDA GOA, COLLECTS 60 TONNES OR RATHER 60000 KGS OF GOOD COOKED EXTRA FACTORY FOOD IN THE LAST 11 MONTHS

Updates
1.3.25. 7pm IST 
FOOD BANK SANGOLDA GOA , collects 60 tonnes or rather 60000 kgs of good Cooked extra factory food in the last 11 months from 9 factories at VernaIndustrial Estate. 
This quantity would have been 70 tonnes in 11 months had not one factory of this 9 supported us fully.
Factories & Boilers dept headed by Chief Inspector of Factories Mr Anant Pangam is the one of the main architects, in implementing this massive food Collection reaching our food bank rather reaching the dumps as waste.
Sir Sanjit Rodrigues, IAS, Secretary of Factories and Boilers has been the motivation Factor who has supported and given his full attention in getting this project up & running.
Daily, 6 days a week our food bank truck visits 9 Factories in the Verna Industrial Estate between 2.30pm to 4pm collecting warm freshly cooked canteen food which the staff of these 9 factories were not able to consume.
We collect this food in food grade plastic reusable containers and feed the poor in Vasco city rather under the Baina flyover and some food goes to our night meal in our men's shelter homes both in North & South Goa.
It's a operation which runs on precise time management as well as a near fool proof hygiene system with no chance to having any food contamination.
We thank these 9 companies ( or rather 8 companies of late ) for giving away their extra cooked food for a worthy cause.
From April 25 , Sir Sanjit Rodrigues has set a target of 15 companies and 100 tones a year to be given to the food bank resulting in 100 tonnes of wet waste being reduced directly.
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564
God bless you so much 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
01Mar/25

FOOD BANK SANGOLDA GOA, COLLECTS 60 TONNES OR RATHER 60000 KGS OF GOOD COOKED EXTRA FACTORY FOOD IN THE LAST 11 MONTHS

Updates
1.3.25. 7pm IST 
FOOD BANK SANGOLDA GOA , collects 60 tonnes or rather 60000 kgs of good Cooked extra factory food in the last 11 months from 9 factories at VernaIndustrial Estate. 
This quantity would have been 70 tonnes in 11 months had not one factory of this 9 supported us fully.
Factories & Boilers dept headed by Chief Inspector of Factories Mr Anant Pangam is the one of the main architects, in implementing this massive food Collection reaching our food bank rather reaching the dumps as waste.
Sir Sanjit Rodrigues, IAS, Secretary of Factories and Boilers has been the motivation Factor who has supported and given his full attention in getting this project up & running.
Daily, 6 days a week our food bank truck visits 9 Factories in the Verna Industrial Estate between 2.30pm to 4pm collecting warm freshly cooked canteen food which the staff of these 9 factories were not able to consume.
We collect this food in food grade plastic reusable containers and feed the poor in Vasco city rather under the Baina flyover and some food goes to our night meal in our men's shelter homes both in North & South Goa.
It's a operation which runs on precise time management as well as a near fool proof hygiene system with no chance to having any food contamination.
We thank these 9 companies ( or rather 8 companies of late ) for giving away their extra cooked food for a worthy cause.
From April 25 , Sir Sanjit Rodrigues has set a target of 15 companies and 100 tones a year to be given to the food bank resulting in 100 tonnes of wet waste being reduced directly.
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564
God bless you so much 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
27Feb/25

ONCE BED RIDDEN & WHEELCHAIR BOUND,  TO NOW WALKING FIT & FINE – ALL WITHIN ONE YEAR.

Updates
27.2.25.  7pm IST 
Once bed ridden & wheel chair bound,  to now walking fit & fine – all within one year.
Mr Punappa is a middle aged man from Karnataka who while working in Goa on a beach shack in Candolim lost his mobility and was in a situation where he was bed ridden.
Possibility excess of alcohol or substance abuse but was not able to stand let alone walk.
Dr Roshan from Candolim health centre requested us to rehabilitate him but his condition that day as seen in the video was pathetic.
Goa Police issued the NOC to get him admitted into our home.
Arturo Dsouza was deputed with our team to candolim to pick him up.
Physiotherapy, hospital trips , medication, nutrition, motivation etc was the way to get him up and walking.
Takes alot of time and resources as Punappa may be suffering also from some sort of memory losses due to may be his past history.
Otherwise, does the work given to him but still on treatment.
Like Punappa there are 100's of such men & ladies on the streets of Goa looking for a second chance to start life again.
The problem is last 7 to 8 months we are not taking people off the streets as we just can't foot their bills.
Non Goans we have completely stopped taking as they have to go back to their respective states
Because we are not taking, Government hospitals, mental hospital and cities of Goa are having huge no of homeless street people including those with disabilities.
Already like Punappa we have in our homes
 40+ men & 20+ ladies who are on way to recovery but it's not happening the way I intended it to happen.
Many times people call us and when we express our inability to oblige them, they take offense and troll us and write nasty things on social media.
It makes no difference to me as I know how difficult it is to care and look after such complicated people.
I feel bad to refuse admission but on the other hand where r the funds ?
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT & 
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES DEPARTMENT, actually for the full year have not supported our men's home and that's why we are in a big financial crunch.
We will be in the coming week hitting the streets of Panjim followed by a visit to The Hon CM official Bungalow with our resident men who 80% are ethnic Goans and no grants till yet given either by :
Social Welfare Department or 
Persons with Disabilities Department. 
Women & child Department is providing resources for our women homes after many years of struggle mostly on the streets.
Inflation besides petrol is killing us.
Donations are slowing down due to the inflation rise which our benefactors who may be also feeling the pinch.
Without Government funding it's next to impossible to look after homeless people.
To care & rehabilitate one homeless person who is surely carrying along a huge bag of sickness for a month our costs are nothing less than 
Rs 20k to Rs 25k.
☆ Daily we have to provide 3 meals to 175+ residents along with 40+ full time staff.

☆ Our total staff strength is 75.

☆ We have 30 full time lady care givers in our 7 women homes.
It's not a joke, everything in the last 6 months has increased almost 20% .
Schemes are announced in plenty but nothing to our NGO with regards to men.
Small example : Margao city has anywhere between 300 to 500 homeless of which 50 + are our own goans.
We require your help to help young men like Punappa to get a second chance and go back to society.
Your support is what we require.
Summer is around the corner, heat is rising , the old and infirmed on the streets need help.
☆ Our Total bed capacity 250
☆ Currently Occupied 175
☆ Balance 75
But Government has to give us our dues else we can't do much at the moment.
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
27Feb/25

ONCE BED RIDDEN & WHEELCHAIR BOUND,  TO NOW WALKING FIT & FINE – ALL WITHIN ONE YEAR.

Updates
27.2.25.  7pm IST 
Once bed ridden & wheel chair bound,  to now walking fit & fine – all within one year.
Mr Punappa is a middle aged man from Karnataka who while working in Goa on a beach shack in Candolim lost his mobility and was in a situation where he was bed ridden.
Possibility excess of alcohol or substance abuse but was not able to stand let alone walk.
Dr Roshan from Candolim health centre requested us to rehabilitate him but his condition that day as seen in the video was pathetic.
Goa Police issued the NOC to get him admitted into our home.
Arturo Dsouza was deputed with our team to candolim to pick him up.
Physiotherapy, hospital trips , medication, nutrition, motivation etc was the way to get him up and walking.
Takes alot of time and resources as Punappa may be suffering also from some sort of memory losses due to may be his past history.
Otherwise, does the work given to him but still on treatment.
Like Punappa there are 100's of such men & ladies on the streets of Goa looking for a second chance to start life again.
The problem is last 7 to 8 months we are not taking people off the streets as we just can't foot their bills.
Non Goans we have completely stopped taking as they have to go back to their respective states
Because we are not taking, Government hospitals, mental hospital and cities of Goa are having huge no of homeless street people including those with disabilities.
Already like Punappa we have in our homes
 40+ men & 20+ ladies who are on way to recovery but it's not happening the way I intended it to happen.
Many times people call us and when we express our inability to oblige them, they take offense and troll us and write nasty things on social media.
It makes no difference to me as I know how difficult it is to care and look after such complicated people.
I feel bad to refuse admission but on the other hand where r the funds ?
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT & 
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES DEPARTMENT, actually for the full year have not supported our men's home and that's why we are in a big financial crunch.
We will be in the coming week hitting the streets of Panjim followed by a visit to The Hon CM official Bungalow with our resident men who 80% are ethnic Goans and no grants till yet given either by :
Social Welfare Department or 
Persons with Disabilities Department. 
Women & child Department is providing resources for our women homes after many years of struggle mostly on the streets.
Inflation besides petrol is killing us.
Donations are slowing down due to the inflation rise which our benefactors who may be also feeling the pinch.
Without Government funding it's next to impossible to look after homeless people.
To care & rehabilitate one homeless person who is surely carrying along a huge bag of sickness for a month our costs are nothing less than 
Rs 20k to Rs 25k.
☆ Daily we have to provide 3 meals to 175+ residents along with 40+ full time staff.

☆ Our total staff strength is 75.

☆ We have 30 full time lady care givers in our 7 women homes.
It's not a joke, everything in the last 6 months has increased almost 20% .
Schemes are announced in plenty but nothing to our NGO with regards to men.
Small example : Margao city has anywhere between 300 to 500 homeless of which 50 + are our own goans.
We require your help to help young men like Punappa to get a second chance and go back to society.
Your support is what we require.
Summer is around the corner, heat is rising , the old and infirmed on the streets need help.
☆ Our Total bed capacity 250
☆ Currently Occupied 175
☆ Balance 75
But Government has to give us our dues else we can't do much at the moment.
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
20Feb/25

OLYMPIC DREAMS FROM STREET PROVIDENCE GOA IS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING TALENTED GOAN CHILDREN

Updates
20.2.25.  8pm IST
OLYMPIC DREAMS from Street Providence Goa is aimed at encouraging talented Goan children who have the potential to reach the Olympics in the future with focus on individual sport.
One form of disabilities is too much of screen time which is slowly cropping up in young children.
Today children are more on screen time and it's time to get them to the ground and arena.
Today young girls are diagnosed with thyroid at early ages.
Young boys are turning mobile mania as too much of screen time.
Outdoor activities are slowly getting pushed away & sports is one way to get children to play , sweat , exercise and be refreshed both at studies and sporting activities.
Goa and Goans are hardly competing at International events especially OLYMPICS & it's time to revive our sporting legacy which once Goans shined in the past.
Children if tapped at a young age and spotted at a young age can be molded into future champions.
In 8 years from now or may be 12 years from now , we can try to get our Goans to compete at the Olympics – possible & achievable hence the project name – OLYMPIC DREAMS.
Where there is a will there is a way.
Everything starts with a seed and I myself have planted a small seed in my 9 year old son about 2 years back by introducing him to Archery.
Due to Sir ZITO who spotted my son talent at his school , today we see a dream of him competing at the OLYMPICS.
Many children either with disabilities or from rural parts of Goa or from economical poorer sections of society etc may be good in sports but no one to support their dream.
We through our project OLYMPIC DREAMS will step in.
If I can do it for my son , i can do it for other children who might not have the opportunity especially those :
▪︎Who are with disabilities 
▪︎Who are coming from SC / ST ▪︎communities 
▪︎Who are from rural Talukas of Goa &
▪︎Who are economically backward sections
We are looking to help children in individual sports only and we will attempt to provide :
☆ Sports equipment,
☆ Nutrition,
☆ Jerseys & training kits,
☆ Participation at various tournaments by covering the transport & lodging costs 
☆ Etc.
Just like we have projects like :
》Shelter homes for people with disabilites,
》Food Banks to feed the poor,
》Physiotherapy units for the homeless,
》Free cake for senior citizens with disabilities,
So also we now have OLYMPIC DREAMS.
Street Providence has recently sponsored a school in rural south Goa for a HOCKEY PROJECT which is the only group sport we are undertaking :
◇ 50 new hockey sticks 
◇ 30 new hockey balls
◇ 1 full set of hockey goalkeeper uniform.
With a commitment to back this school up every month through a hockey project being launched on 24th Feb 25 through our Goan OLYMPIAN MrJoaquim Carvalho , former captain of our Indian Hockey team.
Sports and music are two activities which will play a big role in the coming years in avoiding children or teenagers from developing disabilities due to excess screen time. 
We require your support to make OLYMPIC DREAMS a reality for children who have the potential but not the resources.
Join us as we reach out to those deserving. GOAN children who can one day make GOA & GOANS proud by delivering on the international stage.
It's not much but it has to be on a monthly basis over a period of time.
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380087564 / 7020314848
20Feb/25

OLYMPIC DREAMS FROM STREET PROVIDENCE GOA IS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING TALENTED GOAN CHILDREN

Updates
20.2.25.  8pm IST
OLYMPIC DREAMS from Street Providence Goa is aimed at encouraging talented Goan children who have the potential to reach the Olympics in the future with focus on individual sport.
One form of disabilities is too much of screen time which is slowly cropping up in young children.
Today children are more on screen time and it's time to get them to the ground and arena.
Today young girls are diagnosed with thyroid at early ages.
Young boys are turning mobile mania as too much of screen time.
Outdoor activities are slowly getting pushed away & sports is one way to get children to play , sweat , exercise and be refreshed both at studies and sporting activities.
Goa and Goans are hardly competing at International events especially OLYMPICS & it's time to revive our sporting legacy which once Goans shined in the past.
Children if tapped at a young age and spotted at a young age can be molded into future champions.
In 8 years from now or may be 12 years from now , we can try to get our Goans to compete at the Olympics – possible & achievable hence the project name – OLYMPIC DREAMS.
Where there is a will there is a way.
Everything starts with a seed and I myself have planted a small seed in my 9 year old son about 2 years back by introducing him to Archery.
Due to Sir ZITO who spotted my son talent at his school , today we see a dream of him competing at the OLYMPICS.
Many children either with disabilities or from rural parts of Goa or from economical poorer sections of society etc may be good in sports but no one to support their dream.
We through our project OLYMPIC DREAMS will step in.
If I can do it for my son , i can do it for other children who might not have the opportunity especially those :
▪︎Who are with disabilities 
▪︎Who are coming from SC / ST ▪︎communities 
▪︎Who are from rural Talukas of Goa &
▪︎Who are economically backward sections
We are looking to help children in individual sports only and we will attempt to provide :
☆ Sports equipment,
☆ Nutrition,
☆ Jerseys & training kits,
☆ Participation at various tournaments by covering the transport & lodging costs 
☆ Etc.
Just like we have projects like :
》Shelter homes for people with disabilites,
》Food Banks to feed the poor,
》Physiotherapy units for the homeless,
》Free cake for senior citizens with disabilities,
So also we now have OLYMPIC DREAMS.
Street Providence has recently sponsored a school in rural south Goa for a HOCKEY PROJECT which is the only group sport we are undertaking :
◇ 50 new hockey sticks 
◇ 30 new hockey balls
◇ 1 full set of hockey goalkeeper uniform.
With a commitment to back this school up every month through a hockey project being launched on 24th Feb 25 through our Goan OLYMPIAN MrJoaquim Carvalho , former captain of our Indian Hockey team.
Sports and music are two activities which will play a big role in the coming years in avoiding children or teenagers from developing disabilities due to excess screen time. 
We require your support to make OLYMPIC DREAMS a reality for children who have the potential but not the resources.
Join us as we reach out to those deserving. GOAN children who can one day make GOA & GOANS proud by delivering on the international stage.
It's not much but it has to be on a monthly basis over a period of time.
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380087564 / 7020314848
18Feb/25

STREET PROVIDENCE GOA CONDUCTS ART CLASSES IN ALL THE LADIES HOMES FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES.

Updates
18.2.25. 8pm. IST
Where there is Art , there is Hope 
Where there is Hope , there is Life.
Street Providence Goa conducts ART classes in all the ladies homes for women with disabilities.
Huge untapped talent and this talent is beyond yours and mine imagination.
Of the 60+ ladies In our homes, 90% of them are always looking forward to drawing, sketching and coloring.
This small video attached with this post says it all.👇
Thanks to the Art teacher who has been consistently coming daily to all our ladies homes last 2 years.
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380087564.
God bless you all 
Donald Fernandes 
8380087564 / 7020314848
18Feb/25

STREET PROVIDENCE GOA CONDUCTS ART CLASSES IN ALL THE LADIES HOMES FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES.

Updates
18.2.25. 8pm. IST
Where there is Art , there is Hope 
Where there is Hope , there is Life.
Street Providence Goa conducts ART classes in all the ladies homes for women with disabilities.
Huge untapped talent and this talent is beyond yours and mine imagination.
Of the 60+ ladies In our homes, 90% of them are always looking forward to drawing, sketching and coloring.
This small video attached with this post says it all.👇
Thanks to the Art teacher who has been consistently coming daily to all our ladies homes last 2 years.
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380087564.
God bless you all 
Donald Fernandes 
8380087564 / 7020314848
15Feb/25

STREET PROVIDENCE GOA CONDUCTS VOCATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS TO THE LADY RESIDENTS IN ALL OUR HOMES.

Updates
15.2.25. 8pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA conducts Vocational training sessions to the lady residents in all our Homes.
One of the ways to keep these lady residents active & peaceful as most are suffering from serious chronic mental disabilities.
It's all about putting their skills to use and making them belive they can do it.
Taking care of ladies with severe mental disabilities is not a joke and it's hard work with alot of risks involved.
90% of our lady residents are goans who are abandoned or can't be managed at home due to mental disabilities. 
☆ Cooking
☆ Craft 
☆ Paper bag making 
☆ Beads etc
Are some of the Vocational sessions we conduct.
Teachers & counselors are daily visiting each of the homes to conduct these classes.
The short video says it all.
Watch & share 
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380087564 / 7020314848
15Feb/25

STREET PROVIDENCE GOA CONDUCTS VOCATIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS TO THE LADY RESIDENTS IN ALL OUR HOMES.

Updates
15.2.25. 8pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE GOA conducts Vocational training sessions to the lady residents in all our Homes.
One of the ways to keep these lady residents active & peaceful as most are suffering from serious chronic mental disabilities.
It's all about putting their skills to use and making them belive they can do it.
Taking care of ladies with severe mental disabilities is not a joke and it's hard work with alot of risks involved.
90% of our lady residents are goans who are abandoned or can't be managed at home due to mental disabilities. 
☆ Cooking
☆ Craft 
☆ Paper bag making 
☆ Beads etc
Are some of the Vocational sessions we conduct.
Teachers & counselors are daily visiting each of the homes to conduct these classes.
The short video says it all.
Watch & share 
All communications strictly through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380087564 / 7020314848