STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA , thanks MR. LEVIN FROM THE DEPT OF PLANNING , STATISTICS & EVALUATION,  PORVORIM , for assisting our NGO in conducting 3 Adhar Camps at our homes. 

♡♡ Also Big Big thanks to Mr Noel Fernandes from Saligao , a gazetted officer who certified our application forms of these homeless men.

♡♡ Thanks to our manager Sapnesh Salgaonkar for all the follow up and the other paper work in getting these Aadhar identification cards prepared. 

Running free shelter homes for the homeless is not an easy task. 

Very Frustrating and huge paper work involved. 

☆ 1. With the new Disability Act being passed and ready to be implemented, all shelter homes looking after disabled people require to be having a license or a registration certificate from the Dept Of Social Welfare.

☆ 2. To get this registration certificate, each disabled person requires to have an individual disability certificate issued by GMC or IPHB.

☆ 3.To get the individual Disability certificate  the individual needs to have an identification  ie AADHAR CARD .

☆ 4. To get an AADHAR CARD , these homeless people require to have their documents. 

How many such disabled homeless street people do you think have any papers?

NONE have papers. 

Thanks to the Government of India , which has kept an option open in the system,   today we have managed to acquire basic identification ie AADHAR CARD for our homeless street people. 

Now with their identification in place,  these poor homeless people,  can avail of

▪︎1. Covid Vaccine

▪︎2. Treatment at hospital

▪︎3. Government benefits like ration 

▪︎4. Dignity and sense of being recognized as an registered Indian .Etc.

The last 2 months has been very hectic with tons and tons of paperwork acquiring these Adhar cards and the disability certificates for these individuals. 

Many many times I thought of giving up and quitting this service. 

Initially we were frustrated by officials,  doctors,  etc as we tried to get the AADHAR CARDS & THE DISABILITY CERTIFICATE done. 

It's only through our commitment towards the homeless, that kept us following up with the paper work, numerous hospital trips,  etc  and yes, a few SOS messages to the concerned Ministers that we have manged to reach this far.

Looking forward to our  Registration Certificate  being issued ASAP.

Today most Government officials & Doctors at both IPHB & GMC understand that these homeless people are not my own relatives but are homeless and lost and they consideration and wlingness to help our NGO and for this I am grateful.

Paper work kills you .

And it's not just 1 or 2 application , its more than 80 + homeless people we are talking about. 

Small piece of advice :

For those providing service to people with disabilities,  please do get their individual disability certificates as well as the organization Registration Certificate done with Dept of Social Welfare. 

Government of India through the Social Welfare Dept has many many schemes available for these individuals with disabilities as well as the homes which provide shelter to people with disabilities. 

Starting the paperwork is killing but once the Grant / Scheme is allocated then the organisation saves alot of money on infrastructure and other expenses involved in running shelter homes for the disabled.

Lastly, I once again thank Mr Levin & Mr Noel , both who supported our dream of providing basic identification to the homeless people at Street Providence. 

God bless you all

♡♡ Suzette Advani from Dona Paula , puts in alot of effort to convince me to help this very fragile man , totally undernourished and suffering from bed sores from the streets of Bambolim , Goa . 

STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA , picks Mr Silver / Silvan ( who says is from Kumta Karnataka ) just outside the hospital in Bambolim today . 

The 2 short videos if you see will tell u all. 👇

On the footpath,  in the heat and sun , covered by the traffic barrier , near an open drain,  close to the main road having continuous traffic for over 10 days . 

We picked him today at 4 pm but after cleaning him realised he has many many BED SORES and that too a very very big one just above his b..b 

Now this is going to be a very difficult case to handle as he cant walk, cant sit on a chair , not sure about his toilet habit and plenty of dressing and treatment with endless trips in the heat from Assnora home to the hospital in porvorim. 

Let's not forget the cases are rising and we have to pay for all medical treatment in GMC as we get nothing free inspite of doing the government work of looking after these homeless street men who come with all and sundry medical issues. 

At 25 kgs weight , not sure how he survived in this inhumane conditions on a NATIONAL HIGHWAY in the vicinity of GMC hospital . 

Thank God he did not fall into that open drain . 

The most easy part is requesting to pick the homeless which we try to comply with. 

The difficult and the toughest part is the wounds which constantly require dressing , keeping a check on their pressure and sugar levels and when one is incapacitated. 

Your support is what we require. 

Medication, hospital trips and dressing is what takes away ones resources and time . 

Should there not be some way out to help and assist such homeless,  sick,  street people ? 

Are their lives not important in this world ? 

Cant the authorities support and encourage more NGOs to open their doors to these homeless men who are literally living and dying on the roads especially the old and infirmed. 

You support to us through your donations both in kind and cheque is what makes us go back to the streets searching for the lost , those in alcohol , the drug abused , the sick  the lonely & the hungry . 

Please donate to 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 

Website : https://streetprovidencegoa.com/ 

Facebook : https://m.facebook.com/foodbankforthepoor/ 

          

https://www.facebook.com/streetprovidence/ 

Twitter : @streetproviden1 

https://youtu.be/4TIlMYNzr3I 

and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 

As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 

God bless you 

 

STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA thanks all the wonderful people, benefactors , religious institutions  and a 101 year old lady who generously donated kitchen equipment to our shelter homes. 

Early March 21 , we had uploaded a post on social media,  requesting for second hand or new kitchen equipment for all our shelter homes for the homeless street people. 

As our shelter homes are close to 3 years old ,  most of our kitchen equipment was either falling apart or was getting rusted,  broken or not giving the expected output . 

☆1. SSVP of Navelim Church , who within 24 hours of the post , bought new plates,  spoons, utensils etc worth more than rs 25000 if I can put a figure , ( Can be more ) under the guidance of our old supporter Mrs Roseline & the entire team 

☆ 2. Parishioners of Rosary Church , Caranzalem who generously donated more than Rs 1 lac,  both in equipment and through cheques , under the initiative of Mr Alfwold who is a senior citizen and a PPC member . 

☆ 3. An elderly 101 year old lady from Margao who sent us a very very big cheque and asked us to buy the items which we did not get from others. 

☆ 4. Various families &  individuals who bought small small things as well as gave us good second hand equipment from their homes which are currently being used in our shelter homes. 

☆ 5. To all our benefactors who donated through cheques / Neft for this cause. 

Sorry if I did not name all those who donated to our shelter homes. 

We are starting 2 more shelter homes soon  and I am sure we have received all the necessary kitchen equipment for these 2 homes as well . 

We even have given some kitchen equipment to poorer families which we had received extra . 

I must thank God and the ever growing list of benefactors,  that during the entire last accounting year 2020 – 21 , inspite of the pandemic , we met all our budgets because YOU ,  yes,  You the benefactors have blessed us @ Street Providence generously without doubting us , inspite of messages circulated in a city in south Goa . 

Those who know “CONCERNING WORRY & FEAR  ” will understand , THAT GOD PROVIDES ALL OUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY . 

Infact after the messages were circulated in early Jan 2021 , from a City in South Goa , we experienced even more donations and blessings from these many people who received these messages on their phones through WhatsApp,  and called me and told me , we are with you and will always help Street PROVIDENCE . 

I even tracked these messages through our sources and was on the verge of filing a case through the CYBER Crime branch , when a very senior Goa Police Officer , told me LEAVE THEM. 

He told me ”  GOD WILL BLESS YOU MORE , these are all frustrated elements who cant digest the work being done “. 

It's like you cheat me and then try to spoil my name through your henchmen & henchwomen. 

You are all forgiven . 

And mind you these messages were all from my community and from volunteers who in the past worked with me , served the poor on the streets through our food bank fridges  , ran the kerala flood relief with me , and ……. 

If any time any one wants any clarification about Street Providence always be free to contact our Trustee Adv Caroline Colasso , a practicing High Court Advocate and a well known activist across Goa. 

Cool and calm lady who will always give you the truth and the truth . 

You support to us through your donations both in kind and cheque is what makes us go back to the streets searching for the lost , those in alcohol , the drug abused , the sick  the lonely & the hungry . 

Please donate to 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 

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Facebook : https://m.facebook.com/foodbankforthepoor/ 

          

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Twitter : @streetproviden1 

https://youtu.be/4TIlMYNzr3I 

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As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 

God bless you 

 

Today on Easter Sunday , STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA has started a Free medical clinic for the poor & underprivileged at Communidade Ghor , Saligao , till 31.8.2021 

☆ Cold , cough , fever . 

Our Volunteer Doctor , comes with 26 years of experience and is an MBBS , with specialization in orthopedic & a practicing psychiatrist . 

The clinic will run on 

¤ Wednesday  : 6.30 pm to 8pm

One needs to get an appointment on the phone through our volunteer Mario Venacio Cordeiro on 8007568100. 

15 patients per time only. 

One can also contact Ramesh Ghadi & Eknath Oraskar for appointment. 

Big thank to the SALIGAO Communidade for allowing us to use their space for this worthy cause . 

Thanks to Our Saligao MLA , Jayesh Salgaonkar for cutting the ribbon and gracing the function. 

Attached a few pictures. 

Thanks to FR. John Dsilva for blessing the clinic. 

Special thanks to our oldest volunteer,  Mr Mario Cordeiro for accepting the responsibility to run this clinic and taking  the load off , from my shoulder. 

Big big thanks to our  DOCTOR who has volunteered to offer his services FREE OF COST . 

This facility is open to all irrespective of caste   creed and religion . 

We intend to start such free medical clinics across other villages of Saligao Constituency as well across other villages of Goa . 

Looking for Doctors , nurses , pharmacists and volunteers to move these free clinics across Goa. 

Once this free medical clinic settles down and is working to our plan , we intend to start a FREE pathology lab , scanning , Xray and other facilities in a convenient location , for the poor & underprivileged homeless people. 

We thank God that in the coming future , God through his kindness and Goodness, has blessed us with a full fledged hospital to serve the poor & underprivileged FREE OF COST . 

Today we @ Street Providence thanks God for his wisdom and favour to spread into new projects serving the poor & underprivileged. 

I in a very special way thank our consistent benefactors who support us @ Street Providence month after month faithfully. 

You support to us through your donations both in kind and cheque is what makes us go back to the streets searching for the lost , those in alcohol , the drug abused , the sick  the lonely & the hungry . 

Please donate to 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 

Website : https://streetprovidencegoa.com/ 

Facebook : https://m.facebook.com/foodbankforthepoor/ 

          

https://www.facebook.com/streetprovidence/ 

Twitter : @streetproviden1 

https://youtu.be/4TIlMYNzr3I 

and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 

As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 

God bless you 

 

3.4.2021  4pm IST

It's HOLY SATURDAY and we present a small appreciation of our volunteer through a 90 sec video. 👇

FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR , SANGOLDA,  GOA   presents you , our volunteer,  Mrs Sophie from Margao, doing her assignment of feeding the homeless street people on the streets of Margao .

☆☆ Sophie and the Food Bank for the Poor,  Sangolda , go back late December 2017 when we started our fridge at The Lar and she was the initial volunteer at that food bank fridge. 

During the entire lockdown,  most of the food bank fridges were shut as almost all our fridges are operated by senior citizens. 

A quite , committed,  dedicated and ready to move on the streets , is how I can describe Sophie.

I have never seen her get upset nor raise her voice nor argue. 

Till the time we had our home running in Margao , we used to have our boys feeding on the streets. 

Since we moved our boys out of the margao home,  Sophie has filled the shoes.

Last 4 months Sophie has been feeding daily close to 50 people , 25 poor goans & 25 non goans on the streets. 

Must watch the 90 sec video

We have another Volunteer who also feeds in Margao,  but separately. 

Sophie prepares the food , packs and moves some by herself and some with her volunteer. 

Best part of Sophie is:

Sophie also covers up for me when anyone has a donation to be picked in the form of a cheque in the city.

Sophie can also be seen often at the CARMALITE MONESNTRY offering her services when not feeding the homeless. 

I appreciate Sophie for taking courage inspite of her age , and the virus looming out there, is committed to feeding daily even with the rise in cases.

Come join us as our volunteer in other cities of Goa incase you have that passion in you just like SOPHIE. 

Your support is what makes us feed the homeless street people thorough our volunteers across entire Goa.

Your support is what we require

Support us in whatever way you can. 

Donate generously to our NGO.

We offer you 50% exemption under 80G on your donations. 

Donations only through cheque /NEFT along with your pan card copy .

Facebook : https://m.facebook.com/foodbankforthepoor/ 

As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564.

God bless you 

A desperate elderly Goan mother , burdened to see her educated son on the streets of Margao , makes us at Street Providence get help to him and get him off the streets early this morning on 

GOOD FRIDAY . 

Few days back , an elderly mother calls me and requests to rehabilitate her son on the streets of Margao. 

Yet to meet her. 

An educated man who a few years back worked as a pastry chef Commi in a leading 5 star hotel in south Goa , but due to many reasons beyond the mother control was living on the streets . 

Mental issues can affect anyone at any time.  

Got, Mr John Baptist our volunteer from Margao involved who befriended him and for 7 days his mother would cook food & John would serve him 

Today at 6am , inspite of being Good Friday , we left for Margao along with our Volunteer Doctor. 

Can u imagine a Doctor leaving his home at 6am to help a homeless man ? 

As we reached the place in Margao, the homeless man was not in his regular place. 

But natural for us . Darkness tried to keep him away from us . 

John and Doctor move on a bike and locate the man after searching for him , locate him in a side lane,  sleeping near an open drain infront of a shop . 

John speaks to him. 

The man recognizes Prakash . 

When Doctor starts speaking to the man , he listens . 

Doctor made just 1 statement which was the turning point which made this man agree to get off the streets and come with us . 

Doctor checks his BP which is a bit high and does a blood test right on the street. 

3 min each . 👇

This man has been quite aggressive in the past in the vicinity of Margao. 

He was picked up by Goa police quite often but due to his aggressive nature difficult to handle and was always seen back on the streets. 

According to Doctor , the man will be treated for mental issues as well as detoxification. 

But it's a good sign that that We had the Favour Of God to get him of the streets without he being aggressive. 

Although we had stopped picking people from Margao & Fatorda area in the last 4 months due to our home being shut by the CONGREGATION,  yet today on GOOD FRIDAY , I decided to forgive and move ahead . 

No point I feel in observing Good Friday if I have anger and hurt feeling in my heart . 

From today we will accept homeless street people from both MARGAO & FATORDA area if there are such people. 

I bless those who trouble me and accuse me, as a result of which the home in Margao got shut. 

But i realised I am taking out my disappointment on the homeless from these 2 areas which is wrong. 

Rest God will decide and judge. 

We have sown lacs of Rupees in the Margao home when we entered and while leaving the home,  we infact kept back a few lacs worth of things back as we were told that the CONGREGATION is starting something. 

Last 4 months it's still empty . 

While FATORDA & MARGAO have got quite alot of homeless people looking for shelter. 

We all had a light breakfast in a restaurant in margao and even took the man into the restaurant and boosted his confidence. 

You support to us through your donations both in kind and cheque is what makes us go back to the streets searching for the lost . 

Please donate to 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 

Website : https://streetprovidencegoa.com/ 

Facebook : https://m.facebook.com/foodbankforthepoor/ 

          

https://www.facebook.com/streetprovidence/ 

Twitter : @streetproviden1 

https://youtu.be/4TIlMYNzr3I 

and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 

As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564. 

God bless you 

 

♡♡ An 80 year old goan man,  Mr Simon , from Mapusa gets us to help this maggot infected homeless , alcoholic man off the streets. 

Its Sunday,  21.3.2021 , and Uncle Simon notices Shiva in a very very horrifying state on the streets at 8.30 am

Please watch the video .👇

It will explain how we work on the streets. 

Uncle calls me and explains. 

I call our volunteer Doctor and  our volunteer from Mapusa , Mr Napolean & we get to the streets. 

Shiva is in terrible odour , soiled and having maggots on his leg.

Doctor cleans his wounds & puts a new dressing. 

Shiva is also slightly psychiatric as he has been on the streets for months. 

Douglas gets Shiva into our Ambulance & is moved to our rehab home. 

Doctor prescribed medicines for :

his withdrawal as no alcohol in our home, 

his wounds to kill the pain ,

for his mind to cool him down. 

Our care givers , clean and bath him and shave his beard and hair as there was alot of lice in it which can spread to our other men as well as bugs .

Today 23rd,  Doctor after his duty, visits Shiva in our home and dresses the wounds after examining Shiva.

Shiva has showed much improvement in just 2 days , &  Dr was able to clear his wound of the maggots using special techniques like gauze soaked in turpentine oil to fush out the maggots. 

His wound was free of maggots today , no foul smell .

Dr prevented him from going into withdrawal by detoxifying him .

Antibiotics are working well & going this way  with good nutrition and hygene his wound should heal in few weeks.

The greater problem is to get him off alcohol permanently for which we are giving anticraving drugs and counselling

It's to be noted that Uncle Simon at 80   years, stood for over 3 hours on a Sunday making sure that we got Shiva off the streets. 

Uncle Simon has been blessing us from the time we started In May 2017 and whenever a benefactor suggests help to the homeless we always respond. 

Inspite of lack of space we agreed to Uncle Simon request. 

Uncle Simon , one son is a Priest and I am sure , his son will be happy that his Dad is doing a wonderful service towards the homeless street people in Goa .

If Shiva was unattended for a few more days,  he would have kicked the bucket .

Your support is what we require

Support us in whatever way you can. 

Donate generously to our NGO.

We offer you 50% exemption under 80G on your donations. 

Donations only through cheque /NEFT along with your pan card copy .

Facebook : https://m.facebook.com/foodbankforthepoor/ 

As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564.

God bless you 

22.3.2021  8pm IST 

Imagine you hear of a failed suicide attempt by a family where 1 dies and the others survive. 

And the survivors are now homeless , lost 

and totally lonely in this world. 

Also understand that the survivors might want to start life fresh but the opportunity and that hand is needed to start Afresh . 

Would and will any home accept such a case for rehabilitation ? 

That too without any charges. 

STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA today accepts 3 people into our home as they were really in need of a place to stay. 

The survivors were today discharged from the hospital and we took them in . 

Middle aged , shattered,  frustrated,  dejected,  on medication  and yet wish to go ahead in life . 

We were aware that these survivors required shelter almost 1 month ago. 

Initially it was difficult to agree to open our doors to the survivors. 

But over a period of time a certain factor of guilt & humanity started getting into me. 

Thoughts like :

What if you were in their place ?

Costs you nothing to help them.

May be their needs are genuine.

Its Lenten season, why not give it a try. 

Summer will kill them or depression will get them.

You have the set up , just think. 

You have a Doctor, who is a Psychiatrist and our volunteer,  so what's the issue. 

Then my good friend , An Asst Prof of the hospital , explains that such cases actually require rehabilitation which makes me accept the survivors. 

Anyway our Volunteer Doctor,  will do the needful from tomorrow and help these survivors. 

An orphan Goan adult,  on medication and stressed. 

A Parish priest from Vasco called me 2 days back requesting if we would help this orphan. 

I agreed. 

Today the orphan Goan adult got the documentation done with the local police and we accepted the orphan. 

The orphan too has psychiatric issues and our Volunteer Doctor will treat the orphan from tomorrow. 

Thanks to the Parish Priest for counseling and motivating this adult orphan to get into a rehabilitation home. 

All these people are tired,  stressed and desperate to get a place to stay and food to eat. 

The heat and hunger is a killer. 

Even though we are really tight on space   yet we don't send anyone back provided the admission happens through the police. 

If you know of any big home to lease or to 

rent on a minimum basis do let us know. 

We are also open to renting 4 to 6 bedroom flats or bungalows which can hold about 15 to 20 such old men .

Support us in whatever way you can. 

Donate generously to our NGO.

We offer you 50% exemption under 80G on your donations. 

Donations only through cheque /NEFT along with your pan card copy .

Facebook : https://m.facebook.com/foodbankforthepoor/ 

As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564.

God bless you