Mamlatdar of Sanguem Taluka,  picks up an elderly Goan man Mr Santan Dsouza, who was living on the main road @ Bendwada, Sanguem in a total unhygienc condition on 4.4.24 @ 11am .

Sir Pravind Gawas , is the Mamlatdar of Sabguem Taluka & being a kind man , he noticed this dirty and unclean man living right on the main road without food and sanitation.

The Mamlatdar , stopped his car , put Santan into his car , took him to his office, cleant him up and got him a bath with decent clothes and wrote an official letter to The Sanguem Police to place him in a shelter home.

Sir Pravind Gawas called me and requested to help which we agreed on the spot.

Last few days, I know that many people saw him but non stopped even The Police saw him but due to no official Government notified homes, Mr Santan was just ignored and left to fend for himself.

It's good for all Government officials like Talathis, Mamlatdars , Deputy Collectors, Police Inspectors to learn HUMANITY from this Mamlatdar Mr Pravind Gawas and to come forward when such poor goan people or homeless people are seen living in miserably condition.

Its also a good eye opener for The officials @ :

to have notified shelter homes because non of the above are having designated shelter homes for the homeless either with disabilities or without.

It's very strange that after 48 hours no one has come forward from Santan family to search him or to lodge a missing report.

For Many who say ” goans are not homeless ” please smell the coffee as the no of goans on the streets today will be between 500 to 1000.

The Government of the Day is not addressing this issue in the way it should be handled and my fear is that in the coming year or two there will close to 10000 to 20000 poor people living on the streets of Goa.

SANTAN is okay last 2 days , quite , not speaking much which might be due to mental disabilities or shock of being unwanted from his family.

We appreciate The Mamlatdar of Sanguem for all his support towards picking up an unclean man in his car from the streets and using his power to see that this old homeless man reaches a shelter home in quick time.

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Today we admitted a poor goan senior citizen psychiatric lady into our home.

Above is the link when we admitted the daughter.☝️☝️

She has only 1 daughter who is also psychiatric, who we had admitted a few weeks back into our home from the IPHB & the daughter is a BSc Graduate,  but both mother & daughter are suffering from PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA. 

But this is the reality of life for those poor goan ladies who come from extreme poverty , coupled with high level of extreme mental disabilities, and a highly neglected area from the state which refuses to address this issue. 

Why I am saying the state refuses to address?

Well it's the duty of the state to have:

It's time some one files a PIL in the HIGH COURT as the no of cases are rising beyond control and every day we are requested to rehabilitate.

But each and every department is just passing the buck and closing their eyes towards this burning issue ” NON AVAILABILITY OF SHELTER HOMES FOR POOR GOANS WITH DISABILITIES “.

Very soon in a years time you will find many such GOAN people ROAMING across the state if homes are not started by the government & then these goans are called and labeled as outsiders. 

Imagine in a small asbestos roof home, with no proper sanitation as their wash room is outside the home, an educated girl and her mother are staying and both are suffering from chronic mental disabilities.

Help should have reached them 5 years back but then ” this is reality “.

I thank IPHB for many reasons:

It means alot our NGO as well as to the family. 

If only IPHB gives such support daily to such poor goan ladies we are ready to take in as many as are available who just don't have any family support back Home.

If the CONSULTANT DR @ IPHB had not referred them to our NGO 2 months back , they would still be living in suffering and misery in that small asbestos house without much medication and help.

We today have still 28 such ladies either in the IPHB or waiting to get admitted into IPHB, who we have committed to provide rehabilitation once Stable in the mind and fit to be admitted into our home. 

No matter what i write and what I grumble and fight about, we see pain, suffering, disappointment, lost hope daily through our interactions with many poor goan families suffering from mental disabilities and just no silver lining on their horizon.

Its difficult but one day we will have to stop accepting more admissions.

Both Mother & daughter have been endlessly admitted into IPHB Last so many years, treated,  discharged, sent home, again loose their mind , again same story.

But now this AGONY has been finished once and for all.

Both mother & daughter will be given the best care and infact daughter last few days is showing good signs of recovery.

We feel happy and satisfied to work and care for the poorest of the poor and its a different feeling to see them smile, talk,  reply, do their own stuff. 

Giving life back to a person with chronic mental disabilities is a big challenge and we have mastered this ART.

All we require is funds and donations.

If you know such poor goans in poverty suffering from chronic mental disabilities and just living a horrible and pathetic life please be free to contact me through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564.

We will surely attempt to help rehabilitate.

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♡♡♡ An IAS officer, Sir Sanjit Rodrigues, Secretary of Factories & boilers, Government of Goa, Altinho, Panjim Goa , puts his good intentions into a program where daily 100's if not 1000 kgs of cooked factory food in Goa can be routed to feed the poor and hungry.

Today our NGO implements a project of collecting extra cooked factory food from factories @ Verna Industrial Estate to feed the poor, under our FOOD BANK program which is ONE OF THE ONLY IN INDIA.

At our FOOD BANK program We are blessed to have dynamic pair of  government officials who understood hunger & food wastage @ Factory and Boilers department.

This dynamic duo is:

When i put forth hard facts and a fool proof project how to reduce cooked food wastage which I can say is daily a huge qty of may be 

3 to 5 tonnes and that too only from Factories across Goa, Sir Sanjit Rodrigues IAS, Secretary, decided to support &  implement the same as a service based project and not under any Government project.

With a young dynamic Chief Inspector 

Mr Pangam under The Secretary, Mr Pangam put his heart and mind into getting the 10 top most factories in Verna Industrial Estate to support this initiative.

I am sure THIS IS THE 1ST SUCH FOOD PROGRAM ACROSS INDIA where BIG FACTORIES have allowed a FOOD BANK likes ours to INSTALL A FRIDGE & THE BIG FACTORIES are DONATING THEIR Extra cooked food to FEED THE POOR.

It took about 4 to 5 month to get :

And finally today 1.4.2024 , we started this fresh cooked extra factory food collection from :

The remaining 5 factories will be starting after another 7 to 10 days.

Once all these 10 factories start donating, we are sure to receive 400 to 500 kgs of food daily.

It's a big big savings to our shelter homes in South Goa as with this food, we can provide meals 1st in our 3 Homes & remaining food will be daily provided to those poor children suffering from HIV & TB in the vicinity of VERNA Industrial Estate. 

This project will run the entire year & we are doing our little bit to ease the pain of the hungry, the homeless, the abandoned, the sick.

After all We just celebrated EASTER & besides the messages and wishes , 

” EASTER is all about giving LIFE to others “.

Its a wonderful feeling to have got this  project up and running on the very next day after EASTER .

And we pray that more government officials across all departments take a clue from Factories & boilers dept , who are going beyond their call of duty in reaching out to so many daily suffering for want of a meal.

It's always wonderful when Government officials agree to work for the betterment of the society.

To ease the pain and suffering of the poor & needy, each and every government servant needs to understand that one needs to be SINCERE to their position/ job / chair and only then will our STATE & COUNTRY be progressive and all citizens will be happy and not just follow blindly orders which are to please the higher ups.

The man behind the actual implementation of this FOOD BANK program of FACTORIES donating their extra canteen food is Sir ANANT PANGAM who has taken ALOT , I mean ALOT of trouble to put all these 10 big companies into a system which today has seen the implementation come to pass.

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✝️ Good Friday commemorates Jesus Dying on the cross to bear our pains , sickness, sins.✝️

Jesus took our cross upon himself.

A kind hearted Doctor who is also the H.O.D of a Government hospital in GOA , pays a few bills of our poor goan homeless psychiatric inmate who  we recently  admitted for complicated medical issues in this particular ward.

And I got thinking how, what , why etc.

Imagine just because we are from STREET PROVIDENCE and it's our inmate who is a Goan homeless, The H.O.D went an extra step.

But what about more poor goans with disabilites & the homeless who require finance in hospitals when admitted and there is just no one at times to pay their bills say for diapers, certain medicines which have to be bought from outside, etc.

Last so many years I have been roaming around with our inmates in most of the government hospitals and I see hear understand how poor people be it goans or homeless fail to raise resources due to poverty for small small stuff like pampers, diapers , at times medicines which are not available in the hospitals due to many genuine reasons.

To partially solve this issue even if it's a small drop we are starting a new project HEALTHCARE SUPPORT BANK for the poorest of the poor Goans with disabilites & homeless in 3 major Government hospitals in Goa which will be on a daily basis 7 days a week / 30 days a month/ 365 days a year.

This is our plan : 

Funding ?

☆ 1. Since we run a DIAPER BANK where we collect alot of unused diapers, Pampers, Sanitary pads, we will route this to our 3 sets of team member  to distribute in hospitals.

☆ 2. Since we run a MEDICAL EQUIPMENT BANK where we collect alot of second hand walkers, sticks , water mattresses, etc we will route these items to those who might need in incase of emergency through our hospital team member in each of the 3 hospitals.

Many people often wish to do charity for the poor in kind and we will offer this platform to pay medical bills directly to the pharmacies where such medicines are purchased.

Simultaneously one can donate to our NGO towards this HEALTHCARE SUPOORT BANK and we will provide the bills if needed. 

Since we run so many banks @ Street Providence we will channelise those products or services in our MANY BANKS  towards the poor goans suffering from disabilities and the homeless once admitted into the above 3 hospitals.( on patient to patient Basis ) 

It's my little form of giving back to society for the good health I am experiencing inspite of so many projects being run by us.

If you and your family are blessed with good health then HEALTHCARE SUPPORT BANK is one place where you can say “THANK YOU GOD”.

If you have more than enough of resources and are looking for good health then HEALTHCARE SUPPORT BANK is where you can support poor goans in need of medical support by donating for a cause which will surely earn you and your family uninterrupted GRACE & BLESSINGS from GOD.

It's always good to invest in the poor especially those with disabilities & the homeless and those who can never ever come back to help you but who will always be grateful towards help provided to them during their difficult times especially in hospitals.

We all celebrate functions like birthdays, anniversary, get togther, re unions etc and these bills usually run into lakhs if not thousands.

So on your special day , you can book with us in advance the amount you wish to spend in the hospital for the poorest of the poor to feel that joy and happiness.

But per day if we manage to get a benefactor to foot these bills of Rs 10000 towards this project, then one will surely experience God's blessings on your family which we can call as SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS. 

One can also purchase cartoons of :

Diapers, Sanitary pads, Pampers , Under pads etc. and hand over to us to distribute in these 3 above hospitals.

If anyone has any unused medical assistive aids one can also donate to our NGO to be used for this project.

Main point is those poor goans or homeless in need of rehabilitation and care after treated in the hospitals will be rehabilitated for few weeks in our homes before they are fit and fine to go back to their livelihoods.

It's a different concept never ever thought , looked into , visualized &  implemented so querries & doubts will crop up in minds .

Be free to whatsapp me all such querries on 8380097564.

But like our so many other innovative and running banks/ projects, I am sure this too will be a success due to your support both in kind and through your donations.

Tomorrow is Easter and we can live the spirit of Easter for the full year by supporting this.  HEALTHCARE SUPPORT BANK project which in turn brings life to the poorest of the poor.

Once again HAPPY EASTER to all of you 

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We Come to the end of 2 occassions :

Lent and as well as The financial year 23-24.

“Remember that Lent & Ash Wednesday 

are just not about putting away bad things.

It's is more about creating good things 

and helping the poor & the needy,

being kind to people & much more “

This post is about ” how you can help us “.

We are continously being approached by many genuine poor goans for rehabilitation & all the requests are either people with :

These are most of reasons why we are contacted

But the issue is resources on a continous basis.

If we refuse admission ➡️ we are accused of being greedy for only asking donations and not taking in the poor goans & homeless suffering from disabilities. 

If we accept admissions ➡️ we need to look into the bills which keep mounting, which is currently the issue.

We have close to 60 ladies & 110 men In our 10 homes in Goa of which 135 are suffering from disabilities and of which most are goans.

Our current capacity is 240 beds but we can't go above 180 as our calculations go haywire and we are not getting much commitment from any Government departments about our grants.

We have another 29 goans taking psychiatric treatment in the hospital who we have committed to rehabilitate.

We have many poor goan families in need of dry ration, basic medications, etc & they are so poor that they don't get help from the authorities.

That's where we step in to help them in a little way.

From 1st April 2024 , we are putting up a team to visit all 3 major government hospitals daily for an hour only helping the poorest of the poor ( priorty goans ) either with medications which they need to purchase at times or with diapers/ pampers as at times they just can't afford.

We are seeing to much despair, heart breaking situations, hunger in poor goans Homes, too much of mental issues with poor goans.

But belive me, too many poor goans are turning homeless due to mental disabilities which is the major issue today in Goa.

And we are entering Summer season with temperatures expected to be higher than expected.

If you are in need of any tax benefit before 31.3.24 then we offer you 80G exemption on your donation through our NGO.

If you feel that this LENTEN season you can do more for those who are suffering from hunger & homelessness with disabilities then now is the time to get in touch with us and donate for a cause.

Easter is about bringing that life to some one in need of your blessings through your donations.

Those who are the happiest are those who do most for the others.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,

and he will reward them for what they have done

Helping one person might not change the world,

But it could change the world for one person. 

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This middle aged poor Goan 55 year old man, 

Mr DEVENDRA , today ie 23.3.3024 , has been provided a warm place to lay his head, warm food , human beings around him and many living souls who he can talk to daily @ Street Providence Goa.

Looks to me that he might be suffering  from mild or initial Intellectual disabilities. 

He has a married sister in the neighboring village and she too is poor and volunteered to keep him in our home.

About his house his married sister will know best as I an told that house is on the verge of falling down & Mr Devendra Can't stay alone even in the future.

Colage of the house attached with this post.

Few days back SSVP members of UCCASIAM church, Bardez , informed me through whatsapp about the horrible living condition of this lonely goan man in a nearby shackled Down house.

It's totally uninhabitable and very very dangerous as it can collapse any time.

SSVP has been providing for his upkeep over a period of time, may be years , but it's not safe for him to live in this home any more.

Beginning of this week , two Hindus Ramesh Bhovi & Chandrakant Pednekar, uploaded a video of a poor goan catholic family from TUEM living in utter poverty and we responded quickly and provided help for this month with an assurance to help them evey month financially.

Now End of this week , the Catholics from UCCASSIAM church request us to help this Hindu man and we took him in and will care & rehabilitate him as he just is beyond poverty level

This is our GOA / GOEM.

Ethnic GOANS are made of this stuff where religion is secondary but humanity is primary.

We @ Street Providence run shelter Homes which cater and rehabilitate people of all faiths be it Catholic, Hindu , Muslim.

Our Staff consists of all faiths like Catholic, Hindus, Muslims & Sarna Dharma.

@ Street Providence it's humanity 1st.

I have been working in different states in INDIA , where everything is only about caste , creed & religion but in Goa its unique as our ethnic Goans are only brought up with one thinking ie 

HUMANITY FIRST. ( GOENKARPONN) .

We need to see GOD in the poor, hungry , sick , homeless and when you see this you begin to feel that joy peace happiness.

As we go through this LENTEN season I feel we all need to understand the pain of the poor, hungry , the sick, the lonely, those with disabilities and not only focus on the rituals but by going out of the way to give life to others just like these SSVP members from UCCASSIAM church went out of their way to see that this man got a better standard of living.

We request you to be generous towards our NGO as our bills keep mounting daily, new admissions are practically happening weekly, most of the inmates are in need of constant medicines and continous follow ups at Government hospitals. 

We as Goa's only free shelter homes both for men & women in North & South Goa are constantly opening our doors to our poor fellow goans who are suffering from poverty , hunger & disabilities.

Government of Goa , should realize that there are so many ethnic genuine goans who are struggling for two square meals and basic medical facilities and their needs should be addressed and looked into. 

Since we are already doing this service which is actually the job of the government atleast give us our grants in time and with dignity.

I am warning The Government of Goa ” in the coming months and within the next two years , there will be 10000 to 20000 Poor ethnic goans getting to the streets due to many many reasons & 90 % will be living with mental disabilities.

It's time to address hunger & homelessness in Goa and put a plan of action to address this quietly but rising issue. 

Denial is like sweeping this problem under the carpet but We@ Street Providence will keep addressing and solving these issues but will also will be highlitng these issues till the Government gets up and addresses these issues.

Ministers & Departments should not feel upset & disappointment at our constant exposure of  lack of approach & attitude that The Government of Goa is showing towards our own poor goans suffering from mental disabilities and hunger but should rather support us in our fight against hunger and homelessness. 

If you are living in Goa and you come across such poor ethnic goans living either on streets in unhygienic conditions or living in dilapidated & abandoned houses or buildings or bus stops you Need to get help to such poor people. 

Immediately contact the nearest police station and put pressure on them to get help to such people.

We @ Street Providence can be informed through whatsapp messages by sending pictures and videos of the person but we will only accept such persons through the local police stations.

We thank Inspector of Mapusa police station 

Mr Nikhil and the entire team who assisted this man in getting a better life.

Also thanks to SSVP @ Uccassiam for going out of their way to help this man .

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Recently we admiited Mr Jay Shetye  a 48 year old man into our Stroke Recovery Unit as he  has suffered a terrible stroke on his entire left side ie both hand & leg and is homeless & he has no one here in Goa.

Lived and worked many years in Goa in the coastal area and being influenced by high life style refused to listen to his two elder married sisters who themselves are suffering from their own family issues.

About 3 weeks back I got a call from a goan doctor who works in the TB HOSPITAL Margao saying “homeless man with severe stroke is being shifted to our hospital from GMC , but he does not have TB , can u take him into your home “?

It's LENTEN SEASON & it's going to be EASTER soon & we have to be that LIGHT to people like JAY  else LENT will be only about Rituals.

It was and is going to be difficult to rehabilitate JAY as he is totally wheel bound on a pamper and incapicated but to say no was not possible.

Saying Yes has made things Challenging & expensive as one full-time care giver is required to look after and care for JAY.

Our Stroke recovery unit has already 8 such men and JAY will be the 9th person in this unit and non of these men can afford to pay their basic bills & all are wheel chair bound.

So basically our NGO foots all the bills and the grants for this home from Social Welfare Department is just Rs 2500 per person per month

If JAY had to live in a hospital imagine how much the Government would have to pay for his upkeep.

We @ Street Providence take in the most difficult, complicated & terrifying cases as that's what we are established for ” caring for the homeless “.

It will take 6 to 9 months to sort out & get JAY back to his feet,  off the wheel chair and off the pampers.

If you wish to help us with JAYs bills then please get in touch with is through whatsapp messages only on 8380097564.

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21.3.2024 11am IST 

All our lady friends in our 6 women shelter homes in GOA , wish The Hon CM of GOA ,

Dr Pramod Sawant , good health and The Wisdom of God as Dr Pramod, completes 5 full years as The Chief Minister of Goa .

The Hon CM of Goa is beginning to understand the misery of our poor goans suffering from mental disabilities. 

One thing which i need to highlight is ” our food bank installed 11 fridges in POLICE STATIONS in Goa to collect extra cooked food & The Hon CM did not create any hurdles till date , even though we did it on a personal basis with the local police inspector of each police station “.

Last 3 full months, We @ Street Providence have been troubling THE CM of GOA , about so many issues regarding our grants towards the shelter homes that we run in Goa.

And Dr Pramod Sawant has been patient & considerate to listen, hear , understand, instruct the official and get our grants released primarily from WCD dept. 

Exactly In the last 3 months, we approached

The Hon CM thrice ie :

》A. Once at his official Bungalow and he gave us a patient hearing and even addressed the ladies who we took to his Bungalow as ” my sisters and mothers ” & also provided tea & snacks to all our lady friends who visited him that day.

The CM ” assured to release the funds allocated to the shelter Homes run by Street Providence “.

》B. Twice we met The Hon CM Of GOA in his office @ the Secretariat with The WCD officials ie  26th Dec 2023 & 12th March 2024.

Once both these meeting concluded:

Both these amounts look big but it's calculated @ Rs 2500 & @ Rs 5000 per lady per month right from 1.4.2021 onwards for different homes.

We feel sorry to have disturbed The CM again & again but without funds running shelter Homes is not easy.

We still have alot of issues to sort out primarily with WCD ie :

One thing I observed while sitting in front of The Hon CM of Goa for all 3 meetings :

◇ 4. The Hon CM was considerate to these poor goan ladies suffering from mental disabilities & was surprised to hear that the grants were calculated in 2007 while we were in 2023-2024.

No one should conclude after reading this post that I am praising The Hon CM of Goa.

I am appreciating his commitment to releasing our old grants as always WCD officials were telling me ” Finance has sent the file back and always blaming the Finance dept “.

If we had not got an opportunity to meet 

The Hon CM & place all facts and details of how The WCD dept is just making me dance for months, we would not have got a single Rupee as of today & I am sure today most our lady homes would have been closed down.

I always praise and thank publicly any official or Minister who is considerate & kind towards our shelter home program as most of our inmates are ethnic goans suffering from homelessness with mental disabilities. 

But on the other hand I always criticize and highlight how Government officials are harassing me when I infact am doing the dirty work of the Government. 

But in the future ie 1st April 2024 onwards if what has been promised by THE Hon CM of Goa 

through The WCD departments of our pending grants as stated above in this post is not released , we will be again forced to hit the streets and even take the ladies back to The CM Bungalow or even close down the homes.

We firmly belive The Hon CM of Goa is aware of the ground reality of our poor goans turning homeless due to mental disabilities and The Hon CM will stand by his word given regarding grants pattern for 23-24 towards both departments ie Social Welfare dept & Women and Child dept.

As we conclude this post all I can say with gratitude is ” Dr Pramod Sawant thank you for all the help in the last 3 months “

But Dr Pramod Sawant please be more & more considerate towards our poor village goans suffering from mental & intellectual disabilities reaching the streets as the Government has no shelter homes of their own and what ever is running in the state is run by Street Providence.

The Hon CM Of GOA needs to instruct both 

The Social Welfare Department and 

The Women & Child Department to accept all further applications from Street Providence to start more homes as the no. of poor goans turning homeless due to mental disabilities is alarming.

Since Finance Department is under The Hon CM I request The Hon CM to instruct his department to release our funds as and when the bills are presented.

WE @ Street Providence Pray for The Hon CM of GOA good health, long life and The Wisdom of God to guide him as he continues his role as The CM of GOA with his due attention to poor goan people suffering from hunger , homelessness and acquiring so many different types of disabilities. 

Please no negative comments on this post as I am not a member of any Political party as of date.

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