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12Jan/21

HAS BEEN RUNNING A PROGRAM CALLED POGO RATION

Updates
12.1.2021 7pm IST 
A lot of PEOPLE often feel there are no poor goans in Goa ( POGO GOANS / ETHNIC GOANS ).
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA has running a program called POGO RATION where for Rs 1000 we provide dry ration monthly to really poor goans ( POGO GOANS / ETHNIC GOANS ).
Our volunteers identify and verify that the economic condition of these POGO GOANS / ETHNIC GOANS and then only we provide the ration kit and look into their other issues. 
We would like you to read about 2 such GOANS living in condition which might make you shed a tear .
☆ 1. Man in CANACONA
▪︎No living member. 
▪︎No income 
▪︎Has kidney issue requires medication 
▪︎No electricity for many years .
▪︎No money for medication 
▪︎Stays in unbelievable conditions.
▪︎Candle light he uses 
▪︎No phone or cell 
SOLUTION : WE PAID RS 20000 approx which includes :
▪︎His old Eletricity Bill paid : 4344
▪︎New Electric equipment : 7240
▪︎New Test report : 600
▪︎Electrician charges: 3000
▪︎For earthing labour coal ,salt :1500
▪︎Miscellaneous expenses 3000
Total Amount : 20000.
Coming week I feel he will have electricity in his house after many many years .
( Will upload pictures and video on that day)
☆ 2. Woman who is bedridden & on Dialysis.
( I hope you understood the above line )
▪︎Bed ridden 
▪︎50 years old 
▪︎On dialysis
▪︎No source of income 
▪︎Requires a car to go for dialysis 
Solution : WE PAID RS 16000 for this month expenses which breakup is as :
( Twice a week dialysis .)
This includes:
▪︎Taxi : Rs. 1000/- × 2 
▪︎Medicine (injection) : rs. 750/- ×2
▪︎Iron dose injection: rs. 250/- .× 2
Total per week Rs 4000
Per month Rs 16000.
Dialysis treatment is FREE.
Looking for some one who can come forward and cover these expenses especially the dialysis expenses.
Many many more such poor people we are discovering and supporting through our 
POGO RATION ( ETHNIC GOANS) & through many many other ways .
Incase you are:
Getting married 
Getting engaged
Celebrating your birthday 
Got a event to celebrate 
Blessed because the stock market is @ 48k
Etc
then you should think about supporting such POGO / ETHINIC GOANS especially the lady who is bedridden and on dialysis. 
And one more point ” NEVER PROMISE TO HELP THE POOR IF YOU CANT.”
Those who doubt our work & spread nasty lies about us , are those who have blinded their eyes with their own :
Property 
Family / Society members 
Own belief that only they can help the poor everyone else helping the poor is a cheat.
I have minute details filled in a form of POGO / ETHNIC GOANS who at times are evening struggling for plain rice and curry, 
Our DRY RATION atleast gives them that nutrition and something to live on.
If you can't help its okay, but dont spoil and cast assperations on our little hard work just because you are :
Well educated 
Having enough to eat
Good bank balance 
You are a big society with plenty of property.
Remember we come naked we go naked and the only thing we can take is poor people prayers with us .
We offer you 80G EXEMPTION on all your donations with your pan card copy .
Donations only through Cheques/ NEFT .
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God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 702031484
10Jan/21

CONGRATULATES MR ROCKY FROM GOA POLICE ON HIS PROMOTION AS ASSISTANT POLICE INSPECTOR.

Updates
10.1.2021 5pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA, congratulates 
MR ROCKY from Goa Police on his promotion as ASSISTANT POLICE INSPECTOR.
Yes like Rocky, congratulations to all the other personnel who were promoted. 
But Rocky sir is different. 
Rocky sir has been quietly and consistently getting alot of homeless street men off the streets of Goa, especially around and from GMC hospital .
ASI Mr Rocky sir is incharge of the police outpost at GMC and he and his team are a big help to many homeless people.
In the last 3 years , more than 30 such men have reached our home only because 
ASI Rocky & his team have been informing us about the same. 
▪︎1. Homeless men reach GMC for treatment either thru 108 or by themselves 
▪︎2. Once admitted and treated they need to go somewhere .
▪︎3. But there is no somewhere except back to the streets. 
▪︎4. ASI Rocky & his team guide and send such homeless people to us .
▪︎5. ASI Rocky gets their NOC done .
▪︎6. There are at times ASI Rocky has personally dropped in to our homes to visit and see the care being given to the men who he has provided a shelter. 
Attached a video of a goan amputated, diabetic and visually impaired man still alive only because of ASI ROCKY.
Mario Vaz from Cuncolim was operated & was amputated in 1 leg at GMC in mid 2018 and had no place to go after his discharge as he has no one in this world.
ASI Rocky steps in and brings him to our home.
Today if Mario is alive its because of 
ASI Mr ROCKY.
Attached a 1 min video in konkanni. 
Its possible we missed out on alot of such men like Mario Vaz as we were not informed or reported . 
Like Mario there are more than 30 such men who have lived to see better days just because ASI Rocky felt humanity.
When u think of a police man or see a police man , what thoughts come to your mind ?
Here there is a police man who feels, lives and understand humanity & homelessness.
Your 1 call or your good intentions might be that only reason a homeless person sees a shelter home.
After 32 years of service & being in such a outpost where homelessness can be seen daily, I feel proud that Rocky has earned his promotion and I am sure all those 30 odd homeless men have and are praying for good health of ASI ROCKY .
God bless all the Goa police personal from so many different police stations of Goa who in the last 3 years have brought hundreds of such people to our homes from the streets. 
You , your children and families will be blessed always by these homeless street people .

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God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
09Jan/21

LOOKING AFTER LAST 3 FULL YEARS HOMELESS PEOPLE

Updates
9.1.2021  5pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA has been looking after last 3 full years homeless people who are basically in :
▪︎Depression 
▪︎Alcohol 
▪︎Drugs
▪︎Sick 
▪︎Unsound mind .
It's not an easy task for us as it requires commitment and dedication  .
Most of the men when admitted are:
▪︎Bruised 
▪︎Damaged 
▪︎Unclean in body and In their habits 
▪︎Unsound mind and depression state
▪︎Mumble and grumble continously 
▪︎No toilet habits 
▪︎Blabber anything 
▪︎Or just quite and dont Reply as they          are lost .
Sorry the video is about 22 min and due to connectivity issue there has been some disturbances.
What you will see in the video is the finished product ( most of them ) and few are work in progress. 
☆ Attached a small video as facebook link and 👇
☆ Also attached the same video through YouTube. 👇
Most of such people are kept in houses where family members pay and these charges start at rs 20000 and go up to rs 40000 a month. 
But what about poor homeless street people who can't afford such high charges?
That's where Street PROVIDENCE reaches .
Our homes ( not houses ) look after and care for such homeless people FREE OF COST & results are close to 100%.
In All our mens homes , the care givers are the same street men who got off the streets 2 to 3 years back after fighting alcohol & depression and they are now committed to looking after other such men.
We must be the only NGO inspite of not OWNING any houses in our names as of today  , yet doing this SERVICE .
In Goa there are more than 250 to 300 such registered homes but 90% charge fees which I understand are required to run the homes.
According to my understanding in the coming 5 years, 150 of such homes will be closed due to manpower .
We will be ready to bridge that gap if the need arises. 
We have stopped accepting any more homeless men as of last month due to lack of space. 
But this year 2021 we are going to focus more on rehabilitation. 
Not sure where the Homes are going to come from , but I have desire to look after and getting ready to rehabilitate 150 such homeless ladies and gents during this entire year 2021.
Take a pledge this new year to support the homeless and street people. 
Please support us in our mission to eradicate homelessness and hunger in Goa.
We offer you 80G EXEMPTION on all your donations with your pan card copy .
Donations only through Cheques/ NEFT .
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As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564.
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 702031484
06Jan/21

DISTRIBUTES 25 KITS DRY RATION ALONG WITH 20 BRAND NEW PLASTIC STOOLS TO POOR GOAN FAMILIES (POGO) IN VELIM AREA

Updates
6.1.2021 6 pm IST 
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA GOA distributes 25 kits dry ration along with 20 brand new plastic stools to poor goan families (POGO) in Velim area .
This families are in :
☆ Ambelim 9 families 
☆ Assolna 9 families 
☆ Chinchinim 2 family 
☆ Cuncolim 1 family 
☆ Sucalden 2 family 
☆ Velim 1 family 
♡♡ Thanks to Daniel & his wife Elaine from Velim food bank, who are our VOLUNTEERS for doing such a wonderful service last 3 years .
Most of these families are ethnic goans ( POGO) & are senior citizens and are really below poverty line. 
Their homes require repairs,
Most are old and senior citizens,
They require medicines ,
No source of income,
Some are depending on the dole,
People from these areas namely :
Ambelim , assolna , Chinchinim, velim if you have extra and IN WORKING CONDITION the following items to give away please WhatsApp me on 8380097564
☆ Gas stove 
☆ Tables 
☆ Chairs 
☆ Beds 
☆ Cupboards 
☆ Buckets 
☆ Mugs 
☆ Washing machine 
☆ Television 
☆ Fridge 
☆ Mixer 
You can go directly and give these items to our ethnic goans ( POGO ) without involving us.
We will provide you the details and addresses. 
We were given 50 brand new stools by 
Mr Christopher the manager at 
V PAUL Souza & Sons Panjim, a paint & hardware dealer, for our homes. 
♡♡ A big thank you to V PAUL Souza & sons Panjim for entrusting us with these 50 new stools .
Of which :
☆ 10 we kept for our NGO .
☆ 20 for velim food bank 
☆ 20 for Canacona area .
Alot of families are feeling the effect of the pandemic .
We have identified and are supporting close to 500 such families right across Goa.
Please adopt one such GOAN family for 
Rs 1000 only a month by providing dry ration.
You can buy the ration and go directly and give in your hands to these families. 
We have the addresses and phone nos .
You can choose your area right across Goa.
Or you can pay for the dry ration directly to our supplier. 
Or you can donate to our NGO either through Cheque or NEFT .
We offer you Income tax exemption under section 80G along with a copy of your pan card. 
If you are holding on to your job or 
you have a small business going or 
if your investments have fetched you a good return as the stock market is very high , 
then this New Year reach out to poor families. 
Be a giver and a cheerful giver. 
Your seed will be blessed and multiplied 100 times by these poor senior citizens .
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As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564.
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 702031484
04Jan/21

TIES UP WITH NAB GOA ( NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND) TO PROVIDE DRY MONTHLY RATION AND MEDICATION

Updates
4.1.2021 3 pm IST
Today is WORLD BRAILLE DAY &
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA, GOA ties up with NAB Goa ( national association for blind) to provide dry monthly ration and medication to 30 very poor people who are either totally blind or partially blind .
Attached a 5 min video of Mr Mendonsa , President of NAB Goa explaining how the blind can be helped 👇🏻
Being impaired or blind is not an easy life especially when u r poor and below poverty line. 
Now understand this if you are :
☆ Blind 
☆ Poor 
☆ Mentally challenged .
☆ Physically challenged,
How would you feel ?
These are some of the cases that i am aware of.
We thank Mr Mendonca ( from Mr Farmer ) Guirim Bardez Goa for entrusting us with his request which we have agreed to provide ration and medicines to 30 very poor people.
These 30 families are spread across Goa .
Since it's only 30 ration kits, if you can contribute rs 500 only from the below :
▪︎Personal from Police stations 
▪︎Employees from banks 
▪︎Employees at factories 
▪︎Employees from government offices
▪︎Etc
Or any one can come forward monthly and pay for this ration. 
Or Can u take a New Year Resolution 2021 and support monthly every month just 1 blind person with his ration and medicines?
Can we get any 2 persons who can deliver these ration kits in your cars with your petrol every month to these families?
Medicines required are 
☆ AMLOKINE
☆ FORACORT ROTACAPS 200
☆ METFORNIN 
☆ ATHEART 10mg tab
☆ GLYCOMET GPI tab
☆ TELMISARTAN 
☆ AMLODIPINE
☆ Etc .
There is 1 particular case very sad case & requires: 
☆ DILO LS
☆ DELPROCURE tab
☆ NEUROBION FORTE
☆ D3 plus
☆ RUBIRED
☆ COS 3 syrup 200ml
Please don't buy medication without confirming with me.
You can check with me and then go directly every month to the family and give their ration and their medicines so that you can see for yourself where your SEED is going .
Or you can give it to us or to Mr Farmer .
The families are right across all Talukas of Goa so where ever you reside there will always be a poor blind person to help .
The pandemic has taken a real harsh toll on alot of marginalized sections of poor people .
Some blind families and the quantity require :
☆ Gas stoves -7 
☆ Tables -10
☆ Chairs -9
☆ Beds -8
☆ Cupboards -10 
☆ Bucket/mugs -6
☆ Wachine machines- 16
☆ Television -11
☆ Fridge -7
☆ Mixer -5
If you can help please do.
Remember BLIND & POOR .
Incase you are upgrading your home dont go for exchange but give it to these poor blind families. 
Yes you can go directly with your own transport and hand over . We will provide you the addreses and contact nos .
We accept donation only through NEFT / CHEQUES along with your pan card copy .
We offer you INCOME TAX EXEMPTION UNDER 80G. 
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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YouTube channel 
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As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564.
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 702031484
02Jan/21

LOOKING OUT FOR A HOME IN SOUTH GOA TO REHAB 25 to 35 HOMELESS STREET MEN .

Updates
2.1.2021 8 pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA is looking out for a home in South Goa to rehab 
25 to 35 homeless street men .
Attached a 14 min video👇🏻
You can also go through my Face Book page or our You Tube channel in case the video is not dowloading.
Plenty of homeless men including our ethnic goans on the streets and we lost a big home due to EGO & their INTERNAL CONFLICT .
Our other homes are full.
If you have or any one who has:
▪︎A big home
▪︎A incomplete building 
▪︎A big dormitory 
▪︎A farm area with a field 
▪︎Anything liveable, 
Where homeless men can be looked after and rehabilitated, please let me know.
If in the beginning of the New Year we can help the homeless who are on the streets for many many reasons, then now is the time .
50 % homeless street people are our very own Goans of all religions. 
No one usually looks much at homeless as a major issue , as the numbers are very big .
We are ready for rehabilitation of any where between 300 to 500 people.
Free . No charges. But place is an issue. 
Already we are rehabilitating 100 + in our 8 homes minus the biggest one which we are leaving as WE JUST LOST IT.
Support us through your prayers , blessings, time , donations both in kind and through NEFT / CHEQUES .
Your reward is assured as you are providing a roof for the homeless street people through this post. 
We offer you income tax exemption under section 80G for your donations along with your pan card copy .

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As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564.
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 702031484
31Dec/20

WISHES YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021.

Updates
31.12.2020 
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA wishes you all a Very Happy New Year 2021.
♡♡ We thank you all our benefactors, well wishers, volunteers , collaborators for the support shown to us during the entire year 2020.
We suffered a terrible set back during the last days of Dec 2020.
A link of a video attached below 👇
But on the other side , the entire 2020 we managed to reach out to many people on the streets especially during the entire lockdown and even now. 
I took a terrible beating by believing blindly people who actually promised to support us and ended up investing a few lacs of Rupees but feeling terribly cheated .
May be their need was more important than the lives of the poor , underprivileged, homeless street people. 
May be all the work they did with us on the streets of Goa by feeding the hungry right from july 2017 was nothing as compared to the person who instigated them to get us and the homeless street men out of their home. 
I mean no one comes into a home for only 11 months especially when its rehabilitation program and when you invite us to clean up your home both of the illegal migrants and the big terrible rubbish and rouble accumulated in the entire complex. 
Today as we close the year, I recall the same situation I went thru in dec 2017 .
The difference was in dec 2017 when we were given marching orders , we had a few men to move and the investment was NIL.
May be in the future, we might be able to work together. 
But then I always recall, without trouble you can never be successful. 
If there is no opposition to good work then there is something wrong. 
We will survive this storm and come back strongly as these homeless destitute people are CHILDREN OF GOD and no parent will abandon their own children .
God has provided in the last 3 years and surely God will provide. 
I am not going to make a mistake again.
Today in a pandemic we are moving our 35 homeless sick men.
Moving where?
We really dont know where. 
If you reading this post are aware of any big house or big building to lease or give to use for a good cause please let us know. 
Yes its easy to accuse .
There will always be other party views which can be counted on.
But your own society members including your BOSS, data , messages, calls dont lie.
Look in the records of Telephone companies and at MHA. 
Truth will be explained. 
Even the BOSS is not lying .
Thank God that the BOSS is speaking the truth .
I am determined to start the New Year in a very positive note .
I let go of the losses and empty promises .
Please NEVER PROMISE TO HELP THE POOR IF YOU CANT OR ARE UNSURE. 
Because rehabilitation programs work on long term commitments and once promises are made then the disappointment is huge to live with. 
Today we moved out 11 such men of the 35 to one of our existing homes. 
In the next 2 days all 24 will be moved here and there .
Whatever we require of the investment or assets will be taken. 
Rest will be kept back. 
Let the owners use and enjoy the assets which today are no use in our current homes or in case we get another big home. 
We BLESS YOU & prayer for you, your boss, asst boss, all your society members. 
But the sad part is WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PICK UP any more homeless people in the coming month till we get another big home. 
Fyi, there are close to 80 + abandoned people fully fit to be admitted into a shelter home from so many different health care places where they were brought for treatment but ended up lying there as no one came to take them .
There are people lying say for 5 years to about 10 – 15 years .
Very sad .
But this New Year we will with the Grace of God we will get atlest 80 of these people into our shelter homes. 
Provided we get big homes to use .
In addition to these 80 there are another 
70 + people who can be rehabilitated in the next 3 to 6 months .
Of these first 80+ people, 22 are goan men who have no place , no family or relative ready to look after them .
Then there will be more homeless street people looking for rehabilitation as the pandemic is disturbing alot of poor families, routine and life style .
As we celebrated the birth of Baby Jesus , we need to remember that , baby Jesus was born in a stable and died on a cross doing ONLY GOOD.
No property, assets nothing in his name .
We forget we come with nothing and go with nothing but only our good deeds matter. 
We at Street PROVIDENCE are UNABLE to own our own home as we just cant raise crores of Rupees .
I never started Street Providence to own property. 
We started a trust to help homeless people without owning any property. 
It ran successfully for 3 years and it will run the same way in the future. 
Property is not important to us as of today. 
There is so much of unused big homes owned by private people and SOCITIES in Goa which can be used to serve the homeless street people. 
If we cannot get a place no problem, we will divert our attention and energy on 👇 these projects : 
☆ Looking after our 100+ destitudes ,
☆ Feeding more people through our MOW 
☆ Providing dry ration to another 500 families ( we are already providing to 500 families), 
☆ Running free clinics across Goa for those in depression, alcohol, etc , 
☆ Providing transportation through our ambulances and cars from rural areas of Goa for poor goan people who can't reach hospitals as they just cant afford it ,
☆ Providing free medication to poor goan families through our medicine bank .
We are even getting ready to install more food bank fridges out of Goa .
But we will not sit quite .
I will over come this setback with GOOD .
Remember David v/s Goliath. 
150 year old Society is instigated to shut down a 3 year old NGO .
And they have taken the bait.
I end with a sense of gratitude to you all benefactors and volunteers for the support over the last 3 years .
11 years back I was homeless, penniless, jobless , hopeless condition. 
But its my determination and multitasking ability, which made me to come back. 
Plus today I have God, my wife , trustees , volunteers, benefactors, well wishers to help me come back and come back strongly .
Keep supporting us .
God bless you all
Once again A VeryHappy New Year 2021 .
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
30Dec/20

WHAT AND HOW WE DO AT THE FOOD BANK IN GOA

Updates
30.12.2020 10am IST
2014 preparing & feeding 50 tiffins a day 
2020 fed 5000 meals on 19.12.2020 across Goa .
Its been a long and fruitful journey.
A link of 15 min video of what and how we do at the food bank in Goa 👇
Its been a dream run for all of us doing best what We are called to do ie FEEDING THE POOR & HUNGRY IN GOA.
Till the lockdown ie March 2020 we used to daily collect on an average 1000 to 1500 kgs of food from bakeries, hotels , factories, caterers, wedding halls etc.
Post Lockdown April 2020 we started getting absolutely nothing till early October 2020 where now we daily collect about
500 kgs of food.
From February 2020 we started serving freshly cooked/ bought breakfast outside all the major government hospital in Goa, 
Where we cater to about 200 to 250 meals depending on logistics.
In early November 2020 we started MOW ( Meals on Wheels) in major municipalities in Goa feeding the homeless daily 2 meals. 
MOW consists of 
☆ 1 bread / paratha with 1 banana afternoon 
☆ 1 bread / paratha with 1 egg at night .
We also have Volunteers who run MOW and feed poor goan families across Goa both rural and urban both afternoon & night.
Our MOW reaches to 800 to 1000 people daily again depending on logistics .
All our volunteers come in free and there are days they are unwell, other commitments , weather not favourable, bike breaks down, etc so feeding may not happen. 
The 500 kgs food we daily pick is sent to other food bank fridges and for our 8 rehabilitation homes where we look after 100+ destitudes and that's about 300 meals in our own homes. 
So daily we feed about 2000+ through the above program, in the pandemic which is not an easy task .
We also provide dry ration to 500 poor goan families of which 250 families are HIV INFECTED. 
Of these 500 families, we have complete data base of 400 families and the other 100 data is being put together. 
A very unique food bank which till 2017 was not ever attempted in Goa on the scale that it operates now .
And that brings us to you .
Yes, we are doing this service because of YOU our BENEFACTORS and numerous VOLUNTEERS .
Without VOLUNTEERS AND BENEFACTORS we would not be able to grow and cover such a vast area with so many running projects .
Along with success also comes JEALOUSY & DOUBT .
Its human nature .
We invite, anyone who wishes to join us to actually see the working, to please come in daily for 6 days .
Just because it was never done that does not mean it cant be done. 
You will amazed to see how Gods Favour is upon us and how the numerous volunteers work faithfully fulfilling their calling with their own bikes and their own petrol. 
Why ? Because all our volunteers see God in the poor .
God is not in religious buildings, properties, land , etc but he exists in the poorest of the poor .
Those who refuse to believe poverty and hunger exists in Goa , will be surprised to read a report coming which says malnutrition in children post pandemic is rising. 
It will be published soon .
We @ the food bank are trying to take this daily figure of 2000+ meals to 4000+ daily meals in the New Year .
Support us through your prayers , blessings, time , donations both in kind and through NEFT / CHEQUES .
Your reward is assured as you are keeping food flowing to the plates of the poor and hungry through your sacrifice and donation .
We offer you income tax exemption under section 80G for your donations along with your pan card copy .
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter : @streetproviden1
YouTube channel 
and subscribe and if you agree with our work then please like and share 
AND
As usual strictly no calling , only thru WhatsApp on 8380097564.
God bless you 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 702031484
28Dec/20

THANKS, APPI , ( AZIM PREMJI PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVES )

Updates
28.12.2020  5PM  IST
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA THANKS,  APPI , ( AZIM PREMJI PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVES ) one of India's biggest philanthropic organisation for supporting our 3 rehabilitation men's home for the next 3 years .
A 20 min video in this link 👇
It's been a long 8 months getting all the paperwork done, and here we are , ” The youngest NGO ever @ only 3 years old , ever to be granted funding under APPI “.
The work has spoken for itself. 
Our accounts and our systems passed the strictest of checks at APPI enabling us to get these grants inspite of being just 3 years old and with only 2 Balance Sheets in hand as the balance sheet for 19 -20 is yet to be finalized. 
That's the level of transparency we maintain @ Street Providence .
It's the transparency and the free flowing operation which had enabled us to run one of Goa's OUT OF THE BOX operations towards eradicating hunger and  homelessness in Goa ,  which caught the eye of those at APPI.
Thanks to Mr John Pinto my brother in law & his wife Mrs Joanita Pinto ( buddy)  who is our trustee and my sister for taking care of all the paperwork in the last 8 months. 
A big thanks to the man who introduced me to APPI,  Fr Edward, President of CRI , Bangalore Archdiocese , who met me just for 1 hour but understood my work.
Today I stand with folded hands and say a big thank you to all these listed below who played a part at some time or the other : 
But 1st To God for the inspiration to run this unique programme of dealing with hunger & homelessness in Goa.
My wife and my kids for cooking these tiffins in the very early stage before we even started the food bank fridges. 
These 3 men would daily distribute the 50 odd tiffins between 2014 to 2017 :
♡ Abdul
♡ Polly
♡ Ram
When we installed the 1st fridge on ,27.5.2017, these were the people or 
Parishioners of Sangolda & Guirim :
♡ Lazarus 
♡ Marcus 
♡ Joe dmello
♡ Late Adv Ian Zuzart 
♡ Mrs Mendonca from Mr Farmer 
♡ John Dsouza 
♡ Jack 
♡ Mathew & conny 
♡ Trevor 
♡ Trevor ( Hdfc bank )
♡ Nicholas 
♡ Marina 
♡ Melina , 
Who stood with me right from 27.5.2017 .
♡ Also Keegan from Assagao who picked up food for the 1st six months 
The 1st six months were the most difficult and I had multiple health issues. 
From 1.6.2017 these were the places where food started coming immediately :
♡ Royal food, Verna
♡ Dr Britto From Fortune hotel, candolim 
♡ Baker Vincent from Creamux bakery 
♡ Deccan Chemicals,  corlim 
Here I thank Sr Muesela & her team from Presentation Convent Margao who did the picking and serving of food for over 5 months non stop around Margao city .
As we started feeding we used to pick and clean people from the streets at various places every saturday like:
☆ New creation Home, 
☆ Multiple seminaries and schools in Bardez
And these 3 people would run this service :
♡ Mario Venancio ( AAP )
♡ Sapnesh Salgaonkar
♡ Anselm Our Ex trustee 
Our 1st home started on 1.12.2017 at porvorim which was given by my 
brother in law, Mr John Pinto 
Soon Our other food bank fridges started from Dec 2017and namely at :
☆ Margao 
☆ Panjim 
☆ St inez 
☆ Old goa
☆ Ponda 
☆ Pilar
And other 30 places. 
☆ Early 2018 Our 2nd home at St Michael Chapel Assnora, started and thanks especially to all the trustees ie Simon, Joaquim , Luis who opened up their doors to the homeless. 
Quickly we got another home in Mapusa and that was due to Liz Pimenta & family and we just went on and on.
We thank in a big way the following :
▪︎Government of Goa ,
▪︎Archbishop of Goa for the support & the Archdiocese of Goa ,
▪︎Fr Maverick from Caritas for catching my hand for over 18 months ,
▪︎Fr Ubaldo for allowing us to run a rehabilitation home at a closed church on Batim hillock ,
▪︎FMCK Congregation who supported us  tremendously & is still supporting us,  headed by Sr Fatima and the Provincial Sr Vandana ,
▪︎Goa Police & the Police Inspectors who without which rehabilitation would have not been that easy,
▪︎Mrs Lynette from Women & Child department,  Panjim 
▪︎SP Sir Serafin Dias who guided me right from june 2017,
▪︎SP Sir Bosco George who introduced me to DIG in 2018,
▪︎Dysp Edwin from Porvorim SDPO & ▪︎Dysp Raut from Panjim SDPO,
▪︎FHIC Congregation headed by Sr Shirley &  her nuns for attempting to work with us and we are sure we will one day , we will set aside our issues aside and work togther,
▪︎Jesuit House Fathers for the night shelter,
▪︎Caterers Associstion of Goa and in a special way Pradosh Amoncar, 
▪︎Commscope @ Verna,
▪︎Navtara group of Restaurants, 
▪︎Deltin Casino,
▪︎Indy Hospitality ,
▪︎Varun Albuquerque , 
▪︎Hotel Radison & Hotel Dona Slyvia.

The list is endless 
Special appreciation to all at APPI :
☆ SASHI 
☆ HRISHI
☆ MAHESH
☆ RAJNI 
♡ Thanks to 
Mr Michael Dsouza &
Mr Anthony Dsouza , 
2 goan bureaucrats who in late 2017 helped me with alot of support but quietly. 
♡ To all the benefactors who have stood with me ,  inspite of turbulence that we faced because of the issue at BATIM CHURCH in 2019,  yet choose to send us their blessing. 
Big thanks to those early benefactors from june 2017 till date who sow and bless us monthly without fail .
♡ To our Chartered Account Mrs Neeru & her husband Mr Biom for keeping our accounts always on the right track by being strict and demanding explanation all the time .
♡ To our office assistant Mrs Tanaya ( smally ) for standing with us for the last 3 years inspite of various troubles and issues.
To our Trustees :
♡ Adv Caroline 
♡ Joanita Pinto 
♡ Freddy Mendez 
For supporting me in all and every way .
☆ Big thanks to Lyndon Monteiro , OSD to Power Minister for taking care of all our electricity issues whenever we had issues in all our 8 rehabilitation home. 
☆ A special Thanks to Mrs Jennifer ,  Revenue Minster of Goa , for always listening to our problems and going out of her way to find solutions to everything, whenever required. 
Thanks to Ex Ministers of Goa :
☆ Mr Vijay Sardesai, Mla of Fatorda 
☆ Mr Jayesh Salgaonkar,  Mla of Saligao.
Thanks to these 2 IAS officers:
1. Dr Tariq Thomas,  DMA
2. Mrs R Menaka , Collector North Goa ,
for supporting us through our rehabilitation homes and responding to our requests .
Last but not the least our past & current  VOLUNTEERS namely those : 
who serve food at the hospitals , 
who run MOW ( meals on wheels)
who feed on the streets. 
who run our food bank fridges across Goa.
And these pillars at Street Providence :
( North Goa )
♡ Napolean Fernandes 
♡ Sapnesh Salgaonkar 
(South Goa )
♡ John Baptist 
♡ Orlando Misquita 
You guys are a blessing from God .
Last but not the least to BRO JOHNSON for allowing us to actually start our rehabilitation home in his place at NCH in june 2017 & then issuing us marching orders as he realised that to grow one needs to be in the open World among the poor and hungry. 
Thank God I walked away in Nov 2017 and did not retaliate. 
In fact BJ dropped in and prayed with our family on 14.12.2020,  the day APPI official was doing his final inspection in our homes
Just 3 years and see what THE LORD HAS DONE.
I had numerous set backs,  threats , complaints at police stations,  good volunteers left me , donations dwindled at times, arrest seemed imminent,  lost my health,  various problems. 
But its THE FAVOUR OF GOD, that i passed the trials and the tribulations and challenges.
Just 3 years old and such a big Grant from Indias biggest philanthropic organisation is not a small achievement. 
To you benefactors GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR SEED and be rest assured your donations have been planted properly for which you can see fruits.
For the doubting Thomas & few disgruntled elements, sorry you can never ever spoil my name or my integrity , especially where accounts & money is concerned. 
God bless you all and keep supporting us.

Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 
7020314848
24Dec/20

WISHES YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Updates
24.12.2020 6pm IST
Gift your Clothes for the homeless this Christmas. 
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA wishes you all A Very Merry Christmas. 
Remember the poor , the hungry, the homeless, the sick as we celebrate ☆☆☆THE BIRTH OF CHRIST ☆☆☆
Jesus was born in a stable and we need to remember that.
Its Christmas eve and its festive season for us in Goa and elsewhere across the World.
Street PROVIDENCE Goa hears the pains and cries of those facing harsh winters in North India.
We are collecting ONLY GOOD WARM CLOTHES from 2.1.2021 till 15.1.2021 and will be sending by transport to North India.
You got enough time to prepare these clothes and the free items along with the clothes.
☆☆☆We are collecting at Only our office at:
Street Providence
Sangolda , 
Near Sangolda lighting club, 
Near Union Bank of India,
SANGOLDA .
10am to 1 pm
3pm to 5 pm
Off no 8380077564
We will not pick anything from your homes.
Clothes should be 
☆ Washed 
☆ Ironed 
☆ Folded 

☆ Infants , small kids , Children , ladies, mens .
No rubbish please .
We have a right to reject if not up to the mark. So no arguements please .
Along with the clothes please bring the following :
☆ Biscuits 
☆ Sweets / chocolate packets 
☆ Noodles packets 
We will send the foodstuff also to North India along with the clothes. 
Remember poor street people dont only require clothes but also food, so please be gracious and generous .
As for me , it's going to be tough but its worth the effort as there is alot of coordination in clothes bank .
Please , please dont call.
Stick to WhatsApp, you will get your reply. 
WhatsApp your query and we will help u with your questions on 8380097564 .
Once again A Very Merry Christmas .
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848