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21Feb/21

IS IN NEED OF MEDICAL AID EQUIPMENTS

Updates
21.2.2021 4pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA, is in need of medical aid equipment like pampers , bed, tripods, walking sticks, wheelchair , crutches, etc for homeless Street people.
If you have any of this second hand medical aid equipment which is not being used by you, then please donate to us for homeless Street people in our homes. 
We have about 30 such inmates who r old, infirmed , bedridden, weak, paralyzed, operated for fractures, etc. 
We also have a lot of poor people who can't afford such aids and approach us for wheel chairs, walking sticks , medical beds.
Whatever equipment you are donating has to be in working condition please don't make us go and repair it as we just don't have the time and energy.
If you have any equipment to give away please WhatsApp me 838009 7564, we will come and pick it up with an appointment.
Please forward this message and this poster to your friends who you feel might have some of these things to give away, especially adult Pampers.
Your donations play an important part in our organisation as that's the only source of income in looking after so many homeless street people .
We offer you 80G EXEMPTION on all your donations with your pan card copy .
Donations only through Cheques/ NEFT .

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
17Feb/21

THIS GOAN HOMELESS MAN NEEDS HELP TO WALK PERFECTLY ONCE AGAIN .

Updates
17.2.2021 5pm IST 
This goan homeless man needs help to walk perfectly once again .
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST, GOA gets Mr Devidas Phadte off the streets of panjim on 13.2.2020 with a wound on his leg wrapped up in a plastic bag. 
♡♡ Devidas has been for years sleeping outside a building in panjim next to HDFC & YES Bank .
From early 2018 we were trying to rehabilitate him as his wound was quite bad
But every time he refused. 
On 13.2.2020 , Amresh from Aldona called me .
Those days he would be unclean, smelly and would sleep under a tree. 
But we finally got Devidas off the streets on 13.2.2031 and he had alot of pain and worms on that foot .
Many trips were made to hospitals, doctors and nurses in the last 1 year .
Today his wound is completely healed as seen in the video.
Watch the 4 min video please 👇
Devidas balances and walks on that leg on his heal.
That foot can't touch the ground. 
I require advice what is the best way to get that foot to balance completely so that he can walk straight again.
Many times in the last 1 year we almost gave up in him as purposely he would go in the mud and dirt and dirty that leg .
Or he would have bath without tying a bag on that leg. 
And mind you that wound was fresh and oozing till may be 6 months ago .
It required daily dressing and cleaning which went on may be for almost 10 months. 
But today I am happy and proud that all our troubles and frustration have shown results
Otherwise If not for us , Devidas would be still on the streets, daily going for dressing to the hospital in that area and then again getting the same infection and pain back. 
We are that last resort for such extreme cases where usually no one touches such cases and such people except government hospitals. 
At times, medical condition of homeless people are so pathetic that it's just next to impossible to help, as the costs and hospital trips are too high to bear .
But what to do ?
We need to also live HUMANITY .
That's what Street Providence is all about .
And we can only do such work with your support and blessing. 
Inspite of :
☆ Rising costs 
☆ Few homes and more people to look after 
☆ Stretched resources 
☆ Multiple sickness in inmates 
☆ Etc , 
Yet we try our level best to reach out to as many as we can daily. 
No matter what one murmurs about me , I daily have enough of responsiblity of close to 100 people on my shoulders and if any one grumbling can do a better job than me please join in .
Try looking after just 1 family member for a month a see .
Here it's close to 100 people average and counting.
We require your support in :
▪︎Kind 
▪︎Petrol vouchers 
▪︎Medications 
▪︎ Resources/ donations. 
We offer you 50% income tax exemption under 80G .
We accept donation only through NEFT / CHEQUES 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 / 7020314848
14Feb/21

THANKS AND IS GRATEFUL TO THE ROTARY CLUB , MAPUSA

Updates
13.2.2021 7pm IST 
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA, ♡♡ Thanks and is grateful to THE ROTARY CLUB , MAPUSA , for supporting us in the last 3 full years for taking care of Cataract eye operations of all our homeless street people. 

Attached a 5 min link of our gratitude towards Rotary Club .
It was under this Committee :
☆ President- Rtn Abhijeet Walke,
☆ Secretary and cataract coordinator – Rtn Rajesh Khedekar ,
☆ Past president and assistant Governor – Rtn Ajay Menon.
that we managed to get so many homeless street people free cataract surgery.
No written agreement, no documentation between Street PROVIDENCE & Rotary Club of Mapuca .
Only our work and service towards the homeless is what they have been seeing which has brought about such an association for the last 3 years .
It's been close 3 years and over 20+ cataract eye operations conducted freely at Vision Hospital, Mapusa , which has been taken care through THE ROTARY CLUB MAPUCA.
Infact today , we had 2 homeless goan men operated at vision hospital for cataract
Picture attached. 
Of which one man has been operated on his second eye .
The 1st eye was also operated a few months back also at VISION HOSPITAL thru The Rotary club of Mapusa .
The other goan man does not have an eye at all as it's dead completely. 
Next week 2 more old homeless men might be needed to be operated for cataract
Its been a great financial saving to us as The Rotary club of Mapuca is taking care of all the expenses regarding all our cataract operations for our homeless street people .
We are in need of help from such clubs/ hospitals/ organisations / hospitals/ doctors etc towards :
▪︎Dental issues 
▪︎Hearing aids
▪︎Skin related issues ,
▪︎Physio therapy 
▪︎General health checkup monthly 
▪︎Etc 
If there are other clubs from Rotary , Lions , JCI , etc who understand homelessness and poverty , then please support us through the above services just like The Rotary Club of Mapuca has been taking care of our cataract operations of our homeless street people. 
Once again we thank The Rotary Club of Mapuca for the support in the last 3 years and looking forward to many more years of support .
Caring & rehabilitation of homeless people is a calling and not a force.
You need to have that compassion and determination along with sacrifice to even think of homelessness as an issue. 
Easy to sit and condemn or judge such work but very difficult to start even with 1 homeless person. 
Donations through kind or through cheques/ NEFT only along with your pan card copy .
We operate only through social media. 
And no calling at all.
All communication strictly through WhatsApp messages only on 8380097564.
Inspite of last 3 years of running Street Providence , through whatsapp only , still I hear complaints about me being rude & arrogant from a very few .
I once again apologize incase I have been rough or rude to any one on a phone call. 
Switch to WhatsApp messages and see the difference .
I just don't run Street PROVIDENCE. 
I have a full time sales job , 9 to 5 , plus I have a family .
I have 2 numbers and most of the time I am talking to 2 people on both nos as most of the calls require urgent attention.
With hundreds of messages everyday and with our internal staff calling all the time, its just not possible that I will not be loosing my cool. 
Besides I always speak on a speaker phone and I have a very hoarse voice which makes the receiver feel its loud or rude.
When u r continously on the road and speak on a Speaker phone, and range drops and with a talk time daily of minimum 3 hours incoming & outgoing, besides numerous quick decisions to be made , you tend to get upset and angry and tired .
End of the day I can't listen to your request on a phone call as there is just no time to even reply to messages.
But on the other side , I appreciate and thank our hundreds of benefactors who believe our work and faithfully send WhatsApp messages informing about donations, asking for account details or even confirming that the transfer has been completed. 
God bless you all 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020414848
12Feb/21

GOAN HOMELESS MAN, MR MARIO VAZ , FROM CUNCOLIM

Updates
12.1.2021 7pm IST
This Goan homeless man, Mr Mario Vaz , from Cuncolim, requires Rs 40000 to be able to have vision in his eye.
3 years back we accepted this man directly from the Government hospital.
He was:
▪︎An alcoholic 
▪︎Highly diabetic 
▪︎Living on a street ,
▪︎Was next to blind in both eyes ,
▪︎Had his 1 leg amputated,
▪︎Stressed and in a depression.
▪︎Very tall and heavy in the bones .
Imagine any home ready to accept such a man without any charges. 
Took us 1 year to stabilise him and bring him out of all his issues.
2 years back we operated his 1 eye by getting his retina detachment fixed @ Rs 40000.
That brought sight to his 1 eye.
The Covid lockdown prevented us from fixing his 2nd eye. 
This month we have got an appointment to do a operation on his 2nd eye by fixing his retina detachment. 
The issue is this operation costs approx 
rs 40000 and is done exclusively at 
Vision Hospital , Mapusa .
In the last 18 month we must have taken Mario attest 12 times to the hospital trying to get his 2nd eye operated but most of the time his Diabetes has been out of control. 
Once his diabetes was 525.
But Mario has turned out to be very responsible and co operative. 
In one of our homes he is the MANAGER .
Watch our 5 min video please .
Mario runs the home with his team. 
We have kept him so busy that inspite of having an Amputated leg and no vision in 
1 eye , yet he is doing a fantastic job that his diabetics is within control at times. 
Mario has a big team to assist him .
He has 
▪︎A cook 
▪︎A kitchen assistant 
▪︎2 care givers 
▪︎1 assistant for the medication. 
In that house there are 35 men of which 25 are on prescribed medication and Mario keeps track of everything and anything. 
Mario has a phone which he keeps updating our Manager , Sapnesh with all that happens at the home .
Once we operate his 2nd eye , then we will fix his amputated leg.
If not for Mr Rocky , Now Asst Sub Inspector, Goa Police , attached to , police outpost at GMC , who requested us to take him in, when he was operated and amputated for his leg, Mario would not be still around to see this day. 
Can u imagine that day when Mario was going to be discharged from the hospital, what must have been his mental frame, knowing he lost a leg due to amputation. 
He must have been all confused and stressed whether he would be living back on a street or on a bus stop. 
His health was really bad and he required a home to recover. 
We were that home.
What we sowed in Mario life 3 years back has brought fruit to our shelter home .
This is how plenty of Goa Police personnel work at times .
HUMANE TOUCH .
Mr Rocky could have walked away and said to himself, ” why break my head on Mario “.
But Rocky choose to live and walk with HUMANITY .
We got a very good and responsible MANAGER in our 1 home.
Can u imagine what that means to MARIO & us @ Street Providence.
Mario has something to look forward too inspite of his disabilities .
That's what we do in our rehabilitation homes. 
We take in those, whom the world rejects or avoids and chisel them till they began to shine for others in the home .
Mario has been continously listening to the WORD OF GOD, which plays on a CD.
We must have missed many more like Mario on the streets , for many reasons.
You took can play your part by reaching out to homeless people on the streets and getting them into various old aged and shelter homes. 
But we require your support.
Looking after homeless street people requires alot of resources especially hospital trips and medication.
Please support us through your donations both through kind and cheques/ NEFT .
Please DONATE generously towards our NGO .
We offer you income tax exemption under Section 80G.
Donations in cheque/ NEFT 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 / 7020314848
12Feb/21

“GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU “

Updates
11.2.2021 5pm IST 
♡♡”Give and it shall be given unto you “♡♡
☆ A.
2 days back our NGO received free, a next to new Thread mill & a elliptical cycle from a benefactor Joseph from Margao for our rehabilitation homes.
Picture attached. 
☆ B.
Yesterday we gave away a brand new wheel chair which was donated to our NGO but kept as reserve, to a lady who broke her leg. 
Her husband could not afford a new one .
We could have given our second wheel chair and Kept the new one for our homes .
But no , we always give the best to the poor and needy .
☆☆ C.
Rosita from Divar is a special lady and she had WhatsApp me asking for help 7 days back.
The below link is when we bought the sewing machine 👇
Watch her video of 2 min when we met her 7 days back.
Please hear the video with headphones as the sound is a bit low.
Yesterday we gifted her a brand new sewing machine as her old one broke and sewing is her only source of income.
Thanks to my friend Sherwin who saw the live video I uploaded 7 days back asking for help for Rosita.
Rosita is from Divar and requires :
▪︎ 1. A small washroom to be built inside her house as the current one is outside her house and for her moving out of the house to the washroom is getting a bit difficult.
May cost Rs 30000 max. 
Require a throne, wash basin, taps , pipes , floor tiles, wall tiles and labour cost.
▪︎2. Rosita also requires her kitchen roof to be repaired as there is water seeping into her kitchen during the monson.
Not sure what will be the cost as looking at roof you cant just say what will be the work .
Her roof tiles are okay .
Only the wood work will be need to be replaced with metal beams and metal strips.
Max area of this kitchen should be 
30 sq mts.
If you can please help let me know. 
If you have any walking aids not being used or barely used like:
☆ cluthes, 
☆ Wheel chairs,
☆ Medical beds ,
☆ Surgical equipment ,
☆ Etc 
Please give it to us. 
We have many amputated men in our homes as well as old men who cant walk at all, in need of these aids .
If you have any equipment for exercising or games for the men to play please let me know .
But give cheerfully and in good and working condition without we being asked to repair .
It's very challenging looking after and rehabilitating homeless street people especially those who are incapacitated, amputated, old and the those with unsound mind .
And most of the men in are homes are from the above description. 
And always do good and share your resources which you dont require ( not clothes ) with the poor .
We always try to help anyone who approaches us.
No one is ever sent back empty handed. 
Solutions are always there with us to help the poor and needy. 
Support us through your donations both in kind and in resources. 
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
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 / 7020314848
10Feb/21

” CHRISTMAS FATHER / MR. FAKHIRA CONQUERED HIS DEMONS THROUGH STREET PROVIDENCE”

Updates
10.2.2021 7pm IST 
” Christmas Father / Mr Fakhira conquered his demons through Street Providence”
STOP reading. 
Watch the 4 min video first , which was shot on 8.2.2021 and then continue reading .

” The video is in konkanni “
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA :
picks up from the streets, 
accepts from the streets &
rehabilitates homeless street people which at times are beyond your imagination.
And we strive hard to get each and everyone human being in our shelter home back on track :
no matter how severe the matter is , 
no matter how many years one is in depression, 
no matter how many wounds or dirt is on the body, 
no matter even if our eyes tell us it's a hopeless case, dont touch this case .
Our biggest success story after 3 years. MR FAKHIRA .
One of the toughest and the worst case we ever handled. 
Yet today FAKHIRA is as gentle as a child. 
We have managed to destroy the animal instinct in him which made him reach the streets and loose his mind very badly .
Everyone knew him as Christmas Father especially in and around Panjim City , Goa.
We tried many times to get him off the streets but he always came to attack us or he was extremely dirty , unclean & in inhumane conditions with foul smell .
But we kept trying till we used DIVINE PROVIDENCE to get him off the streets. 
When we picked Fakhira he was :
☆ Heavy in body ,
☆ Wounded smelly leg in a plastic bag ☆ ☆ with live worms and maggots, 
☆ Abusive and rough, 
☆ Uncontrollable,
☆ Highly in depression, 
☆ Water phobia, 
☆ Etc etc 
I can go on .
But many many former care givers played their part in breaking him down slowly. 
The main players behind this success story has been the :
DOCTORS @ IPHB , Bambolim &
Sr Mariola who would often do counseling with him .
Continuous medication and visits to IPHB @ Bambolim is what played a major part in what FAKHIRA is today. 
Today Fakhira :
☆ Has his own bath ,
☆ Brushes his teeth, 
☆ Uses the washroom 
☆ Eats without food falling out of the plate, 
☆ Washes his own plate, 
☆ Does the work allocated to him ,
☆ Speaks politely and properly ,
☆ Does not waste water/ has no water pobhia
☆ Sleeps peacefully,
☆ Takes his medication faithfully,
☆ Reasons out and can think properly. 
I remember in early 2018 , many many people would trouble me to rehabilitate him, but it always looked impossible. 
Being determined towards the cause of taking care of such cases concerning homeless and depressin , we are proud of FAKHIRA as of today. 
As the only NGO in GOA picking and looking after such highly complicated and depression cases from the streets, is not an easy task with the number of such men / cases in our homes. 
You and I together need to live and walk towards humanity .
Its easy to request to get some one off the streets. 
But the rehabilitation process is an expensive aspect which makes every one avoid starting rehabilitation/shelter homes and take the easy route to running old aged homes. 
Rehabilitation homes are only for poor street people who dont pay any fees .
We @ Street PROVIDENCE requires more shelter homes to rehabilitate homeless street people of which 50% are our local goans. 
Street Providence requires your support both in kind like :
▪︎dry ration 
▪︎Medicines 
▪︎Pampers
▪︎Walking aids 
▪︎Toiletries 
▪︎Etc
and in resources to rehabilitate the homeless in our homes across Goa .
Every day except Sunday, we are in some government hospital with our people for treatment and medication. 
Please DONATE generously towards our NGO .
We offer you income tax exemption under Section 80G.
Donations in cheque/ NEFT 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 / 7020314848
09Feb/21

PRESENTS YOU ONE VARIOUS PROGRAMS HOW WE SERVE AND WORK FOR THE POOREST OF THE POOR & THE DOWNTRODDEN IN GOA .

Updates
9.2.2021 10am
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST, GOA presents you on various programs how we serve and work for the poorest of the poor & the downtrodden In Goa .
▪︎1. Dry ration distributed to 30 poor Native Goans @ Canacona for the 3rd straight month for Feb 2021.
▪︎2. Something small for 3 orphanges in Goa.
▪︎3. Rs 16000 paid for the 2nd straight month towards a poor Goan lady who is on dialysis and totally bed ridden.
♡♡ 1. Thanks to our volunteer Sharon & her husband, we have managed to distribute through them dry ration across various villages in Canacona taluka to 30 really poor native goans.
Along with ration we also gave 20 families new plastic folding stools .
Most of these families are suffering from some sickness and poverty is stark naked.
A few families we even paid their electricity Bill's. 
Attached 1 small videos.

♡♡ 2. Thanks to Mr Anthony from Benaulim who donated rs 20000 towards our orphanage programme, we for the month of January 2021 are providing these items to 3 orphanages in Goa .
Something small for the orphans but yet we @ Street Providence are there month after month giving cheerful as we receive.
Picture attached of the items .
♡♡ 3. For the 2nd month we have helped this native goan bedridden lady with rs 16000 for her dialysis, donated by Mrs K & her husband in gratitude for their lovely twins being recently gifted from God .
This lady is bedridden and requires a car to take her for dialysis twice a week to the center. 
Every week, she requires rs. 4000/-, ( she goes twice a week for dialysis )
This includes:
▪︎Car : Rs. 1000/-
▪︎Medicine (injection) : rs. 750/-
▪︎Iron dose injection: rs. 250/- .
Attached a small video expressing her gratitude as well as explaining her situation.
Yet to meet her, but thanks to Patricia for the coordination. 
If anyone can come forward for her March 2021 dialysis expenses, please let me know. 
Yes in all the above 3 projects, it's been possible due to benefactors who have donated generously towards their own choice of the program.
♡♡ Thanks to all our volunteers across so many programs who faithfully do their allocated duties irrespective whether I upload their picture or write about them on social media or not. 
We all serve the poor and in return we serve God through our resources, donations and our time.
You too can play your part.
Support us either in kind ( depending what we require) or through your donations. 
We are badly in need of kitchen equipment like big pots, pans , etc for one of our men home where 35 men are rehabilitated.
We accept cheques/ NEFT only, along with your pan card copy .
We offer you 80G certificate which allows you 50% exemption on your donations to our NGO
No cash donations. 
But you can pay our Bill's directly incase you wish.
Plenty of Bill's are pending in various places across Goa as our projects are spread across Goa .
We operate only through WhatsApp messages on 8380097564 
Strictly no calling .
Please go thru our website to go know more about us .
God bless you so much 
Donald Fernandes
8380097564 / 7021314848
05Feb/21

ADMITS THIS POOR GOAN LADY WHO WAS TREATED FOR MENTAL DISABILITIES AT THE HOSPITAL, INTO OUR HOME .

Updates
4.2.2021 4pm IST
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA admits this poor Goan lady who was treated for Mental disabilities at the hospital, into our home .
Few days back received a request from a Asst Prof requesting to rehabilitate this lady who was going to be discharged soon. 
The lady herself is 12 std pass , with computer knowledge.
But some how has got terribly disturbed mentally. 
The lady Has been creating a nuisance in the village for pretty long time @ 12 years due to her mental state and for over 1 year has been in hospital. 
The Asst Prof and the ladies brother became friends and that is when the 
Asst Prof decided to do something for the poor lady .
The Asst Prof drives 40 kms to their home to understand the level of poverty this lady comes from and to ascertain that this lady requires rehabilitation in our home. 
Brother small cart ( gaddo) has been shut since the lockdown. No source of income. 
It's at this point of time, I assure the 
Asst Prof that we will rehabilitate.
If we refuse there r 2 options:
▪︎1. She remains a few more months / years in the hospital or 
▪︎ 2. She starts roaming back on the streets. 
♡♡ Thanks to FMCK nuns who also double up as our caregivers in the woman home for providing their home & their nuns to run this woman home.
Not an easy task .
♡♡ Special thanks to SR DIANA a FMCK NUN who Is also a professional NURSE for taking care of these 15 + woman in our home.
On coming Saturday another such goan lady will be admitted 
Next week another 91 year old man who is homeless will be admitted into our men home .
Looking after such people is a special calling and I am grateful to God for putting this service into my heart. 
At times I wonder inspite of being very very impatient and uncut , why is God using me?
Also thanks to our :
☆ Care givers, 
☆ Volunteers,
☆ Our trustees ,
☆ Our operational manager ,
☆ Our collaborators ie FMCK nuns , especially SR DIANA ,
☆ The landowners who rent out their homes to us at very cheap rate, 
Without whom this rehabilitation program would not be possible. 
We are the only LAY NGO having the highest no of people with mental disabilities ie 68 ( both ladies and gents) in all our homes and the numbers are increasing. 
Along with donations and support increasing we too are increasing our strength which will be at 150 people very soon.
See when God blesses you or me its not to be kept inside, that blessing needs to be put out to those who require the blessing .
In this case for us its the POOR HOMELESS PEOPLE who we bless daily.
Not an easy task yet we are there Providing FREE food, clothing , medication, hospital visits, etc .
If you have that FIRE in you to serve the poorest of the poor , and can commit yourself full time then we welcome you to serve with us .
If you have an big empty home to rent out to us for rehabilitation of the homeless street people, then please get in touch with me on 8380097564 thru whatsapp messages only .
If you know of poor ladies having mental issues and no one to care for them , then we might just be able to help out .
I repeat might . So understand well .
I am not promising or committing but it will be on case to case basis. 
Provided the paper work is done and we are convinced that the person is poor and requires free rehabilitation. 
By end March 2021 we are preparing to admitt another 40 such ladies in our upcoming 2 ladies homes in collaboration with the nuns as nuns are the only one for us , who can look after such ladies full time. 
Support us through your donations both in kind and in resources. 
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
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 / 7020314848
03Feb/21

IN THE LAST 3 DAYS GETS 3 MEN OFF THE STREETS

Updates
3.2.2021 9am IST
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST, GOA in the last 3 days gets 3 men off the streets of Goa inspite of having lost our biggest home early last month in Margao city .
☆ Case 1 on Sunday :
Napolean spots this goan man Mr Jairam loitering and desperate for help at Mapusa taxi stand. 
Watch the 1 min video. You might shed a tear .
One side he is paralyzed ,weak , frustrated and under nourished .
Thrown out by his family as he has narrated. 
Mapusa Police does the Paperwork and within a few hours he is taken to our home.
Attached a picture after we cleant him .
☆ Case 2 : Monday 
Mr Kamat a goan man , infected, homeless and alcoholic.
Has a fresh wound on his leg as well as has one swollen leg .
No one to look after as he is terribly sick from his incurable disease. 
A source of nuisance in his village as he has no work, no money so no food .
Got his affidavit and other paperwork done and admitt him into our home. 
When we picked him he was like a scavenger. 
On cleaning him and cutting his hair, looks real gentleman. 
Sorry no picture can be uploaded. 
☆ Case 3 : Tuesday 
Mr Rakesh is a non goan , lying in various government hospitals from late Nov 2020.
Attached a picture of him on the bed sitting
Terribly under nourished and a bit of unsound mind with wounds on his body and one hand paralyzed. 
Mapusa police station request us to rehab him as on Tuesday he needed to be discharged from District hospital mapusa and issues the NOC.
Sapnesh does the co ordination and Naploean gets the paperwork and other formalities done. 
If discharged from the hospital , he will be back on the streets. 
On humanitarian conditions we pick him up else he might just not make it .
Conclusion 
Frankly speaking we are over stretched in our mens homes as we just dont have space. 
Other side, these 3 homeless men might just not make it , if not rehabilitated in time. 
We require ASAP a big big home to rehab more homeless men, who are looking for a place to stay and food to eat .
Getting them of the streets is okay but the hospital trips and doctors visits is really very difficult and expensive. 
Then quite a good number of them are incapicated and they need to be cleant and bathed often .
Caregivers have a tough time. 
Yet we are there , ready to share HUMANITY with these homeless people inspite of our biggest home being taken away from us in Margao.
See, inspite of not a single home owned by us , yet we are able to do so much .
Otherside, see who has all the big houses, big buildings , big institutions and plenty on nurses and attendants and yet the poor , homeless and underprivileged adults are just not important to be admitted into these completely empty buildings.
Becuase they can't afford the fees.
Only those with money are cared for and looked after .
Rest die on the streets. 
If you cant use your buildings for the poor atleast give it to us to use to rehabilitate the homeless. 
Sometimes i really get frustrated and upset at how our own society attitude towards the homeless and downtrodden. 
All only preach & teach to others about the homeless, the poor , the hungry but very very few , ( single digit % ) actually do these services here in Goa .
To love the poor & the homeless you don't require property, assets, bank balance, a top class Advocate, but you need to have a heart of humanity. 
The lockdown & the pandemic is creating a big havoc to the poorest of the poor right across Goa .
Homeless people are increasing in various cities of Goa due to unemployment. 
Support us as we are the only NGO in Goa looking after homeless street men & women without any charges. 
Kindly support us through any way you can.
You can pay :
☆ Our medical Bill's 
☆ Our food and ration Bill's 
☆ For petrol vouchers 
Or you can donate to our Trust and we offer you 50% income tax exemption under 80G.
But the work will go on but will not stop as God provides through benefactors like you who are inspired by God.
We operate only through WhatsApp on 8380097564.
No calling please and no cash donations .
All donations with your pan card copy and strictly through Cheque / NEFT .
God bless you so much 
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848
31Jan/21

THANKS MR. JOHN TRAVASSO FROM FATORDA WHO YESTERDAY DONATED A BRAND NEW CAR TO OUR ORGANISATION.

Updates
31.1.2021 11am IST
STREET PROVIDENCE TRUST GOA Thanks Mr John Travasso from Fatorda who yesterday donated a brand new Car to our organisation.
We @ Street Providence have followed this scripture always :
♡♡ Give & it shall be given into you, 
Good measure , pressed down, 
Shaken together, etc ♡♡ 
Post lockdown due to the pandemic , we had offered our only ambulance to the PHC @ CHIMBEL which was returned early December 2020.
We had uploaded a post in October 2020 on social media asking/ requesting for a 2nd hand ambulance to purchase. 
Within 30 min of that post 2 senior citizens replied :
♡♡ 1st one John Travasso 
♡♡ 2nd one Ivan Rasquinha.
Both agreed to donate generously for an ambulance.
I immediately confirmed with Mr John that we will accept his donation for the new ambulance. 
I quickly informed Mr Ivan that we have received commitment from another benefactor and will not accept his donation.
But Maruti Eco ambulance either brand new or 2nd hand were not available. 
Both the above senior citizens tried at their level but yet we just could not get a 2nd hand Maruti Eco ambulance. 
We even booked a new Maruti Eco ambulance through Chowgules but given to understand there is a shortage of ambulances at the manufacturing facility.
Approached the OSD to the Transport Minister of Goa , with a request to allow us to convert / modify our existing Maruti Eco van to an ambulance. 
The OSD was kind enough to allow us the same through the advice of 
THE Director of Transport, Goa , who explained the rule under section 52 where by this is possible. 
I explained this to John and he understood the same. 
We requested John for a New Wagon R car as the mileage Is 50% more than an Eco and he willingly agreed.
Especially with the cost of Petrol HITTING an all time high .
Infact John was kind enough to send additional funds for the conversion / modification of our existing Maruti Eco into a full fledged ambulance. 
In 1 month from today our modified ambulance should be ready. 
♡♡ Thanks to Fr Ubald , Parish Priest of Cavelossim Church who blessed our New Car in the presence of Mr Dixon Vaz.
We have a home for homeless street men in Cavelossim and i know Fr Ubald from my school days way back in 1989.
By end April 2021, we are planning to house in total 150 homeless street people. 
Approx 100 men & 50 women. 
Of which :
☆ 60% will be people with Mental disabilities 
☆ 10% will be people with physical disabilities
☆ 10% will be with injures and old age .
Daily hospital trips and doctors visits is something we just cant avoid especially when its a rehabilitation home for street people. 
Transportation to the hospitals of these homeless people Is something which happens daily due to the weak health parameters being on the streets for months if not years .
Besides rehabilitation, we also collect food across Goa through our Food bank programme on daily basis and here too transportation is required. 
With More homes starting soon & more homeless people being picked up and rehabilitated , means more transportation is to be considered. 
Now we are having 80+ people in our homes .
Took a hit after we lost our biggest home.
But that's how the Evil one comes to steal, kill and destroy . 
Planning an exclusive FREE home for the ever increasing no of substance abused youngsters in Goa very soon .
But In 3 months from now , just before the monson we are trying to double the numbers to 150 homeless and 
poor abandoned goans off the streets and into our homes .
We are still looking for a big home only for men which can hold about 50 in total under 1 roof .
For women on the streets, we have two homes starting from March 2021 .
Currently we are looking after 15 street women for the last 2 years supported by FMCK congregstion .
Your support in so many ways is what drives us to go beyond our means .
We will still be requiring atleast 2 more cars and once we get these cars we will convert/ modify our balance 2 Maruti Eco into ambulances as that's the only way forward with regards to ambulances .
If any one knows of a 2nd hand Maruti Eco ambulance for sale please let me know .
God bless you all
Donald Fernandes 
8380097564 / 7020314848