HOW IT HAPPENED
In 2013, Donald Fernandes and his wife were blessed with a little girl, and they wanted to rejoice by doing God's work. Searching for what would make him truly happy in life, Donald and his wife began cooking out of their own kitchen for a group of 50 poor people, all out of gratitude to God for the gift they had received.
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His good work continued to grow. He bought an ambulance in 2015 and used it to transfer the poor who could not afford transport to hospitals. The year after that he installed a tap in his own compound in Sangolda, which offered filtered water freely to the underprivileged.
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Since then, Donald has continued his journey creating multiple food banks, street services, blood banks, medicine banks, employee generation, and providing education to the poor. He hopes to make Goa a better and poverty-free community.
WATCH DONALD FERNANDES' TED TALK
Banks without money for the poor and needy
ABOUT OUR TEAM
Meet the People Behind the Work
DONALD FERNANDES
Founder and Head of Operations
Donald founded Street People Trust in December 2017. Starting off by cooking food for the poor each morning, Donald now operates all branches of Street Providence. His goal is to alleviate poverty in Goa. Donald holds a Limca World Record, and he and his wife have three beautiful children.
TEAM
ANSELM DSOUZA
Engineer