This winter, as the biting cold descends on Vrindavan, thousands of elderly widow mothers face the harsh reality of abandonment and suffering. With no one to turn to, many are left begging on the streets, exposed to freezing winds and sleepless nights. A warm blanket could mean the difference between despair and hope.Donate warm clothes and blankets to abandoned elderly mothers now. Give generously."Elderly widows don't have shelter. They sleep in cowsheds over sacks. They don't have a blanket. Nights are really difficult for them," shares Winnie Singh, the founder of Maitri. "Since they are abandoned, they don't have a home or family. They have no means to care for themselves or their nutrition. Winters are extremely painful for them, and many eventually pass away. Without thermals, it's not possible to survive winters in Vrindavan."<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />This heartbreaking reality is why Maitri is committed to providing blankets and warm clothing to these abandoned widow mothers. Your contribution can help shield them from the piercing cold and offer them a lifeline during this harsh winter season. "Maitri also provides food, shelter, and healthcare to abandoned widow mothers. Your funds will help them reach and support many more widow mothers in need.

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For a mother who has spent her entire life loving and raising her child, being beaten and mercilessly thrown out onto the streets by her own son is too heartbreaking to overcome. But this is a common story among the elderly residents of the Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. “I’ve seen mothers in old and torn clothes, their bodies smelling and their hands and feet rotting and covered in maggots,” shares Dr. G.P. Bhagat, founder of the ashram. These abandoned elderly men and women lay starving on the streets hoping for someone to rescue them from their suffering. But most people walk past them without a second glance. “Like this”, Dr. Bhagat explains, “many elders die on the roads.”Since 2003, SHEOWS (Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society) has rescued over 10,000 elderly people from the streets and given them a home with care and support. The elderly staying at the ashram have all been abandoned by their families and have nowhere else to live. Your support can give them comfort after their abandonment. Donate now.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India). Safe and loving homeFor 20 years, SHEOWS has been providing free shelter, nutritious food three times a day, clothing, medical care, recreation activities and emotional support to abused and disabled elderly people rescued from the streets of Delhi. The Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram has a dedicated rescue team that saves the elderly from the streets and gives them immediate medical care upon their arrival at the home. To tend to the multiple health complications of the seniors, the home has a medical facility with doctors and nurses, a physiotherapy unit, a pathology lab, a digital X-ray monitoring machine and a pharmacy to provide 24-hour care to older adults anytime they require assistance, even during emergencies. Dr. Bhagat prioritizes the health of the seniors and ensures that they receive three balanced meals a day based on their precise health requirements. Need for the fundraiserThe humanitarian mission of SHEOWS is making an impact in the area, as more and more people are being rescued and brought to Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. To meet the financial costs of running the home, SHEOWS needs support to continue providing the residents with all the facilities that they need. This includes constant care and round-the-clock medical attention, nutritious food and maintaining a hygienic environment to keep the seniors in comfort and good health. Dr. Bhagat explains that as the number of residents is increasing, SHEOWS needs support for food and medicines. “I request you to help these elderly parents lead a peaceful life.”Donate now to help Dr. Bhagat continue caring for the 500 destitute elderly and giving them shelter, food, medical care and the will to carry on living despite their tragic abandonment by their families. Your support will enable SHEOWS to keep serving abandoned senior citizens and help them recover from the trauma of abandonment and life on the streets. “I have been serving these elderly as if they were my own parents”, shares Dr. Bhagat. “I want only one thing - their tears should vanish and they should have a smile on their faces.” To help Dr. Bhagat achieve this dream, your support is critical. Donate now to help SHEOWS care for more abandoned elderly. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support SHEOWS in their mission to rescue the abandoned elderly from the streets and give them shelter, food, medical care, recreational activities and emotional support.

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In the dark and dingy alleys of red light areas, injustice, pain and suffering run rampant. And the worst affected are the children who grow up in red-light areas and are subjected to constant abuse and violence. “The sight of a 12-year-old girl being gang-raped by a group of men near a house l haunts me to this date. I was filled with anguish and resolved to do something,” says Girish Kulkarni who has made it his life’s mission to rescue children from red light areas and give them a safe and secure childhood. In the last 3 decades Girish has saved over 1100 girls from a life of abuse in red-light areas, giving them a loving home, education and medical care. He has further supported over 20,000 children with a better life.Sadly, 250 of the children rescued from abuse and exploitation are HIV positive. The high cost of medication has left Girish struggling for funds. Your support can help him provide these children with the care and upbringing they need. Donate now.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA). A movement to protect vulnerable children“Growing up in Ahmednagar, the experiences I had as a child witnessing the horrors of sex trade defined the path of my life. I had even seen my friend’s 15-year-old sister and 70-year-old grandmother being forced to do sex work for the price of a cup of tea”, recalls Girish. “I started by merely feeding and teaching children of sex workers initially with the intention of giving them some respite from the horrors of life of abuse in red-light areas. Gradually more and more mothers started coming to me and asked me to take their children away, even if it was just for a couple of hours,” he further adds.The work that Girish started in his youth gradually grew to become a movement, with many more joining his cause. His NGO Snehalaya to date has transformed the lives of millions. Girish’s work is crucial for the survival and safety of vulnerable children of sex workers. Snehalaya is almost entirely dependent on donations from the public and your support can strengthen his mission to save children most in need. Donate generously.The horrors of life in red light areas“The cruelty and abuse that children as young as 6 or 7 years of age face is something that I can’t explain in words. Young daughters of sex workers are made to watch their mothers being raped, are brutally assaulted and forced into sex work. No child deserves to grow like this, Girish says in anguish.Sad reality of life for children growing up in red light areas is that they are deprived of even the most basic needs like proper food, safety and education. Moreover, a majority of children rescued by Girish are diagnosed HIV positive. The task of securing medication, providing them quality education and much needed nutrition is one that requires constant support from donors. Moreover, the increase in healthcare cost has left Girish struggling to keep his home for children going. But your support can enable him to give his children a loving environment and save many more who still remain trapped behind closed doors.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help Snehalaya give hundreds of children rescued from red-light areas a life away from violence and abuse.

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Agrasar envisions a caring and compassionate society with opportunities of growth and development for overall wellbeing. Our mission is to strengthen resilience and agency among migrant workers and their families through leveraging basic rights and entitlements as citizens in general and workers and children in particular. Under 'Agrasar Bachpan' Program, we reach out to out-of-school children and help them attain age-appropriate learning levels with a larger goal of main-streaming them into formal schools. Agrasar also builds the capacities of government schools and anganwadi centres to impart quality education.Additionally, we motivate and empower children, their parents, teachers and other stakeholders to show solidarity against Corporal Punishment and apply better, non-violent means for achieving their educational objectives. This initiative to make schools safer is aptly known as 'Kaagaz ki Kashti'.Under 'Agrasar Pravasi', we ensure secure, dignified and meaningful careers and lives of workers and their families dependent on labour and migration with a holistic need-based approach. The program has been running in Gurugram since 2019 and facilitates access to identity documents for migrant workers and their families to avail various social security schemes like ESI, PF etc, conducting financial literacy and legal education workshops, resolving cases related to workers rights through legal aid &amp; counseling, enhancing employability of youth by providing pre-placement, placement and post-placement support, training on employability/occupational skills on need basis, education counseling, career counseling etc.We have also been running a Migration Support Centre in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan since 2017 and had set up a new centre in Hyderabad in 2020 in partnership with the Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS), a society under the aegis of Govt. of Odisha and a nodal agency for implementing Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Yojna (DDU GKY) for Odisha. The centre facilitates alumni support, accommodation assistance, counseling services, identity documentation, services, healthcare linkages, periodic get-togethers, networking with employers, and other key services relevant for migrants in Odisha.We empower non-working women in slums and villages of Gurugram who aspire to be financially independent through establishing an ecosystem of home-based jobs. Our efforts here have led to the curation of an enterprise called Societymaker. In response to COVID 19, Agrasar launched "Beejna", a social enterprise dedicated to producing eco-friendly, safe, comfortable, and affordable cotton masks handcrafted by women in the communities of Gurugram, therefore, unlocking entrepreneurship and livelihood opportunities for them.

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Even as the pandemic continues to rage on and overwhelms families, frontline workers, and health systems, it has been heartening to see people and organizations step up and help selflessly. At Agrasar, we are assessing needs and mobilizing resources to assist those affected to the best of our abilities. Our team members and their families have been affected and are currently recovering from Covid. We have experienced firsthand the impact of an overburdened health system and glaring gaps in service delivery.1) Lack of Oxygen Cylinders, Oxygen masks, Oximeters and ThermometersThe community does not have any oximeters or sufficient thermometers, which could be life-saving by early detection of symptoms. Furthermore, there is a paucity of oxygen cylinders and oxygen masks for the patients undergoing treatment.2) Lack of masksWhile we walk easily into a medical store to buy an N95 or any other appropriate mask at any cost (because right now safety is more important than money), people in underserved communities of Gurgaon are finding it difficult to buy affordable masks for themselves and their family.As per the latest medical advice, a pair of cotton fabric masks and N 95 masks is best to save against Covid. 
 1) Our immediate priority has been to source and provide oxygen cylinders, oxygen flow meters, and oxygen masks to patients in home-care settings. We have identified channels to mobilize and transport oxygen cylinders across states to families that are desperate for them. We are also assisting with refilling cylinders on a real-time basis. We now have our processes streamlined and are ready to scale up.2)  We also plan to distribute 200,000 cotton fabric masks and 4000 N95 masks over a period of 3 months. 10 to a family, considering the average family size to be 5 and each member would need 2 masks. We will be able to produce a cotton fabric mask for INR 20 which will last for more than 6 months as it is affordable, reusable, and made of high-quality Cambric Cotton with breathable fabric. We ensure that the masks have 3 layers of cotton cloth with 3 palettes are as per MoHFW Guidelines.3) And, 100 Oximeter and 100 Thermometer for 1000 families. A device will be used in clusters consisting of around 10 families.  
 We aim to save 25000 migrant workers families from catching covid 19 by ensuring masks and safety protocol. We also aim to provide timely oxygen supply to atleast 500 families over next few months.As is with most organizations working through this pandemic, we are first-timers grappling with the challenges and are learning on the job. As we try to keep afloat and work on keeping the morale high of the team, it has been heart-warming to receive the offering of help from the immediate community and beyond. We are now fully equipped to receive the donations that will help us ramp up our efforts.Since there is such a high demand for cylinders, there is currently no standard rate. We, therefore, request you to make donations of any amount and we will keep you updated on how we have utilized the money and how many people have benefitted.We will make every effort to ensure that your contribution is leveraged to save lives - one family at a time. Communication will be slightly delayed as all hands will be on the deck, so please bear with us, we are trying our best.

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Gurugram has urban villages (“slum” colonies) in the heart of Gurugram, popularly known as the ‘Millennium City’. The city has witnessed a stupendous grown over the last one and a half decade. With increase in the population of high income families, top national and international schools have opened their branches in the city. Children of these families are getting high quality education in these schools that is comparable to anywhere else in the world. On the other side, there are thousands of children in Gurugram in the age group of 4 to 14 who are not even enrolled in schools. These are the children of migrant workers – maids, driver, rickshaw-pullers, vegetable sellers, construction workers etc. Even if some of them do get enrolled in government schools, they have to face the apathy of the teachers and locals on a regular basis. Those who can afford higher fee, get their children admitted to low cost private schools. However, even in these schools the quality of education is highly questionable.  
 Agrasar has been running learning centres as ‘Agrasar Bachpan’ since 2015 that aims at supporting out-of-school children to attain age-appropriate learning levels, and mainstreaming them into formal schools, and enhancing the quality of education in those schools. Therefore, we want to now strengthen and adapt our Agrasar Bachpan program with the new normal arising due to Covid 19. There are 200 out-of-school children from disadvantaged communities identified and enrolled in our learning centres every year. Agrasar has developed a robust curriculum for the learning centres. Children are taught through a well-structured education program with the following objectives – 1. They reach age-appropriate learning levels 2. They develop life skills and social skills needed to lead meaningful lives. 3. Their parents become more confident in taking up the responsibility of their education. Along with academics, the students have been groomed on basic etiquette and hygiene. Our curriculum activities, worksheets, and plans are designed and followed based on our ‘child-centric’ approach and play-way method of teaching. As developing the curriculum is an ongoing process, we will continue to improvise on it and revise accordingly in the coming years. For this, we organize teachers' training programs to provide support to our teachers. A learning journey is kept to track the progress of each student. It starts with a baseline assessment during the first month of a child’s enrollment. Assessment is done on learning indicators prescribed by the appropriate education board as well as social skills. This is followed by assessments every 3 months. Final assessment in a particular annual cycle is done in the month of December so as to ascertain students who are to be mainstreamed that year.Keeping parents involved in the process of education is one of the main pillars of Agrasar Bachpan. Parents being the influencer in quality as well as consistency of education are engaged at various stages through the parent-teacher meeting, inviting them in the classrooms, participation in festivals, and other events held at the centre.Considering the safety of children amidst Covid-19, we are evolving Agrasar Bachpan by integrating Digital Education with a ‘Buddy Support System’ model. The plan is to create study groups consisting of smaller solidarity groups of children led by Bachpan Saathis [leaders of Agrasar Bachpan Community (ABC] residing in the same location to instill the joy of collaborative learning wherein children are not just class buddies but also become homework buddies who help each other to grow together. We believe that this process would not only help them complete their classwork/homework but also create a support system and build relationship among themselves to co-exist peacefully. This, in turn, will catalyze and nurture the essential life skills and leadership skills from childhood by expressing it in their daily actions during classes held at the learning centre, online classes, study groups as well as at home. The integrated and holistic approach towards learning will therefore build and enhance their capacity and capabilities to succeed in further life at both personal, social and professional levels.  
 100 children will get enrolled in the learning centre in the first six months of the program. (Around 20 children will continue from the previous year - those who have still not reached age-appropriate learning levels and not ready for mainstreaming yet)50 children are expected to reach the age-appropriate literacy levels within one year, depending on their baseline learning levels.All 100 children will get educated in personal hygiene and life skills.There shall be regular Parent-Teacher meetings so that they can actively participate in the learning and holistic development of their wards.Enrollment of at least 40 of the children in the mainstream education system. (Rest shall be mainstreamed in next year - depending on the individual context) This will further boost children’s morale and get them sustainably linked to the education system.The attendance of the children in formal schools will be tracked. The learning centre will also keep a track of the progress of children by meeting with school teachers.Additionally, the teachers will be trained in Digital Teaching and Learning, video editing, and basic animations to convert the Agrasar Bachpan curriculum into video and digital forms and also create worksheet booklets according to the learning levels of children. A curriculum on internet readiness and computer skills will be developed and enhanced with the support and inputs of volunteer experts. We would set-up a computer lab consisting of 4 computers to accommodate a study group of 8 children; 2 children using 1 computer at a time. Weekly sessions will be held to build and enhance the internet readiness and compute skills of children. We will also build our library and will open it to all the people in the community.

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The deficit in the quality of learning among children attending public schools in India is now a well-chronicled problem. Legions of studies on learning outcomes in our schools have pointed out the glaring inadequacy among the children to acquire basic literacy and numeracy. This foundational deficit is compounded by the fact that most children do not get any supplementary learning support at their homes. The learning gap subsequently snowballs into a wide abyss, adversely impacting the productivity and quality of life at a national level.Specific causes for the poor quality of education- ➢	Lack of accountability among government school teachers. A monitoring system exists largely on paper.➢	Lack of parental awareness about parameters of quality education.➢	High pupil-teacher ratio: The number of schools in a community is not mapped according to the population. ➢	No recourse to remedial/supplementary learning measures. ➢	The inadequacy of Early Childhood Care &amp; Education (ECCE). Increasing research-based evidence supports the observation that children who receive quality care and education at the pre-school stage (3 – 5 years) fare better than their counterparts who don’t. Provision of ECCE in underserved communities is virtually non-existent. 
 Sahpathi is a nonprofit education intervention, aimed at providing ongoing academic and extra-curricular support to children from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The vision is to Bridge the Learning Deficit in India and for this Sahpathi focuses on a holistic development approach at early childhood and primary education level. It draws its strength from being rooted in its community of beneficiaries, and yet being connected to more ‘developed’ communities through a bridge-mentors.The process starts by identifying children from the low-income community in the age group 3-14 years. A group of around 20 children is entrusted to a facilitator, who provides learning support to these children. This support transcends mere academic support and extends to include the overall development of the children – physical, cognitive, social, and psychological. The ultimate goal is cultivating a responsible and independent learning habit in the children so that by the time they reach early teenage, they have learned to take responsibility for their own learning. 
 Sahpathi has been providing learning support to the children of Silokhra, Gurugram since early 2015. Starting with just 15 children, this learning support now extends to over 250 children in Silokhra and Tigra villages of Gurugram. This support is provided at the Sahpathi Shiksha Kendras (Learning Centers) embedded within the communities they serve, hence enabling the community to actively participate and take ownership of the learning of their children. In order to gauge the impact of the intervention, assessment of learning levels of children is in-built into the program design. The assessments are held thrice in a year and are based on the framework of competencies as defined by NCERT. Over the years, there has been a significant improvement in the learning levels of the Sahpathi children.Along with studies, a lot of emphasis is given to co-curricular activities such as Sports, Arts, and Music. Every Saturday, for example, the children are taken to a community park for outdoor activities and games. Summer Camp and exposure visits are arranged for children every year. Children show great interest in sports and cultural activities and have won several accolades at various events.The overall impact of Sahpathi is clearly visible in the confidence levels of our children, who - despite coming from impoverished backgrounds - have repeatedly demonstrated that they are second to none in any sphere of learning.

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Gurugram has urban villages (“slum” colonies) in the heart of Gurugram, popularly known as the ‘Millennium City’. The city has witnessed a stupendous grown over the last one and a half decade. With increase in the population of high income families, top national and international schools have opened their branches in the city. Children of these families are getting high quality education in these schools that is comparable to anywhere else in the world. On the other side, there are thousands of children in Gurugram in the age group of 4 to 14 who are not even enrolled in schools. These are the children of migrant workers – maids, driver, rickshaw-pullers, vegetable sellers, construction workers etc. Even if some of them do get enrolled in government schools, they have to face the apathy of the teachers and locals on a regular basis. Those who can afford higher fee, get their children admitted to low cost private schools. However, even in these schools the quality of education is highly questionable. 
 600 out-of-school children from disadvantaged communities have been identified and enrolled in our learning centres every year. Agrasar has developed a robust curriculum for the learning centres. Children are taught through a well structured education program with following objectives - 1. They reach age-appropriate learning levels 2. They develop life skills and social skills needed to lead meaningful lives. 3. Their parents become more confident in taking up the responsibility of their education. Along with academics the students have been groomed on basic etiquettes and hygiene. Our curriculum activities, worksheets and plans are designed and followed based on our ‘child-centric’ approach and play-way method of teaching. As developing the curriculum is an ongoing process, we will continue to improvise on it and revise accordingly in the coming years. For this, we organize teachers' training programs to provide support to our teachers. During the academic year (2017-18) we had various co-curricular activities for holistic development of our students - art and craft, storytelling, dance sessions, Annual Day Celebration, meditation sessions, health &amp; nutrition session and immunisation camps.A learning journey is kept to track the progress of each student. It starts with baseline assessment during the first month of a child’s enrollment. Assessment is done on learning indicators prescribed by the appropriate education board as well as social skills. This is followed by assessments every 3 months. Final assessment in a particular annual cycle is done in the month of December so as to ascertain students who are to be mainstreamed that year. Keeping parents involved in the process of education is one of the main pillars of Agrasar Bachpan. Parents being the influencer in quality as well as consistency of education are engaged at various stages through parent-teacher meeting, inviting them in the classrooms, participation in festivals and other events held at the centre. 
 100 more children will get enrolled in the learning centre in first six months of the program. (Around 80 children will continue from previous year - those who have still not reached age appropriate learning levels and not ready for mainstreaming yet)50 children are expected to reach the age-appropriate literacy levels within one year, depending on their baseline learning levels.All 100 children will get educated in personal hygiene and life skills.There shall be regular Parent-Teacher meeting. Parents, especially mothers, will undergo developmental classes so that they can actively participate in learning and holistic development of their wards.Enrollment of at least 30 of the children in mainstream education system. (Rest shall be mainstreamed in next year - depending on the individual context) This will further boost children’s morale and get them sustainably linked to the education system.The attendance of the children in formal schools will be tracked. The learning centre will also keep a track of the progress of child by meeting with school teachers.