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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Hunger and malnutrition have become a reality for thousands of elderly parents abandoned by their own children, in villages and slums across India. Seeing the rampant distress among the elderly, a team of selfless heroes from our NGO partner Mitti Cafe, though disabled themselves, have taken up the responsibility of providing cooked meals and dry rations to over 5,000 elderly in urgent need of support. Setting aside their own struggles, Mitti Cafe’s team, led by Ayesha Alam has been relentlessly fighting to free elderly from hunger and malnutrition through its Karuna Meals initiative. The need for nutrition support is growing with each passing day and Mitti Cafe is struggling to fulfill this enormous need. With your support, the NGO and its team of persons with disability can put food on the plates of hundreds of more elderly parents. Donate generously.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). Elderly deserve love, not neglect and hunger“There have been countless senior citizens, in extremely backward villages of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, who had not had a proper meal in days when we found them. We have seen people picking food from the garbage out of extreme hunger.”, recalls Ayesha of Mitti Cafe, while talking about the extent of hunger faced by senior citizens. According to Ayesha, there are thousands of elderly who have been either chucked out of their homes or have been left behind in villages by their children. “Our elderly don't deserve this life and it is our responsibility to come to their aid. If we come together we can ease the suffering of hundreds of people battling hunger and starvation. Donate now Our heroes’ war against hungerPersons with disability who were once discriminated against by society are today at the forefront of the fight to save abandoned elderly and children from hunger. The Karuna Meals team, comprising only of persons with disability has been able to cook and serve over 10 lakh meals. They have also distributed over 1 lakh packets of dry rations. ”They overlook their own struggles and suffering just to reach the elderly and provide them with the food they need,” says Ayesh. But their job is not yet done. “There are still many villages which have many malnourished and hungry seniors and we have not been able to reach them. But with your support, we can collectively end starvation,” she says. Donate now. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the elderly fight hunger and malnutrition.

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“A blind child is often seen as a curse or a burden to the family, leading to abandonment. I’ve picked up children from roadsides myself. I too lost my sight as a child, but today I’m a senior officer thanks to the National Association for the Blind, Delhi (NAB). What would I have done without their help?” asks Veena Mehta Verma, a beneficiary turned advocate for NAB and its mission to protect and care for blind children like herself.The state of young blind girls abandoned by their families and without education is even worse. “Blind girls have no future without education. Education is crucial to their future. Without it, they face neglect and limited opportunities, ignored not just by their families, but by society at large. What I am today is only because of the education I received. But sadly, every blind girl is not as fortunate. Most visually impaired girls are deprived of any care and even something as basic as education, leading to a difficult life,” says Asha Bhola, President, Blind Welfare Society (BWS).Both NAB and BWS work for the welfare of blind children and young girls by providing them with shelter, education, and care. This Diwali, they need your support to help many more youngsters in need.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax-exempt under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India).A life of uncertainty &amp; sufferingEven if a blind child or young girl is not abandoned, they are often trapped in their homes deprived of education or any way of making a living. “For a blind kid, employment is impossible without education. They need to learn Braille or use ‘talking computer’ aids. Many of these children are deprived of such facilities,” says Veena.Young kids and girls for whom NAB and BWS have cared for are today placed in some of the most prestigious organisations across the world. While some have gone on to make a name for themselves in the corporate world, others have taken up art and music as a profession too.But many blind children who are bright, academically gifted, and waiting to shine, are often neglected or abandoned by their own families. And with your donation, NAB and BWS can give them the future they deserve.As we celebrate the festival of lights, donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help blind children and young girls get shelter, education and care and a shot at a bright future.

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Amar Seva Sangam (ASSA) is a premier Organization in the field of disability management focusing on rural areas across all ages and all disabilities, located in Ayikudy Village, Tenkasi District. Its approach is to establish a centralized resource center in the development of physically and mentally challenged. In the last 40 years ASSA has very successfully implemented several bold and innovative programs and received several State, National, International and other awards. ASSA caters to over 20,000 Persons with Disabilities in over 900 villages in the districts of Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Virudhunagar by way of rehabilitation, education, employment and empowerment to enable the PwDs become economically productive citizens and join the mainstream society.About the President &amp; SecretaryPadma Shri S. Ramakrishnan, established Amar Seva Sangam in June 1981 with just 5 rural poor children under a thatched roof. In 1975 Sri Ramakrishnan met with an accident during a Naval recruitment exercise and severely injured his spine and became quadriplegic. The Secretary, CA S. Sankara Raman, also a wheelchair person diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy, a prolific Chartered Accountant with gold medal, joined the Sangam in 1992 after leaving his lucrative practice in Chennai. Their sheer grit and determination was eye opener to many and help poured in from across all sections of society which is a testimony of wherethe Sangam now stands.Their dream is to establish a Valley for the physically challenged in a 30+ acre land at Ayikudy, as a Rehabilitation and Development Centre and developing models for self-help initiatives by integrating the disabled individuals with the society for improved living conditions.Vision of Amar Seva Sangam:To establish a valley for the Disabled, whereby physically / mentally challenged persons live in a pro-active society where equality prevails irrespective of physical, mental, or other challenged with the rest of the society. It is a futuristic vision whereby Amar Seva Sangam plays the role of an enabling agent to get the physically / mentally challenged “equality of status, equality in opportunities and equality in access”. It is a society where people are identified as differently able.Mission of Amar Seva Sangam:To empower the disabled citizens by establishing a “Valley for the Disabled” as a Rehabilitation and Development Centre for the region and developing models for self-help initiatives by integrating the disabled individuals with the society for improved living conditions in the villages. We are one of the four organizations in India for spinal injury rehabilitation, functioning under Institution Based Rehabilitation Activities including,<ol><li>Vocational Training Centre for Tailoring and Handicraft, Computer Education, Typewriting, Notebook making,</li><li>Residential Program for Children with physical disabilities.</li><li>Hostels for Disabled Youth</li><li>Sangamam Special School - Day Care Centre for Intellectually Challenged Children</li><li>Residential Program for Children with Special Needs</li><li>Nursery and Higher Secondary school for inclusive education,</li><li>IGNOU and Alagappa Special Study Centres,</li><li>Medical Testing Unit for providing physiotherapy, Speech therapy and Electro therapy,</li><li>Orthotic Centre for manufacturing and repairing assistive devices.</li><li>Foster Care Centre for Adult MR.</li></ol>We have been recognized by Honb’le Presidents of India on four occasions by Mr.K.R.Narayanan, Mr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, Mrs.Pratibha Patil and Mr.Pranab Mukherjee and we have got recognition through various State, Central and international awards and citations. We are working with the State Government of Tamil Nadu for 2100 children with developmental delays in the Early Intervention program. We are covering more than 3500 in four States in 39 blocks in India. We are members in the Advisory Board of State Government of Tamil Nadu for Differently Abled and in the Welfare Board also. Our Early Intervention program is a highly successful model with technology enabled live tracking system which has won UN Award in Vienna and NY 2019 and 2020 respectively. We have done extensive research which is published in international magazines for early childhood development and enrollment of children developmental delays in primary schools. Our work has established that our technology improves the therapy compliance to more than 85%, increase school enrollment to 87%, reduction in the mothers and families strain, improved the child engagement and thereby improving economic well being of the family.

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• Feeding of physically challenged children plays a major role in the overall development to prepare them to be a competitive citizen to earn livelihood. This takes more than 15 years of support • Grooming and Living support to children are essential to ensure their healthy growth and progress for sustained physical and mental preparedness • Rehabilitation and medical care is essential to address the physical challenge besides provide mobility equipments. This calls for many items to be procured and ensure sustainability of their care at the campus. 
 • Home for physically challenged poor children with free accommodation, food, clothing, medical care, appliances and education • Day care Centre for Special children to train them on self-care and hygienic activities and basic literacy. • Early intervention programs to enable identify such children at a very young stage and then to rehabilitate them using modern techniques. • Caliper making unit to make mobility aids to the needy free of cost and later free maintenance • Medical testing unit to evaluate persons with disability, offer physiotherapy services, refer where necessary to specialized hospitals for corrective surgeries • Post-acute care Centre for the Spinal injured offering rehabilitation and medical intervention along with vocational training. 	 
 Our project will touch the lives of the following number of beneficiaries01. Home for the physically challenged - 4702. School for the Special Children - 8103. Integrated School - 753 04. Hostel for Disabled Youth &amp; On-Job Trainees - 46 05. Treatment and care giving to post operative persons with Spinal Cord - 15 06. Vocational Training Centre	- Computer Training - 141 - Typewriting Training - 42 - Tailoring &amp; Handicrafts Training - 46 07. IGNOU Special Study Centre - 47 08. Algappa University Study Centre - 85 09. Caliper Making and Repairing Unit - 1396 10. Books in Sivasankari Library - 1488 11. Medical Testing Unit - 622 12. Rehabilitation Centre		- Distribution and Maintenance of Tricycles and Wheel Chairs - 177 - Caliper, Auxiliary Crutches and Artificial Limbs issued	- 359 - National Identity Card issued for Physically Challenged Persons - 94 	- Providing free education, notebooks, uniforms to the physically notebooks, uniforms to the physically challenged persons - 54 - Students who received vocational training - 33 13. Free Corrective Surgeries done - 8 14. Mental Illness Programme	- Beneficiaries - 391 - Treatment - 401 15. Beneficiaries through Village Based Rehabilitation initiatives (VBRI) Programmed within a radius of 100 kms - 3243 16. Formation of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) - 460 with 464017. Pudu Vazhvu Thittam of TN Govt - 3259

Institution based Rehabilitation

Our medical testing unit is a complete physiotherapy centre, set up in 1998 with aid from the Government of Japan with a single trained physiotherapist. It acts as a nerve centre and is extensively trusted by families of the physically challenged. This is quite a popular centre where not only the physically challenged, but also other rural population affected with orthopaedic problems, strokes and other neurological issues, come to avail the services offered by Amar Seva Sangam. Initially, due to poor awareness about physiotherapy among people and shortage of equipment, the service users were few. Now there are six qualified physiotherapists and one occupational therapist delivering their services at the centre. Owing to the increased awareness and availability of new advanced exercise and electrotherapy equipment, the number of service users has shot up. 
 1. Institution-based Rehabilitation Amar Seva Sangam has started many initiatives over the years to rehabilitate physically challenged people in a lot of ways. 2. Rehabilitation• Home for physically challenged poor children with free accommodation, food, clothing, medical care, appliances and education• Day-care centre for special-needs children to train them on self-care, hygienic activities and necessary literary skills. Early intervention programs to identify such children at a very young stage and then to rehabilitate them using modern techniques are also being carried out. Their parents are also being trained to help the children after they are discharged.• Calliper making unit to make mobility aids to the needy free of cost.• Medical testing unit to evaluate persons with disabilities, offer physiotherapy services, refer where necessary to specialised hospitals for corrective surgeries• Post-acute care centre for the spinally injured, offering rehabilitation and medical intervention along with vocational training. Spinal cord Injured Post-Acute Care Centre Paraplegia and Quadriplegia patients are provided Post-Acute care like physiotherapy, medical support, nursing and counselling. After ensuring mobility, they are given vocational training for skill development depending on their physical condition and educational background. 3. Education• Running an integrated Nursery, Middle and High school where local needy children, as well as physically challenged children staying at ASSA, are provided with quality education.• Running an exclusive study centre of IGNOU and Alagappa University for higher learning to conduct diploma, degree and postgraduate courses. • Running an institute to conduct diploma programs in rehabilitation.4. Skill development of the disabled through vocational training• Free vocational training for skill development in the areas of Computer operations, Advanced Information Technology, Typewriting, Notebook making and book binding, Tailoring and garment making, Handicrafts, Cell phone servicing, Servicing of home appliances and Soft skill training.5. Village-based rehabilitation• Our activities extend outside our premises too. Mainly, it is in the form of village-based rehabilitation initiatives where we have formed self-help groups and also established Respite centres in villages for daycare of physically and mentally challenged. 
 The expansion of the current facility along with the additional equipment has become very important to provide quality care to the increasing number of patients. We are also focusing on making modern technologies of rehabilitation accessible to the poor rural community and serve a larger population of patients with orthopedical and neurological issues.

Expansion of Medical Testing Unit (MTU)

Interventions promoting child development should address physical, social, emotional, language, and cognitive areas of development. Services targeting these domains of development are termed, “Early Intervention therapy” and can encompass physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy and special education.Early Intervention has a significant impact for children who have delayed development in physical, cognitive, emotional, sensory, behavioral, social and communication domains of development. With quality early intervention services children can reach their potential, live a meaningful life and integrate into their communities. 
 Through our continuous research and development over the past several years we have developed a model called Enabling Inclusion that leverages on technology for the rehabilitation of children with disabilities. The Enabling Inclusion is a pre-programmed rehabilitation app that helps deliver rehabilitation at the doorsteps of the Children with Developmental Delays with high fidelity and quality at 25% of the cost of conventional programs. This has won several national and global awards including the United Nations on two occasions and the State Government of Tamil Nadu has recognised it as an efficient model and we are collaborating with them to reach out to more than 2000 Children with Disabilities in the state of Tamil Nadu. 
 Through our Enabling Inclusion model, we wish to reach 100,000 Children with Disabilities in India by 2030 and have presence in at least 10 states. Our focus will be on children in their early childhood development where the intervention would substantially help the child to overcome challenges and start their life journey in a positive note. We are establishing a separate Center for Excellence in Rehabilitation and Development of Children with Disabilities through which we are scaling the impact of our program by networking with NGOs and governments. Our dream is to see that no children is denied of schooling experience in India because of lack of rehabilitation opportunities. We are planning to scale t0 1500 more Children with Developmental Delays in this year through this initiative. Rehabilitation, technology and training and knowledge building are the three major components of this program.

Early intervention scaling the impact program

a.      Persons with Disabilities are the most marginalized among any marginalized group. Traditionally disability is considered as a result of the individual’s sin and so the individual with disability and their family members have to take the ownership of their situation. b.      Due to the continuous advocacy efforts of Persons with Disabilities at various places and the supporting international guidelines, we have a disability law (RPDA 2016). c.      But Persons with Disabilities and their family members are not aware of their rights due to poor accessibility of infrastructure and information, Understanding about access and rights of Persons with disabilities is very poor among the decision makers in public and private sector. D.    Despite the supporting legal situation, Persons with disabilities are denied of accessibility and       opportunities. 
 Persons with disabilities in rural areas are hard pressed to get themselves protected along with their families. They are not able to go out and caring their disabled persons in the family for a parent is always most challenging particularly in a situation where there is a complete lockdown and nobody is allowed to go outside. Even after the lockdown it is going to be an enormous economic challenge for these families to get back to their regular spending life as they are hard pressed for cash for their daily living. With whatever little money they will be having in their hands they would rather spend it for buying rice, dhal and vegetables rather than spending it for their hand sanitizers or masks. People with disabilities are more susceptible to viruses like covid 19 relative to others. We take “hand washing” as a normal precaution, but pwds face serous limitations to follow this practice frequently. Besides, there is a lack of public toilets for them and then social distancing, but most Pwds depend on others due to physiological constraints and most of the PWDs are largely dependent on the care givers. PwDs face serious barriers in getting jobs. Unequal access to education and training programmes is a major challenge that needs to be resolved a priority. Then they need to be able to learn about and obtain jobs, which they can physically access and work at despite their disability. They also face social and psychological barriers - ignorance, myths, prejudice, stereotyping and misconceptions about their capacities, acceptance by fellow workers, and low self-esteem, fear and over-protective families. 
 The project will address health, awareness, and unemployment and livelihood problems of PWDs during on covid 19. The project will address service required on a daily basis for pwds are suspended. Access to aid and devices for the disabled and recommend the pwds who don’t have disability certificates for will get the government benefits during on lockdown period and that will improve accessibility and encourage to involve the self-business and employment.