In 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 heat, cold and rain,Donate so that Maitri can provide shelter, food, clothes and medical support to abandoned elderly mothers now. Give generously.Winnie Singh has witnessed many cases of widow mothers being abandoned on the streets of Vrindavan, one of the holiest places in India. “Children leave their mothers as soon as they become widows. The children start feeling the burden. This has become a practice in today's society that money comes first and everything else later,” says Winnie whose Maitri India, rescues widowed mothers from the streets of Vrindavan.Many widowed elderly mothers often end up living a lonely life and begging to survive on the streets. And Maitri aspires to take care of every widow in need of help, but because of lack of funds, Winnie and Maitri are in a position to do it."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. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />Maitri aims to:<ul><li>Provide shelter and nutritious meals leading to improved health and wellbeing</li><li>Make physical and mental health services accessible</li><li>Offer necessary quality aged care and assisted living support</li><li>Increase awareness and engagement around the struggles of abandoned widow mothers</li></ul>Why donate to MaitriWinnie needs your support to help those in need of food, healthcare and well-being. “Maitri urgently needs your support to provide nutritious food, clothing and healthcare to sustain these widow mothers who are prone to more illnesses as they age,” appeals Winnie. “You can become the family they were denied. Hold their hands so they don't need to beg ever again,” she adds. Let’s rescue abandoned widows mothers from the streets of Vrindavan and give them a better future. Donate now.Our help will enable Maitri to save hundreds of abandoned widows from a life of begging, and restore the respect, dignity, and identity they deserve.

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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, Of the 250 the children rescued from abuse and exploitation, around 70 of them 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 Ahilyanagar, 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 good number 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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“I saw a girl, barely 7 or 8, being pushed into flesh trade. Her cries for help still echo in my ears. There were men as old as 60 r*ping the innocent child. That was the day I knew my mission in life was to get these children out of the hell-like conditions in red-light areas. They are nothing short of hell and no child deserves to grow up in this environment” says Vinay Vasta, founder of Social Activities Integration, an organisation committed to freeing children trapped in red-light areas.Vinay and his NGO have been able to provide education, medical care and nutrition to over 2,500 children. But his dream to provide safe shelter to children remains unrealized. “We do our best to keep these children safe during the day but sadly they are forced to go back to the red light areas at night as we don’t have a home for them. Your donation can help us build a safe home for children of sex workers and prevent them from being pulled into prostitution. Donate to make this dream a realityDonate 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).Life in red light areas“S*x workers use their homes which are barely 6 feet by 4 feet for their business. They invite customers in the presence of their children. Their children not only witness abuse but experience it too. Just imagine a child being told that all she can ever become in life is a pr*stitute”, Vinay shares as he explains the extent of abuse children face in red light areas.This is a life that thousands of children are forced to live behind closed doors where they suffer abuse and exploitation morning, noon and night.A ray of hopeVinay has been relentlessly trying to give children the care and education they deserve. He has provided quality English education to thousands of children, enabling them to secure a livelihood out of red-light areas. Several children taught by Vinay are today leading successful lives as professionals and Government employees. However the sad reality is that Vinay and his NGO, in the absence of a permanent shelter home, are unable to provide round the clock safety to these children, which is essential for their well-being.Your donations can enable SAI to build a shelter home for the children of sex workers and usher in a new tomorrow for them, away from the horrors of red-light areas.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to provide safe shelter for children of sex workers and save them from abuse and second generation pr*stitution.NGO's 80G number: AACTS0408EF20216NGO's 12A number: AACTS0408EE20028

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We directly engages with teachers, youth, and children, focusing on building their knowledge, skills, and mindsets. The aim is to ensure accessibility to high-quality education while fostering life skills and socio-emotional learning. By raising awareness among teachers and parents, the organization creates a supportive environment for children's holistic development. We have developed a fellowship curriculum for youth, a student curriculum, and a teacher training module, all designed to equip each group with the necessary tools to drive educational progress and personal growth.

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Anubhuti Samiti is a nonprofit organization founded in 2016 by Sakshi Srivastava and Dilip Suthar, dedicated to empowering underprivileged children through access to quality education. The organization tackles the root causes of educational inequality, such as poverty, child labor, and gender-based barriers, working to bridge the educational gap in marginalized communities.At Anubhuti, we run three key programs: the Bridge Fellowship, the EduSEL Teacher Training Program, and Hope School, a model school designed to create a supportive learning environment. We are committed to fostering change by engaging talented youth from the local community to work at the grassroots level. Our fellowship model bridges the gap between the community and the education system, cultivating reformers who act as catalysts for systemic change and drive educational equity within their own communities. We strive to ensure that our students enjoy long-term retention in their education by creating safe spaces in government school classrooms through teacher sensitization.So far, we have reached one million children, engaged 220 youth, and supported 30,000 teachers, demonstrating our commitment to transforming educational experiences in underserved communities.

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Since April 2025, the vision of Hope School has been taking shape, brick by brick and day by day. What began as a dream to bring world-class education and infrastructure to rural children is now becoming a reality. Every wall raised and every foundation laid brings us closer to creating a space where learning thrives, opportunities grow, and futures are transformed. This progress report is more than construction milestones; it is a testament to your belief, support, and commitment that made this possible. So first of all, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for believing in our vision. When we decided to start building Hope School, we were facing one of our biggest setbacks—our landlord at the rented school building was threatening us, shouting, “Get out!” At the same time, the cost of construction shot beyond our expectations because the soil had over 85% sand, as our structural engineer revealed. In that moment of urgency and pressure, we turned to those who have always stood by us—you, our supporters and well-wishers. And in just two weeks, your faith gave us the confidence to move forward. Together, we started building Rural India’s first school made with CSEB blocks, using local people and local soil—a true symbol of resilience and innovation. Here is the link to the detailed report: <a href="https://shorturl.at/vmd2L" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shorturl.at/vmd2L</a>

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According to UNESCO, 47 million children drop out after 10th class and 6 million at the primary level in India. Gurugram has close to 20,000 out of school dropouts. Why? Children and parents lack vision for themselves and don’t question the status quo. This is further worsened as the existing education system doesn’t cater to children's socio-emotional needs. So most of these dropout children grow up into unskilled unemployed youth or get involved in anti-social activities.Malini was a dropout from school. She enrolled in Anubhuti learning centre, underwent conceptual building, and was re-enrolled into formal school. She again dropped out in a few months. Her parents, siblings, or teachers weren’t interested to know why. Even educated youth graduates and high school pass-outs in the community were not talking about it. Through surveys, Anubhuti found that out of every 4 children there is 1 Malini. The root cause is that these stakeholders aren’t aware of the seriousness of dropping out and making uninformed decisions as they don’t envision a future with education. We understood that educating Malini alone in an innovative manner isn’t a sustainable solution. Educating, creating awareness, and building capacities for teachers, parents, local youth is equally important.  
 Anubhuti is an NGO creating a movement of local youth by empowering them to be changemakers by bridging these gaps between children, parents, teachers, siblings, and so on, and prevent children like Malini from dropping out.  Sapna is one of 10 BRIDGE fellows we have selected from the local community itself where Malini lives. Why local youth like Sapna? Young adults from the same or nearby neighbourhoods of dropout children like Malini, know them, their parents, neighbours, teachers personally, have the best ability in persuasion and social influence, bring the community together and create sustainable change.In this 2-year Fellowship, Sapna goes through rigorous processes and learns about different approaches under 3C’s model (Classroom intervention, community mobilization, capacity building). She will be enabling teachers to not only use innovative teaching methods but understand the socio-emotional needs of children like Malini also. She lives close to Malini and knows her parents, their cultural dynamics, socio-financial problems. Anubhuti envisions Sapna as a self-aware, interpersonally aware, problem-solving visionary youth who’ll empower others to drive systemic level change after graduating from BRIDGE fellowship. BRIDGE is a full collaboration with the Haryana government giving us access to all the government schools in the state. 
 Despite the full collaboration with the Haryana Government, Anubhuti has restricted itself to 10 schools in the Sona Block of Gurugram in order to prove the success of our BRIDGE model before scaling up state level. Out of the 150 applications, we had selected 10 fellows through a rigorous selection process. The BRIDGE Fellows are given maximum exposure by attaching each fellow to 1 school, 7 teachers, and 300 children, all from the nearby communities.It will help Anubhuti’s yearly expenses indirectly impacting school retention and learning of 10000 dropout children in model classrooms by empowering 10 local BRIDGE fellows in becoming change-makers. These fellows will collaborate with stakeholders to enable an equal voice for children’s education and strengthen the school processes.All these efforts culminate into joyful classrooms and model schools that could be used to demonstrate successful strategies to tackle the issue of child dropouts from formal schooling. This model can be used by various governments for replication. Through BRIDGE, Anubhuti fills the gaps between the schools and community through a sustainable, and scalable model of equitable grassroots change in education at the systemic level.

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Feeling helpless amidst COVID? You are needed now more than ever to feed our country!Families of daily wage workers, rickshaw pullers, teachers, daily wage workers, drivers, rag-pickers, and beggars have lost their sources of income during the lock-down while respectfully maintaining social distancing. COVID19 is only one of their many life-threatening challenges. Help us provide them with the basic nutrition and supplies to make it through this crisis.Locations: GHAZIABAD (NCR) Ration for one family: Rs 2000 per monthRation kit: Aata, dal, rice, salt, oil, and toiletries  
 Doorstep delivery of rations + Police PermissionsHow: We deliver the kits to the doorstep of the family. A three-member team packs the ration and sanitisation materials into family kits. The ration is being stored in Anubhuti’s local dropping center. After packing these kits, 25 kits are delivered daily with police permissions.Precautions: While packing, we wear gloves and masks. While stepping out, we wear gloves, masks, and surgical coats. Hand sanitizers come to the rescue to ensure continuous cleanliness. Details: We initially provided rations by asking one member from each family to receive it from the center, maintaining adequate distance. However, we soon realized that only the families living on the main road i.e the front of the slum were able to receive the kits. The poorer families living inside were unreachable. Taking police authorities into consultation, we therefore changed our delivery method. We have identified families who are in greatest need and we deliver the kits to the houses of these families. We now feed families in Jhuggies (Urban slums) in Loni, Vasundhra (Sector 8, Sector 10, Sector 12, Sector 15, Sector 2C), Vaishali and Kaushambi, GhaziabadWe are also accepting in-kind donations. You can Send raw material and sanitation kit to: H.No. 1119, Second floor, sector 15 Vasundhara Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 201012For every donation, 80G receipt is issued. We are happy to answer any queries that you may have. Please contact: 8130698203About Us: Anubhuti, is an organization that is founded by enthusiastic and Visionary Gandhi Fellows, CMGGAs, Consultants and legal experts and aims at strengthening the nation from its very core by ensuring quality education for all who are somehow not being incorporated in our mainstream education system. We want every child who is bound to live a nomadic life or under acute economic/social stress to be educated and stand on her own feet.In view of global pandemic COVID-19, after national lockdown Anubhuti has taken an initiative for Street-connected people named 𝑵𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒂- "𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒂𝒚𝒆, 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒊 𝒌𝒆 𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒊 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒉𝒂 𝒋𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆". Anubhuti is the executing NGO in NCR. 
 30 kits have been delivered to 30 families in 15 days with the help of partner organisations. This campaign will ensure that 50 families have the required nourishment till the situation returns to normalcy.

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