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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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 seen as a curse or as a burden to the family. These children are left on the street. I have picked up children from roadsides myself. I also lost my eyesight as a child but today I am a senior officer in a public sector company. What would I have done, had I not been taken care of?” asks Veena Mehta Verma who was once a beneficiary of National Association for the Blind, Delhi (NAB) and now works with the NGO to protect and care for blind children like herself.Today, hundreds of blind children supported by NAB, Delhi have found something that they never had before–hope for a better tomorrow. Without Veena and NAB, many of these children would be at the risk of going back to the streets or spend a life of neglect and even abuse. Your support to the NGO is crucial. This Christmas, you can help her children get warm clothes and other essentials. Donate generouslyDonate 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).A life of uncertainty &amp; sufferingEven if a blind child is not abandoned they are often trapped in their homes deprived of education or any way of making a living. According to the nonprofit leader, “For a blind kid, employment is impossible without education. The (blind) kids need to learn Braille or they need ‘talking computer’ aids. Many of these kids are deprived of such facilities”.  Illuminating young lives ﻿“At NAB Delhi there are around 200-250 blind kids. There are around 180 kids in the hostel of NAB. We teach Braille, we teach arithmetic Taylor frames. To work towards a brighter future for the blind, we need your support. Please come forward and donate towards our mission”, says Veena. Students for whom NAB Delhi has 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. Many blind children are bright, academically gifted, and waiting to shine, all they need is an opportunity. And your donation can give them just that.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the blind children get shelter, education, care and a shot at a future full of opportunities.

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Atma Swabhiman was established in the year 2009 and registered under the societies registration act 21,1860 to address the challenges of people affected by leprosy living in the self-settled colonies.  We focus on helping individuals and families to rise above the stigma associated with leprosy and to live healthy, productive lives through access to education, medical care, livelihoods, and community development. Our work extends to 30+ colonies in Jharkhand reaching 7,000+ individuals.  We work to build the skills and self confidence so that individuals and families can live with dignity in an inclusive society. These include:●       Education support for children to enter government schools and after school support. ●       HealthCare including cleaning and enhancement of hygiene in the colonies and water provision.●       Organizing skills training, livelihood and employment opportunities for youth and women in and outside the colonies.●       Provision of government entitlements, through lobbying and networking, such as: Strengthening and expansion of self-help groups, especially of the women.●        Acceptance of leprosy affected with disabilities, Pension provision, Land Housing provision. Our most recent and impactful programs have been:  I. Community Kitchen, a unique women-led initiative that provides free and low cost meals to vulnerable people, often securing lives in danger due to hunger. The kitchen allows for meals to be provided with care and dignity to excluded individuals who are poor and hungry, without family, single elderly and people with disability, within a leprosy colony - dependent on others for food.In these kitchens, groups of 4 women have come together to set-up the space, find community contribution of utensils, storage units, kitchenware and other required items - followed by cooking, serving and maintaining the kitchens. The units build a sense of participation, responsibility and ownership within the colonies, the nominal cost of the meals also encourages dignity of food, and message of care within the society at the difficult times post Covid pandemic.Three community kitchens help provide food for 200 individuals daily which include leprosy-affected and elderly people at Rs 10/- per meal.II. Continued Medical Care for Leprosy Affected People - Ulcer care program for leprosy affected established in Dhanbad &amp; Jamtara districts also uses volunteers to step up for medical care within the community. 200+ people receive care and training in the management of ulcers and wounds, 350 ulcer care kits distributed at the leprosy colonies of Dhanbad and Bokaro  III. FOUR Bal Panchayats established in four colonies with 200+ children promote leadership, conduct many activities &amp; after-school support for children by children IV. Food banks started in 2 colonies are a simple yet huge source of support within colonies to maintain a storage area with dry rations. Possible quantities of ration donated by the colony members (and any other donors) are collected and utilised when need arises within the community in times of natural calamities, family emergencies or on occasions such as weddings etc.  V. Water Connection was rebuilt at Ballagudda leprosy colony along with the community members building a sense of ownership and dignity.120 People now have access to safe drinking water VI. Covid Relief and Support - We joined hands to support many leprosy colonies during the Covid pandemic. A population of 18,000+, 4,000 families in 43 colonies of Jharkhand reached to provide relief materials. 10 state leaders linked together for relief support covering 300+ colonies. 2,000 nutrition packs distributed to children in slums and leprosy colonies.

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This nonprofit is registered as a charitable trust under section 12A of India's Income Tax Act, 1961.

This nonprofit is registered under section 80G of India's Income Tax Act, 1961. This means you can deduct 50% of the donation you made through your tax return.

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Thank you for your efforts in helping us combat leprosy! This curable disease is a major source of misery for uncountable lepers all over the country and together we can make a difference. Take a look at the budget table below to see what we plan to do with the funds donated by our generous supporters. Atma Swabhiman is the key to providing a life of dignity and respect to the downtrodden lepers who suffer through no fault of their own. Help us alleviate their woes and contribute now. Do your part. Donate now.

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Atma Swabhiman requires funds to rebuild the lives of people affected by leprosy, through program interventions such as: a) Mitigating hunger through community kitchen and relief; b) Medical Care/ulcer care for elderly-without family and with a disability; c) Children’s education; d) livelihoods and e) Inclusion of people affected.More immediately, we seek funds for a “Community Kitchen”.Focus:Our focus is on “Rebuilding communities affected by leprosy” and continued reaching out to remote tribal and rural areas in the North East states of India which suffers from development neglect. “Public participation at all levels - school children, college students, company employees is required for social inclusion and help us provide services to persons affected by leprosy, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable communities at the right time. We look forward to supporting from all.  
 Intervention detail: The “Community Kitchen” program will address hunger, and serve poor and vulnerable people affected; without money; single elderly and people with disability in the leprosy colonies; who are dependent on others for food.The women affected by leprosy will be motivated and engaged and will ensure that people affected by leprosy, with disability and single elderly will receive cooked meals throughout the year within and from their own people with dignity. (Generally, people affected by leprosy are not welcomed in dhabas, hotels and food is given to them in their hands instead of utensils. Hence they suffer and find it difficult to get meals with dignity)﻿Actual Need: There are 750+ identified isolated self-settled colonies in India. In many of them, people are living in extreme poverty and vulnerability with dependency on alms and begging. Other than that, as an estimate, India is home to 3+ million people with disability due to leprosy living in colonies, tribal and neglected geographies of India. (Annually, India contributes approx. 60% of the world's new leprosy cases) Note: In the last few years, many of the people affected with leprosy (especially the elderly and with disability) lost their lives due to a lack of food, nutrition and care. Therefore, this intervention is important to secure the lives of people with extreme vulnerabilities. It is difficult to reach out to all the people with vulnerabilities. Therefore, we propose to cover 600 individuals living in 29 self-settled leprosy colonies from Jharkhand state with at least one meal (Lunch) per day throughout the year. Subject to funds/resources availability, we will aim to ensure all three daily meals. 
 <ol><li>Establishing 6 community kitchens to ensure mitigating hunger by providing meals to 600+ vulnerable people affected by leprosy (elderly, with disability and other disowned) </li><li>Support to One Community Kitchen will enable meals every day for 100 to 120 individuals in need and 3,500+ meals monthly (Annually over 42,000 meals will be served in every kitchen).</li><li>Indirectly every community kitchen established will also provide a livelihood to at least four women in leprosy-affected affected colonies.</li><li>We want more let more people affected by leprosy (elderly, with disability and vulnerabilities) lose their lives due to hunger.</li><li>The program will also provide food to wandering children in the colony, whose parents are going out for rag collection or begsingle-parentg single parent children. </li><li>Within the Community Kitchen model, we will promote and establish a Dry Ration Bank with Relief and Supplies (dry ration, medicine, ulcer care kits)along with the community kitchen (*All donations will be kept at a common place and distributed to the most vulnerable with colony inmates consensus managed and operated by the colony committee with the guidance of the Atma team) build the decision-making ability, sense of ownership and care within the community leading to lives with dignity.</li></ol>

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