"My son used to kick me when he was in my womb. Why make an issue when he kicked me in my old age?" reasons a very forgiving Shakti Dasi. The widow travelled 2300 kms from Tripura to Vrindavan after her only son violently beat her with a burning plank of wood and broke her knee one evening. She had to leave behind the business she had built with her husband who had died a few years back. Shakti ended up on the streets of Brindavan begging for food and shelter. But when Winnie Singh of Maitri saw Shakti in a frail state in tattered clothes, she brought her to the shelter home where Shakti gets food, care and medicines. What more, with Maitri’s intervention, Shakti reconciled with her son - and daughter-in-law, and now travels home to Tripura twice a year to spend time with her grandchildren. But she is not leaving Maitri, as this has become her family.Not every elderly widow who comes to Vrindavan after being abandoned by her family gets as lucky as Shakti. Many of them often end up living a lonely life and begging to survive on the streets. Maitri aspires to take care of every widow in need of help.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ce101369-528c-4d37-bc1d-1118b9925af3.jpg" />Maitri’s Project Jeevan to the rescueAbandoned, elderly widows are the amongst the most vulnerable in India. After being thrown out of their often abandoned by their own children and are forced to beg for food and shelter. “Through Project Jeevan, Maitri houses aging widow mothers in two ashrams in Vrindavan and Radhakund (Mathura), providing them with wellness and well-being. The programme also reaches out to widow mothers beyond the ashrams with fruit, milk and healthcare services,” explains Winnie Singh, co-founder and executive director, Maitri India.Save homeless elderly widows from begging on the streetsMost widows who make their way to Vrindavan are abandoned by their families, often after years of abuse. They come here hoping they will spend the rest of their days in prayer and devotion. But most live in impoverished conditions on the streets and in dingy rooms. Since poor living conditions often cause a wide range of health ailments, including respiratory infections and chronic conditions, Maitri comes to their rescue through its Project Jeevan.The project aims to:<ul><li>Provide 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 on and engagement around the struggles of abandoned widow mothers</li></ul><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />Project Jeevan needs your support to help those in need of food, healthcare and well-being. Donate now.“Maitri urgently needs your support to provide food, clothing and healthcare to sustain these widow mothers who are prone to more illnesses as they age,” appeals Winnie.Maitri believes in a woman’s right to dignity in life and death, more so a mother. 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.

Save abandoned, elderly widow mothers of Vrindavan from begging on streets

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.

Help Dr. Bhagat care for 500+ elderly parents rescued from abuse and homelessness

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.

Help Girish give 250 HIV+ children, rescued from abuse in red-light areas a new life

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Established in 1945, Bani Mandir works to educate children; provide food to the hungry; generate awareness for social and economic development; give care to the needy and elderly; create women empowerment; generate employment; give vocational training; and protect the environment.Our centre incorporates and houses many areas of interest including a garden, children’s park, health check-up centre, and care centre for adolescent girls and pregnant mothers.SAHAY, our education programme, supports the education of over 1000 children. We also provide vocational training to over 30 children who have dropped out of school and have lost interest in continuing their studies.To help the poor and aged, we provide accommodation and food free of cost. We also have a community development programme, which addresses a number of issues, such as the construction of roads, sanitation systems in poor housing areas, and encourage and develop organic farming. Furthermore, we support women empowerment through social and economic development, self help groups, and lending micro loans.At present, Bani Mandir is working with approximately 10,000 beneficiaries within 60 villages of West Bengal.

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Amiya Mondal, 72, comes from Khordanahala village. She was living with her poor daughter and son-in-law who could not afford to provide two square meals for themselves never mind her. Because of this, Amiya was mistreated by her family and felt utterly humiliated.

Granny Amiya Mondal was selected under Bani Mandir’s Sponsor-a Grandparent Programme and stayed with us until the 31st of March 2013 when the programme ended. She was given food, clothing and healthcare support as well as comforted and motivated to live with self-respect.

Amiya Mondal selflessly donated whatever she received from Bani Mandir to her daughter and her family. They realised their mistake and were sincerely sorry for the way they had treated her. Amiya rejoiced in regaining her lost position in the family when all members began to show her the respect she deserved. Today, the family continue to need external support in order to continue providing Amiya with food and medical help. 

Treating grandparents with respect

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It is a programme from among persons belonging to poor and needy families struggling with poverty. Our goal is to eradicate poverty and give back their reputation as well through livelihood support such as Tea-Stall, Grocery shop, Vegetable Vending, Fish Vending, Potato Onion Shop, Fuchka vending, Goat Rearing etc.Our organization’s operational area consists of 60 villages under 07 Gram Panchayat of Diamond Harbour Block – II in the district which is mostly on agricultural based villages. Inspite of working till morning to evening they cannot meet their daily ends. So they cannot maintain their family as well as children’s education. As a result their poverty are increasing day by day alongwith child labour, unemployment, destitution are increasing. 
 To meet their Livelihood support till date, Bani Mandir has taken the initiative to raise funds locally alongwith main support Give India in the option “Donate a Cycle Rickshaw for a poor villager as livelihood option”. We have indentified 105 such poor and needy families based on the list of poor persons provide by VDCs, a short listing project is done at Bani Mandir. Accordingly, the names are finalized to help with livelihood support to such 15 persons for Tea-Stall, 15 persons for Grocery Shop, 15 persons for vegetable vending, 15 persons for fish vending, 15 persons for Fuchka vending, 15 persons for Potato Onion and 15 Goat rearing for female candidates. Bani Mandir’s field staff keep close contact with the villages and villagers where the beneficiaries are finalized. The support so provided has been beneficial to check their poverty as well as able to give back social responsibility and reputation.After distribution to the beneficiaries, we maintain Benefit Register, Books of Accounts and other relevant documents as well and time to time Feedback will be submitted to Give India.  
 After distribution of Livelihood support such as Tea Stall, Grocery Shop, Vegetable Vending, Fish Vending, Fuchka, Potato, Onion Shop, Goat Rearing to 105 beneficiaries, we are thinking that they will be highly benefited and able to eradicate their poverty alongwith reduce child labour, unemployment etc. Besides, their economic development will surely encourage other such backward and socially underprivileged persons to follow them.For an Example had already in organized some livelihood option financial supported by Give India that are i) “Help a poor villager set up a Tea Stall” – 28 beneficiaries  (2008 - 2013)ii) “Help a poor villager set up a small grocery shop”. – 8 villagers (2008 - 2013)iii) “Goat rearing for a woman for the livelihood support of her poor family” - 9 women (2008 - 2013)All the options have been successfully going on. Now the beneficiaries of these options are able to establish their family economically.Thus through these livelihood support, we want to achieve our goal reducing their poverty and to bring back them in the main stream of the society. Our programme will help not only the families of the beneficiaries financially but also their socio-economic status will be progressed give back to their social reputation in the society.

Livelihood Support to help the rural poor villagers under privileged persons

India is home to over 100 million elderly people and the figures have seen a consistent rise in the last few years. The problems faced by the elderly are anything from an unstable income, in which to support themselves, to ill health and an absence of social security.One in every three senior citizens are abused in India and over 50% of cases originate within the family. We realized that they needed productive activities as well as a platform where they can share their thoughts and seek counselling. 
 Initiated by HelpAge India, the programme started supporting Village Development Communities who were in turn encouraged to support over 300 destitute and vulnerable elderly persons while providing them with regular food. All our elderly beneficiaries have a savings account as part of our bank linkage programme. We have also set up three medical check-up centres and one physiotherapy centre. Health camps have been organised where over 100 elderly persons have already had cataract operations and been given necessary spectacles. 
 Over 300 elderly people are living a life of dignity and are given respect with 24/7 care and help. Kindly lend your support so we can reach out to many more.

Provide support for an elderly person in distress

It is a Programme from among children belonging to poor, destitute and orphan families struggling with not only poverty but also existence. Our goal is to eradicate children different abuse such as physical, emotional ill-treatment sexual abuse, neglect and exploitation etc. through Child Protection Policy. Our organisation’s operational area consists of 60 Villages under 07 Gram Panchayat of Diamond Harbour Block – II in the District which is mostly on agriculture based villages. Most of the villagers are labour – class. After working hard morning till evening they cannot maintain their family alongwith children’s education, health, nutrition as well. Above all, they are deprived of any Govt. help. As a result their poverty are increasing day by day and they have began to think that they are born in poverty and will die in poverty. So the children are deprived of anything which are their birth right. It is estimated that there are a lot of girls and boys who are engaged in hazardous work that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to them. It interferes with their education by depriving them of the opportunity to attend school due to excessively long and heavy work. 
 Programme Implementors : Programme Co-ordinator – 1 No., Resource Person – 2 Nos., Programme Volunteer – 20 Nos. (1 Programme Volunteer of each 20 targeted villages)Activities to be implemented :A : Activities – Child Protection Training Camp   ( Audio Visual and others)Issues : 1. Physical Abuse, 2.  Mental Abuse, 3. Sexual Abuse, 4. NeglectNo. of activities – 8 Camps of two subjects each with participating 25 beneficiaries each camp. Camps will be conducted by 2 Resource Persons each Camp.No. of Participants with category – Organisation Staff – 10, Community Volunteers – 20, Creche Workers – 4, Creche Helpers – 4, Parents – 22, Youth Volunteers – 20,  Programme Volunteers – 20, Total no. of Participants – 100Period of activities - 4 months (April 2020 to July 2020)B : Activities – Replication ProgrammeNo. of activities – 100 Camps with participating 5 beneficiaries each camp with survey form fill upNo. of Participants with category – 500 villagers of 18+ years aged within the target areaPeriod of activities – 4 months ( August 2020 to November 2020)C : Activities – Awareness ProgrammeNo. of activities – Rally – 2 nos., Street Drama – 2 nos., Quiz Contest – 2 nos.No. of Participants with category – 2 nos. Rally – 600 trained participants, 2 nos. Street Drama – 20 participants in 2 targeted villages, 2 nos. Quiz Contest – Quiz in open forum in 2 targeted villages.Period of activities – 1 month (December 2020) D : Activities – Evaluation ProgrammeNo. of activities – 2 Whole day Ceremonies with participating 300 participants each Ceremony with survey form fill up.No. of Participants with category – 600 trained participants.Period of activities – 1 month (January 2021)E : Activities – Monitoring and Follow upNo. of activities – 20 Field Visits.No. of Participants with category – 20 Trained Programme Volunteers.Period of activities - 2 months (February 2021 to March 2021) 
 After “Child Protection Policy’s advantages to the poor, helpless, destitute and deprived beneficiaries, we are thinking that they will be highly benefited and able to eradicate their children’s abuses. Besides, their development will surely encourage other such backwards and socially underprivileged poor children to follow them.   Outcome using Child Protection Policy” are as follows :   1.     Child beneficiaries are now able to come out from physical and emotional ill-treatment.2.     They are now also able to come out from sexual abuses as well as negligency and exploitation.3.     Above all they are now able to go to school regularly and studying normally.Thus through these programme we want to achieve are goal reducing and eradicating all kinds of child abuses. Our progr4amme will help not only the families of the children beneficiaries but also their social status will be progressed.

Child Protection Awareness Programme

It is a programme for school boys and girls belonging to very poor and needy families struggling with poverty. The goal is to reduce the drop out at primary or secondary level owing to lack of educational supplies, proper uniforms etc.To fulfil the noble mission, our organisation has come forward to stand by them with our help to bring them back in the main stream of the society. So our organisation has initiated this project.Our organisational operational area consists of 60 villages under 07 Gram Panchayat of Diamond Harbour Block – II and the district mostly consists of agricultural based villages. Inspite of working from morning till evening, they cannot meet their daily ends. So, they cannot maintains their children’s education as well. As a result drop outs and child labour are increasing day by day. 
 To provide the required educational support, Bani Mandir has taken the initiative to raise funds locally along with main support GiveIndia. We have identified 700 school going boys and girls ( V-VIII – 400 + IX-X – 300). Based on the list of students provided by the V.D.Cs, a short listing project is done at Bani Mandir. Accordingly, the names are finalized to support with educational supplies, school dresses, school bags, water bottles, shoes etc. for almost 234 students on monthly basis. The Bani Mandir field staffs keep close contact with the schools where the beneficiary children are studying. The support so far provided has been beneficial to check school dropout and to facilitate joyful learning.After distribution to the beneficiaries, we maintain Benefit Register, Books of Accounts and other relevant document as well.  
 After distribution of school uniform and kits to 700 beneficiaries, we are thinking that they will be highly benefited and decrease the drop out along with reduce the child labour. Besides, it will encourage other boys and girls to follow them. Thus we want to achieve our goal to bring back them in the main stream of the society. Our programme will help the families of the beneficiaries financially and their socio economic status will be progressed and they will give back their social reputation in the society.