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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65-year-old Shakuntala completely depends on our partner NGO, Share and Care, for her food requirements, as she has no one else to take care of her. “When my only child was young, my husband Nadesan died. It was just me and my young son. After my son got married, he left me to stay with his in-laws, and I was alone. I am old, have pain in my legs, knees, shoulders and my entire body so I cannot work as I once did. But the food rations such as the nuts, lentils, wheat flour and rice I receive from Share and Care help me tremendously and I can eat well every day,” she says. Share and Care helps hundreds of abandoned grandparents, most of them being elderly women. The senior citizens belong to tribal communities and have limited access to necessities such as food and medicines to stay alive and well. This Shivratri, you can help with food and other essentials. Support them. 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). Abandoned elderly supported by Share and Care400 elderly parents abandoned by their children have no one to take care of them and need your help. They suffer from hunger, sight and hearing failure, diabetes, high blood pressure and other medical conditions. As they cannot work and support themselves because of old age, they cannot afford medicines or even clothing. So, they remain poor and alone. Share and Care’s mission Since 1984, Share and Care has been caring for disadvantaged groups of people, including elderly parents who have been living in poverty after being abandoned by their children. The founders, a couple named Carmel and Arokiasamy, aim to eliminate poverty and the suffering of the poor through social welfare programs and education. To achieve this mission, Share and Care runs a program in Chennai and also a village in Tiruvallur, where the 400 elderly live. This program ensures that every month, the 400 senior citizens have dry food rations, medicines and medical care, clothes, physiotherapy, geriatric counselling and other services to nurture them back to good physical health. Need for the fundraiserOne of the founders, Carmel Arokiasamy, shares that the abandoned elderly parents who live in extreme poverty without food or anyone to care for them constantly think about their children and ask, “Did we do something wrong?” Arokiasamy shares that from the time their children are born, they take care of them in such a special way. But when their children abandon them, they weep and cannot stop thinking about them. While dealing with this emotional distress, they are also suffering from hunger and disease. But cannot afford food and medicines. Donate now to help Share and Care provide the abandoned elderly with dry food rations, medical supplies, a medical and eye camp, counselling, clothes, blankets and recreational activities to live their lives with a positive outlook, despite their circumstances.Your donation can provide these elderly parents with their most basic and urgent needs. “Please support our work because this is for the elderly parents who are in great need. These grandparents are bedridden. They need care, love and support”.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support Share and Care in their mission to provide food, medicines, counselling and personal care to 400 abandoned grandparents living in poverty.

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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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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.