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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“The abusers insert a candle or fingers in the vagina of children torture them. If the children don’t relent even then, the abusers put chilli powder so that children will say “yes” because of the burning of the skin… There are teeth marks on their bodies, and their vaginal parts are burnt. When children stay in these conditions, it is painful even to hear,” says Lalitha SA of the Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID), while talking about many heart-rending stories of trafficked children in red-light areas. In over three decades, the team of SPID led by Lalitha, has saved over 3000 children from the red-light areas in Delhi, such as GB Road, and many from clutches of sex trafficking. While Lalitha has also helped many women escape the clutches of being forced into sex work, the SPID is focused on rescuing children and giving them a better life.Sadly, many more children need to be rescued and need a loving home. SPID needs your support to carry on the mission, to move out of the small shelters that are subject to arbitrary rental increases or landlords’ whims, to permanent locations where she can rescue more children and give them all the love they deserve. Your support will give these children the care and upbringing they need. 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).“I have limited funds and very limited space, and if I had the funds, I would be able to rescue many more children and provide them with more comfort. With folded hands, I plead with you that you help us with funds in large numbers and support us in providing us children with a decent life. Become a part of the mission,” pleads Lalitha. Lalitha plays a vital role in the survival and safety of vulnerable children in the red-light areas. As SPID is almost entirely dependent on donations from the public, we can support and strengthen SPID’s mission to save children. Donate to this fundraiser for permanent premises through Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform. Help Lalitha give hundreds of children rescued from brothels a life away from violence and abuse. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help Lalitha give hundreds of children rescued from brothels a life away from violence and abuse.NGO's 80G number: AADAS3217RF20212NGO's 12A number: AADAS3217RE20214

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“What will happen to them after me? I am 80+. I spend sleepless nights,” worries ex-Air Force officer, Group Captain AC Barua while talking about the future of the 28 destitute women under his care. “They have nobody in this world, sometimes they don’t remember their own names. They are absolutely alone,” he informs us as he goes from one room to the other meeting all the women who live at Seneh, the only home where they are loved and taken care of. After fighting for his country all his life, this octogenarian is now fighting to rescue homeless and abandoned women from dying on the streets. But he cannot do it alone. “Everyday I keep on getting calls from here and there. ‘Oh! there’s a woman lying here. Can you help?’ But I don’t dare to go and help because I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources, our resources are very limited,” explains Gr. Capt. Barua who is lovingly called ‘Sir’ and ‘Deuta’ (father in Assamese) by the residents of Seneh. With your help, 80-year-old Group Captain Barua can fulfill his mission of rescuing abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets, alone. Donate nowDonate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. All 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).Seneh- a home filled with love, care and hopeThe residents of Seneh often don’t remember who they are, where they have come from. Many times these are women with mental health conditions and considered being a witch due to superstitious beliefs and beaten up as a result. They are victims of domestic abuse or widow mothers who are considered to be a burden on the family. Group Captain Barua has not only rescued them from critical conditions, he has provided them with urgent medical care, food and above all, a free safe shelter where they can live with love and care. Among these residents is Sarala Kalita who fled to save herself from the tortures of her alcoholic husband only to face neglect and trauma from her brothers- and sisters-in-law. “Both my brothers and their wives urged my father to leave me somewhere as they didn’t want to take care of me anymore. One day my brother’s wife didn’t even let me have food at home. She just wanted me to leave and go away. So that’s why, my father got in touch with Seneh through someone, and handed me over to Sir to take care of me,” says Sarita who has found joy in living at Seneh. “Coming to Seneh, it felt like I got a new life altogether. Sir has given me a harmonium. I love singing. It makes me forget everything and takes me to someplace else entirely,” she adds. More women like Sarala can find their way to a loving home like Seneh. All they need is a little bit of your kindness. “It is difficult to make both ends meet”To sustain their daily expenditure, Capt Barua needs approx ₹3 lakh a month and arranging the funds is a mammoth challenge for the NGO. “Our expenses are growing day by day. Residents are growing older, their sicknesses are increasing. At times we have to give them special food. They require more care so we have to get more employees. About half of them require leading around, 1-2 has to be fed also. It will be very difficult to sustain it unless we get help,” he added. One act of your kindness can save these abandoned women, with no one in this world, from struggling on the streets to survive. At 80+ Gr. Capt. Barua cannot sustain Seneh on his own. “With folded hands, I appeal to all. Please come and please help us. Let us help these people, these old people who have nobody in this world. They are dying. They will die on the streets,” he urged. Donate to this fundraiser by Give.do to support retired Air Force officer, Group Captain Barua in his mission to rescue abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets.

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Kaarigar Clinic is India’s first rural business clinic dedicated to empowering artisans. Rooted in Gandhian philosophy, it works to transform skilled craftsmen and women into self-reliant entrepreneurs. By offering mentorship, business training, design and digital support, and market connections, Kaarigar Clinic ensures that artisans receive the identity, value, and recognition they deserve. The initiative not only strengthens livelihoods but also safeguards India’s rich craft traditions, enabling artisans to thrive in today’s fast-changing world while keeping heritage alive for future generations.Vision : To Empower Artisans to become Entrepreneurs by giving them identity, value and recognition.Mission :Create a strong and sustainable business eco-system for kaarigars who are keen to develop their own business, but unable to do so due to lack of education, resources and business skills.Goal :By 2028, Develop 1000 kaarigar entrepreneurs to create resilience livelihood for 1 million Artisans.

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Recently We have seen a huge crowd of migrant labourers walk on the roads during the national wide lockdown due to the covid19. One can imagine how terrific situation when labourer including their children has to walk for 500 km to reach their villages. Even they live in a very congested area in cities like Dharavi, which become a hotspot of spreading corona. When we try to find the root cause, unemployment in the rural area is one of the main reason which leads them to migrate to the city area. Nowadays, Unemployment and Urbanization are two major burning issues in India. Rural people migrate to the urban areas in search of livelihood and Due to massive migration, people suffer a lot of other problems like Overpopulation, pollution, Health Problems, Cleanliness &amp; hygiene, Traffic problems, Water scarcity and increasing slums etc.Traditionally Rural people always have some skills but do not have formal education, resources, business or management skill so unable to run their small business, unable to understand market demands and due to that getting failure in their small business and leave the traditional work. Those who fail in their business, start migrating to city areas, live in slums and work as a labourer in factories. Due to the migration, Rural tradition and culture have vanished. And also their children do not get a proper education. If Rural people get the livelihood at the local level, they do not need to migrate and it helps to overcome all these problems. 
 If rural people get the livelihood at the local level, they do not need to migrate and it helps to overcome these problems. Due to the lack of education, resources, business management and design skills, the majority of artisans are not able to run their own business. And That’s why we have started the project- Kaarigar Clinic to support the artisans to develop their own business and business ecosystem.“ Kaarigar clinic” is a Rural Business Clinic, where rural artisan can come to diagnose their business problems. We work with talented artisans who are very keen to develop/strengthen their own traditional business, but unable to do that due to lack of education, resources, business and management skill. At Kaarigar clinic we diagnose their strength, weakness and potentiality to run the business. We figure out their USP’s and continuously help them to develop a strong and sustainable business model. So that they can generate livelihood for themselves, their families and other co-working artisans while preserving traditional arts and culture. Kaarigar Clinic helps rural artisans to strengthen traditional business, so that that they do not need to migrate to urban areas for work. 
 We want to develop micro entrepreneurs among rural artisans community, who can generate livelihood not only for themselves but also for the co-working artisans. We also encourage artisans to promote locals by using local technique, material and resources, which strengthen the local rural economy. The overall impact would be, No one should leave the village in search of livelihood. Each of Our artisan entrepreneurs is able to generate livelihood for at least 100 people in their village. Under the Kaarigar clinic project, we wish to develop 1000 artisans entrepreneurs in rural India, who will provide a livelihood to more than 1,00,000 families.

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