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.

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“They insert a candle in the vagina, fingers are inserted (in the vagina) and tortured, and if children don’t relent even then, they 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 Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID), in course of talking about many heart-rending stories of trafficked children in red-light areas.In over three decades, the SPID led by Lalitha, has saved over 3000 children from the red-light areas, many from clutches of sex trafficking.Sadly, many more children need to be rescued and in need of a loving home. But Lalitha needs our support to carry on the mission, to move out of her small facility so that she can rescue more children, house them in a permanent location and give them all the love they deserve. Your support can help her give these children 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).A movement to protect vulnerable childrenAs a social worker, Lalitha has worked for decades in GB Road, the red-light area of Delhi and helped many women escape the clutches of being forced into sex. But it was the exploitation of children, many of them hardly ten or twelve or even less. The SPID has focused on rescuing such children and giving them a new life.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 generously.Donation to SPID’s fundraiser on Give.do“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 LalithaDonate 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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“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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Better Education Lifestyle and Environment Foundation (BELIEF) is a not-for-profit organization started by a few young professionals who passionately want to bring social change. We are currently working in the slums of Pune, Maharashtra in the domain of Early Childhood Education. Currently, we are working with 54 Anganwadis in Hadapsar and Mundhawa bits of Pune. We are engaging with 54 Anganwadi teachers, about 1400 parents, and 1500 students through 2 of our interventions.

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(Our interaction with children) "Do you like books?""Yes""What kind of books do you like to read?" "Stories of mother, father, angel..." With the support from generous donors and well-wishers who believe in change, team BELIEF has started KITABGHAR in one orphanage in Nashik from 1st November 2022. We conduct the sessions twice a week for grade 5 to 7 girls. The program is as challenging as we have thought. But the satisfaction of choosing the right path to work with distressed children is encouraging the team to overcome every challenge. Children who entered this program had very little exposure to books. Our team has started introducing them to the new, curated book collection through activities like read-aloud, book talks, character alive, poetry sessions, and lending borrowing of the books. We are developing a good rapport with them. When we enter the campus of the orphanage, we are always overwhelmed by the chatter and hugs of those little munchkins. These are such precious moments in our lives that keep our enthusiasm up!

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Our concern: Poor quality of Early Childhood Education in Anganwadis.More than 50% of the children are dependent on Anganwadis for preschool education. Early Childhood Education (ECE), however, remains the weakest of the six services of Anganwadi. Poor quality of ECE impacts on the overall lifelong development of the children<ul><li>55% of India's school-going children cannot read and understand a short, age-appropriate text by class 5. (Source: World Bank's learning poverty index.) </li><li>The British longitudinal study EPPE (Effective Provision of Preschool Education) clearly demonstrates the links between various models of ECCE and later achievement at the primary level.” (Source: position paper national focus group on early childhood education).</li><li>Improving the quality of ECE is now SDG 4.2 </li></ul>Anganwadis in urban slum settlements faces innumerable problems from lack of dedicated space for teaching to unavailability of toilets and handwashing spaces and from unawareness of parents about ECE to insufficient training of Anganwadi workers on ECE. This impacts the school readiness of children when they enter grade 1. Teachers of grade have to start again from the preschool curriculum in grade 1. Students then start lagging behind the grade-appropriate learning competencies. That's why BELIEF has started intervening right from the bottom!  
 BELIEF has started an Anganwadi Strengthening Program in Hadapsar in which we work with 54 Anganwadis with an integrated approach. Our project has 2 important parts which involve all the stakeholders concerned with the issue.<ol><li>Capability Building of Anganwadi workers: We train (educate) the Anganwadi workers on AKAR (A state curriculum for Anganwadis). These training are conducted intensively with the content divided into smaller parts. Active involvement of attendees is ensured with prompt post-training handholding and on-site support. Anganwadi workers and the ICDS department is satisfied with this project and are willing to scale this intervention too.</li><li>Parent as a teacher: Parents play an important role in the learning of a child. But often this role is underestimated especially in the semi / uneducated families from underprivileged communities. Our intervention aims at taking the active involvement of the parents in ECE not only through the awareness but also through taking their daily participation in ECE activities at home. BELIEF has developed nice and simple content for parents based on the AKAR curriculum, which is sent daily to the parents through WhatsApp in text and audio form. Parents conduct the ECE activities at home which support the development of the children at early years. The activities are easy to facilitate with the material available at home. We receive nice responses from parents.</li></ol> 
 Our Objective: Improved school readiness of children when entered grade 1.We wish to strengthen the Anganwadi workers to plan and conduct all the lessons based on the AKAR curriculum in their Anganwadis. We wish that they are professionally developed to overcome the challenges in the field. The training by us should bring change in the classrooms of the Anganwadis. BELIEF emphasizes on the institutionalization of the change. This means that the entire system around the Anganwadi functioning should become ready to accept and sustain the change brought in the Anganwadis.BELIEF also strives hard on involving parents in ECE. We wish that there should be a culture of learning developed at home and in the community. Children hardly spend 2-2.5 hours in Anganwadi. But they the spend rest of the day in the family. We aim at equipping parents to conduct ECE activities at home and along with the caregiving to the child, ECE should be a family's focus too. We ensure that the Anganwadi curriculum and Parent as Teacher go hand-in-hand so for receiving the impact.At the end of the intervention, we wish that children undergoing this program through Anganwadi workers and parents fulfil the parameters of school readiness in grade1.

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When a child is born into a family, s/he is showered love by the entire family and acquaintances. It's the family that accompanies the child from learning the first words to getting introduced to the universe. Now imagine a child's journey without a family. While dealing with traumas and separation when a child enters the orphanage, s/he definitely gets shelter and equally loving caregivers until s/he gets adopted by a family. The waiting period for a child to get a home is always unpredictable. Sometimes, after completing a certain year of age, it's difficult for some of them to be accepted by a family. Families adopting a child often prefer younger children. Children in orphanages do go to school and attend tuition too. But what they are deprived of is the world beyond academics! A space where they can connect to the outer world and can express themselves fearlessly. A facilitator who can walk them through the world of children's literature! 
 BELIEF is initiating an active library program, KITABGHAR for the orphanages in Nashik. This program is aimed at creating a safe, brave, and non-judgmental learning space for the children staying in the orphanage. Curated vibrant children's literature will be made available in KITABGHAR. Along with that, a trained facilitator will communicate with children through read-aloud sessions, book talks, book displays, character alive, library games, etc. A rich culture of reading will be incorporated through frequent sessions, interactions, and library activities.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/786c96c2-6df5-4869-b07a-78b086561d9a.png" style="display:block;margin:auto" width="791" /><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/bee6108c-acaf-4047-835b-2c1d6dc59f0d.png" width="559" style="display:block;margin:auto" /> 
 Various researches suggests that exposure to the library creates a long-lasting impact on an individual’s life. Children from the orphanages don’t have access to the books and if there are some books available, they are not curated as per the reading level, age, and interest of children. Thus, mere access to good-quality children’s literature becomes a critical aspect of this project. The activities in the project are planned in such a way that we aim to create a safe space for children where they will not just engage with library books but also respond to the books and share their thoughts and experiences. We are also hoping to create a culture of reading among children from orphanages and other distressed backgrounds. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/447dcfa8-a906-4ad7-b1ca-edbc94d62022.png" width="553" />Visit us :Website: www.beliefforchange.org_____________________Social Media Handles<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Belief-Better-Education-Lifestyle-And-Environment-Foundation-106498565046958/?ti=as" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"></a>  <a href="https://twitter.com/BELIEF70480203?s=08" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"></a>  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-education-lifestyle-and-environment-foundation" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"></a>  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/belief_for_change/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"></a>

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