"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.

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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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“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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Bhavada Devi Memorial Philanthropic Trust, SENEH is working for the most under privileged and deprived section of society, mainly women. The main activity of ‘Seneh’ is running a home for Destitute old Women at Guwahati. The residents of Seneh were mostly pavement dwellers who had no Shelter, Means of Sustenance or anyone to care for. The women had myriads of ailments some physical, others both mental and physical. The intensity of their sufferings in the past can be understood from the fact that in case of four out of 27 residents , but for seneh’s intervention, they would have probably died in a few hours. Nine were picked up from the streets in complete mental deranged conditions, treated as in patient in local psychiatric hospital for varying periods. Now they are cured and are leading somewhat normal lives with of course regular psychiatric medication.The residents of Seneh are given shelter, food, complete medical care, clothing, means of entertainment, all absolutely free.The other activities of the trust are as follows.a.	Provision of yearly stipend to the top ranking girls from each class in a Girls school in remote, extremely poor area.b.	Distribution of Sanitary pads free to 500 adolescent girls studying in different schools of remote and under privileged areas.c.	Provisions of free breakfast to about 150 attendants of Cancer patients of General ward of local Dr. B. Barooah Cancer Hospital, Guwahatid. Disaster relief work for flood victims as well as in Covid times by providing food, drinking water, mosquito nets and clothing items in remote areas of the state of Assam .

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The plight of people without a home, particularly women is unimaginable. Seneh has done some great work in helping to rescue scores of abandoned women off the streets but we need your help to do more! We've secured shelter, nutritional aid, treatment, and more for over 70 homeless women with the funds contributed by our generous donors. We have even made rehabilitation efforts to reintegrate some of the women with their families after their treatment. The rest are given permanent homes to live out the rest of their days under our care. The services provided above are given at no cost to anyone but ourselves. But we can't sustain our practice indefinitely. Our charity depends on kind souls such as yourself for donations. Check out the graphic below to see what else we've done to justify your aid! Your help is essential to eradicate the unnecessary misery of homelessness. Donate now and contribute to a better world.

Seneh impact report

Kavita's (name changed) life took a turn from wandering the streets of Guwahati, surviving on the sporadic kindness of strangers, to finding sanctuary in Seneh, a home dedicated to caring for destitute women. Her days, once marked by restless conversations with herself and nights spent in the unprotected confines of a building's ground floor, have transitioned to stability and peace, thanks to the intervention of Group Captain Barua and the kind informant who recognized her plight. Rescued by Seneh, Kavita faced a challenging period of adjustment, her initial time in the home proving difficult, necessitating specialized psychiatric care. After four months of hospital treatment, she returned to Seneh, now leading a calmer life with the support of regular medication and the compassionate environment provided by the home. Kavita's journey underscores the critical need for such sanctuaries as Seneh, where women like her, can receive the care and attention they need to live with dignity. Seneh's mission to provide a safe haven for these women is fraught with financial challenges, as the costs of care, medical treatment, and daily operations mount. Your donation can help sustain Seneh, allowing it to continue offering a lifeline to women like Kavita, who, without this support, would face unimaginable hardships. The act of giving not only aids in the immediate care of these women but also upholds the dignity and respect they deserve, providing a beacon of hope in their lives. Donate now to help Seneh continue their essential work of rescuing wayward souls from their plight.

Seneh beneficiary story

The abandoned, elderly women living at Bhavada Devi Memorial Philanthropic Trust have no one in the world but each other. Left alone by their loved ones, they are helpless, destitute, and broken. Your funds have gone towards giving these women a better life by rescuing them from their hopeless state and giving them a second chance at life. Because of our generous donors, the following services are provided to 36 abandoned elderly women - <ul><li>Free shelter</li><li>Free nutritious food</li><li>Free medical care</li><li>Recreational activities</li><li>Funeral services for those whose time with us has passed</li></ul> Given below is the step-by-step process we follow to rehabilitate our beneficiaries right from when they're identified to their complete recovery. Donate now to save these and more women from a life of excruciating pain and help change the world!

🌟 The Give team had the privilege of visiting Seneh to witness the impact of your generous contributions. Your support has truly made a remarkable difference, and we're thrilled to share some heartwarming insights from the visit. 🙌😊 Field Visit Date: 07/08/2023Field Visit by: Trisharani Talukdar, Sr. Associate, Online Giving Delivery Team - Give Visit Summary:We visited the Seneh home in Guwahati, Assam, where they graciously care for 29 destitute elderly women in need. These women, abandoned and homeless, find solace here after being rescued from the streets. Suffering from various physical and emotional ailments, they are taken care by seven dedicated staff members. At Seneh they are not only provided with shelter, but a comprehensive package including food, medicines, medical treatment if required, clothing, essential supplies, recreational activities, all without charge. Unless family members are located and willing to take them back, these women find a lifelong home where they can find happiness. The contributions received through this fundraiser are wisely allocated to sustain the home's operations, covering everything from daily housekeeping and nutritious meals to medicines, treatment, staff support, and utility expenses. A front porch, washroom facilities and a convenient kitchen area have also been established. Recreational additions like projectors were installed to enhance the quality of life for these women.  🌟🙏Your continued support plays a pivotal role in helping Seneh to cover daily and medical expenses, maintain the home and offer these destitute women a life filled with dignity and fulfillment.🤝🌈🙌 Donate now and make a lasting impact in the lives of these abandoned and homeless women: After fighting for India, former Air Force officer is now fighting to save abandoned women. Help him, donate now | Give

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Bhabada Devi Philanthropic Trust is working for the benefit of the under privileged and deprived section of the society especially women of North East India.North East India has the lowest per capita holding of cultivable land in India. Recurring floods which inundates vast areas every year further shrink land availability because of silting. Being primarily an agrarian economy, with hardly any discernible industrial growth, the condition of the common man in the countryside is appalling. One of the consequences of this pathetic state is the gradual disintegration of the traditional family values and ethos.The worst sufferers are the old and the infirm since their children in many cases, are dumping them to fend for themselves out of economic compulsions. Women in the age group of fifty and above are the ones who suffer the most, because they are mentally and physically vulnerable. 
 To alleviate their suffering and bring dignity and succor to some of these women, the Trust has opened a destitute home at Guwahati. Aptly named SENEH, meaning 'Selfless Love', the home provides shelter, food, medical care, clothing and all necessities for sustaining a decent dignified life. The vision is that in the sunset years of their lives, they can once again learn to laugh and sing and live together as a family ... all ABSOLUTELY FREE. 
 As of now there are 25 destitute women who have made SENEH their home. Unfortunately the present facilities cannot accomodate any more, although, almost every day the management gets distress calls from others with genuine needs. The extent of help that such hapless women require is evident from the fact that in the last 6 years SENEH has organized cataract operations for 22 residents, provided dentures to 15, hearing aid to 2 and all 12 are being treated for various ailments including prolonged psychiatric medication . As examples of the apathy experienced by these residents, one of the current residents was abandoned since she is absolutely blind. Yet another was picked up from a remote village on the Assam Bhutan Border living as a hermit since the villagers thought she was a witch.Two were picked up from busy road corners , unconscious, seriously injured but no one cared for them. Yet another a visually and speech impaired was thrown out from a moving car near police station.

Provide Shleter, food , Medical Care, Clothing and all other requisites to live a life of comfort and dignity to destitute old women

There are a number of concerns we are trying to take care of. The foremost is providing shelter food , all encompassing medical care , clothing to destitute Old Women , so that at the sunset years of their lives they live a life of comfort and dignity. There are plenty of such unfortunate victims of circumstances who either loiter on the steers, spend the nights under flyovers or in the Railway platforms. Quite a few of them are mentally unstable and oblivious of their surroundings. They require urgent psychiatric intervention. Yet there are others, who worked tirelessly day in and day out till old age and bad health donot allow them to do hard work. The employers in such cases donot care from them, and in some cases we have found to our utter dismay even force them to vacate their premises thereby throwing them to the streets. Yet another category whose children refuse to give them any support and in cases subject them to physical and mental torture Our endeavor is to help such unfortunate victims of circumstances and provide them with the requisites to live comfortably free of diseases both physical and mental. 
 For last eight years we are running a home for Destitute Old Women at a location in the Centre of Guwahati, Assam to accommodate 25 destitute falling under the following categories: a. She has no shelter on her head. b. She should be above fifty. c. She should have no means of sustenance d. She should have no physically capable son. The home was established in the year 2011. We provide the residents shelter, food , all encompassing medical care that includes psychological treatment, clothing and all other requisites to lead a life of comfort and dignity. To make them feel that it is their home for rest of their lives , we make them do all the household jobs like cooking, sweeping, swabbing, gardening pursuing their hobbies like weaving, embroidering, knitting, singing, etc. The able bodied do the common jobs by turn. Our endeavor is to provide them a home as if 25 sisters live under the same roof sharing and caring each others. We give them all round medical care both physical and mental. Our nursing staff look after the sick in a way that was unimaginable to them before they were brought into our hold. 
 The impact can be gauged from the fact that we can boast of saving lives of atleast seven old women , who without our intervention, would in probability have died on the streets unwept and unsung. The beaming faces and the toothless grins of the old ladies who have made the home for life tells it all..Other measures of impact can be understood from the fact that eleven out of the 25 are mental patient. In five cases, they were admitted to a local psychiatric hospital for different periods starting from six months to two years, till they ere cured reasonably to lead a somewhat normal lives albeit with regular psychiatric drugs that they will have to take for rest of their lives. We had our moments of sorrow when we lost five inmates, four because of cancer and one because of total renal failure. Since they had no relatives, we organised their burials as per their faiths.

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The next concern is spread the awareness about the menstrual hygiene to young girls in remote villages and schools located in such areas.where girls or parents are not even aware that such a necessity exists. Assam has the highest per capita deaths of mothers at child births. One of the reasons could be poor menstrual hygiene. To understand the implication of it, if any, we selected a district where the death rate of young mothers is almost double of Assam,s average. We fanned out to three schools and found that 98% of the young girls never used any hygienic product to arrest the flow trickling down. They mostly used dirty clothes and a lot of the girls missed their classes in the period. We consulted a local Government doctor who attributed to the high mortality rate to extremely poor menstrual hygine. He also told us it is a taboo that the period is considered very inauspicious and hence the young girls makes all efforts to hide it. We decided to launch a project to spread the awareness about the need by means of lectures and a video. 
 For last three months, we are distributing free sanitary napkins to a target group of 300 young girls in three schools located in very remote areas. Initially the girls were so shy , they have to be cajoled/ forced by the teachers to come forward and accept the napkins being distributed. Gradually the shyness is fading away . A few girls are coming forward to discuss their menstrual related problems to the doctor who accompany the distribution team.We have selecteda biodegradable product for distribution 
 The impact is long drawn. It cannot be gauged immediately. We are convinced in the long run, it will be extremely beneficial.

Provide Shleter, food , Medical Care, Clothing and all other requisites to live a life of comfort and dignity to destitute old women

Provide shelter, food, dedical care, clothing and all other requisites to live a life

Provision of sanitary napkins to young girl students of schools located in remote areas

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

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