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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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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“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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The Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS) is an internationally recognized center-of-excellence in the areas of wildlife research, in situ conservation, policy, and education. In collaboration with the central and state governments, as well as through partnerships with several national and international institutions, CWS practices science-based conservation to promote the protection of wildlife and wildlands.

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India – with its extraordinary wildlife despite increasing urbanisation – is producing a generation of people disconnected from nature. This disconnect is amplified for people living in and around our wildlife reserves who regularly face conflicts with wildlife resulting in crops, livestock, and property damage. Over the years, our studies have revealed that children in high-conflict villages are often deeply affected and potentially hold negative views of the wildlife. 
 Wild Shaale (Shaale means ‘school’ in Kannada) is a unique environmental and conservation education program that aims to foster interest and build awareness in rural children living in proximity to wildlife.Wild Shaale is a first-of-its-kind scientifically-conceived conservation-education program. It focuses on children between the ages of 10 and 13 who live around wildlife reserves. We have created content to teach children about their local wildlife and environment. This also includes some local conservation issues to improve their knowledge, empathy, and conservation attitudes.Our sessions incorporate various learning styles (art activities, role play, story-telling, games, and presentations). We provide all the materials to ensure that every school is ensured equal resources.We believe that Wild Shaale is a fundamental building block to involving children in conserving India’s wildlife and wild places. They play an increasingly important role in influencing perceptions, attitudes and tolerance towards wildlife. 
 Globally, environmental-and-conservation education is instrumental in increasing people’s awareness, changing perceptions and attitudes, and encouraging public support for wildlife.Wild Shaale is designed to educate children on coexisting with wildlife and coping with loss. Our implementation and evaluation approach provides insights into the best-designed practices for conservation-education programs. Since 2018, we have reached 407 schools and 20,350 children around 8 wildlife reserves in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.The Wild Shaale curriculum is customisable to different regions, highlighting unique animals, plants and ecosystems. With your support we hope to expand the program to several new wildlife reserves across India in 2020. Our hope is that every child that learns to love the wild, will become an agent for change in their families and communities to make informed choices and co-exist with nature. Help us make this a reality.Any donation made is an investment in the children and the wildlife around them.

Wild Shaale - Transforming Conservation Education for Children Living Around India's Parks

India is a mega diversity country.  Our country is a high-priority region for global wildlife conservation efforts especially related to charismatic and conflict-prone megafauna such as the tigers, elephants and leopards. Successful conservation efforts by Indian government and NGOs have resulted in rebounding animal populations around many of India’s wildlife reserves. However, millions of people living in and around these wildlife reserves experience high levels of human-wildlife conflict (HWC).More than 80,000 human-wildlife conflict incidents are reported in India with ex-gratia compensation payments from the government totalling almost 38 crore rupees per year. Incidents of HWC include crop loss and property damage (94.1%), livestock predation (5.6%), occasionally human injury (0.3%), and loss of human life (0.02%). Yet, it is important to note that hundreds of thousands of conflict incidents remain unreported and uncompensated. While there is some inherent tolerance for losses in these communities, repeated conflicts may lead to the retaliatory killing of wildlife. 
 Wild Seve (Seve, in Kannada, means ‘to serve’) was developed by Dr. Krithi K. Karanth at the Centre for Wildlife Studies after decades of research on the complexities of human-wildlife interactions. The research found that compensation schemes play a key role in lowering retaliation and fostering tolerance toward wildlife.Wild Seve provides a toll-free number serving 600 village settlements and ½ million people around two wildlife reserves in Karnataka. Local residents call a toll-free helpline to report a human-wildlife conflict incident. Our field staff arrive at the incident location, assess the damage, and help families file and track ex-gratia compensation claims with the government. Our field assistants belong to the local communities and this has built enormous trust with the people. Our mobile technology-based platform bridges the gap between people and the government. Through the Wild Seve program we assist the most vulnerable people living adjacent to wildlife reserves to recoup losses of crops, livestock, property damage, and injury. For families with repeated incidents of livestock loss, we have built 60 predator-proof sheds till date which has mitigated livestock loss. 
 Wild Seve offers a rare opportunity to help people directly affected by human-wildlife, lower retaliation against wildlife and foster tolerance in people. Through our committed field assistants, the program addresses the delays in ex-gratia payments, inability to navigate the government claims process, and reduces the transactional costs faced by the poorest of people.  This program has been instrumental in changing attitudes towards wildlife around Bandipur and Nagarahole National Parks, Karnataka. As of September 2021, we have responded to over 18,500 claims, and facilitated ex-gratia payments of over INR 62,724,228/- (USD $836,100/-) from the Government. Wild Seve program plans to expand to multiple new wildlife reserves in Karnataka. Our long term goal is to ensure the persistence of India's conflict-prone wildlife, by increasing awareness, supporting livelihoods, and fostering tolerance among people.

Wild Seve - Empowering People and Conserving Wildlife Around India's Parks

Our world is facing an unprecedented health emergency with the COVID-19 outbreak. The current pandemic has exposed the fragility of our public health systems and neglect of our most vulnerable communities’. Along with COVID-19, almost 75% of all emerging diseases in the 21st century have an origin traceable to wild animals. Those most likely to bear the brunt of these emerging diseases are therefore the communities living in and around wildlife reserves. In India, such communities are already marginalised. They lack access to proper health care, information, education and resources! Most importantly, they lack awareness. After all, how can they prevent something that they don’t understand? 
 Wild Surakshe (Safety) is a public safety and community engagement program focusing on preventing the spread of many zoontics including COVID-19 and stopping future disease outbreaks. Our program will assist communities living in and around wildlife reserves to understand and combat zoonotic diseases and human-wildlife conflict incidents. We will build collaborative networks to aid these communities and access government aid, emergency service providers, and healthcare. 
 Wild Surakshe connects and collaborates with communities isolated. We plan to reach 500 vulnerable villages surrounding wildlife reserves and engage people, village panchayats, government staff and community organisations. Over the next year, in Karnataka, our initiative will have widespread impact at the grass-root level by focusing on people living close to 23 wildlife reserves across Western Ghats. With your support we want to expand this program to people living in and around wildlife reserves in Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Wild Surakshe - Building Community Resilience Against Disease Outbreaks in the Western Ghats

Otters are carnivorous, semi-aquatic mammals found in rivers, lakes, ponds and other wetlands across India. They can be distinguished by their elongated bodies, webbed feet, tapering tails, brownish-black coats, and short bursts of ‘squeaks’ let out for communication. As top predators of freshwater ecosystems, otters are key indicators of a healthy environment. Due to their shyness and rarity, otters can be quite elusive; if you spot one, count yourself lucky! India is home to three different species i.e. Asian small-clawed (Aonyx cinereus), smooth-coated (Lutrogale perspicillata) and Eurasian (Lutra lutra) otters. In India’s biodiverse Western Ghats, all three are known to co-exist. They thrive in freshwater habitats that contain dense vegetation and a plentiful supply of fish, crabs, and other prey. Interestingly, they are also sometimes spotted near areas of high human activity. People have, on occasion, even seen otters in the city of Bengaluru. There is a severe shortage of ecological data on otters in the Indian subcontinent. Not much is known about their population numbers, range sizes, and adaptation to human-dominated areas. Scattered observations indicate that all three Indian species are facing critical population declines. Along with poaching for fur, pollution, a rising pet trade, and depleting fish stocks, otters are threatened by habitat loss and degradation due to the expansion of agriculture, human settlements, and infrastructure. The IUCN has declared small-clawed otters and smooth-coated otters Vulnerable and Eurasian otters Near-threatened. In the absence of monitoring and conservation intervention, otters could go locally extinct from many wetlands. 
 The long-term persistence of otters outside protected areas in India depends on coexistence with humans. For our project, we plan to collect baseline data on otter occurrence in a region with numerous human settlements and high forest cover where at least two species are known to occur. We will use ecological data and questionnaire surveys to understand how human activities affect otters, and how people and otters interact with each other when they overlap. We will also study how different otter species coexist with each other. 
 Our project will contribute to baseline data on otter occurrence in India, which is essential for the long-term monitoring of populations and prevention of local extinctions. The study will also help us understand the effect of various human factors on otters over large spatial scales. This is especially important in India, where otters are frequently seen living close to humans in agricultural areas, towns, and cities. Such research is key for designing mitigation measures and prioritizing habitats for otter conservation. Additionally, understanding the nature of human-otter interactions is the first step to ensuring both can sustainably coexist. As a whole, our research is essential for the persistence of otters outside protected areas in India, where rivers, lakes and forests are directly influenced by human activities.