"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.

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

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.

Help Dr. Bhagat care for 500+ elderly parents rescued from abuse and homelessness

We have come a long way in taking a stand against injustice when we can see it. But unfortunately, millions of voiceless farmed animals are still being subjected to inhuman cruelty in illegal dairies, slaughterhouses, etc. Their plight has been hidden from us, and their cries for help are muffled. These animals are stifled in dingy sheds and housed in abysmal conditions. They are injected with harmful substances to extract milk, mistreated, and finally transported to illegal slaughterhouses when they are of no use. IAF India Animal Foundation, along with other NGOs, have resolved to ease the pain of these farmed animals. They have provided safe shelter, food and medical care to ill and injured farmed animals rescued from life-threatening conditions. Besides these, the NGOs are also actively involved in capacity building and advocacy.With more and more ill and injured animals being brought in each day, these NGOs are in urgent need of funds to care for helpless farm animals. Your contribution can ensure the end of abuse for hundreds of animals trapped in illegal farms. 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).Unheard cries of voiceless farm animals“In illegal dairy units, animals are beaten, abused, and their bones are broken. If they are ill or injured, they are never given treatment. They are tied up in small spaces. Where there is space barely for 10, they keep 20, 30 or even 40 buffaloes. And these animals spend their entire life in these painful conditions", says Dr Asher Jesudoss, Director, People For Animals (PFA) Public Policy Foundation, who has been fighting to save farmed animals from torture. According to him, several crude, illegal and violent methods/practices are used to extract milk from cattle, which leave thousands with illnesses. “Labour pains are induced in cattle by injecting drugs; they are made to forcefully let down milk twice a day unnaturally. Their calves are pulled away and are not allowed to drink their mother’s milk. They are tied separately and later killed or left to die", he adds. With your support, Asher and the NGOs fighting this battle can provide immediate medical care to animals who would otherwise meet a slow and painful end. Build capacity, work with governments to do policy work and spread awareness. Donate now.Urgent need for donations“We are trying to give these animals a good life, but we are dependent on public support to meet the expenses on food, transport, shelter, and medication for these animals. I humbly request each one to come forward, and please donate whatever you can so we can give these farm animals a life away from abuse and suffering,” says Asher.Donate to this fundraiser by India Animal Fund (IAF) on Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to provide abused farmed animals urgent treatment, care, and shelter, build capacity, spread awareness and work closely with governments to make life easy for the voiceless.

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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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My name is Adnan Shah and I am raising 5000000 towards Startup FundraisingPoor Patients Await Treatment, Their Lives Are In Danger Due To Lack Of Beds &amp; Oxygen ConcentratorsAs Delhi or meerut is facing the second wave of Covid-19, poor and homeless are the most suffering ones, who are struggling to get a hospital bed. Adnan social worker is running a campaign where we will provide oxygen concentrators to the most needy ones. We aim to distribute 500 oxygen concentrators in various parts of Northern Indian with generous support of our donors

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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.