"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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“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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Hunger and malnutrition have become a reality for thousands of elderly parents abandoned by their own children, in villages and slums across India. Seeing the rampant distress among the elderly, a team of selfless heroes from our NGO partner Mitti Cafe, though disabled themselves, have taken up the responsibility of providing cooked meals and dry rations to over 5,000 elderly in urgent need of support. Setting aside their own struggles, Mitti Cafe’s team, led by Ayesha Alam has been relentlessly fighting to free elderly from hunger and malnutrition through its Karuna Meals initiative. The need for nutrition support is growing with each passing day and Mitti Cafe is struggling to fulfill this enormous need. With your support, the NGO and its team of persons with disability can put food on the plates of hundreds of more elderly parents. Donate generously.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). Elderly deserve love, not neglect and hunger“There have been countless senior citizens, in extremely backward villages of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, who had not had a proper meal in days when we found them. We have seen people picking food from the garbage out of extreme hunger.”, recalls Ayesha of Mitti Cafe, while talking about the extent of hunger faced by senior citizens. According to Ayesha, there are thousands of elderly who have been either chucked out of their homes or have been left behind in villages by their children. “Our elderly don't deserve this life and it is our responsibility to come to their aid. If we come together we can ease the suffering of hundreds of people battling hunger and starvation. Donate now Our heroes’ war against hungerPersons with disability who were once discriminated against by society are today at the forefront of the fight to save abandoned elderly and children from hunger. The Karuna Meals team, comprising only of persons with disability has been able to cook and serve over 10 lakh meals. They have also distributed over 1 lakh packets of dry rations. ”They overlook their own struggles and suffering just to reach the elderly and provide them with the food they need,” says Ayesh. But their job is not yet done. “There are still many villages which have many malnourished and hungry seniors and we have not been able to reach them. But with your support, we can collectively end starvation,” she says. Donate now. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the elderly fight hunger and malnutrition.

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Cheshire Disability Trust (CDT) started in 2011 and is a member of the Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) Global Alliance, a worldwide organization with affiliations in 54 countries. LCD has been operating in India for almost 70 years and includes about 20 residential programs for Persons With Disabilities (PWD’s) operating through Cheshire Homes India.CDT started its core project “Livelihood Resource Centre” (LRC) in the year 2011, with a vision of creating a society in which disabled persons can enjoy their rights and have the opportunity to fulfill their potential. Our mission is to enable people to improve their quality of life and to campaign for the removal of the barriers which hinder them. We do this by providing livelihood opportunities to PWD’s primarily in Karnataka but also support livelihood programs in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Coimbatore, and other locations.Our focus is to provide employability training and placement and ensure PWDs from economically backward classes get equal opportunities. We train PWDs in the age group of 19-35 with relevant and needed skills and provide them with suitable employment opportunities in various sectors. This helps them to lead a dignified life.CDT has also started self-defense training for disabled women which is the first of its kind in South India. The rates of sexual victimization of women with disabilities are three times higher than for other women. The project’s aim is to educate, empower and inspire women with disabilities through self-defence training and develop capabilities for their overall wellbeing.Services that CDT provides:<ul><li> Training PWDs in the following areas:</li></ul>   Basic computer course of two months duration    Life skills training    Aptitude training-Quantitative and Reasoning   Sponsorship for advanced training at external training institutions   Self-defense training<ul><li> Facilitating employers in providing employment opportunities to PWDs</li><li> Sensitizing employers to create a disabled-friendly working environment.</li><li> Establishing a strong network with training Institutions, Government bodies, corporate</li></ul> and NGOs.

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Children with different disabilities face many challenges. It affects their learning, communication &amp; social interaction. Such children require special education interventions to develop social and communication skills properly. However, due to a lack of awareness and financial constraints, these children never get the necessary early intervention. Very often, the parents go from pillar to post and cannot find an appropriate service that is affordable and closer to their homes. After several attempts, they keep the children at home. Hence the opportunity to provide timely therapy enabling their children to lead a good quality of life is lost. 
 This project aims to better the lives of 100 children with disabilities in the Tumkur district and thereafter extend its services to Bangalore city too. As an early intervention programme, we will provide speech therapy, language building and numerical ability to 100 children aged 3-11 years. We train parents in supporting the children in their life skills and learning techniques. These children will be ready to enter mainstream schools with our therapy and special learning interventions. 
 This project would have the following outcomes and impact.1.	The primary beneficiaries would be children with disabilities without access to early intervention services. 2.	Children with disabilities would have improved in speech, functional capacity, language and numerical ability.  3.	Opportunity for learning, development and inclusion into education and mainstream schools4. Parents would have developed a skill in teaching their children, which gives immense satisfaction and will be an added skill for them to earn a living.5. Parents would live without stigma, enjoy parenthood, treasure their children and bring up responsible and earning members into our society.

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Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India. According to the National Crime Records Bureau 2013 annual report, 24,923 rape cases were reported across India in 2012.<ul><li>According to the National Crime Record Bureau, India, there is one act of sexual harassment every 5 minutes, one rape every 34 min, one act of torture every 12 minutes</li><li>The rates of sexual victimization of women with disability range from 4 to 10 times higher than for other women.</li></ul> 
 <ul><li>Educate, empower and inspire 100 girls and women through self-defense training and developing capabilities for their overall well-being.</li><li>To ensure personal safety by teaching self-defense techniques to them</li><li>Teaching Self-Defence Techniques and counseling</li></ul> 
 The young women will be made to:<ul><li>Unlock their emotions and shed their fears</li><li>Defend themselves from common attack pattern</li><li> Practice tactical breathing</li><li>Learn yelling techniques to disarm the perpetrator</li><li>Maintain a defensive body posture</li><li>Break the silence and heal from bitter experiences…..</li></ul>Outcome: Ensure quality delivery of training, which will have a positive bearing on the women engaged in this program.

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