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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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.This Christmas, you can gift these kids, through your donations, books and warm clothes.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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Child Heart Foundation (CHF) was formed to support children with heart defects born in underprivileged families. Our focus is to help the families who are indigent or needy and can’t meet the financial requirements for heart surgery or intervention.CHF was started with an idea by parents who have been through similar situations and have gotten over with their tough part of life and now want to contribute to the underprivileged families. It was founded by six parents whose children have already been treated along with a pediatric cardiologist. The NGO got formally listed in January 2013. All our programs are designed to provide end to end solution to pediatric cardiologyWe offer <ul><li>Echocardiography screening, diagnosis ( &gt; 15000 children screened) </li><li>Treatment for the diagnosed disease (153 children treated)</li><li>Fetal echo diagnosis to detect any cardiac abnormality in fetal heart (&gt; 7000 pregnant women screened)</li><li>Training of pediatricians in Echocardiography, the training is NSDC Certified. (163 Doctors trained)</li><li>Community awareness regarding early detection of heart diseases in children </li><li>Sponsoring medicines for children with Pulmonary Hypertension (16 children get free medicines)</li></ul> We have started work with Delhi Government. <ul><li>We have donated six echocardiography machines to Delhi Government hospitals and MCD hospitals and are training two pediatricians from each of these hospitals in echocardiography to make them self-sustainable in diagnosing heart diseases in children in the hospital OPD and IPD. </li></ul>

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Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is the most common congenital problem in children, accounting for nearly 25% of all congenital malformations. The prevalence of CHD in India is approximately 4 cases per 1000 live births. Early recognition of such diseases is of immense importance as clinical presentation and deterioration can lead to sudden collapse. Incidence and prevalence of CHD vary worldwide. In Asia, the estimated prevalence is 9.3/1000 live births while the estimated total CHD birth prevalence in Europe is significantly higher than in North America (8.2/1000 live births vs 6.9/100 live births). Keeping the fact that most of the congenital heart patients require treatment in the first year of their life, poor parents find it impossible to raise funds for treatment which can run into lakhs. 
 1. The high costs for diagnosis and treatment which is out of reach for poor parents. They end up losing their children as the waiting period at Government hospitals is too long. We provide free OPD consultation and echocardiography testing through our PraDAAN program for children belonging to underprivileged families, If they are diagnosed with any congenital heart disease, we enrol the children into our financial assistance program and raise funds and get them treated at the best hospital.2. Through our free fetal echocardiography diagnosis JEEVANSH program, we screen pregnant women for any fetal heart abnormalities.3.PH Life Care provides free medicine to children suffering from Pulmonary Hypertension, a life-threatening heart disease.4.SUGYAAN is our community awareness program. 6. Hridya Saksham is our echocardiography training program for paediatricians to train them for early screening. 
 Through our various programs:PraDAAN - we have screened more than 15000 children for CHDCHF HRIDAAN- We have treated 39 children so farJEEVANSH- Have screened more than 5000 pregnant females for any fetal abnormalitySUGYAAN- Have reached out to more than 4000 children and adultsPH Life Care- are funding 06 children for Pulmonary Hypertension medicinesHridya Saksham- Have to start this program in collaboration with State Governments.

CHF HRIDAAN

The pandemic has had its worst impact on children from underprivileged families already suffering from health issues. Coronavirus has only increased the financial burden on such families. Child Heart Foundation is supporting children from underprivileged backgrounds born with heart diseases whose families have been financially impacted by COVID-19. The project aims to provide treatment to 20 underprivileged children in Delhi, Chandigarh, Punjab and West Bengal.Covid-19 affected everyone in various ways, which included losing family members , losing jobs, livelihood and many more. We at Child Heart Foundation work with children born with heart diseases from underprivileged families.<ol><li>The fact that 180000 to 200000 children are born each year in India with a type of congenital heart disease and 30% of these children require treatment in first year of their life, poor and young parents who have got affected by Covid, and family find it impossible to organize treatment expenses which can run into lakhs. They end up losing their children as the waiting period at Government hospitals is too long.</li></ol>If we as an NGO and community as a whole do not intervene and support these children, the families who are already reeling under stress and desperation might lose their child. 
 During the second wave of COVID-19. We started a relief fund for helping children and women with medical supplies, ration and hospital care. This fund had an immense impact and we could reach out to more families, more than 5000 beneficiaries.<ol><li>Through CHF HRIDAAN™, We register the patient after final diagnosis and approximate estimated costs are worked out.</li><li>The registration process involves address proof, income certificate and identity proof documents of the parent/guardian to be certified by local government authorizing authority.</li><li>Through this project we will get 20 children treated for various heart diseases. These children belong to families which have been directly or indirectly affected by Covid pandemic</li></ol> 
 <ol><li>Direct Impact Saving lives of 20 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years by getting them treated for various heart defects. These children would otherwise not survive due to lack of funds.</li><li>The diagnosis of these heart defects will be offered through free echocardiography screening at our center.</li><li>Indirect beneficiaries will be 200 family members who are directly related to these children</li><li>Creating awareness in around 50000 community members regarding congenital heart diseases so that children get screened for any underlying heart disease and get treated as soon as possible.</li></ol>

Treatment Of Heart Diseases in Children From COVID-19  Affected Families

Congenital Heart Disease is the most common birth defect, 1 child is born with a heart defect in every 100 live births in India. About 180000 to 200000 children are born in a year with this defect and only 15000 children get treated in a year, others die or are added to the already existing pool of waitlisted children.The lack of awareness, funds and hospitals are the major concern in our country. Majority of the hospitals are located in Southern part of India, we only have AIIMS and PGI with infrastructure for handling pediatric surgeries. None of the Government hospitals in and around Delhi has a pediatric cardiology ICU . The pediatric cardiac patients have to share the infrastructure and specialists with the adult cardiology. This leads to lot of complications in the post OP care.The cost of surgeries/ treatments in private hospitals is very high for a child from underprivileged family to afford. This leads to their losing their children and they become mute spectators to this and lead a life of guilt and tragedy for the whole family.The helpessness lasts for the life time especially for the parents. 
 We register these children who get diagnosed with any congenital heart defect into our CHF HRIDAAN program and offer financial assistance for the treatment of the child. It involves a documentation process where the parent ahs to submit the income certificate which has to be attested by the village/ area official at the DC office. The address proof, adhaar copies of both parent, birth certificate of the child, consent forms for waiting period risk etc are to be duly filled and signed. After the documentation is done, the fundraising from our side starts and as and when the fund get generated from CSR donors or individuals, the hospital and specilaist is identified and date for treatment id fixed, followed by the treatment.We offer free followups for the child after treatment.Through this project, we wish to get 10 children diagnosed with TETROLOGY OF FALLOT ( TOF) treated over a period of 6 months 
 We wish to get children with identified cardiac defects treated and grow up as healthy individuals and lead a normal life as any other normal child.We wish to help the family live with dignity and not lead a traumatic life if the child dies due to lack of funds and leaves the family guilty for rest of their lives.

In India, we have 1 child born in every 100 live births with a Congenital Heart Defect. 180,000 to 200,000 children are born every year with CHD, only 15,000 get operated, rest either do not survive or are added to pool of waitlisted children.CHD is one of the main causes of infant and child mortalityIt is one of the most common birth defects. 
 This program includes fetal screening of women who are referred to us from gynecologists who feel suspicious about the fetal heart health. This also includes screening of women who have had a previous case of child with heart diseases. Families having a history of children with rare diseases and CHD. The objectives of the project are as follows1) To carry out fetal heart screening through fetal echocardiography so that any underlying cardiac malformations are diagnosed as early as possible2) This helps in counselling the parents in deciding how to take a decision on the future course for the unborn child 
 1) Early Diagnosis of any underlying fetal cardiac defect which helps the parents to plan accordingly.2) Decrease in the child mortality due to congenital heart disease3) Early planning for treatment of the child when born

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Treatment Of Heart Diseases in Children From COVID-19 Affected Families

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JEEVANSH - Fetal echocardiography screening of Pregnant Women for any fetal heart abnormality

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