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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“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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“My 8-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer and it left the entire family devastated. I was told the cost of treatment would run into lakhs. I was barely managing to make ends meet and there was nothing I could do to save Swaroop. But the Nargis Dutt Foundation stepped in and took care of all the expenses. I can’t even imagine the consequences had they not been there for my son,,” says teary-eyed Devendra.The helplessness that Devendra felt is not uncommon among low-income families of cancer patients. There are many who helplessly see their dear ones, including children, lose their life in the most painful manner. Nargis Dutt Foundation has ensured that thousands of families don’t see this fate. It’s been a ray of hope for thousands of cancer patients since its inception over 40 years back. You can help save many more patients with cancer. 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). The cost of each chemotherapy is as much as ₹15,000 and a cancer patient can require between 6 to 12 sessions. The hefty cost for cancer treatment is well beyond the reach for poor families that are barely surviving on two square meals a day. Help Nargis Dutt Foundation provide treatment to poor cancer patients and save them from a slow and painful death.Giving hope to cancer patients“I was just 13 when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. When I saw my mother struggling for life it left a lifelong impact on me. Her condition had deteriorated to such an extent she was almost unrecognisable. I know how it feels like to lose a loved one to cancer and I am not alone in my grief. There are thousands of people struggling to save their family members,” says Priya, daughter of noted actress Nargis Dutt, who lost her life to cancer, and in whose name the NGO has been founded. Priya has made it her life’s mission to save as many cancer patients as she can, but she can not do it alone. Nargis Dutt Foundation needs your support. Your donation can not only save cancer patients but can give life to entire families.Need for the fundraiserCancer is often seen as a death sentence. But doctors say that if detected early and if a patient receives essential treatment, the illness can be defeated and the person can return to their lives. “Treatment of cancer often depends on multiple factors including the type of cancer and the stage in which it is detected. Some patients require surgery while some can be cured with just chemotherapy or immunotherapy. “Whatever may be the need, our nonprofit supports patients till the time they are cancer free. We not only take care of the cost of treatment but even assist patients with nutrition which is vital in the fight against cancer. Moreover, we ensure that family members who are already facing immense hardships get proper accommodation and food during treatment so they don’t suffer any further,” says the NGO leader. With your support, Nargis Dutt Foundation can help patients win the fight against cancer and save their families from grief of losing a loved one.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted fundraising platform, to support Nargis Dutt Foundation in their mission to give life-saving chemotherapy and care to cancer patients who can not afford treatment.

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CMCA is a non-profit organization that aims to empower India’s youth towards being civic-minded, socially conscious citizens who participate in solving problems and uphold democratic values in all spheres of life. Such individuals are called active citizens, and we encourage school students and college-age youth to become concerned, thinking, and active citizens through our research-backed Citizenship and Life Skills Education programmes.

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Imagine the world of an adolescent child in a village. Their whole world revolves around the village with limited exposure beyond it.They may be first-generation learning in schools, where the focus is primarily on academics and exams. The general discussions at home that children hear may just revolve around the scarcity of resources. They are now exposed to mobile phones and the internet but have little guidance on even basic financial, or digital matters. The functional literacy being low, there is a limited reading ability that further adds to a non-existent reading culture at home. Books on art, poetry, and literature are not even accessible to these children.At this sensitive age, these adolescents sometimes struggle with self-confidence. They are unsure of expressing their feelings to the adults in their environment and the key skills that are needed for transition from adolescence to adulthood are generally missing. 
 The program uses the Panchayat Library as an epicenter for change, with a CMCA mentor guiding the child through the year to learn key skills required for the journey from adolescence to adulthood. 
 The outcomes are spread across citizenship values, self (resilience and positive thinking), reading, literature, arts, poetry and digital and financial literacy.

My Library for Better Me

The youth of our country are only a reflection of our society at large and they are growing up witnessing a lot of apathy, injustice, inequality, biases and a lack of civic sense around them. How to be a good human being (and citizen) and be a self-aware, confident, positive, empathetic and thinking individual is not given much priority.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/837d408c-8c5f-44c2-a7ae-8ddde3e9b437.jpg" width="775" /> 
 CMCA’s programmes transform young people to be concerned, thinking and active citizens for an inclusive and sustainable India﻿﻿<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/eb7e1ab6-69b5-49d9-b17c-4da237ec46da.jpg" width="680" /> 
 Our Impact Story- <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/4b134132-600b-4362-a114-b9d84ad16191.jpg" width="695" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/3e69fc3e-edc8-45bd-81ab-1ce03fd5a96e.jpg" width="710" />

Citizenship Values and Life Skills

Imagine a world for 13- year old Maanya, in a village in Karnataka, where her life revolves only around school and household chores. Even though Maanya is a curious child, there is very little in her environment that allows her to know anything beyond academics or her home life. She has no exposure of any kind.Luckily now, for Maanya and her friends, the Govt. of Karnataka is transforming Panchayat libraries into epicentres of change, with the help of NGOs. Not only are the libraries being spruced up, but they are being filled with books of all kinds to help children explore the world.As part of Oduva Belaku by the Govt. of Karnataka, CMCA started My Library for a Better Me - a citizenship and life skill programme for children. Children are introduced to a host of activities by trained CMCA mentors – individual and group activities help them be agents of change in the community they live in. You can make a difference and help transform the future of India.In this 75th year of India’s independence, you can make a mark, by giving an opportunity to these children to equip themselves with skills that help them lead a better life. 
 Join hands with CMCA and gift the treasures of a library to rural childrenKyndryl employees get a chance to sponsor Books on Puberty for both Boys and Girls called Gulu and Menstrupedia respectively with personalized notes! 
 Films, expert talks, story telling etc. are all planned to sow seeds of change that kindle active citizenship, and bring awareness on self, gender, diversity, literature, arts, digital and financial literacy and hone their social scientific temper.

UNITE FOR CHILDREN

As India grows to be the 5th largest economy in the world, with the largest population, including the largest number of youngsters, it’s a good time to reflect on how the youth will contribute to India’s growth story. Will the demographic advantage that India has, contribute positively to India’s growth? Or, will it be hindered by issues such as a lack of direction, weak civic responsibility, communalism, patriarchy, caste divisions,and a lack of purpose etc?<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/83a4f952-fe5f-4aad-b943-89c9d53317ab.png" /> <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/d9e669fe-e737-4698-bbe2-9bfbc76248ef.png" /> 
 CMCA’s approach on Citizenship education is founded on the basic premise that children are born citizens. It is however important to prepare them adequately by providing young people with an experiential curriculum designed to instil these vital skills of Citizenship Values &amp; Life Skills. We use interactive and engaging activities to help our students develop a strong sense of civic duty and social responsibility.We do this by engaging with young people at the grassroots in educational institutions (schools and colleges) and community spaces (libraries, skilling and learning centers), through experiential programmes that address element of responsibility and respect, empathy and equality, gender values, personal Integrity, living in harmony with nature, along with key 21st century skills suitably woven into the program and pedagogy.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ca8458ea-2ed5-4503-bb76-d3a63f286dc6.jpg" width="656" /> 
 The courage and determination exhibited by our children to act as change-makers in their communities and inspire others to do the same sets in motion a ripple effect of transformation that extends far beyond their individual efforts. Presenting a few out of the thousands of inspiring stories of children that emerge every year<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/bc3b604e-3847-41a9-9ffe-c724acda2617.jpg" width="657" /><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/2b869953-3413-469b-8a58-4b9f4cf66ee0.png" /><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/f0ccd843-7118-4664-bf92-6a30882e697b.png" /><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1b035200-896a-453e-840a-b63fd0e8af15.jpg" width="645" />