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 food, clothes and blankets to abandoned elderly mothers now. Give generously."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, the founder of Maitri. "Since they are abandoned, they don't have a home or family. They have no means to care for themselves or their nutrition. Winters are extremely painful for them, and many eventually pass away. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />This heartbreaking reality is why Maitri is committed to providing blankets and warm clothing to these abandoned widow mothers. Your contribution can help shield them from the piercing cold and offer them a lifeline during this harsh winter season. "Maitri also provides food, shelter, and healthcare to abandoned widow mothers. Your funds will help them reach and support many more widow mothers in need.

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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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“I used to be sexually abused repeatedly, and when I screamed in pain, they hit and threatened me with more violence,” says Priya (name changed), a rescued child sex worker. Priya was abducted by traffickers and sold into a red-light area house before she was rescued by Guria led by Manju. For over two decades, Manju has been rescuing young girls forced into prostitution across the country. She has been shaken to the core seeing some of the most horrifying crimes that young girls have to undergo. “You can’t imagine the state of girls forced into sex work. The girls are given electric shocks and burnt with cigarette butts just to get kicks out of it. And if they get pregnant, the "owners" kick them repeatedly in the womb so that the child inside dies…If you want to see hell, it is here on this planet where young girls are sexually abused,” says Manju.Manju needs your help to rescue more young girls from forced prostitution and reunite them with their families. Donate now.Guria’s work over the yearsBased out of Varanasi, inarguably the holiest place in India, Manju and her organisation Guria, fights the sexual exploitation of girls, especially minors, by taking on the traffickers head-on, and rescuing and rehabilitating them.Started in 1993, Guria has rescued over 5500 persons from slavery, sex trafficking, and child prostitution so far. It has also been instrumental in shutting down hundreds of places that housed trafficked girls and putting scores of traffickers out of business and in jail.For instance, in 2005, a Guria-led rescue operation in Varanasi's red-light area led to the freeing of 49 women and girls, including minors. Many of them were kept against their will. Some of the traffickers were also arrested and tried. Since then, Guria has rescued thousands of young girls.Manju and her husband, Ajeet Singh began rescuing girls from Varanasi’s red-light areas and then working to stop the sex-trafficking of young girls within Uttar Pradesh and outside. The organisation’s aim is to eliminate the sex trafficking of women, especially minor girls, end second-generation prostitution and child prostitution, and rehabilitate women and girls who are rescued from the trade. Manju has faced violent backlash from the traffickers and other vested interests, but it has not deterred her from carrying on rescuing young girls from trafficking. Rescue and rehabilitationBesides rescuing girls trafficked for sex, mostly from low-income families, from across the country, Guria fights on their behalf in courts and also provides education, food, vocational training, and other facilities until they are united with their families. But because of a lack of funds, Guria is finding it difficult to rescue more girls and also take care of them once they are away from the clutches of the traffickers. Take the case of Sameena (name changed), who was abducted from Uttar Pradesh all the way to Telangana. Guria took it upon itself to rescue the girl with the help of its own work and also the authorities. After months of rehabilitation, Sameena went back to her family and even completed her education. With your support, Manju can rescue many more young girls from trafficking and help them live the life of their dreams.

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DRISHTI founded in 1993 is an organization, which uses media, arts and communication tools to cultivate awareness of human rights and grassroots development in India. Our programs are all approached through the prism of human rights and equality and with a commitment to community participation and outreach. Having realized the need to harness the potential of existing art forms and new technologies in contributing to the pursuit of a just and equal society, Drishti works on strengthening grassroot communications through training, producing films and audio for awareness and strategic communication planning. Radio Nazariya 107.8FM, a community radio station and a program of Drishti has been working in Ahmedabad since 2016 and has been trying to develop its roots in creating a feminist lens when working with its community. We wish to do this so that as a community radio station, we stay sensitive and have a feminist lens in our broadcasting, and also participate in building a grassroots movement in the community. While covering a range of development issues such as women empowerment, urbanization &amp; employment, health and sanitation; we're also a space for creative expressions of children and budding artists of the city. A station where all citizens are welcome to share their stories, we're a platform to discuss, debate and critique issues that matter.

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“During the peak of the COVID pandemic, the education of the children in our community suffered greatly. But the women in the community were helpless as we were engaged in chores like fetching water from a common tap, like 200 other families in the area. Not only are our homes filled with buckets of water restricting us from tutoring the kids, but the water is unclean too. If only there was a way to contact local authorities, our situation wouldn’t be this bad.” said Kamala (name changed) Budarpura area of Jamalpur Ahmedabad, an area that is not even visible on maps.Please watch this video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzG1P457Q3E" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jamalpur Water Crisis</a>Accessibility of public goods and services like water, sanitation, road, streetlights, parks, health, education, police and disaster safety are often looked at from a gender-neutral lens. However, when communities struggle to avail quality public goods and services, women like Kamla, who have the primary responsibility of household chores and care work are most affected. Such issues are common across localities in Ahmedabad. But, more often than not they fail to be addressed or don't take account of its urgency from women's experiences. Women repeatedly find themselves in a position where they are unable to demand solutions as citizens and even as leaders when surrounded by patriarchal work culture.  
 The Solution? A program called Citytantra that aims at empowering community youth in a way that they not only strengthen effective local governance for women but also cultivate a gender lens for an equal future. This training and fellowship program brings aspiring youth leaders from 4 municipal wards (administrative unit comprising approx 100000 population) of Ahmedabad to empower women community leaders and bridge the gap between the women citizens and councilors. It will enable them to hold community meetings, conduct research and use media tools Radio to make women’s voices spearhead public discourses.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/5a62c9cd-57fb-402e-a072-44b674d8b1b1.png" width="854" />WHY DO WE NEED FUNDS?For our year-long program so that we can reach out to 2000 marginalized women like Kamala by providing fellowship to 6 young community leaders. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ae3eb026-bbe8-4c90-a9cd-a97410aaf308.png" width="720" /> 
 Through the Citytantra program, we aim to do similar work. We plan to work on at least 6 issues from 3 wards of Ahmedabad- Jamalpur, Gomtipur, and Khadia in a year. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/6fc9c3d1-5b41-458a-b5b1-420d60591d3f.png" width="697" />If you help one woman, you help thousands of women as she will bring societal change in her community once she is empowered.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/074fa6a5-962e-49e6-88ae-b82d4c75b793.png" width="701" />Your contribution, even if small, can help us bring a big change.Our office is located on 2nd Floor, Mistry Chambers, Nr Cama Hotel, Vidyaguri Neelkanth Marg, Khanpur, Ahmedabad-380001 For details, contact +91-79-25601660/ 48919356 We would be happy to provide any additional information that might inspire you to contribute to our cause.

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