"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

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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Ekam Foundation Mumbai is a registered Charitable Trust committed to positively impacting the lives of underprivileged children in India. With our humble beginning in 2012 in a library hall at a children’s hospital, we have steered through the challenges of the pandemic to build our programs and our presence as a credible organization in helping the underserved. Supporting the goals of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals 2030), we have created impactful milestones in transforming the lives of children and young adults and empowering them with better health and education. A focused child-centric approach to bridge the gap in affordability and access to healthcare and education needs of our beneficiaries has helped in building a sustainable organization upholding values of compassion, transparency, integrity, and accountability while observing the highest levels of compliance and corporate governance. Ekam Foundation Mumbai is currently providing financial aid to children in hospitals and schools across 25 states in India. We are also helping these institutions with building capacities that improve their infrastructure and resources. Our Programmes: A) The Surgery Support Program is Ekam’s key program which has been in existence since its inception ten years back and helped save the lives of more than 6000 children to date. B) The Ekam Education Fund Program is Ekam’s key education program which has supported 1200 children and young adults to complete their education for a better future. C) The Institutional Capacity Building Programme aligns with the bigger goal of Ekam’s mainstay programs of Surgery Support &amp; Education Support by augmenting infrastructure and the capacity of schools and hospitals in our partnership. Till date Ekam has supported more than 20 hospitals and 35 schools across 10 states in the country. D) The School Health Program is a health and hygiene awareness program run in municipal and low-end private schools to bring about behavioural changes in children and their families for overall community benefit. More than 6,00,000 children have benefitted from this with regular online and in-person sessions on preventive health and awareness.

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Kancheepuram is a district in Tamil Nadu where Ekam has a fairly strong presence through its network of stakeholders. The district whose infant mortality rate is 27 per 1000 live births, also fares badly with respect to the status of its maternal health. Stakeholder discussions reveal that the poor community awareness and late referrals to the hospital are major contributors to the problem. In addition, the main tertiary care hospitals are ill-equipped to treat thepatients who are referred to due to lack of adequate infrastructure, consumables, medicines, etc. 
 -Providing hospitalization support, medicines, drugs, injections, blood, etc. to needy children.-Providing medical equipment to the newborn in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or Specialised Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) in a government hospital.-Conducting camps or activities to screen children needing healthcare support in the community.-Providing awareness and training on health-related topics to the community.-Training and support to the healthcare staff in ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) centres on initiatives -Training adolescents on reproductive and sexual well-being of adolescents. 
 The 2-year program will focus on bringing about a reduction in the number of deaths at the health facility level. Government hospitals (selected facilities) will be provided with lifesaving equipment and consumables. Village committees and youth groups will be provided with training and behaviour-change workshops. Children identified will be provided with appropriate government healthcare support and if required, private hospitalization support.The overall budget for the program is Rs 2620800.It is envisaged that there will be a marked improvement in the community’s awareness and behaviour with respect to their health. In addition, it is estimated that the village panchayat committees and youth committees will take charge of their community’s health and will function independently. Finally, the objective of the exercise is to bring about a reduction in the number of neonatal, child deaths and maternal deaths in the project area.

Towards Holistic Maternal and Child Well-Being

The impact of COVID can be broadly divided into two distinct stages: the immediate healthcare component and the longer-term livelihoods component. While the ripple effects of the 21-day lockdown will be felt for years, the need of the hour is medical, on the frontlines, for healthcare workers. In this context, hospitals have to be adequately equipped to fight the infection. We need to help the troops fight the virus by providing them with adequate infrastructure and equipment to save not just patients, but also themselves.Doctors who have outpatient clinics are shutting them down for unavailability of enough masks, instead referring them to the nearest large public hospital. This places an enormous strain on larger public hospitals which are already buckling under the enormous pressure of the pandemic. We are hearing of families of nurses, doctors, and hospital sanitation workers worried about their loved one going in to work, for fear that there isn’t enough protection. And the fears are not entirely unfounded: In an alarming development, two hospitals in Mumbai were declared containment zones and shut, after several nurses and doctors developed symptoms of COVID-19. It is in this context that we seek help in our work to strengthen hospitals and their infrastructure during this unprecedented healthcare crisis. The overall objective is to work towards lowering deaths of pregnant mothers and adults due to COVID-19 outbreak in the program area by providing medical equipment/consumables to the ICU wards of Government Hospitals across Tamilnadu. The project will help doctors, nurses, and other medical and paramedical staff fight this pandemic in a safe manner, thereby saving several thousand lives. The project will help in Ekam’s vision of an effective public healthcare delivery system bya) strengthening existing systems andb) Helping create confidence within rural communities in the efficacy of the public healthcare system, one of the major stumbling blocks in the delivery of healthcare.It will also help Ekam build positive relationships with public hospitals and their staff, a critical factor in our work of bringing together public healthcare and communities.

HELP MEDICAL PERSONNEL SAVE LIVES - Providing public hospitals and systems the equipment to fight COVID-19

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Global agendas are expanding their focus to ensure that women and babies not only survive but also thrive and reach their full potential for health and well-being. And recognize the ante and postnatal period as a critical time for women and newborns, partners, parents, caregivers, and families.The burden of maternal and child mortality and morbidity remains unacceptably high. Coverage and quality of ante and postnatal care for women and child care tend to be relatively poor. Due to this the focus of maternal and child care and the awareness around it is heavily tilted towards the prevention of mortality and morbidity rather than the promotion of health. The first 1,000 days - the period from conception covering the pregnancy and the child’s first two years of life - represent a crucial window of opportunity for facilitating optimal growth and development of children. An eclectic approach with an entire range of opportunities to increase the well-being of mothers before, during, and after pregnancy and support nurturing newborn care is vital. 
 Ekam Academy is an educational department run by Ekam foundation with the aim of providing a set of offline and online tools that help to educate facility and community workers about the healthcare system of society and exclusively in the sphere of maternal and child health. It is designed to act as a single-window system and a sustainable platform to learn, share, and discuss information related to Maternal and Child Health Care. Ekam foundation strives to foster a healthier and more equitable society for all children and families. The foundation is firmly driven to alleviate the misery faced by the deprived and underprivileged sectors of the community due to social and economic inequalities through the empowerment of the youth and the community with appropriate knowledge. The launch of Ekam Academy helps facility and community workers to foster a sustainable society by applying the knowledge of the community-based healthcare system and Sustainable Well-being Initiative goals to empower them in making informed choices to live a better lifestyle and overall well-being of the community. 
 An efficient and quality system in evaluating and addressing the Maternal and Child Health Care needs of the community through Knowledge Research Training and Information (KRTI), Communication, Outreach, and Ekam Health Consultants towards a sustainable solution by focusing and strengthening the following key areas in the organization: <ul><li>Research and develop proposals, concept notes, and reports based on primary and secondary information</li><li>An efficient Monitoring and Evaluation system and MIS for all projects at EKAM </li><li>Standardize and streamline communication material on Maternal and Child Health to provide effective services and help communities adopt positive behavior changes</li><li>Map and sign MoU with regional training institutes/ colleges in Tamil Nadu, other states in India, and globally</li><li>Develop training modules to build knowledge on the key concept of health, community health, public health, and RMNCHA+ and empower the community </li><li>Train and build capacities of staff for smooth implementation at the field level</li><li>Build a quality Learning Management System for key courses and promote it among the stakeholders.</li></ul>