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.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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FMCH works with urban vulnerable communities to promote health and nutrition for mothers and their babies. Through direct and in-depth interventions on ground, FMCH ensures children are born healthy and do not fall into malnutrition, especially during the first 1000 days of their lives.

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Poor nutrition contributes to nearly half of all child deaths under age 5 and impairs the physical and mental development of millions of children.India is home to more than 25% of the world’s undernourished, and children are the worst affected. Each year more than a million children die and many more suffer from physical and mental impairment due to poor nutrition during the critical first 1000 days: from onset of their mother’s pregnancy to their second birthday. With more than 48% of children under 5 affected by stunting – children too short for their age due to lack of nutrients and suffering irreversible damage to brain capacity – and 20% of children defined as wasted, meaning they do not weigh enough for their height, India faces a potential crisis in its effort to combat poverty. But that is not the full impact of undernutrition on India’s future prosperity. Today the cost of undernutrition is a drop in GDP of up to 2.5%. In looking to the future and the various pathways of undernutrition especially the cognitive and physical impact on children and the additional medical costs due to ill health, this drop in GDP can go as low as 11%. Children stunted at age 5 will have an earning power 20% lesser than a well-nourished child. Undernutrition perpetuates the cycle of poverty. A well-nourished child is 33 percent more likely to escape poverty. They will learn better in school, be healthier and grow into productive contributors to their economy. Good nutrition provides the “grey matter infrastructure” to build India’s economic future. 
 FMCH works to broaden the use of proven interventions and to develop and test new solutions.FMCH, through Project Poshan, provides known interventions that work to combat undernutrition in vulnerable communities and works to develop new and innovative tools for the future.•	Focus on First 1000 Days for mothers and children, which includes targeted inputs towards ante-natal and post-natal care, promotion of exclusive breastfeeding and complimentary feeding and intensive growth monitoring. •	Work with the Government and other NGOs to improve and strengthen their existing programs and services offered to mothers and children in the prevention of malnutrition and improved health.•	Direct intervention with Severe Acute Malnutrition •	FMCH uses a robust, web-based monitoring tool which gives not only real-time access to individual women and children that the team works for, but also present sound data to show progress against critical indicators such as improvement in birth weight, improvement in stunting and wasting status in the form of dashboards. 
 Here is a snapshot of FMCH's achievements in the year 2017-18:Direct Reach: 1,395 children and 1,199 women through interventions on groundAverage birthweight of children with mothers engaged with FMCH program during pregnancy: 2.75 kgNutrition Status Outcomes:•	Prevalence of severe acute malnutrition reduced by 62.5%•	Prevalence of moderate acute malnutrition reduced by 26.7%•	Prevalence of severe stunting reduced by 35%

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Malnutrition, a threat we have been tackling since independence, is potentially standing in the way of India encashing its demographic dividend. Children who are malnourished perform poorly at school, and earn up to 20% less than well-nourished individuals. Over a lifetime, this translates into remaining in the poverty cycle or plateauing at middle income - shockingly due to poor nutrition as children. 2 out of every 5 children in India are malnourished, linked to 50% of Indian women being anaemic. In the bigger scheme of things, we lose over $ 45 Billion of our GDP to malnutrition each year. Our mission at FMCH is to change these numbers. We believe that poor nutrition should no longer be a barrier for individuals to reach full potential. If communities and families have access to the right information about the First 1000 Days, they will make the right nutritional choices to ensure we have a world of healthy mothers and children, enabling India to  break the cycle of poverty.  
 Key cornerstones of our work are preventive measures - providing research based, contextual, actionable knowledge to communities; using data and technology to retain quality, drive decisions and accountability; and working with various stakeholders in the ecosystem to bring about a sustained behaviour change. We monitor and support the community activities for a year at least to ensure long term, sustainable behaviour changeIn order to solve the issue, we address the problem in a holistic way. We build capabilities of frontline workers along with monitoring and support the delivery of the programme. We contextualize the curriculum based on the needs of the community. Post the training, the frontline staff are able to manage the families better with a consistent quality of counselling and information. ABOUT THE FRONTLINE WORKERS The frontline workers are the crucial change makers at the community level. These teams reach a mother and her child and their family first. Their ability to influence community decisions around food, health and hygiene can prevent major public health disasters. Our aim to enhance the skills of these groups. We use innovative methods like demonstrating solutions that are contextual and continue to reinforce ‘best practices’. 
 With the strength of our training and support we believe our added cadre of frontline workers can reach more than 12,500 families in low income communities within India.

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Scaling Frontline works to reach 12,500 New Families in Next Year.

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