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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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, Of the 250 the children rescued from abuse and exploitation, around 70 of them 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 Ahilyanagar, 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 good number 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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“I saw a girl, barely 7 or 8, being pushed into flesh trade. Her cries for help still echo in my ears. There were men as old as 60 r*ping the innocent child. That was the day I knew my mission in life was to get these children out of the hell-like conditions in red-light areas. They are nothing short of hell and no child deserves to grow up in this environment” says Vinay Vasta, founder of Social Activities Integration, an organisation committed to freeing children trapped in red-light areas.Vinay and his NGO have been able to provide education, medical care and nutrition to over 2,500 children. But his dream to provide safe shelter to children remains unrealized. “We do our best to keep these children safe during the day but sadly they are forced to go back to the red light areas at night as we don’t have a home for them. Your donation can help us build a safe home for children of sex workers and prevent them from being pulled into prostitution. Donate to make this dream a realityDonate 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).Life in red light areas“S*x workers use their homes which are barely 6 feet by 4 feet for their business. They invite customers in the presence of their children. Their children not only witness abuse but experience it too. Just imagine a child being told that all she can ever become in life is a pr*stitute”, Vinay shares as he explains the extent of abuse children face in red light areas.This is a life that thousands of children are forced to live behind closed doors where they suffer abuse and exploitation morning, noon and night.A ray of hopeVinay has been relentlessly trying to give children the care and education they deserve. He has provided quality English education to thousands of children, enabling them to secure a livelihood out of red-light areas. Several children taught by Vinay are today leading successful lives as professionals and Government employees. However the sad reality is that Vinay and his NGO, in the absence of a permanent shelter home, are unable to provide round the clock safety to these children, which is essential for their well-being.Your donations can enable SAI to build a shelter home for the children of sex workers and usher in a new tomorrow for them, away from the horrors of red-light areas.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to provide safe shelter for children of sex workers and save them from abuse and second generation pr*stitution.NGO's 80G number: AACTS0408EF20216NGO's 12A number: AACTS0408EE20028

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FST is an indigenous philanthropic organization, registered in 2005, with partners spread across all the North Eastern states.FST works out of its’ Guwahati office and works in the seven sister states of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Tripura. FST supports and promotes region’s plentiful resources – human, natural, cultural as well as creative. FST’s follows the twin track of grant making and capacity building to address the needs of the region. Our work falls under 4 broad thematic areas:• Ensuring Social and Gender Justice• Fostering Youth Development and Action• Enhancing Natural Resources and Linked Livelihoods• Promoting Regional Arts and Culture.A total of 22 organizations and 32 individual fellows have been supported by FST since 2008. While our grants are evenly distributed within the 4 themes that we work on, FST has a strong commitment towards women and youth led movements. This is because, through our past grant making experience, we have learnt that FST can fill a huge gap in funding for youth development and women’s rights in the region.On the other hand, organized philanthropy is in a very embryonic stage in this region. FST hopes to be the instrument that gathers the community into a systematic and sustained environment of ‘giving’. Raising awareness about the importance of ‘giving back’ to the community has been and will be our core areas of focus.

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Covid-19 has changed the scenario across the globe. In India, with over one and a half months of nation-wide lockdown which that have been extended in different ways subsequently by many states, if there’s one thing everyone can agree on, it is that stringent social distancing measures have affected lives throughout the country unequally. The pandemic has destroyed the livelihood system of the people. The region has to face triple whammy – Covid-19 and lockdown, flood and landslides. All the three will impact the lives of the families in a negative way. Assam is already reeling under the first wave flood. It is essential that the intervention should focus on rebuilding the resilience of the community. FST wants to support this by rebuilding the economic activities of the selected families with a healing touch. While immediate relief support is needed yet the families need support that will serve them in longer period. Most of the state governments had allowed the resumption of normal economic activities. Yet the marginal and vulnerable families have limited resources. We have observed how lockdown has substituted the livelihoods. Barbers became milk sellers; tea stall owners started selling vegetables, cab drivers selling fruits and vegetables. There are stories to be told and documented. We want to contribute on building the lives in a better way by assisting them.  
 Our plan of intervention includes:-         Identification of the most vulnerable families form the location-         A one-time financial grant to start a feasible economic activity will be provided. Based on the selected activities, the assistance may be given to individual or collectives.-         Assist them in strengthening their economic system. We want to assist them with what is feasible and workable at the level of the families. Some of the suggested interventions are petty shops, pig rearing, poultry, seeds for horticulture garden, vegetables cultivation etc.-         We will organise meeting with the selected beneficiaries to finalise the individual plans.-         We will ensure that financial aid given through bank transfer. In case of purchase we will assist that the families in buying necessary materials from reputed suppliers or sellers. We will do purchase safeguard mechanism and list probable sellers/suppliers. In case of bulk purchasing, we will follow the accepted procurement system and norms of FST like minimum three quotations, approval of purchase committee etc.-         There may be situations where FST will directly procure from vendors and distribute the required materials to the families. In such cases money will not be transferred to individual family account.-         Families will be mentored through regular visits.  
 The most important Impact from the project is<ul><li>100 families start an economic activity whose livelihood is affected due to COVID-19, lockdown and stringent social distancing norms</li><li>Economic empowerment of women specially the ones who are the breadwinner of the whole family</li></ul>

Lives and Livelihood: Supporting Vulnerable Families in Guwahati, Assam

Over the past decades, Manipur has seen a substantial rise in the number of orphans due to various conflicts. These children are left with nothing, no family, no hope, no future and often have no access to any kind of counselling to overcome their trauma.They grow up amid violence and negativity which in turn results in a destructive adulthood and in a generation lost to violence. Orphanages provide their basic needs; but don't have the resources to provide emotional support. 
 Using music as a therapeutic tool, this project will bring emotional healing for children who have seen a lot of violence and trauma. Akhu (a grass-root musician) and his team will be providing music lessons to children of 2 orphanages in Imphal that shelter orphans of the conflict. The project will help them channel their inner feelings and provide a creative outlet to release the trauma through music, and will release a music album containing songs written, composed and performed by these kids. 
 The project will be a launch pad towards introducing music as a counselling method for children who have been affected by violence in Manipur. The orphans involved will be engaged in peace building exercises that will enable them to understand the cycle of violence, and equip them with tools to break this cycle. Since we are training the next generation of leaders of Manipur, this will also be a stepping stone towards building a network of peace builders for the future.

Lives and Livelihood: Supporting Vulnerable Families in Guwahati, Assam

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