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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Most of Sharanalayam’s children have ‘V’ as their initial. The ‘V’ stands for ‘Vanitha,’ the founder of the NGO. For the orphaned and the abandoned kids, Vanitha is simply ‘Thaiamma’ (mother). One of them is V Dhanushya, 18, who is studying nursing. “Thaiamma has taken care of me since I was six months old. I don’t know who I was born to, but if somebody asks me my mother’s name, I will say Vanitha,” Dhanushya says.But Vanitha, at 72, is seeking your support to keep Sharanalayam running and help many more Dhanushyas. Donate now.Donations to this fundraiser are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India). <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/519af8b4-e1d1-4974-98c3-a9a15120df8b.png" />“A sex worker’s child should not become a sex worker, and a beggar’s child should not end up becoming a beggar. Every child, in my eyes, is equal, and no child deserves to live on the streets. That is my basic philosophy,” says N Vanitha Rengaraj, chairperson of Sharanalayam.For rescued abandoned infants from bus stands, railway stations, roadsides and temple steps and orphans adopting whose parents have died, Sharanalayam has been a loving home for close to two decades. Vanitha has also been taking care of abandoned HIV-infected and mentally challenged kids. Today, over 80 abandoned kids are given shelter, food, medical care, education and other amenities at Sharanalayam.Vanitha has tried her best to run Sharanalayam from her own resources and that of her well-wishers, but the last two years have been harsh. “I have never extended my hands asking people to donate, but I have to do it now for the sake of the children under my care,” says Vanitha. Donate now.Over 80 children at Sharanalayam attend school and do well in their studies. Many of them study in private schools and Sharanalayam bears all expenses.How Sharanalayam came into beingThe NGO started its operations in 2001 from rented premises in Pollachi in the district of Coimbatore. It had seven children. The first child to be brought to Sharanalayam was a baby of four, who was mentally challenged, and her mother chained the daughter when she went out to work.When Vanitha came to know about this child, she went to inquire and saw that the baby was in a horrible state. She promised the mother that she would take care of the baby. “The baby hardly had any strength. She used to be called ‘insect’ by the people in the neighbourhood. The doctor said that she might not survive beyond a month. But she did for over a year, under my care. I named her Shakthi,” recalls Vanitha.Sharanalayam has come a long way since that time, with hundreds of children being taken care of by the NGO in the last two decades. Many have become professionals in various fields, including medical care, engineering, counselling, banking, etc.Sharanalayam needs urgent support to take care of 80 children under its care. The organisation also aspires to take care of many more orphaned and abandoned children in the coming months and years. Vanitha cannot do it without your support. Donate now.

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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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Envisioning the empowerment and upliftment of the rural and deprived communities, a seed was sown on 7th July 1998, known as Gramin Vikas Evam Chetan Sansthan (GVCS) in Barmer, Rajasthan. It is a non-governmental, not for profit social welfare association, founded for the enablement of women, to strengthen artisans through crafts promotion and livelihood generation as the core, preservation and promotion of folk songs and folk music. GVCS motto serves “To empower women artisans, to reinstate their value and to make handicraft a viable means of home-based employment.” The idea was to give women financial independence while they work from their home with fulfilling their family responsibilities.With the sheer determination, commitment, and leadership, GVCS commenced with just 10 members has today become a large organization providing livelihood to more than 22,000 women across 75 villages. This growing network of women artisans engaged in different craft forms has helped GVCS to work on a broad spectrum of rural development activities. Formation of SHGs, fodder for drought-affected cattle, and education programmes for children and women are other initiatives of the organisation.GVCS reckons that every individual can realize his/ her potential when allowed to participate in the process of decision- making and empowers every individual to exercise their right to expression towards enhancing organizational efficiency.Upholding its commitment to the rural development and women empowerment, GVCS justly symbolizes as the organisation for the artisans and by the artisans.

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ग्रामीण विकास एवं चेतना संस्थान द्वारा कोरोना काल में 2,00,000 से अधिक निशुल्क मास्क वितरित किये गए एवं 16,500 वोलंटियर को कोरोना बचाव हेतु प्रशिक्षित किया गया.

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Barmer district is a marginal and desert region lining the Indo-Pak border . The country-wide lockdown has affected the tribal community and poor laborer families living in the desert between sand dunes. These people live in inaccessible desert areas, where there is no transport facility due to lack of road and it is not possible to reach without a 4 x 4 vehicle. There is an off-road distance of one kilometer between their houses. Most of their families are children, old people, and women. Family men work as daily wage laborers. These people do not have a collection of ration materials and do not have any savings because they have to earn and eat daily. Due to being down for several days, work is stalled and these people have finished rationing in their houses. 
 Our organization has identified 4000 families/houses in the desert area who are suffering from this problem as they have finished rationing in their houses. If someone even wants to buy the ration material, it is not available near their houses. It is necessary now to provide ration material of at least one month to these families because it will take 2-3 months for these people to return to normal functioning after the lockdown. Most of these families will not have any work available for the next two to three months. For the above mentioned solution, we have made a list of essential ration material items which will be delivered to their houses by our volunteers via 4x4 vehicle which can run in off-road area. For a family of 4 people, these ration items will work for fifteen days and in the very first phase of relieving, we are aiming at 4000 families which will be relieved by providing ration items at their doorsteps.A team of two can cover 30-35 houses per day by hired 4x4 vehicle and deliver the ration material to them as their houses are off-roads. 
 <ul><li>By providing ration material, we will save thousands of family from mal-nutrition.</li><li>Single mother or lady who is the only take carer of the family will be helped financially as well as mentally by supporting.</li><li>The revived craft will not be on line of extension once again as these are people who practices on the appliqué craft.</li><li>The future of India will be saved by providing ration material to the families.</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Due to Covid-19, the artists and artisans of the Thar desert region were disconnected from their audiences and customers, Social Bounce Back Post Pandemic is an initiative to reconnect them to their audiences and customers.</li><li>Providing financial, food and health help for a limited period of time is not really helping them to sustain and retain their livelihoods.</li><li>These art forms are a way of living which also help in the conservation of folk art. Now, due to unavailability of exhibitions and live shows, artists and artisans are migrating for other opportunities and cultural heritage is now on the wage of extinction.</li><li>For artisans and artists, life has come to a halt, hence no money to feed their families.</li><li>Craftspeople - the second largest employment sector in India; Folk artists, who have carried the legacy generation after generation, are fighting a battle of balancing passion and sustainability.</li><li>Due to illiteracy and lack of digital awareness, they are unable to even leverage online platforms for their benefits.</li><li>Due to not having clarity of upcoming situation of Corona pandemic, they are afraid if they will be able to re-connect with their customers which is leading to the terrific mental and emotional pressure.</li></ul> 
 <ul><li>Digital Literacy Training will be provided to illiterate most needy 1000 artists and 1000 artisans to participate in virtual exhibitions, go online through e-commerce, you tube channel making and managing, conducting live shows through mobile phones etc.</li><li>50+ digital live programs and 50+ live exhibitions will be organized for all the artists to perform and artisans to sell their products in niche market.</li><li>To promote the artisans and artists internationally, a global virtual Thar Heritage Week will be organized.</li><li>A free digital studio will be set up for all the artists to perform or to record their performance with all the technical equipments like camera, mic, live set up, noise proof room etc. The artists will be provided 24x7 technical support.</li><li>E-commerce website and a brand will be developed to display the handmade products available for sale of all those rural artisans who have been in veil from centuries.</li></ul> 
 <ul><li>Due to Corona pandemic, Artists and artisans who got disconnected with their audiences and customers, will be able to re-connect.</li><li>They will be to again cherish the art and craft which will lead to the perseverance of our rich cultural heritage.</li><li>Illiterate artists and artisans will be able to go live and present themselves by using digital technology.</li><li>By performing live and participating in events, there will be unexpected increase in the income of the artists and artisans, and again a sustainable module will be generated for their livelihood.</li><li>Basic needs of their families and their selves will be fulfilled.</li><li>Mental and emotional pressure will be reduced.</li><li>Universal recognition nationally and internationally.</li><li>More art and craft-based employment will be generated.</li><li>New upcoming generation will be able connect with their cultural heritage.</li></ul>

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Barmer district is the marginal area in the western Rajasthan and women here does the handicraft work from centuries. Due to lack of skills, market or local mediocres pays low wages to these women. These women donot have financial independency as they have always been dependent on males. They have been limited to the boundary of their houses being in veil. Most of the ladies are willing to learna and earn money to run their houses smoothly.Assumptions<ol><li>Hand embroidery profession runs throughout the year</li><li>A person who is skilled with the innovative and fare technique can adopt the hand embroidery profession.</li><li>Many clothes related hand embroidery item have been prepared by the artisans like saree, kurta, duppatta etc.</li><li>Stole, Dupatta, Sarees, Kurta, Suit &amp; cushion cover etc. items which are prepared by the rural women of the Barmer district which is very costly .The average price of its are different .</li><li>Income of artisans related to hand embroidery will increase in 50 to 100%.</li><li>Availability of raw material may be possible at local level.</li><li>Companies like Fab India &amp; others have been searched through the good production for the export of the ready-made piece.</li></ol> 
 Skill up gradation Training - Skill development Training will be carried out for artisans for intensive inputs to qualitatively upgrade their production and Micro Entrepreneurship development skills. Before skill training Master trainer will be finalized. Since applique/embroidery has its own requirement of skill, so the selection of experienced Master trainer will be on the basis of the type of skill assessed during diagnostic study. Master Artisans will be providing skill training. SD specialist will provide training for Group formation, strengthening and linkages with financial schemes to artisans group. The existing skill of the applique/embroidery artisans shall be assessed by Master trainer for on developing Training package. Project is planning 15 days course curriculum basic skill development for applique/embroidery work artisans. Only thing is that project should upgrade their existing skills with technological up gradation. Women from urban habitation/dhanis and adjacent rural villages involved in Applique/embroidery work on large scale. According to proficiency level among Applique/embroidery artisans course curriculum by master trainer will be designed according to their skills possesses. 15 days long course curriculum on acquiring advanced skills is being proposed. Master Trainer will visit initially selected Area to discuss with traditional Applique/embroidery artisan about existing skill, traditional tool kit and availability &amp; quality of raw material for all marketable Barmer applique products. After experiencing with locally available infrastructure with Applique/embroidery artisan, Master trainer will finalize tool kit, advanced equipment or machines and type/quality of raw material for all marketable Applique products. At the initiation of training programme, selected tool kit and qualitative raw material will provide to Trainees.  
 <ul><li>A source of income for women through home-based employment. </li><li>Rural artisans are the important tools for development in any country. If the artisans are channelized in an effective manner, they will take the nation towards the goal of being an economically strong and self-reliant state.</li><li>The program would facilitate in establishing informal system of skill development and upgrading to facilitate sustainable productive employment and /or self-employment for the rural poor.</li><li>Quality of the final goods will be much better</li><li>Costing of the products will be reduced</li><li>Artisan will be known about the latest and advance technologies and market requirements</li><li>Artisans could get rid of middle men and brokers and could get more value of their products</li><li>More employment will generate among the artisans and its family members</li><li>Up gradation of artisan’s skill through appropriate design &amp; technology intervention so as to enable them to use quality raw material, tools and equipment to produce value-added items. </li></ul>

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