“My 8-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer and it left the entire family devastated. I was told the cost of treatment would run into lakhs. I was barely managing to make ends meet and there was nothing I could do to save Swaroop. But the Nargis Dutt Foundation stepped in and took care of all the expenses. I can’t even imagine the consequences had they not been there for my son,,” says teary-eyed Devendra.The helplessness that Devendra felt is not uncommon among low-income families of cancer patients. There are many who helplessly see their dear ones, including children, lose their life in the most painful manner. Nargis Dutt Foundation has ensured that thousands of families don’t see this fate. It’s been a ray of hope for thousands of cancer patients since its inception over 40 years back. You can help save many more patients with cancer. 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). The cost of each chemotherapy is as much as ₹15,000 and a cancer patient can require between 6 to 12 sessions. The hefty cost for cancer treatment is well beyond the reach for poor families that are barely surviving on two square meals a day. Help Nargis Dutt Foundation provide treatment to poor cancer patients and save them from a slow and painful death.Giving hope to cancer patients“I was just 13 when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. When I saw my mother struggling for life it left a lifelong impact on me. Her condition had deteriorated to such an extent she was almost unrecognisable. I know how it feels like to lose a loved one to cancer and I am not alone in my grief. There are thousands of people struggling to save their family members,” says Priya, daughter of noted actress Nargis Dutt, who lost her life to cancer, and in whose name the NGO has been founded. Priya has made it her life’s mission to save as many cancer patients as she can, but she can not do it alone. Nargis Dutt Foundation needs your support. Your donation can not only save cancer patients but can give life to entire families.Need for the fundraiserCancer is often seen as a death sentence. But doctors say that if detected early and if a patient receives essential treatment, the illness can be defeated and the person can return to their lives. “Treatment of cancer often depends on multiple factors including the type of cancer and the stage in which it is detected. Some patients require surgery while some can be cured with just chemotherapy or immunotherapy. “Whatever may be the need, our nonprofit supports patients till the time they are cancer free. We not only take care of the cost of treatment but even assist patients with nutrition which is vital in the fight against cancer. Moreover, we ensure that family members who are already facing immense hardships get proper accommodation and food during treatment so they don’t suffer any further,” says the NGO leader. With your support, Nargis Dutt Foundation can help patients win the fight against cancer and save their families from grief of losing a loved one.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted fundraising platform, to support Nargis Dutt Foundation in their mission to give life-saving chemotherapy and care to cancer patients who can not afford treatment.

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“The Hummingbird School is my only hope to succeed in life. I feel I am trying to swim out of this place (Majuli) and my school stands as a beacon on the other side of the river. If my school closes down, I feel I will drown in this river. Not just me but every child in villages around here and our families depend on this school”, says Roopjyoti, a bright, young student of Ayang Trust’s The Hummingbird School.Majuli Island, where The Hummingbird School is situated is shrinking rapidly, leaving a majority of its residents struggling to survive. For the children of this impoverished tribal community, education remains the only way out of suffering.Your support to Ayang Trust’s Hummingbird School can ensure that its students can have a future different from their parents who are struggling to get even two meals a day. 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).From IIT Kharagpur to Majuli“When I first visited the remote villages of Majuli I was shocked. The extent of the struggles here was beyond my imagination. These villages had no connectivity to the outside world, no healthcare, no education, there was absolutely nothing”, says Bipin Dhane founder of the school. Bipin, who grew up in the small town of Satara in Maharashtra, faced countless financial hardships. Despite his struggles, Bipin secured admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and then went on to take up a job in Singapore. Owing to his childhood experiences Bipin was always inclined towards helping the less fortunate, and he believed in the transformative power of education. It was in 2016 that Bipin left his lucrative career abroad and moved to Majuli, to provide the children from this inaccessible river island education they were deprived of.“Whatever little money I had saved, I gave it to my parents. I had no money to start the school. It was then that villagers came together to build bamboo huts. Each family donated bamboo, wood, and whatever little they could. It was the parents of our students who erected huts for the school to start”, shares Bipin while talking about the inception of The Hummingbird School in 2017.Help Bipin save underprivileged children of Majuli Island from generational poverty and give them a chance to succeed. Donate now.Donate to save future generations“People of the island value education greatly because they know that their children have no future without it. Parents have vested their faith in The Humming Bird School because they don't want their children to suffer the way they have been”, says Bipin. Bipin says, “Today we have over 280 students in our school and about 90 children live in our hostel. Many of these children are orphaned and have no means of survival. I urge each one of you to come forward and donate to us so we can help hundreds of children escape from the cycle of poverty.”Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help children of Majuli Island get an education and break the cycle of poverty.

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Time stood still for 12-year-old Shrikant when he got the news that his father, a debt-ridden farmer from Beed, had taken his own life. Shrikant’s village was one of the worst hit areas during devastating drought in 2015 and his mother, a daily wage labourer, was finding it hard to feed the family of three. The family was penniless and could not feed itself, and debtors were knocking on the doors. Had it not been for Ashok Deshmane and Snehwan, Shrikant would have slipped into the bottomless pit of child labour.Deshmane needs your help to rescue the children of drought-hit farmers taking their own lives. Donate now.Deshmane, who has faced the perils of farmer distress firsthand, has made it his life’s mission to come to the aid of children affected by farmer suicides. He left a successful career in IT and founded Snehwan to provide food, shelter, and education to orphans of farmer suicides. There has been a steep rise in farmer suicides following Covid-19 and fresh droughts in Maharashtra. The number of kids that are in dire need of support is growing almost every day.Snehwan is building its second shelter home to take in 200 more children and needs your urgent help to complete it. Help orphans of farmer suicides find their feet and fresh hope in life. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/8c3923fc-52f9-4732-9088-0174a4553718.jpg" />Ashok’s missionAshok, son of a farmer himself, braved his way through abject poverty to educate himself and build a career in IT. During a visit to his village in 2015, he was overwhelmed seeing the orphans of farmer suicides starving, and decided to take 18 children into his care.“I just could not remain a mute spectator while children starved in drought-struck villages. I had to do something” says Ashok, and Snehwan was conceived in 2015. Swami Vivekanand Dnyanalay, a ray of hopeAshok says that his responsibility is not merely to provide food and shelter to children but to provide them with holistic development. He aspires to raise them as socially aware, skilled, and responsible citizens of the country who can then carry his work forward.The shelter home which started with 18 kids is now a ray of hope for more than 50 children who call it home. Situated in a village near Pune, the Swami Vivekanand Dnyanalay not only provides food, shelter, and quality education to these kids but gives them a family. Ashok and Archana’s plea“Drought and climate change is worsening and we are in urgent need of funds to extend our efforts and expand the shelter home to bring in 200 more children under our protective wings. We cannot let these kids have a fate similar to their parents”, pray Ashok and Archana. Only you can help Ashok and Archana save the future of these children. Donate generously.

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Heartfulness Education enables teachers and students to live a balanced, purposeful, and a happy life using heart-based practices, so that they are equipped to contribute towards a sustainable school reform and community citizenship. 

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Heartfulness Education Trust (HET) was born from the vision that the most effective way of transforming society in a generation, is to provide teachers with the opportunities and tools for change and to empower them so that they can transform their students. HET's vision is to enable teachers and students to live a balanced, purposeful, happy life through heart-based practices so that they are equipped to contribute to sustainable school reform and community citizenship.HET is associated with a group of organizations that includes Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM), Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation (SMSF), and Heartfulness Institute (HFI). Together, they work towards social transformation by offering methods for individual change.For a list of successfully concluded programs, please refer to http://education.heartfulness.org/concluded-programs/

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Our children are our future. The result-oriented, examination-based education system puts a lot of pressure on students to focus only on academic results, leading to a stressful, unbalanced lifstylee. While students develop academically and become subject-matter experts, most of them lack the basic life-skills for a purposeful life. There is little time or focus on values and morals. A slow downfall in the moral standards of today’s youth is quite visible in our current society. Another associated problem is that government colleges, in general, focus on delivering the curriculum prescribed to them by the education department. They lack visibility, funds and focus to inculcate the necessary life-skills in their students. All these impact the overall holistic development of students. HELP stands for Heartfulness – Experience Life’s Potential. This program imparts essential life-skills through a 16-week certificate course in collaboration, with the Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh. The course is delivered by trained volunteers and certified junior college champion lecturers using high quality videos and powerpoint presentations. The course covers: i) Meditation for self-development: tools and techniques ii) Essential life skills like managing stress, time, conflicts, habits, etc. iii )Basic human values and positive relationships.This course will cover 2 lakh students of junior colleges in government, government aided and unaided colleges, in all the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh. The Government of Andhra Pradesh is funding 34% of the total estimated costs. The rest is funded by Heartfulness Educational Trust and donations from corporates, charities and Individuals.For more information please visit http://education.heartfulness.org/help/ 1. Improved concentration and focus in students. 2. ‘Centred Students’: where ‘centredness’ is defined as a person who is self-confident, emotionally stable and well balanced. 3. A life where stress is well managed, leading to a joyful and happy society. 4. Students displaying values of mutual love and respect for each other. And many more...

HELP 2 lakh children learn lifeskills in government and other junior colleges in districts of Andhra Pradesh

The word “education” is derived from the Latin word “ēducāre” which literally stands for “to draw out from within”. A school must be able to provide a conducive learning environment for this to happen and the teachers must adopt a process of facilitation to allow the students to “draw out” the knowledge and wisdom that is already latent within themselves. Successful teachers are those that have the ability to maximise the learning potential of all students in their class. Developing positive relationships between a teacher and student is a fundamental aspect of quality teaching and student learning. Teachers are devoted to making a positive change in students’ lives, but they are often not well prepared for the social and emotional demands of today’s classroom environment and students' learning needs. Most teachers' training courses focus on pedagogy and content without addressing the social, emotional, cognitive demands of teaching. If incorporated into teacher training, these can have a significant impact on the ability of teachers.It is a well-known saying that “Our Children are our Future”. The result-oriented, examination-based education system puts a lot of pressure on students to focus only on academic results, leading to a stressful life. While students develop well and become subject-matter experts, most of them lack the basic life skills. There is little time to focus on values and morals. A slow downfall in the moral standards of today’s youth is quite visible in our current society. 
 During the last 70 years, there have been many scientific and medical studies which show that both relaxation and meditation have a significant impact on emotional / social intelligence, overall well-being/brain development, and hence a heightened learning ability in children. One recent reference that summarizes many of the key studies is “The Science of Meditation” by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson who are key researchers in this field of mind-body medicine. The HEART (Heartfulness Education and Resources for Teachers) program for teachers is a year-long training program designed to develop emotional and social intelligence, manage emotional well-being, and create a systematic approach to wise decision-making. Our training program covers various methodologies of heart-centered learning and teaching, and essential life-skills to sharpen teaching skills. These skills and methodologies equip teachers to create a ‘Compassionate Learning Environment’ in their classrooms.We also offer “The Heartfulness Way(THW) – Curriculum” for students which is based on nine United Nation values. These values are woven into a spiral curriculum for students from grades 1 – 9. Teachers, with the help of the HEART training program and THW Curriculum, will facilitate the transformation of students from human beings to “being humans”. In the course of the year-long training, teachers begin to develop profound soft skills of deep listening, non-prejudiced observation, compassionate leadership, and empathetic understanding. As teachers and students work through the various lesson plans of the THW Curriculum, the values they imbibe intensely influence the quality of the relationship between the student and teacher, bridging the gap between the two. 
 &quot;Centered Teachers” who are equipped with skills to create an enabling environment in the classroom, which in turn positively impacts student retention and engagement.Improvement in focus and concentration levels in students. Students display qualities like compassion, love and mutual-respect for each other. A life where stress is well managed, leading to joyful and happy students, allowing for academic and extra-curricular goals to be achieved.

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