This winter, as the biting cold descends on 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 freezing winds and sleepless nights. A warm blanket could mean the difference between despair and hope.Donate warm clothes and blankets to abandoned elderly mothers now. Give generously."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, the founder of Maitri. "Since they are abandoned, they don't have a home or family. They have no means to care for themselves or their nutrition. Winters are extremely painful for them, and many eventually pass away. Without thermals, it's not possible to survive winters in Vrindavan."<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />This heartbreaking reality is why Maitri is committed to providing blankets and warm clothing to these abandoned widow mothers. Your contribution can help shield them from the piercing cold and offer them a lifeline during this harsh winter season. "Maitri also provides food, shelter, and healthcare to abandoned widow mothers. Your funds will help them reach and support many more widow mothers in need.

Urgent need for blankets & warm clothes for abandoned widow mothers of Vrindavan. Donate now

“What will happen to them after me? I am 80+. I spend sleepless nights,” worries ex-Air Force officer, Group Captain AC Barua while talking about the future of the 28 destitute women under his care. “They have nobody in this world, sometimes they don’t remember their own names. They are absolutely alone,” he informs us as he goes from one room to the other meeting all the women who live at Seneh, the only home where they are loved and taken care of. After fighting for his country all his life, this octogenarian is now fighting to rescue homeless and abandoned women from dying on the streets. But he cannot do it alone. “Everyday I keep on getting calls from here and there. ‘Oh! there’s a woman lying here. Can you help?’ But I don’t dare to go and help because I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources, our resources are very limited,” explains Gr. Capt. Barua who is lovingly called ‘Sir’ and ‘Deuta’ (father in Assamese) by the residents of Seneh. With your help, 80-year-old Group Captain Barua can fulfill his mission of rescuing abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets, alone. Donate nowDonate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. All 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).Seneh- a home filled with love, care and hopeThe residents of Seneh often don’t remember who they are, where they have come from. Many times these are women with mental health conditions and considered being a witch due to superstitious beliefs and beaten up as a result. They are victims of domestic abuse or widow mothers who are considered to be a burden on the family. Group Captain Barua has not only rescued them from critical conditions, he has provided them with urgent medical care, food and above all, a free safe shelter where they can live with love and care. Among these residents is Sarala Kalita who fled to save herself from the tortures of her alcoholic husband only to face neglect and trauma from her brothers- and sisters-in-law. “Both my brothers and their wives urged my father to leave me somewhere as they didn’t want to take care of me anymore. One day my brother’s wife didn’t even let me have food at home. She just wanted me to leave and go away. So that’s why, my father got in touch with Seneh through someone, and handed me over to Sir to take care of me,” says Sarita who has found joy in living at Seneh. “Coming to Seneh, it felt like I got a new life altogether. Sir has given me a harmonium. I love singing. It makes me forget everything and takes me to someplace else entirely,” she adds. More women like Sarala can find their way to a loving home like Seneh. All they need is a little bit of your kindness. “It is difficult to make both ends meet”To sustain their daily expenditure, Capt Barua needs approx ₹3 lakh a month and arranging the funds is a mammoth challenge for the NGO. “Our expenses are growing day by day. Residents are growing older, their sicknesses are increasing. At times we have to give them special food. They require more care so we have to get more employees. About half of them require leading around, 1-2 has to be fed also. It will be very difficult to sustain it unless we get help,” he added. One act of your kindness can save these abandoned women, with no one in this world, from struggling on the streets to survive. At 80+ Gr. Capt. Barua cannot sustain Seneh on his own. “With folded hands, I appeal to all. Please come and please help us. Let us help these people, these old people who have nobody in this world. They are dying. They will die on the streets,” he urged. Donate to this fundraiser by Give.do to support retired Air Force officer, Group Captain Barua in his mission to rescue abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets.

After fighting for India, former Air Force officer is now fighting to save abandoned women. Help him, donate now

Cattle, bred for profit and abandoned after they stop producing milk, are often found malnourished, injured or sick on city streets. Many face bitter winters, starvation and death in road accidents - a sad fate for cows in a country where they are revered by lakhs of people. To save cows from such a sad end, Swami Ishwar Das started Shree Krishnayan Desi Gaushala, currently home to 18,000+ abandoned cows. But with the rising costs of fodder and medicines, he is struggling to provide the quality of care such mistreated animals deserve. “It was in 2010 when I witnessed abandoned cows from the streets in Uttarakhand being transported in a truck. The cows were administered anesthesia and stacked one above the other like lifeless goods. When me and a few of my acquaintances brought the cows off the truck, two of them died before my eyes and that sight shook me to the core. It was then that I started Shree Krishnayan Gaushala with 11 abandoned cows in a small donated land,” says Swami Ishwar Das.Swami Ishwar Das is unable to bear the rising cost of nutrition and medical care for injured cows and needs support to continue to save these voiceless animals. Donate now. All donations on this platform are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA).<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ead01668-6b4d-4a8c-85de-30b43e174f22.JPG" />Every life matters“Here at Shree Krishnayan Desi Gaushala, it is our resolve to leave no stone unturned in caring for helpless cows. No matter what the cost of treatment may be, we make every possible effort to aid ill and injured cows. Our only objective is that a cow should not lose its life for the want of medical care, food or water,” says Swami Ishwar Das. In order to provide the best quality of care and treatment to its adopted cattle, three well trained veterinary doctors attend the gaushala 24/4. The NGO - Shree Krishnayan Desi Gauraksha Avam Golokdham Seva Samiti - spares no expense in providing nutrition either. From jaggery and grains to a healthy mix of green and dry fodder, cows are given meals best suited to their needs.With cost of fodder on rise the Gaushala needs help<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/93e7eafe-4438-40d6-ae40-6972feaf0988.jpg" />Swami Ishwar Das and his team, however, are struggling to keep up with rising costs of nutrition and medical care for cows. “The cost of fodder has risen by almost three times in the last couple of years. From food to medicines everything has become expensive. And we will never compromise with the quality of care and love that we want to give to our cows,” says Swami Ishwar Das. Help Swami Ishwar Das provide the best care and love to abandoned cows while saving them from a desperate life of starvation and suffering on the streets.

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Helping Hands Charitable Trust was founded in 2009 to contribute meaningfully in bettering lives of thousands of people across the country. Its first major project was to provide relief to the people of Nepal during the 2015 earthquake. Since then, it has grown over the years to cater to the many needs of marginalised populations of the society, including securing livelihoods, basic healthcare, education, skill development as well as disaster relief and rehabilitation. Most recently, the trust has arisen to the crisis of the Covid 19 pandemic in the country, reaching out to the migrant and daily wage workers distributing ration kits, running community kitchens, arranging their safe passage home, running migrant worker camps, setting up Covid Care Centres, putting up Oxygen generation plants, distributing masks, generating vaccine awareness, creating Oxygen concentrator and cylinder banks, training nurses and ASHA using the latest simulation techniques. The trust helps run three learning centres in informal settlements in Mumbai.

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Bilal Khan

<ul><li>Kickstarted registration drive of naka workers in Mumbai following advocacy with the Labour Department, Maharashtra[1]. Since its inception, the Maharashtra Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board had only 5000 construction workers registered under it. Low rate of registration was due to difficult process of registration. But after KSSS intervention and subsequent advocacy, the Board relaxed the registration process. This resulted in the spike in the registration from the city of Mumbai. KSSS is also enabling construction workers access social security benefit from the Board. </li><li>Covered 24 nakas, 50 construction sites and 5 metro sites in Mumbai, resulting in thousands of registrations</li><li>Advocacy for the inclusion of Urban Company workers in the category of construction workers</li><li>Registration of domestic workers across Mumbai</li><li>Legal advocacy for Dunzo workers</li><li>Conducted consultation with workers in a ‘join the union’ meeting in Mumbai, attended by workers across sectors</li><li>Organising imitation zari workers to set up minimum wages and improve working condition  </li><li> </li><li>Successfully fought and won a case against illegal slum demolition, which resulted in recognition of the rehabilitation rights of 1500 families in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai. The State Human Rights Commission included the case study of this case in its 19th Annual Report[2]. </li><li>Campaigned for the rehabilitation of landslide-affected families. Seventy families got rehabilitated after year-long campaigning[4]. </li></ul> [1] https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-naka-workers-awareness-campaign-7676630/ [2] https://mshrc.gov.in/pdf/annual-Report/english/Annual%20ReportEN%202019-2020.pdf[3] https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/give-alternative-accommodation-to-mahul-residents-bombay-high-court-to-govt-6022615/[4] https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/37-months-later-malad-slum-dwellers-get-keys-to-new-homes-8103815/

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Happy faces after securing labour cards from the Maharashtra construction workers' welfare boards. These cards secured after due diligence will ensure social security benefits to construction workers which include housing, health, insurance, scholarships and maternity benefits Kudus to the KSSS team for their untiring efforts for a most tedious registration process&nbsp;#constructionworker #labourights #socialsecurity

Now 24 construction workers will access Social Security benefits

SHAHEENA ATTARWALA

Last year we paid fees for Sem1 &amp; 2 fees for this forensic science student.We are now looking to raise Rupees 30,000 for this female student. Thank you.

Fees  Receipt - Forensic Science from Garden university, Bangalore

Om Prakash Singh

Hello, We would like to thank you very much for your contribution for the DSG COVID Emergency response and civic coordination effort in NCR! It is very heartening and encouraging that in the very short time, we have over 50 volunteers working in this team. This is to update you about the various measures taken by this team of volunteers in helping out those in need with support of your generous contribution. Within a week, our social media team has come out with “Home Based Care Guide” in English and Hindi, videos, infographics etc. on various precautions, preventive methods and a repository of information related to the pandemic. Our Resource team; just a day old has been able to mobilise INR 11 lakh (~USD 15,000) and is collaborating with Give India Foundation, Helping Hands Charitable Trust and Programme for Social Action. As on date we are getting funds from Indians (including NRIs) and foreign nationals through this effort. We are immensely grateful to all our partners for facilitating the effort and all the contributors for such crucial support at this juncture. We have, from the hospital assistance and emergency coordination group, been able to cater to over 150 requests for oxygen, hospital beds, medical equipment, plasma, etc by sending people the right information, in the last three days alone, with the active and quick response from our verification team that verifies the availability in real time.  Our procurement/delivery team has been able to find, procure and deliver crucial care items for those in need, sometimes running to multiple places, waiting in queues, undeterred by the failed attempts. A few have also helped friends in delivering food and other essentials. Our home care team is currently caring for a number of patients in need, giving them the right protocols to follow, checking on them remotely and in consultation with doctors. In the last three days alone more than 20 have shown signs of positive recovery and some have recovered too! The help and advice rendered by the doctors is nothing but monumental! Through monitoring multiple cases we have found some reckless prescriptions of strong drugs which are having a very detrimental effect. Hence have lobbied with medical intuitions and  senior medical practitioners who are in agreement, to make videos on the harmful effects of panic medications.  Further, we are doing our best to amplify their concerns by making social media personalities to also create awareness of the same.  Finally, we are in conversation with religious and charitable organizations for making available physical spaces with beds, oxygen and a medical team for those who cannot afford the skyrocketing prices of life saving Oxygen and medicines. We are putting all our efforts to make these be available free of cost to the poor. Even though this is nothing but a tiny drop in this tsunami coming at us, even this would not have been possible without your help and support. In the coming days we would be scaling up and also streamlining some of our activities to a targeted mission to specifically reach out to the working class colonies in and around the city. We hope to engage at large scale in providing medical supplements, para-medical assistance, setting up clinic-like facilities in community centres, and providing kit based rations to the needy - all based on the identification done by ground organisations who we are partnering with. We are counting on your continued support for these efforts. In Solidarity,DSG - Covid19 Emergency Response and Civic Coordination TeamEmail id: DelhiSolidarityGroup.DSG@gmail.com Mobile: +91 9790809844 (Om Prakash), please message on WhatsApp/Signal if call is not answered

Update #1, 30 April 2021

Nabeel Shah

Thank you once again for all of your support so far, we are so incredibly grateful for all of your donations.  In the last week, we have distributed: 70 kits to The Sai foundation for sex workers and transgender community in Latur  150 kits to St. Anthony's Home and School for sex workers, and transgender communities in the Kamathipura district 200 kits to Beghar Adhikar Abhiyan for homeless families that live in and around the Kamathipura area, and near JJ Flyover and Mahalaxmi  3 kits to two single-mothers in Thakkar Bappa Colony  We are continuing our efforts in the coming weeks to deliver more kits to those on the fringes of our society, and we really hope that you consider spreading the word and encouraging friends, family, and colleagues to donate!

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With increase in the pace of climate change, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events have also increased. According to a Lancet study, over seven lakh yearly deaths are related to abnormal temperatures in India. In fact, in India, the number of deaths per year linked with abnormal cold temperatures is 6,55,600 while the number of deaths associated with high temperatures is 83,700. In all north Indian states that witness extreme winters, with temperatures falling below the freezing point, year after year schools are forced to remain shut, trains are delayed or rescheduled, etc. The worst affected are the homeless. Given the inadequacy and deplorable conditions in night shelters, taking to the streets even in extreme cold is the only choice for many people. 
 HHCT has over the years, developed an all India network of volunteers who seek out and distribute blankets to the most needy segments of the society. Last year, we distributed over 10,000 blankets to the homeless in streets of different towns and cities, to the adivasi villages in forests of Tripura, Odisha, Mizoram, Assam and to people living in informal hutments in the slums of Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Guwahati, Patna and other towns. This year too HHCT will buy blankets straight from manufacturers in Punjab and Haryana and distribute them through it's network of youth volunteers drawn from the National Youth Project, across the country. 
 Through this campaign, HHCT aims to provide 25,000 blankets to people living on the streets during harsh winters Our annual blanket distribution drives which start in November, have been instrumental in providing warmth to thousands of impoverished people every year and has been the only covering which has kept many of them away from death. This year too we aim to create a significant impact by channeling the valuable donations of our supporters to directly saving lives. A donation as little as Rs.200 can save a life. Donate one or more blankets to help an underprivileged person survive the bitter cold and become part of our mission.

Donate a blanket and save a life this winter

Because of Lockdown the fishermen have not been able to venture out into the sea leading to loss of livelihood, added to this it is monsoon now, which is the season where they can't fish as a result they are going to face very stressful economic situation. Also, due to the extended lockdown they have exhausted their bare little savings. Hence, they need support for sometime. 
 Our initial plan was to run a community kitchen till the end of July but due to the rains and constraints of cooking in a closed area resulting in lack of hygiene we have decided to provide 1 month supply of dry ration to each of the 150 poorest families living in the area. 
 This assistance will provide some food security till the lockdown is lifted till July 31, 2020 which is the current deadline of the lockdown.

Providing 1 month ration to 150 families in Juhu Koliwada Mumbai Maharashtra

Helping Hands Charitable Trust was founded in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake and has been at the forefront of disaster relief work since then. In the past year, Helping Hands has been conducting medical camps twice a month for project affected families displaced and relocated to Mahul. Residents suffer from severe ailments owing to the toxic environment amidst refineries and chemical factories. In collaboration with Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan, children’s centres have been started in Mankhurd where children deprived of quality education and life, learn as they play and help them become active, responsible citizens.  
 Helping Hands Charitable Trust has been working tirelessly to bring succour to the needy across the country right from the day the first lockdown was declared due to Covid. They have till date distributed over 50,000 ration kits; cooked over 1.8 million meals in their community kitchens; run a camp for 300 migrant workers and homeless citizens along with Home guards and Civil Defence in Mumbai; helped create more than 200 livelihoods through small grants to migrant workers and Adivasis; created over 600 Covid beds in Maharashtra, Assam, Meghalaya and Uttarakhand; trained over 5000 nurses in Maharashtra and Karnataka; distributed blankets in the cold regions of the country; enabled hundreds of deprived children access online education by donating tabs and run three learning centres in Mumbai slums where over 1000 children spend their time learning new skills.* Rs. 1000 will help a child attend a learning centre for 3 months* Rs. 2500 will help feed a family of 5 for a whole month.* Rs. 5000 can ensure that 250 people don't sleep hungry today.* Rs. 10000 can ensure that an unemployed migrant worker can get a micro grant which will help her/him earn a livelihood. 
 Pledge your support today enable humanitarian relief to the needy. Donate now!

Donate a blanket and save a life this winter

Providing 1 month ration to 150 families in Juhu Koliwada Mumbai Maharashtra

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Urgent need for blankets & warm clothes for abandoned widow mothers of Vrindavan. Donate now

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