"My son used to kick me when he was in my womb. Why make an issue when he kicked me in my old age?" reasons a very forgiving Shakti Dasi. The widow travelled 2300 kms from Tripura to Vrindavan after her only son violently beat her with a burning plank of wood and broke her knee one evening. She had to leave behind the business she had built with her husband who had died a few years back. Shakti ended up on the streets of Brindavan begging for food and shelter. But when Winnie Singh of Maitri saw Shakti in a frail state in tattered clothes, she brought her to the shelter home where Shakti gets food, care and medicines. What more, with Maitri’s intervention, Shakti reconciled with her son - and daughter-in-law, and now travels home to Tripura twice a year to spend time with her grandchildren. But she is not leaving Maitri, as this has become her family.Not every elderly widow who comes to Vrindavan after being abandoned by her family gets as lucky as Shakti. Many of them often end up living a lonely life and begging to survive on the streets. Maitri aspires to take care of every widow in need of help.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ce101369-528c-4d37-bc1d-1118b9925af3.jpg" />Maitri’s Project Jeevan to the rescueAbandoned, elderly widows are the amongst the most vulnerable in India. After being thrown out of their often abandoned by their own children and are forced to beg for food and shelter. “Through Project Jeevan, Maitri houses aging widow mothers in two ashrams in Vrindavan and Radhakund (Mathura), providing them with wellness and well-being. The programme also reaches out to widow mothers beyond the ashrams with fruit, milk and healthcare services,” explains Winnie Singh, co-founder and executive director, Maitri India.Save homeless elderly widows from begging on the streetsMost widows who make their way to Vrindavan are abandoned by their families, often after years of abuse. They come here hoping they will spend the rest of their days in prayer and devotion. But most live in impoverished conditions on the streets and in dingy rooms. Since poor living conditions often cause a wide range of health ailments, including respiratory infections and chronic conditions, Maitri comes to their rescue through its Project Jeevan.The project aims to:<ul><li>Provide 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 on and engagement around the struggles of abandoned widow mothers</li></ul><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />Project Jeevan needs your support to help those in need of food, healthcare and well-being. Donate now.“Maitri urgently needs your support to provide food, clothing and healthcare to sustain these widow mothers who are prone to more illnesses as they age,” appeals Winnie.Maitri believes in a woman’s right to dignity in life and death, more so a mother. 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.

Save abandoned, elderly widow mothers of Vrindavan from begging on streets

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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Dattu Sopan Bhandare, 80, lives alone in Mudegaon village of the Beed district in Maharashtra. Hit by drought, his children have moved to urban areas and after his wife died a few years back, he has to take care of himself. But life has been hard for Dattu, as he cannot work in the fields any longer to meet his basic needs. “I feel helpless and I have gone to bed hungry many times,” he says.That was before Manavlok came to Dattu’s rescue. Through its Trupti Kitchen program, Manavlok provides 500 abandoned elderly people like Dattu with two meals a day.The problem in the drought-hit Marathwada is huge and Manavlok would like to expand its kitchen facilities to many more villages. But Manavlok cannot do it without your support. Donate now.Manavlok’s Mission “At present, we are providing meals in three drought-hit districts of Maharashtra. It’s our commitment that we will not allow these elderly people to live in hunger,” says Aniket Dwarkadas Lohiya, Secretary, Manavlok.It was way back in the 1970s that a group of youths decided to seek solutions to the socio-economic problems of rural communities in Maharashtra and started working in the region. After years of understanding and working in the field, Marathwada Navnirman Lokayat (MANAVLOK), was born. While Manavlok has various interventions, its Trupti Kitchen has been life-changing for many elderly citizens.Motinath Maruti Birgat is another example of this. Motinath, 75, used to beg on the streets to sustain himself after the younger members of the family left the village and his wife died. As he was unable to work due to old age or feed himself. But with the Trupti Kitchen Program in his village, Motinath no longer begs for food. Manavlok also provides medical and other forms of elderly care.How Trupti worksThe kitchen mainly supports elderly citizens above 65 years with no source of income, people with disabilities, the destitute, widows and elderly orphans. The programme already has a large impact in the areas where it is operating.It first approaches Gram Panchayats to understand the needs and the number of people who will need help through the kitchen. After a detailed study, Manavlok opens a community kitchen and encourages the elderly to come and have meals or supply meals to them at their doorstep.Manavlok needs helpThere are thousands of elderly people in the drought-hit region who need help. But Manavlok cannot expand its operations without your help. The organisation needs urgent help to feed and take care of abandoned elderly citizens in more districts of Maharashtra.“We are committed to supporting the elderly in their final years with meals and other forms of care. I come across many villages where elderly people are asking us for help by establishing community kitchens. We want your support to expand our operations,” says Lohiya.NGO's 80G number: AAATM4512BF2021401 NGO's 12A number: AAATM4512BE20214

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Hope Ek A.S.H.A. is a leading charitable NGO in Delhi that has been relentlessly working for past 21 years to create awareness about Dementia / Alzheimer’s disease by reaching out to the community through its outreach programmes. The organization came into being in 2001.  NGO dedicated to the Care of Senior Citizens suffering from Alzheimer’s / Dementia (Memory Loss) and their caregivers through its committed team of medical professionals and volunteers.The founder of the organization is Dr. Sushma Chawla who is a medical practitioner and has been working selflessly serving the patients of Alzheimer’s Disease being a doctor and the caregivers as she has been the caregiver for her mother for 5 years when she was suffering from Alzheimer’s. This NGO is standalone organization who cares for Alzheimer disease patients and their caregivers.Care giving is the most critical aspect in tackling Alzheimer’s patients as such the NGO is actively engaged in imparting necessary skills to the caregivers whether they are family members or professional caregivers to take care of the Alzheimer’s patients. Due to the heavy demand of “Alzheimer CareR”, it has taken a step forward to train young boys and girls of poor section of society in the field of “Elder Care” AND “Alzheimer Care” and to prepare an army of carers leading to employment.NGO is holding hands of all such family caregivers who are taking care of their beloved PwD (Persons with Dementia) i.e. Persons with Memory Disorder.It has taken a step forward in caring by setting up a dedicated home for Alzheimer’s patients by the name A.S.H.A which provides day care and residential care facilities. The major activities of the organization are as under :- <ul><li>Mass Awareness about Alzheimer Disease</li><li> Home Care of Patients and their Caregivers</li><li> Memory Assessment of senior citizens</li><li> Training to Family and Professional Caregivers</li><li> Online Support to the Caregivers</li><li> Day Care and 24X7 Residential Care Services for PwD (Persons with Dementia)</li><li> Hope At Home (An online initiative started during Covid-19).</li></ul>NGO started conducting Mass Awareness cum Health Camps, counselling sessions in association with Corporates, NGOs, Foundations, RWAs, Schools, Senior Citizens’ Forums and Medical Forums, 176 conducted so far in collaboration with State Bank of India (SBI), National Heart Institute (NHI), Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), Escorts Hospital, BSES, Indian Menopause Society, NRI Forum, Senior Citizen Forum, RWAs, Industrial Financial Corporation of India Limited (IFCI), Power Trading Company Limited (PTC), IDBI Bank, Red Cross Society, Delhi Kannad Society, Novartis Pharma, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML), Guru Vridh Ashram, Senior Citizens Club, Rotary Club, National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Charity Aid Foundation (CAF India), Max Hospital, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Old Age Forum, Nasdeep Foundation, Indian Medical Association (IMA) South Delhi Branch, Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited (TFCI), GAIL India Ltd., IREDA Ltd, NBCC India Ltd., Delhi Legal Service Authority (DLSA), The Hans Foundation, IFCI Social Foundation, Bergen Institute on Research for Development of Skills (BIRDS), Honda, Suburb Magazine, India Care Foundation, Ganga Dharamshala Charitable Trust, Geeken Seating Collection, Sanganeria Foundation, Everwere Industries, JMD Limited, Harish C. Khosla &amp; Co. Pvt. Ltd., Maulana Azad Medical college Old Student Association (MAMCOS), ESSAI Pharmaceuticals India Pvt. Ltd, The Week Magazine, Deutsche Welle, Zen Brain, Emoha Elder Care, (Online Event during Covid-19), Rotary club of Delhi Central, Sawhney Foundation, Delhi, Etasha Society, DelhiOur organization is a members of the followings institution under the “Institutional Membership” category :-1.     PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Delhi 2.    Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, New Delhi3.    Association Of Senior Living India, Pune Home Care of Patients and their Caregivers for more than 575 families have been conducted till date. It has spread awareness among more than 10000 direct beneficiaries and 50000 indirect beneficiaries.Memory Screening / Assessment Clinics started late 2019. 1560 screenings done out of which 167 cases of Alzheimer were detected and their follow-ups is in process.  A "Legal Cell" to extend advice to the family members of PwD was initiated in 2017.An online initiative Hope at Home started during Covid-19 when Day Care was to be suspended.

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Memory issues in Senior Citizens – Diagnostic, Treatment, Management and Counseling conducted by a team of doctors : Counseling Physician, Neurologist, Physiologist and Counsellers.“Mobile Alzheimer Clinic Van” to take up mass awareness campaigns among the masses all around NCR and thereafter identify the disease at an early stage. 
 PURPOSE / GOAL OF PROPOSED PROJECT•	Create mass awareness •	Identify the disease at an early stage •	Improve the quality of life of the senior citizens and their families.•	Training and counselling to family caregivers•	Training to professional caregivers who want to adopt care giving as their career. (One such batch of 10 caregivers has already been trained and all have been absorbed) 
 SOLUTION If the family is aware of this disease, the problem associated with their patient can be identified by them as an abnormal memory loss at an early stage without attributing it to old age only.PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY1.	Mass Awareness – Will conduct one mass awareness campaign, one health camp in a month district wise, starting from South Delhi.2.	Mobile Alzheimer Clinic - It is expected that the team of HEA will visit different areas and examine 20 patients on an average 20 days in a month.3.	Memory Clinic - On every alternate Sunday, patients above the age of 55 years will be given a memory test analysis by a psychologist to identify memory loss or MCI (Mind Cognitive Impairment).Additional Benefits •	General Examination •	Random Blood Sugar Test •	Bone densitometry Test•	Eye Examination4.	Training of the Caregivers - During the session and camps, willing people will be enrolled to work as caregivers and thereafter trained at Hope Ek A.S.H.A., D - 52, Greater Kailash Enclave – II, New Delhi - 110048 under the expert guidance of doctors, Psychologist and finally will be sent to the patients requiring them. This will also generate employment for them. 5.	Support - The project will be implemented with the support of local Pradhan, distinguished citizens and RWA.MONITORING The volunteers and professionals will monitor the proposed project. EVALUATION1.	Regular monitoring of the patients &amp; caregivers at regular intervals.2.	Involving the regular family physician to submit the progress of the patients in the terms of behaviour, aggression &amp; memory of the patients.3.	Professionals will assess the stress factor of the caregivers at regular intervals and assess impact of awareness &amp; counselling.4.	All reports from professionals of Hope Ek A.S.H.A. and family physician of the patients will be submitted to the project manager who will analyse the data and prepare the report under the supervision of medical professionals working under the NGO.This project is bound to have a remarkable impact in the society regarding awareness and early detection of Alzheimer disease.

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