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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Hunger and malnutrition have become a reality for thousands of elderly parents abandoned by their own children, in villages and slums across India. Seeing the rampant distress among the elderly, a team of selfless heroes from our NGO partner Mitti Cafe, though disabled themselves, have taken up the responsibility of providing cooked meals and dry rations to over 5,000 elderly in urgent need of support. Setting aside their own struggles, Mitti Cafe’s team, led by Ayesha Alam has been relentlessly fighting to free elderly from hunger and malnutrition through its Karuna Meals initiative. The need for nutrition support is growing with each passing day and Mitti Cafe is struggling to fulfill this enormous need. With your support, the NGO and its team of persons with disability can put food on the plates of hundreds of more elderly parents. Donate generously.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). Elderly deserve love, not neglect and hunger“There have been countless senior citizens, in extremely backward villages of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, who had not had a proper meal in days when we found them. We have seen people picking food from the garbage out of extreme hunger.”, recalls Ayesha of Mitti Cafe, while talking about the extent of hunger faced by senior citizens. According to Ayesha, there are thousands of elderly who have been either chucked out of their homes or have been left behind in villages by their children. “Our elderly don't deserve this life and it is our responsibility to come to their aid. If we come together we can ease the suffering of hundreds of people battling hunger and starvation. Donate now Our heroes’ war against hungerPersons with disability who were once discriminated against by society are today at the forefront of the fight to save abandoned elderly and children from hunger. The Karuna Meals team, comprising only of persons with disability has been able to cook and serve over 10 lakh meals. They have also distributed over 1 lakh packets of dry rations. ”They overlook their own struggles and suffering just to reach the elderly and provide them with the food they need,” says Ayesh. But their job is not yet done. “There are still many villages which have many malnourished and hungry seniors and we have not been able to reach them. But with your support, we can collectively end starvation,” she says. Donate now. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the elderly fight hunger and malnutrition.

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“A blind child is often seen as a curse or a burden to the family, leading to abandonment. I’ve picked up children from roadsides myself. I too lost my sight as a child, but today I’m a senior officer thanks to the National Association for the Blind, Delhi (NAB). What would I have done without their help?” asks Veena Mehta Verma, a beneficiary turned advocate for NAB and its mission to protect and care for blind children like herself.The state of young blind girls abandoned by their families and without education is even worse. “Blind girls have no future without education. Education is crucial to their future. Without it, they face neglect and limited opportunities, ignored not just by their families, but by society at large. What I am today is only because of the education I received. But sadly, every blind girl is not as fortunate. Most visually impaired girls are deprived of any care and even something as basic as education, leading to a difficult life,” says Asha Bhola, President, Blind Welfare Society (BWS).Both NAB and BWS work for the welfare of blind children and young girls by providing them with shelter, education, and care. This Diwali, they need your support to help many more youngsters in need.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax-exempt under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India).A life of uncertainty &amp; sufferingEven if a blind child or young girl is not abandoned, they are often trapped in their homes deprived of education or any way of making a living. “For a blind kid, employment is impossible without education. They need to learn Braille or use ‘talking computer’ aids. Many of these children are deprived of such facilities,” says Veena.Young kids and girls for whom NAB and BWS have cared for are today placed in some of the most prestigious organisations across the world. While some have gone on to make a name for themselves in the corporate world, others have taken up art and music as a profession too.But many blind children who are bright, academically gifted, and waiting to shine, are often neglected or abandoned by their own families. And with your donation, NAB and BWS can give them the future they deserve.As we celebrate the festival of lights, donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help blind children and young girls get shelter, education and care and a shot at a bright future.

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Indian Head Injury Foundation (IHIF) was founded in 2007 by His Highness Maharaja Gajsingh of Marwar-Jodhpur after his son Yuvraj Shivraj Singh suffered a serious head injury whilst playing polo in 2005. Taking his son through the treatment and rehabilitation process, he realised that there was very little available in India to cater to Spinal and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and its Rehabilitation, especially for the underprivileged who bear the brunt of such misfortunes. IHIF was thus established with the objective of preventing head and spinal injuries and providing comprehensive rehabilitation to those who suffer such injuries. Therefore, the Foundation is highly active in the area of prevention of traumatic injuries followed by the provision of support and relief to survivors through our three Charitable Neuro Rehab Centres.In the last 15 years, IHIF has come a long way and has educated over 2,00,000 youth across the country about the lifelong debilitating effects of “Head and Spinal Injuries” and ways to prevent them by using helmets and seat belts. It is relevant to mention that India suffers over 1,50,000 fatalities due to road accidents every year and most of them are due to head injuries. In addition, about 5 to 6 lakh accident survivors face some form of lifelong debilitation and disability.IHIF focuses on various aspects of support to firstly prevent injuries and thereafter provide Rehab in various ways to the injured. These activities include the provision of high-quality physical and online Neuro Rehabilitation, the conduct of First Responder Courses in Primary Trauma Care, the conduct of Neuro Critical Care &amp; Neuro Rehab Workshops, create Patient Support Groups for Head &amp; Spinal Injured victims, training Families &amp; Caregivers to undertake Home Rehabilitation, provide motivation to PwDs through a Peer Mentoring process, provide hygiene kits to Persons with Disabilities, conduct road safety awareness campaigns for adults and school children, and distribute high-quality helmets to children, to be worn by them while riding on a two-wheeler as pillions. We also provide Assistive Devices &amp; Gears to the needy like wheelchairs, implants, crutches, etc and finally but most importantly, provide Neuro Rehabilitation through its three Neuro Rehab Centres.IHIF at present runs three well-equipped Charitable Neuro Rehab Centres in Delhi, Jodhpur and Patna and conducts about 25,000 supervised neuro rehab sessions annually for the unfortunate Stroke, TBI, spinal injury and accident victims in India. We also provide certain essential items like cerebral palsy chairs and PPE kits to the needy.Our Awareness Campaigns among school children and donation of Helmets on a gratis basis through generous Corporate CSR support are well known and recognized. In 2017, IHIF received the “British Medical Journal (BMJ) Award” for being the best NGO in the non-communicable diseases category. The Foundation also received the “Prince Michael International Road Safety Award 2020” for its programme to provide safety to Children who ride as pillions on two-wheelers. This top international award is for outstanding achievement and innovation in improving road safety standards globally and is well recognized the world over.

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The official number of PwDs in the Jodhpur district is about 25000. They suffer from various types of disabilities including neurological, hearing, speech or locomotive which require rehabilitation therapy. Jodhpur District is surrounded by districts of Nagaur, Ajmer, Pali and Jaisalmer and PwDs of these districts may also seek the support of the excellent medical and rehabilitation therapy for neuro and spine disorders provided by IHIF. Currently, IHIF is probably the only NGO undertaking neuro-rehab of such quality in Jodhpur and neighbouring districts through its centrally located Centre. Most of the existing Physio Centres are under-equipped and specialized Centres are deficient all over India. Further, most of them are profit centres and not charitable.More importantly, family negligence is a major issue which victims of traumatic injuries have to face. IHIF intends to provide support to at least some of them and also guide caregivers and families to be more considerate to the unfortunate victims.  
 India has over 30 million disabled people who need some form of Rehabilitation. To this, over half a million are added every year. The Rehabilitation Services in India are very few and highly expensive. The weaker sections have practically nowhere to go and suffer in silence at home. The Indian Head Injury Foundation through its three neuro-rehabilitation centres has taken on the task of providing support and rehab to underprivileged Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in Delhi, Jodhpur and Patna. CSR or philanthropic assistance is being sought to fund the fully functional and well-equipped Centre in Jodhpur.At present we are providing rehabilitation to 30-40 patients daily. With the sponsorship of the Centre 
 At present we are providing rehabilitation to 30-40 patients daily. With the sponsorship of the Centre, we could provide support to at least 40-50 needy victims on a daily basis in the covered geographical area. This will be a boon in terms of rehabilitation to the victims from the weaker sections. In addition, the Centres will have an impact on families as regards their attitude to such victims and improve the provision of home-based rehab and quality of life for PwDs. Also, we will continue providing online rehab services and counselling to persons with disabilities to keep their morale high and encourage them to be independent while at home. With CSR support we expect to provide 8000 supervised sessions to People with Disabilities (PwDs) in FY 22-23. The aim is that these unfortunate victims of injuries and neglect are able to undertake activities of daily living independently and also try and seek employment.

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