"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.

This Diwali, help Dr. Bhagat care for 500+ elderly parents rescued from abuse and homelessness

In the dark and dingy alleys of red light areas, injustice, pain and suffering run rampant. And the worst affected are the children who grow up in red-light areas and are subjected to constant abuse and violence. “The sight of a 12-year-old girl being gang-raped by a group of men near a house l haunts me to this date. I was filled with anguish and resolved to do something,” says Girish Kulkarni who has made it his life’s mission to rescue children from red light areas and give them a safe and secure childhood. In the last 3 decades Girish has saved over 1100 girls from a life of abuse in red-light areas, giving them a loving home, education and medical care. He has further supported over 20,000 children with a better life.Sadly, 250 of the children rescued from abuse and exploitation are HIV positive. The high cost of medication has left Girish struggling for funds. Your support can help him provide these children with the care and upbringing they need. 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). A movement to protect vulnerable children“Growing up in Ahmednagar, the experiences I had as a child witnessing the horrors of sex trade defined the path of my life. I had even seen my friend’s 15-year-old sister and 70-year-old grandmother being forced to do sex work for the price of a cup of tea”, recalls Girish. “I started by merely feeding and teaching children of sex workers initially with the intention of giving them some respite from the horrors of life of abuse in red-light areas. Gradually more and more mothers started coming to me and asked me to take their children away, even if it was just for a couple of hours,” he further adds.The work that Girish started in his youth gradually grew to become a movement, with many more joining his cause. His NGO Snehalaya to date has transformed the lives of millions. Girish’s work is crucial for the survival and safety of vulnerable children of sex workers. Snehalaya is almost entirely dependent on donations from the public and your support can strengthen his mission to save children most in need. Donate generously.The horrors of life in red light areas“The cruelty and abuse that children as young as 6 or 7 years of age face is something that I can’t explain in words. Young daughters of sex workers are made to watch their mothers being raped, are brutally assaulted and forced into sex work. No child deserves to grow like this, Girish says in anguish.Sad reality of life for children growing up in red light areas is that they are deprived of even the most basic needs like proper food, safety and education. Moreover, a majority of children rescued by Girish are diagnosed HIV positive. The task of securing medication, providing them quality education and much needed nutrition is one that requires constant support from donors. Moreover, the increase in healthcare cost has left Girish struggling to keep his home for children going. But your support can enable him to give his children a loving environment and save many more who still remain trapped behind closed doors.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help Snehalaya give hundreds of children rescued from red-light areas a life away from violence and abuse.

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Janakalyan, a registered voluntary organization, is accredited by Credibility Alliance for good governance, transparency and accountability. It is also a winner of Advanced Level – GuidestardIndia GOLD Award for Transparency in NGO sector from GuideStar.orgTo serve four holy mothers viz. Manavimata (woman), Bhoomata (soil), Gangamata (water) and Gomata (animals) Janakalyan has adhered to 7 programatic tools as framework of its interventions and these 7E are –E1-Empowerment: Jan Sanghatan: An initiative to bring community together on a common platform to resolve their burning issuesE2-Employment: Jan Krishi: An initiative to improve the livelihoods of farmers by making agriculture profit-making and thereby creating employment opportunitiesE3-Environment: Jan Jal: An initiative to make judicious use of water for irrigation using water efficient technologies to manage natural resources effectivelyE4-Education: Jan Shiksha: An initiative to decentralize education in rural India using innovative tools of Janakalyan to reach the unreachedE5-Entrepreneurship: Jan Udyog: An initiative for the unemployed rural youths to create job-creators &amp; not job-seekers through self employment venturesE6-Energy: Jan Shakti: An initiative of Janakalyan to harness renewable sources of energy for production &amp; consumption to reduce burden on ecologyE7-Ensuring health: Jan Raksha: An initiative of Janakalyan to protect health of all living beings using affordable tools

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Farmers’ suicide is a common phenomenon in our country today; if we deeply think, it is not because of debt he has borrowed but because of lack of assured irrigation. While borrowing the loan, he is very much aware how much he is borrowing @ what rate of interest and how much he will have to repay on what date. He did not commit suicide till the crop condition was good but only when he failed to provide irrigation mainly due to DROUGHT. Imagine, he could ensure single irrigation to his standing crops during this critical time, would the farmer commit suicide? This is why we are proposing to create water banks where they can store this excess water for life saving irrigation (this water not only saves the lives of standing crops but also of the farmers). Water is life in this sense is true and thus ensures livelihoods of rural farming communities. Sole source of livelihood: All those families from the tail end of Tungabhadra Irrigation Project having about &lt;2ha of land and are receiving inadequate irrigation for cultivation is considered as beneficiaries of this model. They solely depend on wage-earning for their survival. Almost all families live below the poverty line (have BPL cards). The younger generation, soon after their matriculation get absorbed into construction field to support their parents in livelihood while the girls are forced to marry. Land is the sole source of livelihood while lack of irrigation is making agriculture a loss-making enterprise.Irrigation water is a critical input for farming in most part of the nation. During rainy season, we make way for the runoff from our farms to drain out and later during peak season we blame GOD/GOVERNMENT for not getting enough irrigation water. Instead, if we can store the same runoff could be used during peak season. It is therefore generally agreed by the farming communities that the reason of farmers’ suicide is “irrigation” and they are convinced that-<ul><li>If water is given, they can feed entire nation</li><li>Like rural godown (grameen bhandara yojana), water banks should be created by Government of India in each farm</li><li>Like house for an urban family, create water bank for their children by peasant community in rural areas.</li></ul>Issue<ul><li>Tail ends of any irrigation project is exposed to a peculiar problem i.e. two extremes of water availability.</li><li>Inundation of standing crops due to excess water flowing through the canal during rainy season; the upper reach farmers do not require irrigation during this period.</li><li>Drying up of standing crops due to inadequate irrigation water during the peak season; the upper reach farmers allows water to flow through the canal only after saturating their irrigation needs.</li><li>This we call as 2-extremes of water availability – inundation &amp; drying up of crops due to water availability. Years’ experience taught the farmers to cultivate part of the land which they can save (provide life saving irrigation) during peak season, rest (20-50%) of the land remains fallow throughout the year. As a result, the productive land reduced and thus income of the family; the family caught into debt to manage the affairs and decides to commit suicides in many cases.</li></ul>On the other hand, the runoff generated from each farm @ normal rainfall of the area (581mm) generates sufficient water to cultivate 2-ha farm if harvested it systematically. But, we make way for the water to flow out of the farm during rainy seasonThus, basically this model addresses the twin problems of livelihood of the tail end farmers i.e. optimizing profit in agriculture (by diversified cropping pattern) and providing adequate irrigation by addressing 2 extremes of water availability. 
 In consultation with the stakeholders, we have evolved an innovative intervention to tackle 2-extremes as well as making the fallow land useful to ensure 10-securities to small holders. We shall motivate the smallholder farmers to excavate ‘Water Bank’ in fallow part of the land; harvest excess water during rainy season and use it for life saving irrigation (water security-1) during peak season. Thus, 2-extremities of water availability addressed. Cultivate fish (food security-1), plant biomass generating and fruit bearing trees on the bunds of the structure to improve soil fertility (fertility security-2) and ensure fuel-wood (firewood security-3). Grow fodder (fodder security-4) in part of the land to manage 1-2 milch animals for health management as well as regular income (financial security-5); also use the cow excreta for plant protection and soil health improvement (input security-6). Diversify cropping pattern to distribute risk of crop failure – loss by failure of one crop will be compensated by other crops (food security-7). Grow few medicinal plants in part of the land (health security-8). In order to do all these activities, the entire farm families need to engage themselves in the farm activities throughout the year (employment security-9). Cultivation in part of the land for family consumption (food security) and regular income. Further, agriculture without women is a day dream and almost all the productive units proposed in this model are labor intensive demanding women participation and return goes directly to the women (gender balance). If all these are met, the farming family will gain a social status in the society (social security-10). This is how 10 securities are ensured to a family targeted under the program. 
 The success of the project is measured using predefined indicators-<ul><li>Increment in productivity of the farms where water banks are created by 20%</li><li>Additional employment generation in the farms having water banks by 25%</li><li>Increase in land use intensity by 15% by the end of the project period</li><li>Increase in sustainable income of the faring families after 2 cropping seasons</li></ul>

Water Bank - Doubles Farm Income, secures ivelihoods and prevents farmer suicides through Rainwater Harvesting and Water Budgeting

Janakalyan has an agriculture initiative that is dedicated to the upliftment of farmers across the state of Karnataka. They have been working to provide appropriate agricultural or artisan tool kits to farmers in ten flood- affected villages of North Karnataka.The BasicsThe idea was conceived after the Sindhanur floods where they decided that they would provide the villagers appropriate equipment which in turn would help them do their jobs more efficiently. For instance they provide an iron box to a washer-man or a pair of sickles to a daily-wage worker. With the right equipment, these people work more efficiently. The goal of this benefit is to ensure a steady source of income for these families without having to depend on others for financial support. 
 How It Works• Members of the staff personally visit the village.• They interact with the families, and village representatives to assess the prospective beneficiaries based on skill and occupation.• Based on the information gathered, families best suited to receive the toolkit are identified and short-listed.• Families that are selected are given a token and asked to collect their tool kits on designated dates.• Meanwhile, the administrative staff at Aapna Janakalyan buys the tool kits and prepares them for distribution.• The packages are brought to the villages on the designated days and distributed to families that were issued the token.The distribution of the kits is directly dependent on the funds being mobilized from various sources including Give India. So each contribution no matter how big or small goes a long way to help the farmers of North Karnataka. Although percentage rise in their levels of income has not been estimated, based on their occupation or skill, they are capable of generating Rs. 150- 300 per day. 
 Start EarningYankamma is a widow of Mr. Sanna Dyavanna of Hedaginal village of Sindhanur taluk in Raichur district. She has a son and a daughter to take care of while has no source of income than washing clothes and ironing for others. Her only son is mentally retarded and lived in a hut which was washed away in recent flood along with all belongings. Thus she is in hand to mouth situation and fully dependent on doll-ration.As part of livelihood restoration project of Janakalyan, volunteers identified her as a critical beneficiary and provided an iron box with a wooden table, a bucket and detergent powders. Though, she was not able to earn as much as she was earning in normal days but can manage her small family without depending on doll-ration provided by government / philanthropic agencies.Yankamma as well as many others have become self-reliant immediately in the aftermath of flood by the intervention of volunteers of Janakalyan. Artisans like tailor, blacksmith, carpenter, barber, mason, washer-man and wage-earners and farmers have secured their livelihood through this unique intervention.

Secure livelihood of a family by gifting agricultural or an artisan tool kit, INR 3000

The economic condition of 25000 displaced communities in India is extremely bad. The problem with the backward society is that they consider women nothing less than a liability. As a result, they get them married at the tender age of 14-16. The early motherhood results into still birth, under-weight birth, malnourished children, infant mortality, maternal mortality, family problems, divorce, suicide, etc. They live in hand to mouth situation without proper care to their children, either health or education. Finally, they are forced to engage their children to earning in the age of learning and force them to marry in tender age; the vicious cycle continues. 
 Janakalyan provides decentralized education institutions at their doorstep where these girls can study from their home. These girls are provided with scholarship and other monetary supports to continue their post metric education so that burden on parents become nil. Life / vocational skills of these girls are also enhanced to ensure they become self-reliant in long run. Parents counselling, Parents Teachers Meeting, Students Counselling, Admission Drives, Regular coaching, special coaching, legal awareness about child marriage/ child labor, etc. are some of the unique activities Janakalyan takes up to address the issue. 
 All the adverse effects of early child marriage shall be averted by our education program. The marriage age will hopefully increase to 18-21 years. Every year we will be able to benefit 150 students effectively by providing them adequate education. Along with that we will be awarding 150 scholarships every year and we will conduct 30 parent teacher meetings. Now, there future lies in your hands.

Help us provide post metric education to stop child marriage 

There are many children in villages who could not puchase the required school stationaries due to poverty at home. The uniform, text books and mid-day meal is available in the government schools but who should provide them with the necessary note books, pen, pencils, geometry box, water bottle, bag and such other necessities? There are many children who drop out of the education system when teachers pressurises for these stationaries. Janakalyan identifies such deserving children and provide them with an education kit containing all these items. During 2019-20, Janakalyan with the support of GiveIndia has helped many children of North Karnataka as presented in the chart above. 
 Janakalyan has an education initiative that is dedicated to ensuring that education reaches the far corners of the state of Karnataka. They have been tirelessly working toward making comprehensive education material available to children in the flood -affected villages of North Karnataka.How It WorksJanakalyan is dedicated to this initiative and believes in leaving no stone unturned.• Members of the staff personally visit each village.• They interact with the families, teachers, school authorities and other representatives of prospective beneficiaries, regarding the student’s attendance record and general class participation.• Based on the information gathered, students most suited to receive the education kit are identified.• Prospective students are short-listed at the beginning of each academic year (June- July).• Students that are chosen are given a token and asked to collect their respective kits on designated dates.• Meanwhile, the administrative staff at Aapna Janakalyan purchases the appropriate packages and prepares them for distribution.• The packages are brought to the villages on the designated days and distributed to students that were issued the token.The BasicsThe distribution of the kits is directly dependent on the funds being mobilized from various sources including Give India. So each contribution no matter how big or small goes a long way to help educate the children and young adults of North Karnataka. 
 Small but BigSavaremma D/o Phakirayya was a student of Grade 5 who was under the parental care of her grandmother since she lost her parents within a year of her birth in Puladinni village of Sindhanur taluk. During the flood, she lost all her belongings including school stationeries. Providing school stationeries was impossible due to prevailing poverty and Savreamma was forced to take care of her cousin instead of school almost for 4-5 months.Savaremma learnt from her fellow-friends that school kit is provided by Janakalyan to all regular students as part of flood response program; it was mandatory for the students to be regular in school in order to get the education kits, which contains all school stationeries required for a student. She convinced her grandmother to obtain a school kit from the school and continue education.Savaremma is very regular to the school now pursuing her studies like any other children of her age; she and her grandmother are happy now while her aunt is not. A small intervention has helped many such Savaremma to build their bright career. School teachers expressed their gratitude for this noble intervention which has improved the school attendance significantly.