“They insert a candle in the vagina, fingers are inserted (in the vagina) and tortured, and if children don’t relent even then, they put chilli powder so that children will say “yes” because of the burning of the skin… There are teeth marks on their bodies, and their vaginal parts are burnt. When children stay in these conditions, it is painful even to hear,” says Lalitha SA of Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID), in course of talking about many heart-rending stories of trafficked children in red-light areas.In over three decades, the SPID led by Lalitha, has saved over 3000 children from the red-light areas, many from clutches of sex trafficking.Sadly, many more children need to be rescued and in need of a loving home. But Lalitha needs our support to carry on the mission, to move out of her small facility so that she can rescue more children, house them in a permanent location and give them all the love they deserve. Your support can help her give these children 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).A movement to protect vulnerable childrenAs a social worker, Lalitha has worked for decades in GB Road, the red-light area of Delhi and helped many women escape the clutches of being forced into sex. But it was the exploitation of children, many of them hardly ten or twelve or even less. The SPID has focused on rescuing such children and giving them a new life.Lalitha plays a vital role in the survival and safety of vulnerable children in the red light areas. As SPID is almost entirely dependent on donations from the public, we can support and strengthen SPID’s mission to save children. Donate generously.Donation to SPID’s fundraiser on Give.do“I have limited funds and very limited space, and if I had the funds, I would be able to rescue many more children and provide them with more comfort. With folded hands, I plead with you that you help us with funds in large numbers and support us in providing us children with a decent life. Become a part of the mission,” pleads LalithaDonate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help Lalitha give hundreds of children rescued from brothels a life away from violence and abuse.NGO's 80G number: AADAS3217RF20212NGO's 12A number: AADAS3217RE20214

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"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.

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“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 Joint Women’s Programme (JWP) is a movement for the empowerment of women, children and the community. JWP’s aim is for freedom from all forms of violence and the creation of a new society characterized by an equal partnership between women and men in the home and society.  In the year 1979, it began as a forum for women for their identity as citizens and persons with equal rights. It conducted several research studies on issues such as the Devadasi System, Women &amp; Rape, Domestic Violence, Status of Single Women, Women workers, Women in Jails, The Dowry System, Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, Portrayal of Women image in the Media, and several others. The purpose of these studies was to bring about amendments in the existing laws and seeking new laws. In 2004 it was registered as a Society, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in New Delhi. This enabled JWP to start grass root programmes for empowerment and development and use the researched information as the base. In the year 2007, JWP started working in and around the slums, in Nithari Village, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, after the murder of several children whose skeletons were found in the drains of this area. This area consists very poor communities where children, and adolescents are to be found roaming the streets and by lanes. JWP initiated a programme to provide protection to the children, a safe place where they could both learn and play. “MERA SAHARA” an Education, Skill formation and Protection Centre was started here with small donations from friends and relatives and local support. JWP seeks to mobilize women and men against socio-economic and cultural disparities in society, and work towards development and empowerment. It brings together Government functionaries, Law enforcement agencies, and grassroots organizations on issues affecting the poor and the underprivileged groups.Currently, JWP has a presence in both urban and rural areas actively addressing issues of violence and discrimination against women and children, with emphasis on research, awareness-raising, and development, for law and policy change, gender sensitization, health education, non-formal education of children, adult education, and other grassroots activity for women and the community. Our Skill training programme is created for adolescents and women in computer use, tailoring and designing, weaving, cooking, and making basic agricultural farm tools for economic empowerment. Special emphasis is given to environment and the protection of biodiversity and to this end, JWP has designed several programmes on waste management, waste minimization, cleanliness and hygiene, plantation, preservation of traditional seeds.

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In 2007 the community in Nithari Village, Noida, Uttar Pradesh experienced traumatic and tragic incidents of sexual abuse, and serial murder of children. This was in addition to the already existing incidents of domestic violence, child labour, child marriage, kidnapping, rape, trafficking and abuse.Children in this area, born into poor families, where mothers are mostly maids, fathers rickshaw pullers, lack nutritious food,  proper clothes, but even basic care. Learning and sharing are non-existent, due to long and tiresome working hours of the parents and unhealthy surroundings. The safety and well-being of these children are at stake. Added to this is the existing socio-cultural discrimination of caste -class, religion, and gender. The community actively experiences multiple manifestations of violence and discrimination due to existing controls of old, traditional, customary practices and beliefs. Continuous local political factors that curb holistic, equitable and sustainable development also play a role. Children, women, community as a whole at Nithari Village are at the last rung of development, needing direction and support. Laws, Policies and Schemes of the Government do not reach them, nor are they aware of them, due to lack of information and education. Citizens’ rights are therefore unavailable to them. 
 Education: JWP Mera Sahara Project is a protection centre with a non-formal bridge school. It works for the all-around development of children to become confident, informed, responsible citizens, at par with children of mainstream schools. Children are exposed to mainstream schools by enabling them to participate in child-related programmes and competitions. These efforts have helped them to shed their sense of inferiority and instill a positive outlook on life and their future. 2.  Women’s Empowerment. Without women being sensitized, informed and conscious of their identity as citizens and mothers, children will have no direction. Therefore, JWP conducts adult education, skill training for economic stability for women. Healthcare, information on law and policies, community awareness and gender sensitization programmes are alco conducted.   3. Community Programmes for Sensitization and training of parents, leaders, to organize and strengthen a ‘watch dog’ group which oversees the running of the Centre and prevents violence against women and children. Empowerment programmes for women and men to become conscious of their identity, economically self-sufficient, adding to the family earnings for a healthy, dignified life. Tailoring and designing, beautician courses and cooking are conducted. Computer education and the National Institute for Open Schooling (NIOS) classes for further education. 
 Through the process of interaction, information sharing, and counselling, JWP endeavours to run Centres that provide a safe place for children and women in the Project area. The Educational programme seeks to provide non-formal education, nutrition, and good health. It thus prevents female foeticide, child abuse and rape, sale and trafficking, child marriage, forced child labour, domestic violence, and denial of all basic child rights. Local women are informed and trained to become trainers and counsellors to ensure that the correct messages regarding laws, policies, schemes and existing protection infrastructure and law and order machinery are accessible to them. Adolescent girls and women are informed about their citizens’ rights and how to access them. This is imparted through the medium of adult education classes, video sessions, and expert advice from resource persons, both medical and legal. The community is encouraged to become part of the ‘Watch Dog’ group to ensure adult education, safety, promote hygienic conditions, and to interact with the various departments of the local government to prevent violence, and enable the community to get all and various identity documents, bank accounts and ration cards, etc.

JWP-'Mera Sahara'-Nithari Village, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.

In Uttarakhand, Districts of Almora, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh, JWP- ‘Mera Sahara’ works with women farmers, single mothers, and young adults reaching out to around 10,000 families. Migration by male members to towns and cities leave women to deal with additional labour. Women form the major contributing factor to agriculture in these areas. They also manage the household, education of children and care taking of senior members of the family. This makes them both mentally and physically stressed and ill. Added to this is the gender discrimination that exists in the community because of old traditional, customary practices. Thus, women have to cope with both economic and social injustice. Girl children are also in the same condition. The bulk of the workforce depends on agriculture, especially in rural areas. The agriculture sector still remains the largest employer. In the urban areas, although the services sector does employ women, as a large percentage of the workforce, most of the jobs are informal jobs with low wages and negligible labour protection. Women thus need special measures to ensure that all natural resources and the environment are protected and helpful to their development. 
  JWP Mera Sahara addresses the challenges faced by hill women, children, and nature by providing: ·          Quality free non-formal education to adolescents, mothers and older women·          Skill Training for women farmers - provide new knowledge of farming and development of small farm tools to make farming less laborious. Making and use of small labour efficient farming tools, machines for weeding, threshing, etc., solar panels for heating and cooking and smokeless stoves·          Livelihood programmes for women, and adolescents in making shawls, durries, handbags, and biodegradable sanitary pads·          Environment initiatives like RDF (Refuse derived Fuel) briquet making machines to convert Multi Layered Plastics (MLPs), MLP and plastic baling, Fertilizers and seeds to grow organic Turmeric (haldi), Tulsi (Basil) and other herbs and medicinal plants.·          Information on existing laws, policies and schemes of the government that are helpful to them·          A safe place where women and their children get the opportunity for learning in a protective environment.·          Community meetings with women and community members to generate awareness on agricultural practices, healthcare and sanitation. Safety measures to prevent child marriage, child labour, trafficking, and domestic violence.·          Networking with Gram Panchayat, hospitals, police desks and community leaders to prevent violence on women and children. 
  ·        Reducing intense hard labour in the fields and fodder collection.·        Remodelled farming tools designed at the project manufacturing facility at a subsidized rate, has had an impact on around 10,000/- families in the districts of Almora, Bhageshwar and Pithoragarh of Uttarakhand State.·        Empowering village women with skills to work on sustainable farming and developing micro level understanding of marketing farm produce.·        Sewing, knitting shawls, handbag and durry making provides self-sustenance.·        Water conservation project by planting hundreds of indigenous trees has rejuvenated the water table. The village administration and hill committee has helped with saplings for soil research. Soil erosion in small areas were found to stabilize due to this exercise.·        Stoves with very little smoke, weeding and chaffing machines were on exhibition in many villages for which local collectives have placed their demands.Other successes are:1.   Preserving indigenous forest and biodiversity2.   Reducing laborious field work by remodeling tools to suit women farmers3.   Empowering women and young adults with knowledge for sustainable livelihood4.   Reducing migration towards urban areas5.   River and land life are protected by reducing the impact of plastic and other waste.

JWP-'Mera Sahara'-Nithari Village, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.

JWP-"Mera Sahara"-Kausani, Uttarakhand, India.

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