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.

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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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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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Dr. Ashish Satav (MD) and his wife, Dr. Kavita Satav (MS ophthalmology) left their secure jobs at medical college to start MAHAN Trust which provides healthcare in one of the poorest and most deprived parts of India – the Melghat region, where medical facilities were very scarce and under-5 mortality rates were twice that of the national average. MAHAN’s programs include Hospital, Critical Care Facilities, pediatric hospital , Home Based Child Care (HBCC), Malnutrition Eradication (SAMMAN), Providing Locally Prepared Therapeutic Food to malnourished children, Mortality Control Program for Economically Productive Age Group, Blindness Control, De-Addiction Program, Kitchen Garden(KG) and Nutrition Farm (NF) and Counsellor Program for strengthening of government hospitals. Dr Kavita has selflessly supported all of MAHAN’s initiatives and has spearheaded the blindness control program, often personally conducting door to door screenings in over 400 remote villages, spreading awareness to convince tribal to come to the hospital for eye check-ups and surgeries and braving the dangers of the forest environment to personally reach her patients and treat them.MAHAN’s community health programs have reduced child mortality and severe malnutrition by more than 65%, reduced the death rate in economically productive age group and maternal mortality by more than 50%. MAHAN has provided free services of specialists’ doctors to more than 155,000 patients, saved more than 5000 critically ill tribal patients, provided vision to more than 31,000 tribal patients by medical treatment , cataract surgery and providing spectacles and provided free plastic, and other surgeries e.g. cancer, cleft palate, goiter to 4200 tribal. MAHAN could improve 17 government hospitals benefitting &gt;500000 tribal. MAHAN could improve lives of more than 10,00,000 tribal people especially children and women due to their efforts in changing Government policies, expanding 30 state health and ICDS P by research, advocacy and PIL . MAHAN trust research has been published in 34 international medical journals like Lancet and Harvard USA, international conferences as key note speaker e.g. London, has won several national and international awards e.g. World Health Organization’s Public Health Champion Award, felicitation by hon. President of India for social service, advocacy and pioneering medical research. Due to very good work many international organizations e.g. University of Colarado, Denver, USA, Nottingham’s university UK, Respire , UNICEF, etc. have collaborated with MAHAN for its work in Melghat. MAHAN could develop &gt;10600 nutrition farm and nutrition gardens (NF, KG) in 16 tribal villages producing &gt; 300000 kg green vegetables, pulses, etc. by tribal farmers.          Due to MAHAN’s efforts, three villages are free from social drinking of alcohol.

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Dear Donors, thanks to your support, 450 patients have received care, with over 240 in critical condition. MAHAN Trust have been able to report a significantly lower ICU death rate of just 8%, achieving the target of keeping it under 10%, as advised by Indian experts. Your contributions were vital in covering essential hospital expenses including:- Medicines - Staff salaries - Blood kits for laboratory - Food - Cleaning Materials, etc.  But our work isn’t done yet. More patients need our help. Please donate to support even more lives. Together, we can make a difference. Thank you for standing with us!

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Raghav Menon

In the forests of Melghat, where modern medicine once seemed like a distant dream, Dr. Ashish Satav and Dr. Kavita Satav of Mahan Trust Hospital have ignited a beacon of hope. Thanks to their relentless efforts and your invaluable support, a wave of healing has swept across the tribal villages, turning the tide against disease and despair. Consider the story of young Lakshmi, whose life was hanging by a thread, battling severe malnutrition and pneumonia. Her family, having lost faith in the possibility of recovery, was resigned to her fate. But, the persistence of the Mahan Trust team and the application of well-researched treatment protocols brought about a miraculous recovery. Lakshmi's weight gain from 5.3 kg to 7.8 kg in just over two months is a testament not only to the dedication of local health workers but also to the difference your donations make. For every child like Lakshmi, there are countless others still in need of life-saving interventions. With your support, Mahan Trust Hospital can acquire critical medical equipment, making the difference between life and death for these children. As we thank you for your past support, we also urge you to continue being the lifeline for these tribal families. Your donations can sustain this transformation, bringing healthcare within reach of the most vulnerable.Donate Now | Be the Change

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MAHAN is providing medical services to the tribal area of Melghat known for very high malnutrition, child mortality and maternal mortality. Most of the villages in Melghat are remote and inaccessible. So, lack of ambulance becomes a major issue while providing health care services and saving lives. Ambulance acts as 'Sanjivani' while working in such conditions. Ours is the only hospital for treatment of critical patients. So; in the absence of emergency medical equipment in our hospital, serious patients require shifting to critical care hospital at least 100 km from our hospital which is very difficult & mostly impossible for poor tribal. 
 MAHAN Trust is providing medical facilities to the tribal population of Melghat. MAHAN’s hospital provides treatment to serious patients, critically ill children, malnourished children; conducts plastic surgery camp, Cataract surgeries, treatment of refractive error, etc. MAHAN also provides community based treatment for childhood illnesses, antenatal care, management of childhood malnutrition, etc. MAHAN provides referral facilities for high risk pregnant women and critically ill patients. MAHAN’s counsellor program is strengthening government hospitals. MAHAN works for community development by mobilising community for utilisation of government schemes, de-addiction and provide a sustainable source of nutrition. MAHAN also works in policy advocacy. 
 MAHAN has built a critical patient and eye hospital, saved more than 1200 serious patients, provided vision to 10000+ poor people and changed lives of 565+ disabled patients by plastic surgeries. Trust was able to decrease the number deaths of children under 5 years of age and severe malnutrition children by more than 64% and 67%; respectively, deaths in age group of 16-60 years by more than 50% and maternal mortality by more than 75% in 14 villages of Melghat. Our successful programs & recommendations have been adopted by the Government for all tribal areas of Maharashtra thus benefiting lacs of tribal. Successful de-addiction of hundreds of people and 3 villages have improved family lives of plenty of people.

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Melghat is a hilly, forest, difficult-to-reach tribal area (&gt;4000 km2), having population of 3,00,000 scattered over 320 villages. In Melghat, tribal population is &gt;75%. Tribal are poor people living in huts. Major problems in Melghat are -1)    Very high prevalence of Severe malnutrition: &gt; 20%2)    Very high age specific mortality rate (&gt;80 per 1000 live births in age group of 0-5 years and &gt;400 per one lakh population in age group of 16-60 years) &amp; MMR&gt; 300 .  
 1      Hospital: The needy patients will be treated by Physician, eye surgeon, Paediatrician, obstetricians and surgeons in our hospital. Patient of heart attack, brain haemorrhage, cataract, cancer, post burn contractures, goitres, neonatal sepsis, etc. will be treated in intensive care unit and OT with ventilator, operating microscope, anaesthesia work station, etc. 2    Mortality Control Program for Economically Productive Age Group It consists of detection and management of patients ( age group of 16-60 years) through a trained semiliterate local female village health worker (VHW) from 30-35 tribal villages.3    Home Based Child Care (HBCC):Provision of treatment care to pregnant mothers, newborn and under –5 children in 30 to 35 villages.4    Community based management of severe malnutrition (SAMMAN)It consists of community-based treatment of severely malnourished children along with treatment of associated infections and BCC of parents.5    Behaviour Change Communication (BCC)Intensive BCC e.g. flip-chart, group discussions, audio-visual shows, community meetings, street plays, self-help groups, child to child health education, demonstrations, etc. for nutrition, illnesses, hygiene and sanitation, addiction, safe water, etc.6     Blindness control program:  our team will regularly screen 300 tribal villages of Melghat for ophthalmic problems, conduct BCC, bring needy blind people to our hospital.   
 1.    To save lives of patients of Melghat in our hospital.2.    To reduce the age specific mortality rate (16-60 years) to &lt; 250 per lakh population in 30 to 35 tribal villages over a period of 5 years.3.    To reduce under 5 children mortality to &lt; 65 per 1000 live births in above setting.4.    To reduce prevalence of severe malnutrition to &lt; 15% in above setting.5.    To reduce maternal mortality rate in above setting.6.    To improve vision of poor tribal from 300 villages of Melghat.7.    To improve functional lives of poor tribal from 300 villages of Melghat .8.    To save lives of pregnant mothers and treat gynaecological problems.

ASHISH SATAV

Melghat is a hilly, forest, difficult-to-reach tribal area (&gt;4000 km2), having population of 3,00,000 scattered over 320 villages. In Melghat, tribal population is &gt;75%. Tribal are poor people living in huts. Major problems in Melghat are -1)    Very high prevalence of Severe malnutrition: &gt; 20%2)    Very high age specific mortality rate (&gt;80 per 1000 live births in age group of 0-5 years and &gt;400 per one lakh population in age group of 16-60 years) &amp; MMR&gt; 300  Diseases like diabetes, hypertension, CVE, respiratory disorders, cataract, refractive errors renal disorders, hepatic disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, anemia, seizure disorders, skin infections, tetanus, poisoning, heart disease, diarrhoeal disease, typhoid, malaria, dengue, TB, Covid and its complications, psychiatric disorders, gastrointestinaldisorders, chronic alcoholism , malnutrition, sepsis, coma, neonatal sepsis, meningitis, etc 
 To improve health status of poor tribal of Melghat by reducing deaths and malnutrition andby providing emergency medical care to serious patients, etc.The entire treatment is totally free of cost for the tribal people of Melghat and the rest non tribal population are treated for the bare minimum charges.The needy patients will be treated by Physician, eye surgeon, Paediatrician, obstetricians and surgeons in our hospital. Patient of heart attack, brain haemorrhage, cataract, cancer, post burn contractures, goitres, neonatal sepsis, etc. will be treated in intensive care unit and OT with ventilator, operating microscope, anaesthesia work station, etc. 
 <ol><li>To save lives of patients of Melghat in our hospital</li><li>To improve vision of poor tribal from 300 villages of Melghat.</li><li>To improve functional lives of poor tribal from 300 villages of Melghat .</li><li>To save lives of pregnant mothers and treat gynaecological problems. </li></ol>Impact till now -Treatment of patients by expert physician, eye surgeon and paediatrician.Patients treated in the Hospital - &gt;1,22,023.Patients admitted and treated in intensive care unit and ward - &gt;8,041Treated &gt;4519 serious patients like Heart attack, Brain Haemorrhage, Cerebral Malaria,Meningitis, Tetanus etc.

Mahatma Gandhi Tribal Hospital, Melghat, Maharashtra

The pandemic has impacted the health of children in the rural areas of north eastern Maharashtra. 80% of laborers and pregnant women have been affected. MAHAN Trust is providing therapeutic food to children under the age of 5 to protect them COVID-19, at the cost of ₹7,000. Melghat is difficult to access, hilly, forest, tribal area situated in north east part of Maharashtra. It has scarcity of healthcare infrastructure, population is 300000, tribal constitute 84% of population, most of the people are poor (85%), semiliterate/illiterate tribal (&gt;50%). The doctor patient ratio is &lt;1:10000.Emergency need: Tribal youths (&gt; 30%) temporarily migrated to cities for work. Due to outbreak of COVID 19 in cities and Holi, most of laborers (&gt;20000) have returned back to Melghat from March 2020 and march 2021, who may be COVID carriers.  Due to covid ignorance, un-hygienic living, close community contact, not following covid prevention measures like mask use, physical distance and hand washing and lack of diagnostic facilities, it is disaster of COVID in Melghat due to intracommunity spread. Lot of people are dying due to covid especially young people are also dying.Laborers are affected due to lockdown as they are not habitual of saving money and are dependent on daily wages for food, drugs, etc. Tribal especially, pregnant, lactating mothers and under 5 children (U5C) are most vulnerable for COVID lockdown induced starvation. Due to costly transportation, Melghat tribal are reluctant to go to Amravati for Corona testing.Many patients who are already in serious condition lost their lives due to time consuming difficult travel through mountains and difficult to pay for ICU charges in cities. Without proper diagnostic facilities physicians are afraid of treating patients. Many deaths of non-Corona patients are happening due to corona panic.Melghat is incapable to handle COVID crisis. Due to scarcity of corona testing facility in Melghat, many cases are not diagnosed and many COVID patients are dying because of lack of proper treatment. Undiagnosed asymptomatic/ mild COVID cases are spreading infection in community in Melghat due to ignorance.Fair distribution of resources with special focus on vulnerable area is must.As ICDS has stopped hot cooked food to anganwadis, Under 5 Children malnutrition increased, pregnant and lactating mothers will suffer severe malnutrition and increase maternal mortality rate (MMR), low birth weight (LBW), premature babies and child deaths (U5MR). They are in need of food. There is need of active screening for COVID-19 i.e. nasopharyngeal swab collection, community based COVID research, hospitals for treatment of serious patients, drugs and awareness about COVID.Situation assessment of COVID:As per IIT Delhi more than 3% of tribal are suffering from covid in June 2020. Now it is nearly tripled.After continuous persuasion for 4 months, government has accepted Corona positive cases in Melghat. Government has established sample collection centre and isolation ward/COVID care centre for COVID patients in Dharni. More than 1000 COVID positive cases are present in Melghat. Many youths died of covid in Melghat.  
 A)   Community based interventions: 33 villages. (details about the program proposed for covid tribal village intervention)1.    Intensive behavior changes communication (BCC).Home visits by village health workers (VHWs) and medical and BCC supervisor for corona prevention, travel ban, social distancing, hand washing, self-monitoring for COVID-19 symptoms and consult healthcare for symptoms. We will use one to one counselling, SMS, Digital, social media and audiovisuals.2.    Supply of local therapeutic food(LTF) to all severely malnourished children (SMC). We require LTF 3 to 4 times a day for 300 SMC (3 months).3.    Supply of food to all pregnant and lactating mothers. We will supply balanced diet to &gt;200 pregnant and &gt;200 lactating mothers for 3-6 months. It will reduce maternal mortality rate (MMR), Low birth weight (LBW), premature babies, SMC and under 5 children mortality rate (U5MR).4.    Supply of essential material e.g. face mask, drugs, food, soap, water, etc. to villagers.5.    Supply of pulse oximeter, thermometer, BP apparatus, etc. in villages.6.    Supply of personnel protection equipment’s (PPE) to high-risk people e.g. frontline health care workers and care takers of COVID cases if sufficient funding available.7.     Identification of corona cases- MAHAN will do surveillance of people for COVID-19. Well-trained VHWs can collect Nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) and do rapid antigen tests in villages. Or will send NPS in Viral transport media to our hospital for further testing e.g. Rapid antigen test/ RTPCR at NIV pune/Amaravati. Lab. Technician/ nurses will collect blood for Antibody testing. Target group-symptomatic cases, dead bodies, relatives/close contacts of confirmed cases and dead persons. Few random asymptomatic people.8.    Immunization by corona vaccine. Our team will help government for immunization of tribal in villages. Especially vaccination of frontline health care workers and high-risk people in community e.g., asymptomatic close contact of confirmed cases.9.    Treatment of confirmed corona cases by drugs by VHWs and medical supervisors.10. Quarantine of indicated persons in villages for 14 days.11.  Real time death tracking.12. Verbal autopsy of all deaths to know cause of death.13. MITS if possible.B)   Hospital based interventions:1)   Identification of corona cases – a)   Diagnosis by rapid antigen test in our hospital.b)   We will collect nasopharyngeal and throat swabs from suspected cases and send to Govt. laboratory, Amaravati, NIV Pune or GMC, Nagpur for RTPCR testing.Or if possible, in our set up;c)    Diagnosis by PCR and antibody test (if available) and development of advanced BSL 3 level laboratories if sufficient funds are given.2)    Treatment of serious COVID cases by drugs, oxygen and ventilators. 3)    Immunization of health care workers by corona vaccine.5)    Isolation wards and ICU development as per international guidelines.6)   Robotic intervention to treat highly contagious corona cases -ICU care when enough funds will be available. 
 a.    Reduction in prevalence of COVID 19 or other respiratory infections in our 30--intervention area (IA) villages.b.    Reduction in deaths and CFR of COVID 19 or other respiratory infections in IA.c.    Maximum number of suspected cases will be screened.d.    Community will become self-sustainable to tackle the issue of COVID 19 or other respiratory infections.e.    Reduction in prevalence of SMC, MMR, U5MR, maternal malnutrition and age specific mortality rate (16-60 years) in 30 intervention villages.f.      Reduction in deaths of serious covid patients admitted in hospital.g.    Improvement of health of covid patients admitted in our hospital.