Every day, elderly parents are left alone on the streets, at train stations, or even outside temples. Many are sick, struggling with age-related problems, and have no money or family to turn to. Some suffer for weeks or months before anyone notices their pain. The heartbreaking truth? They were abandoned by their own families.Although Indian law requires children and relatives to care for senior citizens, many elders still face neglect, abuse, and abandonment. The problem is only getting worse.But there is hope. Our dedicated NGO partners work day and night to rescue these forgotten elders. They provide safe shelter, medical care, nutritious meals, and most importantly—love and respect. Through old age homes across the country, our partners give these seniors a chance to live their remaining years with dignity, comfort, and peace.You can make a difference. Your donation will help our NGO partners:<ul><li>Rescue homeless elders from the streets</li><li>Provide shelter, food, and medical care</li><li>Restore their faith in humanity with kindness and support</li></ul>No elder should spend their final years alone and suffering. Your generosity can give them a fresh start. Donate today and help an abandoned senior citizen find safety, care, and hope.

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65-year-old Shakuntala completely depends on our partner NGO, Share and Care, for her food requirements, as she has no one else to take care of her. “When my only child was young, my husband Nadesan died. It was just me and my young son. After my son got married, he left me to stay with his in-laws, and I was alone. I am old, have pain in my legs, knees, shoulders and my entire body so I cannot work as I once did. But the food rations such as the nuts, lentils, wheat flour and rice I receive from Share and Care help me tremendously and I can eat well every day,” she says. Share and Care helps hundreds of abandoned grandparents, most of them being elderly women. The senior citizens belong to tribal communities and have limited access to necessities such as food and medicines to stay alive and well. This Shivratri, you can help with food and other essentials. Support them. 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). Abandoned elderly supported by Share and Care400 elderly parents abandoned by their children have no one to take care of them and need your help. They suffer from hunger, sight and hearing failure, diabetes, high blood pressure and other medical conditions. As they cannot work and support themselves because of old age, they cannot afford medicines or even clothing. So, they remain poor and alone. Share and Care’s mission Since 1984, Share and Care has been caring for disadvantaged groups of people, including elderly parents who have been living in poverty after being abandoned by their children. The founders, a couple named Carmel and Arokiasamy, aim to eliminate poverty and the suffering of the poor through social welfare programs and education. To achieve this mission, Share and Care runs a program in Chennai and also a village in Tiruvallur, where the 400 elderly live. This program ensures that every month, the 400 senior citizens have dry food rations, medicines and medical care, clothes, physiotherapy, geriatric counselling and other services to nurture them back to good physical health. Need for the fundraiserOne of the founders, Carmel Arokiasamy, shares that the abandoned elderly parents who live in extreme poverty without food or anyone to care for them constantly think about their children and ask, “Did we do something wrong?” Arokiasamy shares that from the time their children are born, they take care of them in such a special way. But when their children abandon them, they weep and cannot stop thinking about them. While dealing with this emotional distress, they are also suffering from hunger and disease. But cannot afford food and medicines. Donate now to help Share and Care provide the abandoned elderly with dry food rations, medical supplies, a medical and eye camp, counselling, clothes, blankets and recreational activities to live their lives with a positive outlook, despite their circumstances.Your donation can provide these elderly parents with their most basic and urgent needs. “Please support our work because this is for the elderly parents who are in great need. These grandparents are bedridden. They need care, love and support”.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support Share and Care in their mission to provide food, medicines, counselling and personal care to 400 abandoned grandparents living in poverty.

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In 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 heat, cold and rain,Donate so that Maitri can provide shelter, food, clothes and medical support to abandoned elderly mothers now. Give generously.Winnie Singh has witnessed many cases of widow mothers being abandoned on the streets of Vrindavan, one of the holiest places in India. “Children leave their mothers as soon as they become widows. The children start feeling the burden. This has become a practice in today's society that money comes first and everything else later,” says Winnie whose Maitri India, rescues widowed mothers from the streets of Vrindavan.Many widowed elderly mothers often end up living a lonely life and begging to survive on the streets. And Maitri aspires to take care of every widow in need of help, but because of lack of funds, Winnie and Maitri are in a position to do it."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. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />Maitri aims to:<ul><li>Provide shelter and nutritious 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 and engagement around the struggles of abandoned widow mothers</li></ul>Why donate to MaitriWinnie needs your support to help those in need of food, healthcare and well-being. “Maitri urgently needs your support to provide nutritious food, clothing and healthcare to sustain these widow mothers who are prone to more illnesses as they age,” appeals Winnie. “You can become the family they were denied. Hold their hands so they don't need to beg ever again,” she adds. Let’s rescue abandoned widows mothers from the streets of Vrindavan and give them a better future. Donate now.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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Maya CARE Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organization, founded in 2009 by Manjiri Gokhale Joshi and Abhay Joshi, is a shining beacon of hope and empowerment for two often marginalized segments of society: the elderly and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). This remarkable organization is on a mission to provide free assistance to the elderly while enabling PWDs to learn, earn, lead, build careers and become economically independent. Maya CARE's core mission revolves around extending a helping hand to the elderly. Through a dedicated team of volunteers spanning a wide age range, from students to professionals, retirees, and homemakers, the organization offers a wide array of services that encompass intellectual, logistical, medical, and emotional support. During visits, volunteers selflessly assist with tasks ranging from paperwork to providing companionship, helping with doctor appointments, and fulfilling the daily needs of the elderly. This compassionate approach not only addresses practical challenges but also addresses the loneliness and isolation that many seniors face.What sets Maya CARE Foundation apart is its unwavering commitment to empowering Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to assume crucial roles within the organization. Project Bindu, an invention of Maya CARE, serves as a holistic solution to the challenges faced by both the elderly and disabled. The project recruits' individuals with disabilities and equips them with tailored training, coaching, and mentoring, enabling them to lead economically independent and dignified lives. This initiative is a testament to Maya CARE's dedication to inclusivity and the belief that everyone, regardless of their physical abilities, can contribute meaningfully to society.Maya CARE Foundation's commitment to sustainability is evident through its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) unit, where skilled PWDs take back-end work outsourced by corporations. This approach not only supports the economic independence of PWDs but also generates revenue to further the organization's mission.Maya CARE Foundation has made a significant impact, while operating in 74 cities in India and 4 cities of the UK, benefiting more than 2,000 elderly individuals with the support of a network of 2,001 dedicated volunteers. Over 22,600 free visits have been conducted to date, by having a helpline in every regional language. The vision of Maya CARE Foundation extends beyond its current reach, A team of disabled people from India and the UK who have managed to flip the equation of dependence, are economically empowered and supporting families.

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Maya CARE has dared to dream an audacious dream, of an organization in which PWDs take on 90% of paid work and leverage their strengths to provide a professional and highly empathetic free service to the elderly. Why Maya CARE? In a work environment across industries, Persons with disabilities (PWDs) are relegated to a tiny spot in a corner. This tiny spot often is an effort to comply with the policy, norms on diversity and inclusion and sometimes out of genuine sympathy. Even if there is sympathy, there is rarely an effort to teach the person a new skill, give them a new experience or guide them on the path of career progression. Also, the cause of the elderly does not appear on the agendas of donors as there are no success stories and the service only concludes with the death of a beneficiary. The services available expect beneficiaries to pay for them, which they often cannot afford. It is also emotionally difficult and demeaning for the elderly to accept that they need to pay for their emotional/intellectual/logistical support. 
 The founders started working with PWDs in 2010. They realised that given the right guidance, focus, and belief and more than anything else, the confidence to do something plus the intense training, nurturing for them to be able to learn new skills, the dedication of the persons to do the work was outstanding. In November 2020, we were able to collaborate with SVP Pune for a project which began in Jan-2021 and was to conclude in Dec-2021 where we were to hire 50 persons with disability and make sure that through project Bindu, three things were to happen:●	A full-time career in Maya CARE.●	They would be in a position to work on a freelance basis●	They will get a job as wellBut given the intense effort that was taken to mobilise candidates, we were able to mobilise 400 out of these 100 today who are already working in Maya CARE. 
 Talking about the direct impact -Maya CARE has concluded over 10,600 free visits to the elderly through projects managed by persons with disabilities across 30 Indian and 4 UK cities. Moreover, we provide livelihoods and leadership development for persons with disabilities. Maya CARE recruited 400 PWDs, of which 100 are taking on team-leading roles like HR/city/state coordination, helpline management, accounting, recruitment, and fundraising. Out of these, 15 PWDs are being groomed to take on leadership roles.Coming to the indirect impact of Maya CARE - the elderly are experiencing fulfilled lives again as they have someone to talk to, someone to assist them with medical and logistical support in the need of an hour. The indirect impact on the lives of pwds is that their families are now seeing a ray of hope for their future in terms of financial independence and purpose.

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