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), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA). 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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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. They need your support. 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 Stephen 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?” Carmel 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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Dattu Sopan Bhandare, 80, lives alone in Mudegaon village of the Beed district in Maharashtra. Hit by drought, his children have moved to urban areas and after his wife died a few years back, he has to take care of himself. But life has been hard for Dattu, as he cannot work in the fields any longer to meet his basic needs. “I feel helpless and I have gone to bed hungry many times,” he says.That was before Manavlok came to Dattu’s rescue. Through its Trupti Kitchen program, Manavlok provides 500 abandoned elderly people like Dattu with two meals a day.The problem in the drought-hit Marathwada is huge and Manavlok would like to expand its kitchen facilities to many more villages. But Manavlok cannot do it without your support. Donate now.Manavlok’s Mission “At present, we are providing meals in three drought-hit districts of Maharashtra. It’s our commitment that we will not allow these elderly people to live in hunger,” says Aniket Dwarkadas Lohiya, Secretary, Manavlok.It was way back in the 1970s that a group of youths decided to seek solutions to the socio-economic problems of rural communities in Maharashtra and started working in the region. After years of understanding and working in the field, Marathwada Navnirman Lokayat (MANAVLOK), was born. While Manavlok has various interventions, its Trupti Kitchen has been life-changing for many elderly citizens.Motinath Maruti Birgat is another example of this. Motinath, 75, used to beg on the streets to sustain himself after the younger members of the family left the village and his wife died. As he was unable to work due to old age or feed himself. But with the Trupti Kitchen Program in his village, Motinath no longer begs for food. Manavlok also provides medical and other forms of elderly care.How Trupti worksThe kitchen mainly supports elderly citizens above 65 years with no source of income, people with disabilities, the destitute, widows and elderly orphans. The programme already has a large impact in the areas where it is operating.It first approaches Gram Panchayats to understand the needs and the number of people who will need help through the kitchen. After a detailed study, Manavlok opens a community kitchen and encourages the elderly to come and have meals or supply meals to them at their doorstep.Manavlok needs helpThere are thousands of elderly people in the drought-hit region who need help. But Manavlok cannot expand its operations without your help. The organisation needs urgent help to feed and take care of abandoned elderly citizens in more districts of Maharashtra.“We are committed to supporting the elderly in their final years with meals and other forms of care. I come across many villages where elderly people are asking us for help by establishing community kitchens. We want your support to expand our operations,” says Lohiya.NGO's 80G number: AAATM4512BF2021401 NGO's 12A number: AAATM4512BE20214

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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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