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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“What will happen to them after me? I am 80+. I spend sleepless nights,” worries ex-Air Force officer, Group Captain AC Barua while talking about the future of the 28 destitute women under his care. “They have nobody in this world, sometimes they don’t remember their own names. They are absolutely alone,” he informs us as he goes from one room to the other meeting all the women who live at Seneh, the only home where they are loved and taken care of. After fighting for his country all his life, this octogenarian is now fighting to rescue homeless and abandoned women from dying on the streets. But he cannot do it alone. “Everyday I keep on getting calls from here and there. ‘Oh! there’s a woman lying here. Can you help?’ But I don’t dare to go and help because I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources, our resources are very limited,” explains Gr. Capt. Barua who is lovingly called ‘Sir’ and ‘Deuta’ (father in Assamese) by the residents of Seneh. With your help, 80-year-old Group Captain Barua can fulfill his mission of rescuing abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets, alone. Donate nowDonate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. All 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).Seneh- a home filled with love, care and hopeThe residents of Seneh often don’t remember who they are, where they have come from. Many times these are women with mental health conditions and considered being a witch due to superstitious beliefs and beaten up as a result. They are victims of domestic abuse or widow mothers who are considered to be a burden on the family. Group Captain Barua has not only rescued them from critical conditions, he has provided them with urgent medical care, food and above all, a free safe shelter where they can live with love and care. Among these residents is Sarala Kalita who fled to save herself from the tortures of her alcoholic husband only to face neglect and trauma from her brothers- and sisters-in-law. “Both my brothers and their wives urged my father to leave me somewhere as they didn’t want to take care of me anymore. One day my brother’s wife didn’t even let me have food at home. She just wanted me to leave and go away. So that’s why, my father got in touch with Seneh through someone, and handed me over to Sir to take care of me,” says Sarita who has found joy in living at Seneh. “Coming to Seneh, it felt like I got a new life altogether. Sir has given me a harmonium. I love singing. It makes me forget everything and takes me to someplace else entirely,” she adds. More women like Sarala can find their way to a loving home like Seneh. All they need is a little bit of your kindness. “It is difficult to make both ends meet”To sustain their daily expenditure, Capt Barua needs approx ₹3 lakh a month and arranging the funds is a mammoth challenge for the NGO. “Our expenses are growing day by day. Residents are growing older, their sicknesses are increasing. At times we have to give them special food. They require more care so we have to get more employees. About half of them require leading around, 1-2 has to be fed also. It will be very difficult to sustain it unless we get help,” he added. One act of your kindness can save these abandoned women, with no one in this world, from struggling on the streets to survive. At 80+ Gr. Capt. Barua cannot sustain Seneh on his own. “With folded hands, I appeal to all. Please come and please help us. Let us help these people, these old people who have nobody in this world. They are dying. They will die on the streets,” he urged. Donate to this fundraiser by Give.do to support retired Air Force officer, Group Captain Barua in his mission to rescue abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets.

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“I used to be sexually abused repeatedly, and when I screamed in pain, they hit and threatened me with more violence,” says Priya (name changed), a rescued child sex worker. Priya was abducted by traffickers and sold into a red-light area house before she was rescued by Guria led by Manju. For over two decades, Manju has been rescuing young girls forced into prostitution across the country. She has been shaken to the core seeing some of the most horrifying crimes that young girls have to undergo. “You can’t imagine the state of girls forced into sex work. The girls are given electric shocks and burnt with cigarette butts just to get kicks out of it. And if they get pregnant, the "owners" kick them repeatedly in the womb so that the child inside dies…If you want to see hell, it is here on this planet where young girls are sexually abused,” says Manju.Manju needs your help to rescue more young girls from forced prostitution and reunite them with their families. Donate now.Guria’s work over the yearsBased out of Varanasi, inarguably the holiest place in India, Manju and her organisation Guria, fights the sexual exploitation of girls, especially minors, by taking on the traffickers head-on, and rescuing and rehabilitating them.Started in 1993, Guria has rescued over 5500 persons from slavery, sex trafficking, and child prostitution so far. It has also been instrumental in shutting down hundreds of places that housed trafficked girls and putting scores of traffickers out of business and in jail.For instance, in 2005, a Guria-led rescue operation in Varanasi's red-light area led to the freeing of 49 women and girls, including minors. Many of them were kept against their will. Some of the traffickers were also arrested and tried. Since then, Guria has rescued thousands of young girls.Manju and her husband, Ajeet Singh began rescuing girls from Varanasi’s red-light areas and then working to stop the sex-trafficking of young girls within Uttar Pradesh and outside. The organisation’s aim is to eliminate the sex trafficking of women, especially minor girls, end second-generation prostitution and child prostitution, and rehabilitate women and girls who are rescued from the trade. Manju has faced violent backlash from the traffickers and other vested interests, but it has not deterred her from carrying on rescuing young girls from trafficking. Rescue and rehabilitationBesides rescuing girls trafficked for sex, mostly from low-income families, from across the country, Guria fights on their behalf in courts and also provides education, food, vocational training, and other facilities until they are united with their families. But because of a lack of funds, Guria is finding it difficult to rescue more girls and also take care of them once they are away from the clutches of the traffickers. Take the case of Sameena (name changed), who was abducted from Uttar Pradesh all the way to Telangana. Guria took it upon itself to rescue the girl with the help of its own work and also the authorities. After months of rehabilitation, Sameena went back to her family and even completed her education. With your support, Manju can rescue many more young girls from trafficking and help them live the life of their dreams.

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<a href="https://meragaonmeridunia.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mera Gaon Meri Dunia</a> (MGMD), is a registered NGO (under Section 8 Companies Act) working in the sector of Youth Development and Education transformation in rural Madhya PradeshVision A world that nurtures youth to bring sustainable social change with their communities.Mission  <ul><li>Transforming education scenario in the community lead by local youth.</li><li>Nurturing a platform for youth to connect with self and community </li></ul>Core ValuesOwnership, Decentralization, Excellence, Personal Growth, Joy, CollaborationBrief about the organization:Dedicated and invested youth can transform a village is the foundational idea Mera Gaon Meri Dunia stands on. We believe that the youth with the best mind and intent in dedicated time can bring considerable change in the community.Our team and organization is working since 2019, incubated and recognized by TISS, Wipro Foundation, Edumentum, TFIx, Pravah, Plustrust, SSE India, Start-up Oasis. Our initiatives are supported by IDFC AMC, Tech Mahindra, Asia initiatives, Wipro Foundation, and Azim Premji Foundation We are able to manage our reach of 5000+ Children, 800+ Youth, and 1200+ Parents, and in this process, we are able to nurture 20 youth education leaders, supported 30+ women Eduprenure We are also certified as Great Place to Work for High Performance and High Trust Culture.Our team members are among the gold medalist from Delhi Univercity in the Human Development and Childhood Studies, top 30 entrepreneurs in the world by F Lane Vodafone, winner of Iprenure17, selected for Ban ki-Moon Award and Wipro Seeding Fellow.

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Need <ul><li>96%, 8-10-year-old children from government schools can’t read Std 2 level text in rural Mahidpur Road cluster, 2021 </li><li>Ownership of the community and local government is missing in the public system at the village level. Parent attendance is significantly and consecutively low in parent-teacher meetings with the average being around Less than 3%</li><li>The schools in rural areas lack basic infrastructural requirements (90% of government schools are without drinking water taps and 40 % without electricity - Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) Plus Report. </li><li>Teachers need training for effective classroom practices. 6 out of 10 teachers have not attended a single professional development session over the course of one year. </li><li>Absence of peer learning among students even in villages where the community is very close and small.</li><li>Absence of local education experts in the villages</li><li>Early drop-out of female students (more than 25 per cent in the age group 14-16, 2019-2020). One of the Highest in India</li></ul> 
 Sparsh is a project run by MGMD for transforming government schools in the villages led by local edu leaders. In this program, one youth from one village (supported by other volunteers) takes ownership of the whole school transformation in the villages. In the first year, the local youth leaders started by directly teaching primary-grade students and building that space into a model classroom to demonstrate more holistic pedagogical ways of teaching. First-year also includes preparing parents and the community to contribute to the growth of children and for the betterment of government schools. The second year's focus is to lead some designed and need-based interventions in the government school with the support of children and school staff. Building subject-specific deep understanding through subject groups and designing effective pedagogy for the same is also a focus area of the second year. In 2 nd year parents take the project for school development to make a better environment for learning for children in the villages. In the third year focus of the program is whole school transformation, which includes capacity building of teachers, school leaders, student leaders, and parents to identify needs and take the initiative to make school a learning space for children and the village as a support system for the students. Some part of 2nd and 3 rd year also includes supporting other youth for the program and building their capacity for the same. 
 <ul><li>The age-appropriate learning outcome for primary school children</li><li>Building capacity of 20 youth to lead education transformation in government schools.</li><li>Peer learning space for 1000+ children in villages</li><li>Improvement in ownership of the community and local government in 20 villages</li><li>Improving quality learning experience for 5000+ Students </li></ul>

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We often saw how the books gained wide popularity among the readers but there is a gap between the author and the readers. Therefore, we have been planning to release our newest venture which is essentially a series, namely “One Day with Author” (Discussion regarding the name of the series is going on) aimed at bridging this gap. This series is going to be the first of its kind and a trailblazing initiative in the literary world as under this venture we will be bringing forward the foremost literary personalities of today  
 For a long time, we have wanted to do something unique in the Hindi literary world which is a league apart from everything else. We often saw how the books gained wide popularity among the readers but there is a gap between the author and the readers. Therefore, we have been planning to release our newest venture which is essentially a series, namely “One Day with Author” (Discussion regarding the name of the series is going on) aimed at bridging this gap. This series is going to be the first of its kind and a trailblazing initiative in the literary world as under this venture we will be bringing forward the foremost literary personalities of today on our platform and make the readers of today acquainted with the person behind the masterpiece novels. We will be spending an entire day with the literary figure, showcasing his/her life, his/her daily activities and bringing out the person behind the masterpieces they have created. A moderator from the Hindinama team will be present. This series is going to be a documentary. And, it is our utmost belief that this venture of ours will be a massive success and gain as much and more love from the readers as much love has been bestowed upon Hindinama with the support of Mera Gaon Meri Dunia. As a part of this series, we will have some of the greatest minds of the literary world such as Divya Prakash Dubey, Geet Chaturvedi, Manav Kaul, Nilotpal Mrinal and more such literary gems. These writers already have a monthly reach of over a million. Besides these writers, we are also in the process of communication with other great writers of our times. 
 Reach out to 500000 students and youth through video.Connect writer with the community children and youth directly

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