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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“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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Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness (MAYA) is a Karnataka based Non-profit organization was started in 1991 and has been involved in addressing social issues of: - Education/Vocational Training - Healthcare – Livelihoods . Currently MAYA has 2 programs- MAYA Health and Livelihood. MAYA MISSION: “Working to create an empowered and equitable society that systematically addresses livelihood, education and health.”Livelihood Program: Over the years MAYA has actively supported the handicraft cluster of Channapatna, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India for the past 15 years. by creating comprehensive training modules to train the artisans in making high quality toys and revived the art of using traditional natural dyes to make the toys safe for children. Today MAYA has trained 65 women artisans in Channapatna who successfully practice the craft.MAYA Health Program: Focusing on preventive and promotive health by strengthening the last mile connect of the health care delivery system through Health Workers called Health Entrepreneurs (HEs). Health Entrepreneurs are dedicated, trained, technology enabled health care micro entrepreneurs who screen, monitor and advice the community for health conditions like Blood Pressure, Blood sugar and Anaemia at an affordable cost at their doorsteps. Besides this they offer certain health care products. Currently there are 100+ HEs operating in 3 taluks covering a population of about 3,00,000.

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Women Entrepreneurs’ programRamya started as a Health Navigator since 2019. Her husband was a heavy drinker who fell ill with liver problem. She could pay for her husband’s medical treatment from 2019-2022 from what she earned as Health Navigator. She is the sole bread winner as her husband passed away and supporting and educating 2 daughters 5 years and 7 years old. She earns minimum Rs. 250 per day.Like Ramya currently there are 84 trained women entrepreneurs providing blood pressure/Diabetes/Anemia screening at their doorstep to over 16,800 families in 2&nbsp;districts (Ramanagaram and Mandya Districts).MAYA through women entrepreneurship program aims to strength the program by awareness campaigns to educate on the critical importance of nutrition and exercise. This initiative is pivotal in leading healthier and happier lives. It also aims to add new service and expanding to other districts.Parents Movement for Inclusive Development (PMID)PMID is a movement of parents of children with intellectual disability working in different locations of Bangalore and in district of Karnataka namely Vijaynagar, Bellary, Koppal and Tumkur.Parents of special children often find themselves stressed, anxious and overwhelmed in accepting and engaging their children due to lack of a supportive environment.PMID facilitates parents to recognize the need for and importance of collective interaction and engagement&nbsp;to&nbsp;identify their own needs and that of children and also to evolve support within the&nbsp;community.Parents have organized outings with other parents to parks, farmhouses and public spaces. They experience for the first time that the&nbsp;other parents present are there to&nbsp;care for their child and this gives them a completely new perspective of what is possible.The&nbsp;experience of parents coming together and having activities has helped to&nbsp;reduce their emotional stress, giving them more hope of possibilities and encouragement to address their challenges and concerns eg more participation from the spouses, looking for opportunities for the children to be more independent.MAYA through PMID program aims at&nbsp;developing into&nbsp;a more caring, inclusive and community driven model that makes it sustainable to accommodate needs of all sections of the society.&nbsp;

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All over India 7 million artisans toll ceaselessly in the handicrafts sector to keep our rich culture and heritage alive The pandemic has significantly affected this informal and vulnerable workforce. What is of concern is how to create sustainable livelihoods for this marginalised section of our society.The critical challenges faced by this sector are:1.     Unorganised sector2.     Outdated technology3.     Skill deficit4.     Low productivity of workers5.     Not Remunerative for artisans6.     Attrition from the craft7.     Poor quality of products8.     Lack of standards/certification9.     Products not contemporary10.   Lack of market linkages 
 These problems cannot be addressed piecemeal. They must be looked at holistically.MAYA conducted a comprehensive survey of 502 artisans in Channapatna and analysed their socio-economic conditions. Based on a detailed SWOT analysis, MAYA has created a detailed revival program for the Channapatna lacware toys cluster (with GI Geographical Indicator) which includes:<ol><li>A CFC (Common Facility Centre) that serves as a centre of excellence for artisans</li><li>New technology that reduces drudgery for the artisan and shifts focus to the 'art/craft' aspects</li><li>Quality emphasis and International certifications to facilitate exports</li><li>Skill upgradation</li><li>Design Studio to make designs contemporary </li><li>Healthcare and social security benefits</li><li>Implementation of World Fair Trade practices</li><li>Establishing market linkages.</li></ol>For these initiatives MAYA has been successful in securing grants from the MSME Ministry and NABARD which meets 80% of the project fund requirements.MAYA is appealing to friends and well wishers to help with the balance 20% contribution.MAYA is also scaling up its livelihoods mission by adopting 2 new clusters:<ol><li>An all women weavers/embroidery workers cluster in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka</li><li>A natural dye - growing, extraction and processing cluster with a textiles focus in Bagalkot, Karnataka </li></ol> 
 MAYA's initiatives are game changing and transformative. In the Channapatna we have formed an Artisan owned and managed producer company called ArtisanPride. This is already 150 artisans strong and expected to grow to 500 members in 3 to 5 years, nurturing an entrepreneurial sprit. We have already trained and inducted a large number of women into a traditionally male dominated craft.MAYA has a strong presence in the district through its health navigator network. They serve over 2000 artisans family members by providing doorstep health services.MAYA has subscribed to doctors tele-consulting services (available to multiple local languages) and has provided artisans free access to it.All artisans are enrolled in social security and accident insurance programs.Artisan incomes will increase by 50% over the next 3 to 5 years.MAYA's work in the Chamarajanagar, Karnataka weavers cluster will benefit 500 weavers/embroidery workers and in the natural dyes cluster in Bagalkot, they will benefit 1000 workers. MAYA will extend its Health Navigator network to serve these communities too.

Sustainable Livelihoods Post Pandemic

Household chores, taking care of elders/children, and social norms don’t allow women to go out and find livelihood. There are few realistic livelihood options for women.Women earning a livelihood has multiple and deeper impact not just for themselves but for their families. Livelihood leads to improved self esteem as well.Health access for women is often limited. Access and awareness to basic healthcare services leads to improved to health outcomes for women and their families. 
 Maya’s Health platform enables and empowers women to earn a dignified living.MAYA Health helps provide livelihood means to women who otherwise have little means of earning. A micro-entrepreneurship model that ensures sustainability of the program.This venture provides last mile health access to women who don’t readily and easily don’t avail basic health services (public or private).MAYA Health trains women to become community Health Entrepreneurs. The Health Entrepreneurs go door-to-door and provide health screening services such as BP and sugar tests for a fee. The women Health Entrepreneurs keep 100% of the fees they earn from their hard work. MAYA Health needs funding to help train and certify women, finance health kits (Rs. 6,000 per kit), and help pay for coordinator salaries. 
 Each woman Health Entrepreneurs earns Rs. 4,000-5,000 per month by doing 100-150 screenings per month in their community.Total screenings of 10,000 per month, leading to early diagnosis of high BP and sugar about 25% of the total screened. Introducing gynecological and thyroid screenings for women.

Healthcare for Women By Women

Healthcare is a right of every individual, but poor infrastructure and health human resource have resulted in failure to address the healthcare needs of our large population. Ill health leads to loss of employment and income, thereby impacting the entire family. The focus of the health system both in the public and private is largely curative. While most illnesses resulting in death are preventable, the bigger challenge lies in ensuring awareness, access, and affordability with a specific focus on preventive health care.According to NFHS survey 2015-16, 53.9% of children are found to be anemic, 47.1% of women in reproductive age is anemic, People among 15-45 years of age, 4.2% of Men and 5.5% women who are diabetic. People among 15-45 years of age, 10.2% of Men and 6.0% of women who are diabetic and 22.9% of children are malnourished.It is also observed that health is becoming a neglected aspect, more so in rural communities. However, due to the economic burden piling up because of healthcare (even if the services are free in the government set up), the individual spends money in transport and also in case of a male member, loses wages for the day when he seeks healthcare. Hence, most of them tend to postpone healthcare until they reach a stage of complications. 
 MAYA has trained Health Navigators (Health Workers) as micro-entrepreneurs to screen and provide basic preventive health services to the community at their doorsteps. They are also trained to use medical handheld screening devices such as Glucometer, BP apparatus, Hemocue, weighing scale. This health program has reached over 95 villages (about 70,000 population) for anemia, hypertension, diabetes, and malnutrition combined. Our health navigators follow up on identified cases with necessary education/counseling, referrals, diet management and providing essential health supplies and supplements. Our intervention has identified more than 10,000 people with health issues who need help. This has not only improved their health outcomes but also, their overall well-being.The idea is to make health navigators self-sustainable and continue screening and following up the community with essential services and products at a nominal rate to improve their health. 
 MAYA has been able to train over 45 health navigators who were limited to household activities and were aspiring for a career path. Out of this 35 Health Navigators continued to earn their livelihood by providing health services to the community. They have covered more than 90 villages and 27 wards in Channapatna taluk.The program has been able to provide health status information for over 10,000 people. The people are provided with following services at their doorsteps - basic screening for anemia, hypertension, diabetes, and malnutrition.Out of the10,000 people screened, over 40% of them are followed with regular services are able to control hypertension and diabetes.These services have helped to identify early stages of health issues and resulted in the target community taking preventive steps for their health and well being. There has been a reduction in health expenses due to health complications.

Movement For Awareness and Health Initiative (MAHI)

While rural Karnataka continues to battle Covid-19, some are at more risk than the others - elderly, pregnant women, people with pre-existing health conditions and children. Lack of awareness and noncompliance to prescribed safety norms in rural communities are putting these vulnerable populations at high risk of Covid 19 infection. There is a need to empower the community to become more proactive in taking responsibility of their own health and exercising their right to quality healthcare. While our Community Health Workers (CHWs) are equipped to hand-hold them and provide healthcare education and services, they need your urgent support to reach out to those in need. 
 At MAYA, we have been providing healthcare services to lakhs of rural-poor people in Ramanagara district through CHWs, who are local women with basic education levels of 10th Std. and above. Due to the Covid crisis, while they were unable to travel to villages and continue their regular healthcare services, they provided the much-needed Covid-19 prevention, care and support services through phone to rural-poor communities. Today, each CHW is actively supporting hundreds of families through Covid prevention and critical healthcare services, including caring for the elderly, people with hypertension and diabetes, children and pregnant women. Here’s how 85 Women CHWs are creating 16 Covid-free Panchayats: ·       Campaigning door-to-door with Government frontline workers to raise awareness about Covid-19 ·       Educating and supporting vulnerable members on Covid-19 infection prevention and care ·       Distributing personal protective material to CHWs, and vulnerable/high-risk people ·       Providing Panchayats with Covid prevention campaign material (flyers, posters, etc.)  
 With each CHW serving 750-1000 rural families per month, we aim to reach over 2.5 lakh people over the next few months, including 90,000 vulnerable/high-risk people. The cost to cover the service of each CHW is Rs 3500/month, while the cost of developing communication material is Rs 10,000/Panchayat. The cost of personal protective requirement for CHWs and vulnerable population is 30,000 per Panchayat. Since the CHWs are putting their own lives at risk to volunteer their services, we seek to cover the minimal expenses related to their work and towards protecting their health while they help save the lives of others.

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