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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“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.This Christmas, you can gift these kids, through your donations, books and warm clothes.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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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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Navjyoti India Foundation was founded by Dr. Kiran Bedi, the first Indian woman IPS, and 16 other like-minded police officials. It is a not-for-profit society, registered in 1988 with the main objective of crime prevention through welfare policing, education of street children, vocational skills for women drug peddlers, and deaddiction programs.Over the last 31 years, we have been working relentlessly to bring about qualitative behavioral change and impact lives of the under-served in need in the urban slums of northwest Delhi and rural villages of Sohna, Haryana. Our bottom-up approach of inclusive development and self-motivation has touched millions of lives and has moved us on to the path of sustainable development through our programs in child education, women empowerment, skill up-gradation for youth, community development, and environment.

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The BackgroundNavjyoti India Foundation has been working in Yamuna Pushta since its inception in 1988. When the Yamuna Pushta Cluster was demolished in 2004 by the government for the commonwealth games, the community was rehabilitated to Bawana, North West Delhi. In early 2004, 40,000 homes were destroyed, displacing 120,000 people. Also destroyed were schools, businesses, and social service organizations which served the poor.Our Remedial Child Education Program grew out of a compelling need to break an inextricable relationship between loitering, rag-picking, begging and out-of-school street children, with criminality such as drug peddling, abuse, pickpocketing, child labor and other social evils in the Bawana Community.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/aeb77976-b6bf-489c-931c-14cf40f28038.webp" />The ProgramThe Remedial Child Education Program aims to foster a productive learning environment to ensure continuity in schooling by reaching out to the vulnerable children of Bawana Resettlement Colony attending government schools who have little support from their parents to reinforce attending school. We provide holistic education to children of urban slums and support them through education activities to ensure they don’t drop out from mainstream education.Children's learning levels in Bawana are found to be far below the minimum expected learning levels of the grades in which they are studying. These children are enrolled in the Remedial Education Project in Grade 1 and then efforts are directed to retain them till Grade 10, continuously working on enhancing their learning and bridging the gap that exists between the minimum expected and the present levels.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/d05ef1bc-5fd6-4baf-9c3e-bdf1c342720d.webp" />We accommodate more than 1500 children across Grades 1-10. These children are not only taught mainstream subjects such as English, Mathematics, and Science, but we also cater to extracurricular activities, such as music, art, coding, digital literacy, and more. We begin talent mapping from Grade 6th so that by the time our students reach Grade 12, they know exactly what they want to do.Bawana has more than 18,000 children below the age of 18 and to address to this need we have developed a Bal Gurukul Model in which we identify 700-800 highly energetic children each year who go and teach other children of the community at their homes.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/2ddd520c-c53c-403d-b4ae-1ecc2872128f.webp" />Our Key Goals1 -Quality of education<ul><li>Less than 2% of children who enroll in Navjyoti India Foundation Remedial Education Program drop out from school as against the high national dropout data.</li><li>Teacher student ratio is 1:25</li><li>Overall repetition rate is 1.9% only. Majority of the students are found to be repeating class IX (4%) and X (4%). The main reason for repetition is failing in class IX and X and unable to appear in exam or age factor in primary classes.</li></ul>2- Equitable access to education<ul><li>More than 85% of children progress to higher education after completing class X from Navjyoti India Foundation's Remedial Education Project</li><li>All the children have a learning center within 500 meters of their homes</li></ul>3 - Skills and training enhancement<ul><li>As against the national average of 25% of Grade 3 children at par with their grade level, 56% boys and 75% girls are found at par with grade 3 scoring more than 45% in their government school exam.</li><li>As against the national average of 50% children in Grade 5 who can read and write, 77.5% boys and 88.6% girls can read and write in Navjyoti India Foundation Grade 5th</li></ul>4 - Improved family and health status-<ul><li>14.5% boys and 10.5% girls are found to be below the expected weight at their respective age. Majority of the children have satisfactory weight owing to awareness being generated among children and parents on healthy eating, hygiene habits.</li><li>Around 4% of children have been diagnosed with eye problems and have been provided with spectacles.</li><li>1.09% are vulnerable cases requiring long term treatment</li><li>More than 100 out of school children being mainstreamed every year by Gurukul children</li></ul>5 - Greater Income opportunities-<ul><li>Alumni are working in top companies like Cognizant, Hero Fin Corp and Transguard (Dubai)</li><li>Alumni pursuing their passion under the arts have opened their own academies</li></ul>

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Through this project, we intend to help widows rediscover the spirit in their lives. We wish to make them realize that their happiness, well-being, and dignity are eternal. FACTS:<ol><li>India has the largest recorded number of widows in the world i.e. 33 million.</li><li>Gurugram district has about 25,000 widows. Lack of property and income have rendered their lives insecure and in some cases that of their children.</li><li>Insufficient awareness about government schemes and lack of skills results in their dependency on their families.</li></ol> 
 What do we wish to do?1. To disseminate awareness about the Government schemes to widows &amp; help them avail the benefits of such schemes.2. To convey the importance of skill-building to the widows.3. To develop consciousness among people to treat the widows with dignity.How will we do it?Step-1Project Jeeva: Our Approach Assessing the needs of the widows’:(i) Mapping the needs and problems(ii) Conducting surveys and meeting(iii) Identifying challenges and barriers in availing the schemes and skillsStep-2Helping them overcome these barriers by:(i) Spreading awareness about schemes and skills.(ii) Arranging and conducting need-based training sessions(iii) Facilitating benefits of the schemes at Legal Service Clinic for widows(IV) Sensitizing the society about their issues. 
 EXPECTED OUTCOME:1. Socio-economic empowerment of widows by increasing their awareness and access to social, legal, and economic rights and opportunities.2. Improvement in societal condition of widows by sensitizing people about the need to treat widows with respect.

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Navjyoti India Foundation is a not for profit organization in the country working since 1987, well known for its commitment to work with marginalized sections of the society and to bring them attain dignified quality life.We have been running operations in Delhi and been providing education to children since 2004 and working towards livelihood opportunities for the women of Sohna Block, Haryana since 1994.The ongoing pandemic posed a great challenge for our organization to function efficiently in these testing times, over the past months we have been trying to reach our beneficiaries through technology to sustain our activities and stand with them. 
 Menial tasks such as reaching our beneficiaries are becoming difficult. We have made rigorous changes in the way we operate and are trying to reach our beneficiaries through different routes.We are raising funds for the infrastructure of technology to bridge the digital divide, we will be using the funds raised through this campaign to procure laptops, tablets and smart phones which can be efficiently used by our communities.<ol><li>Students of our Remedial Education Program will be reached through online teaching and learning on Microsoft Teams, Whatsapp and other tools.</li><li>To keep the community engaged and informed, various events, competitions, and webinars will be organized regularly.</li></ol> 
 The impact of getting technology for our day to day operations will be wholesome to all our project sites.<ol><li>The 1500 students at our Remedial Education Program continue with their studies and do not drop out of our Remedial Education Program and the Government Schools.</li><li>The 1000 students of our Skill Upgradation Program continue to learn computer skills which will help them in their graduation and make them employable.</li><li>The 500 women at our Women Empowerment Program continue to learn new skills that will help in Livelihood Generation.</li></ol>

Bridge the Digital Divide

Digital education while has been one of the most adaptive model of remote learning during the pandemic, unfortunately not all children have access to it owing to their financial situations that devoid them of e-learning tools. Your donation of ₹12,000 shall go a long way in providing a Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite 22.05cm (8.7 inch, 3GB RAM, ROM 32GB) to a deserving child from a group of 100 potential beneficiaries. Any alternate contribution shall go towards the same pool of funds. In these testing times, not just the people who are affected by Covid-19 even the normal way of life struggles to breath amidst the crisis and the challenges keeps popping up.Although 'Digital India' has made it possible for a lot of people to have smart gadgets in their hands but many of them still lack behind as they do not have access to these devices.Now that virtual meetings and classes are a new way of life, students with no access to smart devices struggles to keep up with the need of their education. 
 We are on a mission to bridge and fill this gap by providing access to the required devices for these underpriviledged students. Through this fundraiser, we are hoping to reach 100 students from the marginalised sections of the society in order to aid their educational needs. 
 Unavaibility of devices hambers their education and are causing overall reduction of opportunities for a better life as they are being cut-off entirely from the network.We want to help these children receive their fair share of education and with your help, we will be able to connect these students back to the education network.