"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.

This Navratri, save abandoned, elderly widow mothers of Vrindavan from begging on streets

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). 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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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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Need Base India (NBI) founded in December 2009 aimed at helping all those children living under the most dreadful and uncertain situations. The organisation stands for providing holistic development i.e. care and protection, health, education, life skills etc to the children who otherwise never had accessibility to any of these. NBI aims at giving an opportunity to the children from difficult background to live, grow, flourish and become successful in their lives. Thus, it dreams of empowering children from difficult background or disadvantaged groups who can later be a positive influence in their communities or society they live in.To provide care and protection, Need Base India is running Long Term Residential Care Homes for the children found in the difficult situation. The Residential Homes are run in the Govt. School Premises and we are running Eight Residential Homes across Bangalore by helping 450 children. The impact, we see is that more than 50 children have passed 10th std, many of them are continuing higher education and few of them are working in various places.Need Base India runs another program, that is teaching the students studying in the Govt. School situated in the rural areas. We focus those Govt Schools, which have shortage of teachers and teach Maths, Science and English from class 5th to 7th std. This is taught by our volunteers situated across globe and the result we see many children continuing education and there is drastic reduce in the number of school dropout. We are collaborating with eVidyaloka and Dept of Education, Karnataka.

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The trauma and difficulties faced by the street children are alarming day-by-day in Bangalore. There are thousands of aimless children on streets engaged in rag picking and stealing etc. Due to lack of parental supervision, they end up indulging in such activities and have no motivation for studying. Children are most vulnerable as they are easy victims of abuse and inhuman treatment. They often land up doing petty theft or prostitution for economic survival and spend on drug abuse, gambling, drinking etc. Having no shelter, they have no respite from heat, cold and rain. This poses a grave risk to them and ultimately their lives end on streets. 
 We found that most of the children had run away from home multiple times or were orphans or were children from broken families. For these children it was difficult to reunite with the parents. Hence to support them, we started two residential centres: Lakshya Udaan Home and Sneh Ghar. Both the centres are functioning in the Govt. Schools at Siddhapura and Shanthinagar, Bangalore. There are more than 85 children in both the centres. We provide counseling, shelter, food, health, recreation and education to the children. After bringing them at par with other children, the children are admitted in the formal schools. 
 We dedicatedly aim at creating a strong foundation for these children. Many of our children are performing well academically. Along with studies, they are also building competence and skills according to their interests. There is a positive change in behaviour and attitude of these children as they have completely given up bad- habits. Also, the community is now sensitized about parental care and supervision. We can provide an enlightening path to many more children, only with your support.

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Through the Need Base India project, we will help 500 girls and women in overcoming the social barriers associated with menstruation. By providing them with the correct information, products, and facilities, we will ensure an equal opportunity for girls, whilst contributing to reaching 4 key Global Sustainable Development Goals.These girls face: Fear and shame caused by cultural myths/taboos and lack of information, lack of funds to source suitable sanitary products, defaulting to unhygienic alternatives, lack of privacy by being forced to share toilets with boys, gynaecological issues, and infections which can lead to early death and early marriages and pregnancies. 
 Our strategy will be threefold: 1. Educating - develop workshops to educate girls (from 11 to 20) on biology and hygiene best practices, provide counseling sessions and distribute informative booklets 2. Providing - distributing sanitary products and building new toilet facilities for girls 3. Engaging - engage family members, schools, and specialists to increase outreach 
 In our targeted areas, we hope to be able to: decrease the school dropout rate of girls, decrease the use of unhygienic alternatives, increase access to affordable sanitary products, an increasing number of toilet facilities, specifically with separation for girls, and increase knowledge and awareness on menstrual hygiene, decrease the level of exclusion and feelings of shame/fear for girls

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Better learning requires regular attention &amp; teaching to the out-of-school children. This is an attempt to equip the Community Learning Centre with the right resources.In the glare of multistore, shiny office buildings, and shopping malls, we often do not notice the hidden slums of a rapidly growing city like Bangalore, which hosts many poor workers. Where earning daily food is a struggle, the education of their children remains their last priority. Moreover, because of seasonal migration, fear of getting misused and pushing them into poverty line, the responsibility of smaller siblings, instant money through begging at signals, etc, these children never get enrolled in govt. schools. Based on the survey conducted by our team we identified 70 children from 6 to 13 years who have never been to school. To solve all these problems and bring education to the lives of this difficult and often ignored section, the Need Base India team set up a community-based care canter at Muneshwara Slum, Muthyala Nager, Bangalore located close to their slums and run for only 3 hours, where we give them their first experience of Education. In the last six months, our team of dedicated team &amp; volunteers has been able to cultivate an interest in Education in these children, by taking weekend classes, designed especially for such children. We have observed significant positive changes in them. Now we want to take these children to the next level on the learning ladder. 
 Most of these children have never been to school, early dropped outs, and irregular to schooling. To inculcate a sense of discipline, which is very much required for effective learning, we want to have a close school-like environment at our centres. To bring schools close to them, Need Base India, a Community canter is located close to their slums. Classes are conducted in the open area using Tripels for sitting. This creates a casual sense in the children during the class, they keep playing around and sometimes they become difficult to handle. We want to have proper space in our canter at the CBC program to give them a sense of premise along with saving them from heat and rain. One temporary but durable canter with all the learning facilities costs around INR 100000. As most of our staff &amp; volunteers are working professionals, we conduct classes only on evenings &amp; weekends. However, for regularity in their learning, it is important to conduct classes every day. For this purpose, we approached college children, housewives, and senior citizens from surrounding apartments. But due to a lack of skills and infrastructure at the canter, their motivation starts decreasing and they discontinue. So we are in talks with a skilled team and volunteers to make these children learn how to read and write effectively. They will give direction, structure, and continuity, along with other socially motivated volunteers who will be acting as helping hands to keep the momentum going.Key Programs at community-based care canter at Muneshwara Slum, Muthyala Nager, Bangalore:<ul><li>Set up of learning centre with all educational resources</li><li>Nutrition support</li><li>Evening classes</li><li>School enrolment</li><li>General Health check-up (community members &amp; children)</li><li>Eye check-up (community members &amp; children)</li><li>Awareness on personal hygiene (community members &amp; children)</li><li>Awareness on government schemes</li><li>Women empowerment</li><li>Skill development (Youths)</li></ul> 
 Once we will have regular classes in the evenings, we will use weekends for skill-building workshops, conducting Bal Sabhas’, parent-teacher meetings, and medical camps for their overall growth and well-being. With our efforts, we will try to enrol these children in nearby schools in the coming days, they will become literate and be in a better position to take any opportunity of formal education that comes into their life. We are not just making them literate but also making them good human beings by teaching them the importance of truth, dignity, and moral values like respecting and helping others, etc. Gradually, we are working towards not letting so many children go untouched by education, who will otherwise roam around purposelessly, beg on signals, or get indulged in petty crimes. We are donating our time to educate them and empower them to lead dignified lives. We teach them the importance of earning something.

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This Navratri, save abandoned, elderly widow mothers of Vrindavan from begging on streets

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