"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.

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.

This Diwali, help Dr. Bhagat care for 500+ elderly parents rescued from abuse and homelessness

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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Neptune Foundation was established in the year 2010 under the Neptune Group. Neptune Foundation is a registered trust under Bombay Public Trust act, 1950 (Reg. no.E-26706). Neptune Foundation believes in contributing to the economic development by contributing to the lives of their workforce, their families as well as the local community and society at large.Neptune Foundation strives to become a medium of bringing smiles on people's faces. They believe that any amount of help is never too much help. With the help of passionate volunteers, they actively work towards the empowerment of society.By undertaking activities like Mobile Creches, Rehabilitation Projects, Old age Home, and Anna Daan, they aim to fulfil the fundamental needs of food, shelter, clothes and education. They continuously strive to reach more people every day.Their mission is to support the needy. Their accountability in all their undertakings is their core strength. While serving the underprivileged and the needy and working towards social upliftment, they maintain complete transparency in all their projects.

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OLD AGE HOMEThe old bear the brunt of our changing lifestyles, values and priorities. To protect these affected and needy senior citizens, we have built an old age home in the village Kalungan, Akole, Taluk, District Ahmednagar, Maharashtra with a capacity of 200 inmates. Currently, we have 52 inmates at the old age home and we want to increase number. Built in the memory of Nanasaheb Vithoba Deshmukh, the 3 acre home is set amidst the Sahyadri range. Mount Kalsubai provides a scenic backdrop to this spacious and lush shelter. There is no specific geographic limitation when it comes to this old age home. We admit those people older than 60 years who have been either abandoned by their relatives or their relatives are not in a position to take care of them.PICK UP AND REUNIONNeptune Foundation is actively working to pick up mentally ill destitute wandering in the streets of Thane, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan. We aim to reunite people who are completely recovered with their families once traced or admit them in any ashram or our old age home if the criteria permit us. Our aim is to make Maharashtra a good place to live in for the mentally ill destitute. We derive an immense satisfaction from reuniting people with their families after they have recovered after undergoing treatment at Regional Mental Hospital . Till date, we have done 227 pickups and 179 reunions. TMH has approached us for a mass reunion request as they have 200 outstation cases of patients from different parts of India who are ready for reunification, but because of proper addresses and lack of funds, this process is on hold. 
 OLD AGE HOME52 inmates are already staying here free of cost. A kitchen is operational where hot and fresh food is cooked for these elderly. We also have a Goshala in which we rear cows that give fresh milk for the Ashram. The second phase of implementation would be to increase the number of residents. This is possible as the building can accommodate up to 200 elderly. We only need to procure some basic furniture such as beds and cupboards, and increase the number of staff. PICK UP AND REUNIONWe are doing pick-ups and reunions and we have a dedicated team to handle the legal formalities for admission and reunion related matters. Once we get a call to our helpline number, we send our team to trace the person. Our team is also equipped to handle the extremely violent cases. Once the person is traced, we take him to the nearest police station and do all the necessary legal formalities with them. Once the formalities are done at the police station, we take the person to Regional Mental Hospital. Once the patient is examined by TMH, we take him for his medical tests wherever TMH advised us to do so. We then take the patient to the court with the help of Police and get an order to admit the patient in TMH. Neptune Foundation team is committed to trace the whereabouts of the recovered patients and reunite them with their families. We meet the recovered patients at TMH who speaks different languages and try to locate their address. From the little details we gather from the patients and TMH, we approach the police stations near to the area mentioned by the patient and with the help of the Police and Grampanchayat of the respective area/state, we get the contact details of the patient’s relatives. Our team speaks to the relatives and convinces them about the patient and requests them to visit and take back the patient, with us providing all financial support to them. If the patient’s relatives are not in a position to visit Mumbai, our team, along with one or two members of the staff as decided by TMH, visit them. 
 We believe strongly that it is our responsibility to give back to the society and hence, we have built an old age home where these elderly can lead a life of dignity with all their needs of food, clothing , shelter and medication being taken care of completely free of cost. We engage these elderly in various activities like Yoga , meditation and prayers so their time is well utilised and they get mental peace. We have also built a Mandir in the premise of our old age home to meet their spiritual needs. We want them to feel that old age home is their home away from the real home. Also, we try our best to reunite the mentally ill with their families, so that they can live in an emotionally secure environment.

Pick up and Reunion of Mentally Ill  Destitute and Old people with their Families in Rajur, Ahmednagar

In our good old days, the children used to adore their parents and look after them with love and reverence. But in present days, most of the old people, when they become non earning members of the family or sick or really invalid are neglected and sometimes thrown out of their houses even. They become a burden to their own children who forget about the good things and sacrifices of their parents towards bringing them up and settling them in their life. Apart from the basic needs like shelter, food, etc. It is the love, affection, and a few words of caress that these people expect from their children, which are totally lacking in most of the families whether rich or poor in our modern society.Mainly due to the influence of external forces on our way of living and thinking and also due to internal family politics, loosening of the family ties have become inevitable in our modern society. The brunt of the situation is faced by the old people who come from economically weaker section of the society. 
 Old Age Homes are not a fancy but the dire necessities in our modern society, at present and more so in the future. The old bear the brunt of our changing lifestyles, values, and priorities. To protect these feeble and helpless beings, Neptune Foundation has built an old age home, Parampujya Kailashwashi Nanasaheb Vithoba Deshmukh Vridhashram at Village: Kalungan, Taluka: Akole, District: Ahmednagar, Maharashtra with facilities listed below.<ul><li>Separate dorms and toilets for men and women.</li><li>Individual cupboards and side tables</li><li>Regular health check-ups,</li><li>Regular diet chart maintained for all</li><li>Fresh vegetables provided from our own garden</li><li>Our own gaushala which provides fresh milk</li><li>Utmost hygiene maintained while cooking</li><li>Dedicated staff for routine activities and care-taking</li><li>Secure premises with CCTV, security personnel and compound walls</li><li>Eco-friendly solar panels, windmills</li><li>Landscaped Gardens</li><li>Temple in the premises</li><li>Car parking</li><li>Regular pilgrimage for the residents</li><li>There is no bar of any caste and religion.</li><li>Yoga lessons daily by Ambika Yog Kutir for good health and longevity of the elderly.</li><li>Celebration of festivals</li><li>No Discrimination on caste, color, and creed. All are welcome...</li></ul> 
 At present 55 senior citizens are in staying at the old age home with all the basic needs taken care of FREE OF COST..​We have a capacity to accommodate 200 elderly but are unable to do it due to the lack of funds.

Nurturing Lives at our Old Age Home

Being HIV positive is no reason to live a negative life. We enable those who have been diagnosed as HIV positive to stop worrying about the essentials – providing them with rations of rice, wheat, daal,oil and protein and vitamin supplements. We have so far reached out to 55 HIV + cases and supported 150 people indirectly every month since the year 2010.All come from the economically weaker sections of the society and are below the poverty line taking ART treatment from DAPCU (Government of Maharashtra). 
 Neptune Foundation provides monthly ration which includes 3kg Toor Dal, 5kg Rice, 5kg Wheat, 2kg Green Moong, 1ltr Oil, 200grams Protein powder with monthly vitamin supplements to 55 patients who are HIV+ and are taking ART treatment from the DAPCU Centre. We also put them on different empowerment courses to enable them to earn while they learn.A regular follow up is done to keep the beneficiaries in a positive frame work of mind. 
 The kits provided to them have made positive impact on their physical and mental well-being.There has been a considerable improvement in their health as a result they the compliance towards the treatment has increased. We also get the beneficiaries registered on various government yojanas to make them economically independent with the empowerment courses happening hand in hand.Though we support 50 beneficiaries but actually we are supporting 150 lives as each beneficiary has at least one more family member staying with them.This project has come as a ray of hope for them who did not have any support to look at.

Pick up and Reunion of Mentally Ill Destitute and Old people with their Families in Rajur, Ahmednagar

Nurturing Lives at our Old Age Home

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Save abandoned, elderly widow mothers of Vrindavan from begging on streets

This Diwali, help Dr. Bhagat care for 500+ elderly parents rescued from abuse and homelessness

This Diwali, help Manavlok save elderly people from malnutrition and starvation

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