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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65-year-old Shakuntala completely depends on our partner NGO, Share and Care, for her food requirements, as she has no one else to take care of her. “When my only child was young, my husband Nadesan died. It was just me and my young son. After my son got married, he left me to stay with his in-laws, and I was alone. I am old, have pain in my legs, knees, shoulders and my entire body so I cannot work as I once did. But the food rations such as the nuts, lentils, wheat flour and rice I receive from Share and Care help me tremendously and I can eat well every day,” she says. Share and Care helps hundreds of abandoned grandparents, most of them being elderly women. The senior citizens belong to tribal communities and have limited access to necessities such as food and medicines to stay alive and well. This Shivratri, you can help with food and other essentials. Support them. 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). Abandoned elderly supported by Share and Care400 elderly parents abandoned by their children have no one to take care of them and need your help. They suffer from hunger, sight and hearing failure, diabetes, high blood pressure and other medical conditions. As they cannot work and support themselves because of old age, they cannot afford medicines or even clothing. So, they remain poor and alone. Share and Care’s mission Since 1984, Share and Care has been caring for disadvantaged groups of people, including elderly parents who have been living in poverty after being abandoned by their children. The founders, a couple named Carmel and Arokiasamy, aim to eliminate poverty and the suffering of the poor through social welfare programs and education. To achieve this mission, Share and Care runs a program in Chennai and also a village in Tiruvallur, where the 400 elderly live. This program ensures that every month, the 400 senior citizens have dry food rations, medicines and medical care, clothes, physiotherapy, geriatric counselling and other services to nurture them back to good physical health. Need for the fundraiserOne of the founders, Carmel Arokiasamy, shares that the abandoned elderly parents who live in extreme poverty without food or anyone to care for them constantly think about their children and ask, “Did we do something wrong?” Arokiasamy shares that from the time their children are born, they take care of them in such a special way. But when their children abandon them, they weep and cannot stop thinking about them. While dealing with this emotional distress, they are also suffering from hunger and disease. But cannot afford food and medicines. Donate now to help Share and Care provide the abandoned elderly with dry food rations, medical supplies, a medical and eye camp, counselling, clothes, blankets and recreational activities to live their lives with a positive outlook, despite their circumstances.Your donation can provide these elderly parents with their most basic and urgent needs. “Please support our work because this is for the elderly parents who are in great need. These grandparents are bedridden. They need care, love and support”.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support Share and Care in their mission to provide food, medicines, counselling and personal care to 400 abandoned grandparents living in poverty.

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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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Rasikashraya a group of young activists engaged in social work has established the organization in 1999. It has gained lot of experience through working with experienced and leading organization in the field of rural development. Mainly its perspective changed due to interaction with Vidarbha Lok Vikas Manch, Nagpur &amp; involved itself in rural development. At the later stages it came in close contact with Nehru Yuva Kendra, Yavatmal. It has implemented various programmes sponsored by NYK, Yavatmal.Its area of operation is spread over in twenty villages in Ghatanji, Kalamb &amp; Yavatmal blocks of Yavatmal district. It has created good rapport with the people under its area of operation. It works in partnership with beneficiaries by undertaking various developmental programmes especially relevant to the field of agriculture, health, employment &amp; skill up gradation. It has a devoted and dedicated team of workers.It has a General body and Executive committee comprising of 7 members each.

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We are blessed to have full use of our physical and mental faculties. But not all of us are privileged enough to lead such an existence. Thus, it is our duty to help those who cannot. Rasikashraya needs your support to help people with disabilities stand on their own two feet! Take a look at the impact you've made thus far down below. Your contributions have been vital in restoring the ability of these people to participate in society and earn their livelihood. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. There's more we need to do, and it will require our combined efforts to do it. The funds our donors give us are instrumental in continuing our work and making the world a better place. Make a difference. Donate now.

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Disability is both a cause and a consequence of poverty. The earlier emphasis on medical rehabilitation has now been replaced by an emphasis on social rehabilitation. As per Census 2011 disability among children between the age group of 0-9 is 3.41 %. The child with disability becomes the burden on the family especially on woman and she has to spend most of her time on its services. Providing the physical movements and mental development services through project can make tremendous difference. 
 Community Based Rehabilitation workers facilitate regular home based support to the CWDs and train the family members for self caring / rehabilitation interventions at home. This helps in doing their regular activities by CWD’s with little support from family. The mounting burden on mothers caring the CWD lonely is shared with other members of the family and thus she can be made free to do other household and other works. 
 Education of children with disability could be done through home based programme. Arranging medicinal treatments for the epilepsy children and measuring of intelligence quotient of the CWD’s would be easy through the home based interventions of the project. Sensitization of parents could be done for the educational and health rights of the CWD’s by forming a committee of their parents.

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The problem of aging is a burning issue in modern India. This raises the question of self-defense of the elderly. The joint family consisted of more than two generations. Accommodation, food, religion, property, etc. were all in the hands of the men, children, the sick, the disabled, widows and the elderly were provided all the facilities in this joint family, but modernization has intensified the problems of the elderly. Also, the change in the rural community has resulted in the problem of old age. Old age has a place of honor in the rural community. The role of old age was important in Gram Panchayat, Nyay Panchayat, etc. But new technologies and industrialization have changed the rural economy. That is why there are so many problems for the elderly.Also unskilled workers, small farmers, small traders, senior working class people face many problems. Body fatigue reduces efficiency, no hard work can be done. We have to live a life of dependency. Seniors face financial and health problems as well as mental health problems, during which time forgetfulness increases, feelings of inferiority develop and insecurity is felt. Many families in rural areas have migrated to the city, which has created a problem for the elderly due to lack of space in the city. Therefore, some old people are living a monastic life and some old people are living a single life. 
 To provide health care to such elderly persons in the community, financial assistance on daily basis, to provide them with the benefit of social security schemes, to follow up at the government level on the delay of social security scheme. It seeks to rehabilitate them at the community level, with regular home visits and a sense of belonging among family members. And work to overcome their loneliness. As well as tools for their economic, social and mental development through collective action by forming teams at the village level. 
 Elderly people will be helped to deal with their health problems, as well as get timely social security schemes from the government, so that they do not have to face financial difficulties, and their daily needs will be met. Having formed their team will allow them to share their joys and sorrows with each other so they will not feel lonely.

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