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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“I saw a girl, barely 7 or 8, being pushed into flesh trade. Her cries for help still echo in my ears. There were men as old as 60 r*ping the innocent child. That was the day I knew my mission in life was to get these children out of the hell-like conditions in red-light areas. They are nothing short of hell and no child deserves to grow up in this environment” says Vinay Vasta, founder of Social Activities Integration, an organisation committed to freeing children trapped in red-light areas.Vinay and his NGO have been able to provide education, medical care and nutrition to over 2,500 children. But his dream to provide safe shelter to children remains unrealized. “We do our best to keep these children safe during the day but sadly they are forced to go back to the red light areas at night as we don’t have a home for them. Your donation can help us build a safe home for children of sex workers and prevent them from being pulled into prostitution. Donate to make this dream a realityDonate 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).Life in red light areas“S*x workers use their homes which are barely 6 feet by 4 feet for their business. They invite customers in the presence of their children. Their children not only witness abuse but experience it too. Just imagine a child being told that all she can ever become in life is a pr*stitute”, Vinay shares as he explains the extent of abuse children face in red light areas.This is a life that thousands of children are forced to live behind closed doors where they suffer abuse and exploitation morning, noon and night.A ray of hopeVinay has been relentlessly trying to give children the care and education they deserve. He has provided quality English education to thousands of children, enabling them to secure a livelihood out of red-light areas. Several children taught by Vinay are today leading successful lives as professionals and Government employees. However the sad reality is that Vinay and his NGO, in the absence of a permanent shelter home, are unable to provide round the clock safety to these children, which is essential for their well-being.Your donations can enable SAI to build a shelter home for the children of sex workers and usher in a new tomorrow for them, away from the horrors of red-light areas.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to provide safe shelter for children of sex workers and save them from abuse and second generation pr*stitution.NGO's 80G number: AACTS0408EF20216NGO's 12A number: AACTS0408EE20028

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Sahej Foundation is a Mumbai-based non-profit working towards the promotion of arts and culture. It organises The Kabir Festival, in Mumbai, first organized in 2011, becoming an annual feature in Mumbai. It has become a unique Festival, being wholly volunteer-run and community funded. The Festival is held to re-connect urban audiences with the voices of the mystic saints, who live through their poetry and the many oral traditions of India, to spread their message of love, brotherhood, compassion, tolerance and honest self-examination.Aashiyana is also a project of the Sahej Foundation which is working on creating safe spaces in juvenile facilities

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पोथी पढ़ पढ़ जग मुआ, पंडित भया न कोय ।ढाई आखर प्रेम का, पढ़े सो पंडित होय ।।In Mumbai, on one hand, we witness a pace of development and modernization which is at its highest in human history, on the other hand, the city like many of its counterparts is also facing an acute crisis of disconnection and separation. Disconnection with ourselves, with each other and with nature. India for centuries has been a land of great mystics, sufi and bhakti poets whose poetry has been pivotal in liberating our society from the shackles of discrimination, injustice and inequality. We realise that with time, these voices of mystics which are an important aspect of our syncretic culture are forgotten and there is a need to keep them alive. For centuries humankind has turned to these voices for collective healing and well-being and in today's stressed and polarized times, we believe the poems, songs and stories of the mystics are a significant reminder, calling us out towards our collective humanity and guiding us on the path of love, oneness and harmony. 
 Sahej Foundation has been organising The Kabir Festival Mumbai and other events for the past 11 years with the belief that keeping the messages of the mystics alive through music, poetry, and storytelling is a key to creating a culture of love, oneness and self-transformation. The mystic poets remind us to dissolve boundaries, shatter our egos, nurture fearlessness, reflect within and most importantly, love all. These messages are woven into the spirit of the festival by keeping it accessible for all, community-funded and all-volunteer run.The Kabir Festival in Mumbai will be held from 10th Feb to 12th Feb 2023. Through 15+ events, over 25 artists from the length and breadth of India will come together to share the message of Kabir, Meera, Guru Nanak, Baba Bulleh Shah, and Lalon Fakir with the citizens of Mumbai. This will be an opportunity for all present to contemplate on the insightful words and life lessons from the mystic greats and imbibe them in our lives.  The festival will be woven by legendary artists such as Prahlad Singh Tipanya, Mooralala Marwada, Lakshman Das Baul, Netai Chandra Das, Radhika Sood Nayak, Shruthi Vishwanath, Bindhumalini and Vedanth Bharadwaj.  
 Now in its eleventh year, the Festival has been a significant vehicle for sharing the eternal message of the mystic poets of the sub-continent in mohallas, colleges, communities, parks, cafés, institutions and NGOs across Mumbai through music, films, dance, discussion &amp; dialogues. We have grown into a family of 5000+ community members (and many, many more not on our mailing list) who come together each year to soak in the blissful music and dive deeper within.This year the festival has been curated with the intention to expand its reach and create an awareness of our country’s syncretic history and culture. The immersive nature of the festival hopes to deepen our understanding of mystic poetry, encourage a community spirit and harmony and also inspire sincere self-examination amongst everyone who becomes a part of it. The Festival comes about through the endless generosity of the city of Mumbai, be it volunteering their time and expertise or making their facilities and spaces available via collaborations. The minuscule budget of the Festival is funded by the largesse of the Kabir Community of Mumbai consisting of ordinary Mumbaikars and rasikas from across the country who join us during the Festival.

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