"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.

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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.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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SERUDS NGO India is a voluntary, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), nonprofit charity created by like-minded people who are committed to making a difference by working for the holistic development of poorer communities, focusing on care for elderly people, destitute women and underprivileged children in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh.SERUDS Charity has been working in the rural villages &amp; urban slums for the last 17 years in the state of Andhra Pradesh. To eliminate poverty SERUDS has taken up many initiatives for the destitute old age persons, deprived children, destitute women. SERUDS registered as TAX Exempted Organization in India under 12A &amp; 80G of Income Tax Act,1961 and FCRA to receive foreign donations. The above mentioned non-profit status are only provided after long checks of verification and are one of top non-profit status, one can obtain in India. All the donations to SERUDS are completely tax exempted.SERUDS is a one of best NGOs in India: We have received numerous awards from Andhra Pradesh State Government for our work and are a permanent partner of GlobalGiving, Save the Child Foundation and listed with Icharity.in. SERUDS have undergone due diligence process includes transparency, accountability, visits to beneficiaries of on-going projects and approved as certified NGO to listing with Icharity.in on its website.SERUDS is providing every day nutritious meals to 30 destitute elderly people established old age home for 20 poor senior citizens, donating monthly groceries to the 25 deprived older people and running an orphanage for 60 children by providing food, education, shelter and medical support in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh.

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V. Nagamani is a 34-year old woman living in urban slums of Kurnool city. She was married off at a very young age. Unfortunately her marriage fell apart after few years. Unemployed and parent-less, she had nowhere to go. Her brother provided her shelter but was himself too poor to take care of Nagamani. She was dependent on her brother and sister-in-law for even basic needs like food and clothes. Her's was a highly stigmatized social position and had a profound impact on the way she was being treated by people around her as well as on her own self-esteem.    

SERUDS identified Nagamani while they were working on a Project in Kurnool. The only way to improve her situation and restore her self esteem was to provide her with skills that would help her make an income. Realizing this, SERUDS put her into rehabilitation by enrolling her into our six-month sewing and embroidery programme. Once she had completed the course, she was given a sewing machine as a gift by a local activist to start her own small venture. Now she comfortably earns Rs. 200 a day and lives a life of self-reliance and dignity.

How one sewing maching empowered Nagamani

Kunnamma is a 70-year old woman living in a small house in the slums of Kurnool Andhra Pradesh. Living alone, she had nobody to take care of her, except few charitable neighbours who occasionally provided Kunnamma with food. Her only means of survival was to beg on the streets, and she often went without eating anything at all. Unfortunately, Kunnamma is not the only elderly person suffering in this way.

While running a programme in the area, SERUDS noticed the plight of Kunnammma andwomen like her and initiated the midday meal programme in the area. Between 1-2pm every day we serve 20 elderly people with meals that include rice, eggs and fruits.

Now Kunnamma eats a proper meal every day, and the outlook for the rest of her life no longer seem so bleak.

Kunnamma’s rejuvenated life at 70

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PROJECT BACKGROUND: Feeding homeless and elderly persons are our one of main objectives of NGO. Helpaged is one of our main goal by feeding them in time food sponsorships. Budhavarapeta slums in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh have a number of disadvantaged elderly people. Many of them don’t have families to support them and resort to begging for food, while others belong to families where the adult members go off to work leaving them alone at home. Not only do they struggle with the absence of any social and economic security, but with lack of reasonable nutrition as well. These Elderly persons are spending their time at community halls, grave yard, neighbour houses. 30 neglected old age persons are benefiting from this midday meal program. Donate food to feed the hungry old age persons. Your help to the aged in india makes a difference on their lives who are neglected by their sons and daughters.We have been providing every day nutritious lunch to these 30 destitute older persons since 2009. The hot meals are distributed daily between 1-2pm and include a variety of nutritional foods like steamed cooked rice, dhal, sambhar, mixed vegetable curry, seasonal pickle, etc. This means they no longer have to beg for something that is so readily available to the rest of the world. The plan is to expand this project into other nearby areas as well. By providing nutritious food to the destitute elderly people, they recovered from their ill-health.The program attempts to eliminate the aged begging in slums of Kurnool, who simply can’t afford to eat, and ensure a daily worth of nutritious meals. With a donation of Rs.5000, you can sponsor a month of midday meals for an elderly person. Help Aged persons by donating an amount of Rs.5000 to feed her one month nutritious meal program. Your donations helps us to feed the hungry old age persons in Andhra Pradesh. Donate elderly for the monthly sponsorships and we update on the utilization of the money through the updates of the project.Sponsor a poor old age person for one month – Rs.5000/-Sponsor 30 poor old age persons for one month – Rs.150000/-Get 80G Tax Exemption By Donation:- While donating money online to charity through GiveIndia you are eligible to claim tax exemption under section 80G of Income Tax Act, 1961.- All Offline / Online Donations are Tax deductible u/s 80G.- SERUDS India Charity registered under FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act), eligible to receive donations online from abroad from NRIs, Foreign Nationals. Make a Donation to best Charity in India &amp; help aged people for their daily needs in old age home through <a href="https://milaap.org/fundraisers/serudsindia" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">g</a>ive fundraisers.AppealWe request you help and donate online to charity generously to feed the hungry poor old age persons in elderly midday meal old age care center. Your donation helps to make a difference in someone's lives and create hope on their lives. Beneficiaries always expressing sincere gratitude towards your kind generous donations. Thank you for sponsoring to our noble cause of the poor old age people in old age midday meal care center.#elderlycare #oldagehome #donateonline #donatecharity #charitydonation #sponsorfood #fooddonation #donatingmoney #ngodonation #donatengo #seniorcitizens #sponsoroldage #supportolderpeople #indiahelpaged #donatepoor #helpageindiadonation #donatefood #elderlydonation #careforelderly #oldagehomenearme #giveindiadonate #giveindia #mealsponsorships #fooddonating #donatecorona #taxexemption #80gdonation #donatingcharity #sponsorshipofmeal #mealsponsorships #foodforpoor #poorpeopledonation #donationforpoor #ngodonations #donateforhungrypeople #helpagedonations #donationforhelpaged #indiahelpaged #Foodsponsorship #agedhelpindia #donategiveindia #givedotdo #givefoundaiton #CharityforPoor #FeedTheNeedy #Donateandhelp #ageindiahelp #feedthehungry #onlineDonationsindia #elderlydonations #oldagecareindiahelpage #helpageindia #makeadonationforelders #Poorelderdonation #HelpPoor #foodforpooroldaged #makeadonationforelderly #donatemoney #indiahelping #helpingindia #seniorcitizendonation #onlinedonationforpoor #80gtaxexemption #onlinedonationsindia

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The majority of the population in Andhra Pradesh live in villages and depend on the agriculture to make an income. Average farm sizes of around 2-3 acres and complete dependence on rain makes cultivation an unreliable and limited source of income. The situation gets worse for women who are further marginalised by gender discrimination and the division of social classes.Our aim is to empower disadvantaged women by providing livelihood opportunities to create a stable source of income. We conducted a survey in the region and identified 250 women who were willing to learn new skills to earn money. These women are being provided with free three-month-long vocational courses in subjects such as sewing and embroidery.On completion of training, all students would be given a new sewing machine so they can begin their own small enterprise.This program hopes to both enlighten deprived women and financially support their otherwise poor families. A donation of just Rs. 12,000 will go a long way for these women living in rural regions of Andhra Pradesh.#livelihoodforwomen #80gtaxexemption #taxbenefits #gettaxbenefitsbydonating #donatingonline #onlinedonation #bestcharityinindia #bestngosinindia #bestcharitiesinandhrapradesh #andhrapradeshngos #ngosworkingforwomen #nonprofitinindia #indianngosfordonation #womenempowerment #incometaxbenefitsfordonation #donateindia #givefoundation #giveindia #bestindiancharities #bestngoinandhrapradesh #charitiesforwomenwelfare #donateasewingmachine #sewingmachinedonation #tailoringtraining #skillsforpoorwomen #donateforpoor #poorpeopledonation #makeadonation #donatemoney #charitabledonation #vocationalskillstraining

Donate Tailoring Training to Poor Women and Girls

This project will train 150 poor women and teach them valuable sewing skills. It will also provide each woman with her own treadle sewing machine, allowing her to earn a living from home to support her family.Challenge: To a struggling woman or girl in countries like India, the sewing machine you provide can be the doorway to a better life. You’ll help a single mother, orphaned teen, or widow feel the dignity of providing for herself and her family. In India, more than 50 per cent of women are illiterate. Living in poverty with a limited education greatly obstructs these women from finding quality jobs to support their families. They are often at risk of being trapped in dehumanizing professions (like the sex trade) in order to feed their children. This project will empower poor women in rural villages with valuable sewing skills and a sewing machine so they can earn a respectable living and help their families.Solution: The women will attend a sewing machine tailoring centre and get 6 months of training, where they will develop their sewing skills and learn about basic business practices. Once a woman graduates from the tailoring program, she will receive her own treadle (foot powered) branded sewing machine. She will be able to start her own tailoring business from home and earn a daily income that can provide food and basic necessities for the whole family.Long-Term Impact: The project will empower 150 women each year with sewing skills and provide them with a sewing machine to start their own self-sustaining tailoring business. These women, who are often poor mothers and widows, will have an opportunity to use their skills to rise out of poverty and work toward a promising future for themselves and their families.#womenempowerment #sewingmachinedonation #donateonline #donatecharity #charitydonation #sponsorfood #fooddonation #donatingmoney #ngodonation #donatengo #girlchilddonation #sponsorsewingmachine #supportpoorpeople #indiahelpaged #donatepoor #giveindadonation #donatefood #givedonation #donategiveindia #givefoundation #giveonline #covid-19 #coronavirus #pandemic #donatecorona #taxexemption #80gdonation #donatingcharity #caronavirusoutbreak #CoronaCombatForce #secondwave #coronasecondwave #poorpeopledonation #bestcharitydonation #donateforpoor #usddonation #moneydonation #tailoringtrainingforwomen #skilltrainingdonation #donatecare #giveindiadonations #globalgiving #CharityforPoor #FeedTheNeedy #MilaapDonation #HelpPoor #donatemoney #onlinedonation #80gtaxexemption

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