"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.

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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Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society (SHEOWS) is a "home away from home" for the abandoned elderly of our country. The organization is registered under the Society Registration Act of 1860 and the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, of 1976. Since the last 20 years we have been providing free shelter, food, cloth, medical care, love, and affection to the destitute, abandoned, homeless, and PWD (Person with disability) elderlies with the help of generous and mindful people of our community.The Old Age Homes stand with a Special Care Unit, 24X7 Doctors and nurses, Physiotherapy unit, Pathology lab, Digital X-ray monitoring machine, an in-house Pharmacy, and all the necessary equipment required to treat any sort of illness or disease. All these facilities are provided to the elderly completely free of cost. Most of these elders are picked up from the streets of Delhi NCR or brought in by Police/hospital authorities.Our caregivers facilitate a homely environment in the Ashrams and ensure the socio-emotional well-being of the beneficiaries. SHEOWS is currently running 2 old age homes , Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram of Delhi and Garhmukhteshwar, since 2003 &amp; 2008 respectively. These are the homes of 600 elderly residents who were found alone and abandoned, left to die on the streets. In the last 20 years, we have served over 7,000 elders out of which more than 2,600 have been rehabilitated back to home.The aim is to serve every destitute, orphan, needy, abandoned, specially challenged elderly by providing them free shelter, food, clothes, healthcare, love, and respect. We uphold a strong belief that helping aged people and spreading awareness of elderly care would not only give them a new life but also reduce the issue of elder abuse in society.We believe in the notion of “Vasudeva Kutumbakam” which means that the whole world is our family and this inspires us to serve every needy old aged person as our own family member. We urge you to come forward and ensure that each elderly gets to live a respectable life and none of them dies on the streets!AWARDS &amp; RECOGNITION:● Shram Samman Award 2009● Purvanchali Pratibha Summan Award 2011● Distinguished Service Award by Rotary Club of Delhi, Midtown 2013● Mahatma Gandhi Intergenerational Empowerment Award, 2015● Best NGO Footprint Award.● Corona Warrior Award, 2021● Mahatma Award for Social Good, 2021● World Geriatrics Care Award● Indian CSR Social Impact Award- Top 20 NGOs of the Year, 2023

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To our wonderful donors:Thank you for your unwavering support! You've allowed us to provide essential services to our residents to impact the lives of the elderly positively. Here is our incredible work so far, but we still need your continued support to give these abandoned men and women a dignified life. Donate now to multiply the impact!!!

Impact report update for SHEOWS

🌟 The Give team recently had the privilege of visiting&nbsp;Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphan Welfare (SHEOWS) to witness the impact of your generous contributions. Your support has truly made a remarkable difference, and we're thrilled to share some heartwarming insights from the visit. 🙌😊 Field Visit Date: 23/08/2023Field Visit by: Nehal Negi, Sr. Associate, Online Giving Delivery Team - Give Visit Summary:We first visited Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram in Gautampuri, New Delhi. This is their first and oldest centre, currently rented out, providing living and medical facilities for abandoned and rescued elderly from the streets. It serves 100 elderly individuals daily, offering three meals a day and housing 15 Special Care Units (SPU) at full capacity. The beneficiaries reside in a spacious hall-like room, divided by a curtain into male and female sections. Mattresses are placed on the floor instead of beds because a significant number of the elderly residents have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia, and they have previously fallen from beds, resulting in injuries. The centre has a physiotherapy room with a dedicated doctor, although therapy is available only 2-3 times a month due to limited resources and high demand, and an on-site pharmacy with a pharmacist. They also have a small shop/storage room where all the items crafted by the elderly, such as candles, diyas, and decorative items, are kept and later sold. We interacted with the beneficiaries, the majority of whom are above 65 years old, with around 80% of them being dependent on diapers. They have all been abandoned by their families and have nowhere else to live. We also visited their recently opened centre in Okhla, New Delhi. This centre has approximately 60 male beneficiaries, a kitchen, SPU, and an area for recreational activities. It is currently undergoing renovations so that in the future, they can accommodate more elderly in need. We met their implementation, medical, finance, and HR teams. One caregiver is assigned to 12-14 elderly, one or two security guards are in each of the centres, along with a physiotherapist and pharmacist, two visiting doctors, one driver, and a three-member rescue team. The funds from this campaign are primarily used to cover the costs of medicines, dry rations, and staff salaries. They incur expenses of INR 49,000 per day for medicines alone. 🌟🙏Your continued support plays a pivotal role in helping SHEOWS cover the rising medical, food and running expenses of the ashrams and offer these abandoned elderly a life filled with dignity and happiness.&nbsp;🏡🌟

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Thanks everyone for supporting our fundraiser!This will close on the 11th Nov, and the proceedings donated will go to the SHEOWS old age home :)

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As per Census 2011, the number of indigent elders in India of Indigent elderly destitute who are homeless or deserted by the families) is 18 lacs (0.18 Crore) and growing. With COVID-19 pandemic maximizing the risk to elderly lives across the world, there is desperate need for the society to focus on the indigent elderly of the society. With the COVID-19 pandemic worsening the risk to the lives of these elderly, we at SHEOWS are trying to save maximum lives by conducting rescue of such elderly who are homeless, abandoned, homeless and a victim of elderly abuse and abandonment. At the same time, out of every 10 elderly couples in India, more than 6 are forced by their children (source link - <a href="https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2009/07/old-age-problems-india/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2009/07/old-age-problems-india/</a>)  to leave their homes leaving a large number of elderlies abandoned on the streets. SHEOWS for the last 18 years is working on the cause of saving the elderly who are dying on the roadsides, footpaths etc. as presently there are no old age homes for paralytic, disabled and bedridden elderly who provide comprehensive support to them under one roof. 
 SHEOWS aims to conduct rescue operations across Delhi/NCR and rural areas of Uttar Pradesh and provide them with not only the basic facilities like food, shelter, clothing but also comprehensive medical care facilities like - <ul><li>General Health Check-ups </li><li>Availability of a neurologist</li><li>Facility of an SCU (equipped with multiparameter monitors, oxygen concentrators, bi-pap machine, etc.)</li><li>24X7 nurses </li><li>Caregiver facility (as all the residents of the old age home are either fully/partially dependent)</li><li>Physiotherapy</li><li>Pathological testing </li><li>SOS treatment </li><li>X-ray facility </li><li>In-house pharmacy </li></ul> 
 The impact that we wish to create is to save maximum indigent elderly lives. Provide social security and basic amenities along with comprehensive medical care facilities to the once abandoned and homeless elderly (all free of cost). The project will enable reduction in mortality rate of such population and enable an improved quality of life and dignity to the indigent elderly population. The project will provide medical care benefits to those who once lived without food, shelter and clothing. It will improve the physical and mental health of the abandoned elderly rescued by SHEOWS. The most at-risk population amidst the COVID-19 population will be served and saved through this project that is elderly who are sixty years and above, without food/clothing/shelter, co-morbid and a victim of elderly abuse and abandonment.

Healthcare for the abandoned, destitute and homeless elderly

Our nation used to be one that is rooted in tradition and culture. One that prides itself in respecting our elders, related or not. But sadly, the society is no longer aligning along these lines of value and culture.  According to the 2011 census, more than 18 million elderlies are abandoned in India with no way home. There has been a  rapid rise in the aging population which is  accompanied by a silently growing pressure on all aspects of care for older persons – financial, health and shelter. This pressure has considerably increased after the pandemic. Apart from this, the current working culture  and a dynamic shift towards nuclear family patterns has all the more increased elderly abandonment. As a result, frail and ailing elderly are found on the roadsides, being vulnerable to several mishappenings and helplessly awaiting their end. 
 <a href="https://www.sheows.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">SHEOWS</a> (Saint Hardyal Educational &amp; Orphans Welfare Society) strives to make India a better and safer place for the elderly to live. Our aim is to mitigate the sufferings of abandoned elderly, rescue them from the streets and work towards providing them a safe and comfortable shelter where they are properly fed and their medical needs are taken care of-all free of cost!We are currently working tirelessly to spread our services across the states of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. SHEOWS has successfully served more than 7000 elderly till date. Currently we are a home to 600 people, who were rescued in an extremely miserable condition. SHEOWS aims to create a hospitable and caring environment for such people where they can overcome the trauma they suffered and lead a happy and dignified life. 
 In the last 20 years we have rescued around 7000 elderlies out of which more than 2,600 have been rehabilitated. There is still a long way to go and in the longer run <a href="https://www.sheows.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">SHEOWS</a> aims to continue providing shelter, food and quality medical care facilities to these neglected elderlies all over India. Constant efforts are being made to widen our network of community outreach and enhance our rescue and rehabilitation program so that we are able to provide for a growing number of underprivileged and destitute people. Your support is required for fulfilling this dream of establishing a society where no elderly is abused or neglected!

Healthcare for the abandoned, destitute and homeless elderly

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