"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.

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In the dark and dingy alleys of red light areas, injustice, pain and suffering run rampant. And the worst affected are the children who grow up in red-light areas and are subjected to constant abuse and violence. “The sight of a 12-year-old girl being gang-raped by a group of men near a house l haunts me to this date. I was filled with anguish and resolved to do something,” says Girish Kulkarni who has made it his life’s mission to rescue children from red light areas and give them a safe and secure childhood. In the last 3 decades Girish has saved over 1100 girls from a life of abuse in red-light areas, giving them a loving home, education and medical care. He has further supported over 20,000 children with a better life.Sadly, 250 of the children rescued from abuse and exploitation are HIV positive. The high cost of medication has left Girish struggling for funds. Your support can help him provide these children with 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), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA). A movement to protect vulnerable children“Growing up in Ahmednagar, the experiences I had as a child witnessing the horrors of sex trade defined the path of my life. I had even seen my friend’s 15-year-old sister and 70-year-old grandmother being forced to do sex work for the price of a cup of tea”, recalls Girish. “I started by merely feeding and teaching children of sex workers initially with the intention of giving them some respite from the horrors of life of abuse in red-light areas. Gradually more and more mothers started coming to me and asked me to take their children away, even if it was just for a couple of hours,” he further adds.The work that Girish started in his youth gradually grew to become a movement, with many more joining his cause. His NGO Snehalaya to date has transformed the lives of millions. Girish’s work is crucial for the survival and safety of vulnerable children of sex workers. Snehalaya is almost entirely dependent on donations from the public and your support can strengthen his mission to save children most in need. Donate generously.The horrors of life in red light areas“The cruelty and abuse that children as young as 6 or 7 years of age face is something that I can’t explain in words. Young daughters of sex workers are made to watch their mothers being raped, are brutally assaulted and forced into sex work. No child deserves to grow like this, Girish says in anguish.Sad reality of life for children growing up in red light areas is that they are deprived of even the most basic needs like proper food, safety and education. Moreover, a majority of children rescued by Girish are diagnosed HIV positive. The task of securing medication, providing them quality education and much needed nutrition is one that requires constant support from donors. Moreover, the increase in healthcare cost has left Girish struggling to keep his home for children going. But your support can enable him to give his children a loving environment and save many more who still remain trapped behind closed doors.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help Snehalaya give hundreds of children rescued from red-light areas a life away from violence and abuse.

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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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SAMADHAN is an established NGO, registered in 1981. It was registered under the Societies Registration Act, XXI 1860. Over the past 41 years, we have established services for early identification and intervention for children either born “at-risk” for developmental delay or born with any conditions of disability. Our philosophy is that all persons with intellectual disabilities can be helped if appropriate and timely services are available. Over the years, we have effectively transferred this philosophy into action and developed a viable model of service delivery linking services for the intellectually disabled with the needs of their mothers and of the women in the community, using locally available resources.We provide an infrastructure of accessible services like Early Intervention, School Readiness Programs and Special Education for children with intellectual disabilities, especially for the families from the low-income groups, in Delhi. Our approach includes early detection, motivating caregivers and advocating with schools and community stakeholders.

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SAMADHAN works among the resettlement colonies in Dakshinpuri and families from low-income groups in and around Dwarka in New Delhi. Most parents of the beneficiaries are small vendors, housemaids and migrant workers who depend on daily wages for meeting their day-to-day expenses. The first 6 years of the child is the golden period of development and when disability is first diagnosed in children, most parents do not know or refuse to accept that their child might be differently-abled and hence miss out on accessing critical early intervention therapies which leads to irreversible complications for the child. Intellectual disabilities in particular needs regular intervention and counselling. Taking children for their regular therapy to distant government hospitals and therapy centres means losing out on their daily income. Deep-rooted stigma and superstitions stemming from regressive notions push many families into keeping their children in the shadows and instances of domestic abuse against the child and the mother are also quite prevalent, more commonly among the poorer families. 
 SAMADHAN works within the community, and we have established two affordable, accessible and vibrant quality therapy centres with components for the overall development of children with intellectual disabilities as well as providing counselling to their families. This greatly benefits the families with disabled children to get regular therapy near to their homes where they do not have to carry the child long distances or worry about losing their daily wages while doing so.The curriculum is individually tailored to suit the varying need of each child. It is not just the service providing model, it also offers counselling support for the families to cope with the challenges of having a child with intellectual disabilities. We provide occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychological interventions, family counselling, special education and pre-vocational training, and guidance on nutrition and diet. We also assist the families in applying to and availing of relevant government schemes, such as the NIRAMAYA health insurance scheme, for the benefit of the child.SAMADHAN with the help of the donors, provided prosthetic and orthotic devices, home intervention guidance for family members and nutritional supplements during the pandemic. 
 Children, who would have remained disabled for life, can learn to maximize their physical and intellectual functioning, enabling them to be completely/partially independent. Since our establishment, we have served over 50,000 families and are currently serving over 70 children. Our goal is to increase this number by creating more awareness camps and expanding our services through mobile therapy centres and collaborations with like-minded civil societies for covering more target areas and reach more children. The children with mild to moderate disabilities are trained to become a part of the mainstream schools. We have trained over 10 children to be part of the mainstream schools. We aim to train at least 5 children a year as a part of our school readiness program.Training mothers to become partners in our work provides an income for them which leads to greater self-worth, improves their status and changes community perceptions. We hope to establish a strong SHG as well as build the capabilities of the mothers and community women for employment within our organisation as therapy aides and administrative staff.

Comprehensive Therapy Programme for children with intellectual disabilities

Working at the grassroots with families living in poverty, SAMADHAN has over 40 years of experience in providing therapy and educational services for children with intellectual disabilities. Early Intervention Therapy is a combination of occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy and special education techniques, tailored to suit the individual requirements of each child. These services are essential during the developmental years, i.e. 0-6 years, of a child, otherwise resulting in delayed milestones and irreversible impairments.With the support of our kind and generous donors, we have been able to improve our basic infrastructure which has led to an enhancement in the quality of services provided. This development and our excessive awareness programmes have led more parents and guardians to break away from the social stigma and opt for critical intervention that their children require in their developmental years to avoid delayed milestones.While we never say no to any child, the increasing number of children in need of early intervention therapy has put a lot of pressure on the organisation due to inadequate manpower. Currently, a small team consisting of Occupational Therapists and Therapy Aides are handling more than 30 children a day, which is becoming difficult and tiring for the staff. There are 20 children waiting in line but we are unable to provide daily therapy for them due to the overload. They are currently on a roster. We require more hands on deck to ensure that every child gets the necessary support for optimal growth and development. Transportation-related issues, such as long distances, high fares, lack of connectivity to public transport systems, etc., also create challenges for the families to bring the child to the centre every day. 
 We are actively raising funds to -<ul><li>Provide free services for the families living below the poverty line and those from the low-income groups </li><li>Hire more occupational therapists and therapy aides to decrease the workload on the current staff</li><li>Extend working hours to suit the timings of working parents and school-going children with disabilities</li><li>Organise workshops and training for parents and guardians on home intervention techniques to accelerate the child's development</li><li>Provide safe transportation facilities for the parents who cannot afford to pay for public transport on a daily-basis </li></ul>*Note - The target amount specified for this project is for a year. 
 By the end of this financial year, we want to-<ul><li>Reach out to 50 more children and provide them with timely therapy that can transform their lives</li><li>Train children to achieve new milestones and get them ready for special education/mainstream schools</li><li>Provide employment to women from the community who are facing poverty or other personal crisis, as means of gender empowerment</li></ul>

Comprehensive Therapy Programme for children with intellectual disabilities

Early Intervention for Children with Intellectual Disabilities

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