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.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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Hunger and malnutrition have become a reality for thousands of elderly parents abandoned by their own children, in villages and slums across India. Seeing the rampant distress among the elderly, a team of selfless heroes from our NGO partner Mitti Cafe, though disabled themselves, have taken up the responsibility of providing cooked meals and dry rations to over 5,000 elderly in urgent need of support. Setting aside their own struggles, Mitti Cafe’s team, led by Ayesha Alam has been relentlessly fighting to free elderly from hunger and malnutrition through its Karuna Meals initiative. The need for nutrition support is growing with each passing day and Mitti Cafe is struggling to fulfill this enormous need. With your support, the NGO and its team of persons with disability can put food on the plates of hundreds of more elderly parents. Donate generously.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). Elderly deserve love, not neglect and hunger“There have been countless senior citizens, in extremely backward villages of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, who had not had a proper meal in days when we found them. We have seen people picking food from the garbage out of extreme hunger.”, recalls Ayesha of Mitti Cafe, while talking about the extent of hunger faced by senior citizens. According to Ayesha, there are thousands of elderly who have been either chucked out of their homes or have been left behind in villages by their children. “Our elderly don't deserve this life and it is our responsibility to come to their aid. If we come together we can ease the suffering of hundreds of people battling hunger and starvation. Donate now Our heroes’ war against hungerPersons with disability who were once discriminated against by society are today at the forefront of the fight to save abandoned elderly and children from hunger. The Karuna Meals team, comprising only of persons with disability has been able to cook and serve over 10 lakh meals. They have also distributed over 1 lakh packets of dry rations. ”They overlook their own struggles and suffering just to reach the elderly and provide them with the food they need,” says Ayesh. But their job is not yet done. “There are still many villages which have many malnourished and hungry seniors and we have not been able to reach them. But with your support, we can collectively end starvation,” she says. Donate now. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the elderly fight hunger and malnutrition.

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Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled is a registered Trust working for the empowerment of persons with disabilities especially persons with visual and physical impairments and underprivileged people since 1997. The organization headed by Shri. G K Mahantesh, a visually impaired social entrepreneur this organisation’s aim is to provide opportunity for persons with disabilities and underprivileged communities in India to keep pace with the rest of the society by facilitating quality education, vocational training, placement and rehabilitation support. In this direction the organisation extends all forms of support including accommodation, nutritious food and direct financial support where ever required.Samarthanam's major mission is to empower the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged people through developmental initiatives focusing on educational, social, economic, cultural and technological aspects.Smaarthanam's vision consists of an inclusive society, free of discrimination against the disabled, where people with disabilities, especially the visually impaired, enjoy equal opportunities and an enhanced quality of life.

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Akulethi Ramesh is 21 and lives in Ananthpur District, Andhra Pradesh, with his underprivileged family.

As the second male member, he was expected to support the financial needs of his family. Once he completed his PUC he moved to Bangalore to work in a Plywood shop in order to do this.

One day on his way home from work he was in a horrible road accident which resulted in the loss of his left leg. His whole life came to a shuddering halt, conjuring up the question: how would he support his family with this new disability?

A friend of his referred him to Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, where he was given counselling and encouraged to see this as simply a new challenge. We guided him to pursue higher education and enrolled him into our computer training programme for vocational skills.

Ramesh is now in college and has completed the computer training course at Samarthanam with great marks. He also receives an allowance of Rs. 500 every month to continue his studies and support his accommodation.

Today, Ramesh is positive about his future and eager to work within banking after his graduation.

A banker’s future for Ramesh

Thirteen-year-old Shrikanth, belongs to a deprived family living in a small district of Bangalore. His father is an auto driver while his mother sells flowers to make ends meet for the family. Despite their disadvantaged background, his parents were determined to send their son to a nearby government aided school.

However, due to their humble finances, his parents couldn’t always care for Shrikanth’s nutritional needs as a growing child. Poor nutrition can result in major deficiency related diseases in children, leading to a physical disability.

Without access to good food, it also indirectly affected Shrikanth’s school work and extracurricular activities as well as his attendance. Therefore, hindering his academic progression.

Our midday meals programme, Vidyaprasad, was introduced at Shrikanth’s school and within 2-3 months his attendance and performance has dramatically improved. He has also resumed his interest in his favourite sport Volleyball.

His future aspirations include becoming an engineer and helping his parents to improve their standard of living.

Shrikanth said of the programme: “Midday meals, supplied by Samarthanam, are very nice and have been helpful to me because I come from a poor family background. They don’t have lots of money to provide me with nutritious food. But somehow, I am blessed to have nutritious food everyday in school.”

Giving good food to Shrikanth

Tajjumunnissa, 21, from Bangalore, struggles with her sight. She comes from a poor family and has five sisters who have either been married off at an early age or work in order to support their family.

Tajjumunnissa, is a spirited young girl with a zest for life that suggested to us she would easily defeat the odds and go on to become a successful woman. She is in her second year of her Bachelor of Arts degree and excels in her academics.

Samarthanam Trust for Disabled has thoroughly supported her from the beginning. Right from providing her education until she completed class 12, to guiding her into her higher studies.

The centre also identified her skills in extra-curricular activities and encouraged her to pursue them. Today, she frequently participates in singing, dancing and debating competitions, and has won several prizes.

In relation to Samarthanam, Tajjumunnissa said: “The centre has helped me alot with financial assistance, tutors, providing stationery and accommodation, and also counselling me in choosing my career path. I am extremely grateful for this support.”

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23% of the children in India are born underweight. India also has the largest development programme, and yet the progress on malnutrition is limited, causing most major disabilities among children. 
 We run a midday meal programme in over 123 government schools in Bangalore for children up to grade 5 as a preventive measure against malnutrition.Not only does this help to fulfil these children’s nutritional requirements, it also encourages them to attend schools more regularly. 
 Around 35,000 children studying in over 123 government schools will benefit from this project. You can positively impact a child’s life by donating just a small amount.

Sponsor a child’s midday meals at school

There are 40 to 80 million disabled people in India. Getting a job remains a challenge for them as most disabled children aren’t given the chance to complete their primary education. 
 We run two schools in Bangalore where around 600 children receive free education. We also provide hostel facilities for those who live too far away from the centre to travel to.To ensure children are nutritionally balanced, we administer healthy meals every day. Moreover, we provide special educational supplies, including Braille books, and medical staff are always on hand to offer support.Both schools are recognised by the state government and focus on giving disabled children skills for their own self-reliance and independence. 
 This project will sponsor the education of 600 disadvantaged children suffering from disabilities in Bangalore. Your generosity can go a long way to helping these children.

Catering to disadvantaged disabled children’s educational needs

- Lack of Sporting Activities for the Visually Impaired.United Nations has estimated that there are 39 million blind people across the globe, and 7.8 million blind people across India, of which about 80% live in remote and isolated villages. These visually impaired citizens are often sidelined from mainstream society. Our society also lacks accessible infrastructure and services to accommodate the visually impaired. However, a sport is a vocation that enables the visually impaired to develop independence, confidence, social skills, responsibility, leadership qualities, and livelihood skills. It changes the common perception of persons with disabilities by directing attention on their ability rather than disability. While sports has value in everyone's life, it is even more critical in the life of a visually impaired. This is because of the rehabilitative influence sport can have not only on the physical body but also on rehabilitating people with a disability into society. 
 - Organize Cricket for the Blind, a visually impaired version of the mainstream cricket. It is towards achieving this objective that Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled instituted Cricket Association for the Blind (CABI), the apex body that organizes and conducts Cricket for the Blind (C4B) across India, is working right now. Cricket for Blind is a project that focuses on the all-round development of a visually impaired person. Besides providing coaching on blind cricket, Cricket for Blind also focuses on developing the confidence, independence, mobility and other required and necessary skills of a visually impaired person. 
 - An independent and self-reliant visually impaired person and community.A successful blind cricketer is an inspiration for the whole disabled community as well as for the non-disabled community. Success stories like that of the Padmashri Awardee Shekhar Naik, National Award winner Prakash Jairamaiaha, are just a few examples of the impact that this project has had on many visually impaired individuals. So far, we have been able to impact more than 10000 blind cricketers through this project, helping them to build themselves, gain employment and lead purposeful lives.

The Blind Spo(r)t- CRICKET FOR BLIND 

In this day and age, being computer literate is one of the most important skills to have when seeking a secure job. Finding employment remains a struggle for disabled people, especially when they come from economically disadvantaged communities. 
 We help disabled youths get jobs by training them in a variety of computer programmes and Digital Accessible Information Systems (DAISY). These are short term courses that keep them abreast with current technological developments and broaden their options for employment.In addition, communication skills and English speaking courses are also taught to improve their chances of employment. 
 Children in rural areas have little exposure to computers and technology so we train around 120 people under this programme. With your help, we could reach many more.