"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

“What will happen to them after me? I am 80+. I spend sleepless nights,” worries ex-Air Force officer, Group Captain AC Barua while talking about the future of the 28 destitute women under his care. “They have nobody in this world, sometimes they don’t remember their own names. They are absolutely alone,” he informs us as he goes from one room to the other meeting all the women who live at Seneh, the only home where they are loved and taken care of. After fighting for his country all his life, this octogenarian is now fighting to rescue homeless and abandoned women from dying on the streets. But he cannot do it alone. “Everyday I keep on getting calls from here and there. ‘Oh! there’s a woman lying here. Can you help?’ But I don’t dare to go and help because I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources, our resources are very limited,” explains Gr. Capt. Barua who is lovingly called ‘Sir’ and ‘Deuta’ (father in Assamese) by the residents of Seneh. With your help, 80-year-old Group Captain Barua can fulfill his mission of rescuing abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets, alone. Donate nowDonate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. All 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).Seneh- a home filled with love, care and hopeThe residents of Seneh often don’t remember who they are, where they have come from. Many times these are women with mental health conditions and considered being a witch due to superstitious beliefs and beaten up as a result. They are victims of domestic abuse or widow mothers who are considered to be a burden on the family. Group Captain Barua has not only rescued them from critical conditions, he has provided them with urgent medical care, food and above all, a free safe shelter where they can live with love and care. Among these residents is Sarala Kalita who fled to save herself from the tortures of her alcoholic husband only to face neglect and trauma from her brothers- and sisters-in-law. “Both my brothers and their wives urged my father to leave me somewhere as they didn’t want to take care of me anymore. One day my brother’s wife didn’t even let me have food at home. She just wanted me to leave and go away. So that’s why, my father got in touch with Seneh through someone, and handed me over to Sir to take care of me,” says Sarita who has found joy in living at Seneh. “Coming to Seneh, it felt like I got a new life altogether. Sir has given me a harmonium. I love singing. It makes me forget everything and takes me to someplace else entirely,” she adds. More women like Sarala can find their way to a loving home like Seneh. All they need is a little bit of your kindness. “It is difficult to make both ends meet”To sustain their daily expenditure, Capt Barua needs approx ₹3 lakh a month and arranging the funds is a mammoth challenge for the NGO. “Our expenses are growing day by day. Residents are growing older, their sicknesses are increasing. At times we have to give them special food. They require more care so we have to get more employees. About half of them require leading around, 1-2 has to be fed also. It will be very difficult to sustain it unless we get help,” he added. One act of your kindness can save these abandoned women, with no one in this world, from struggling on the streets to survive. At 80+ Gr. Capt. Barua cannot sustain Seneh on his own. “With folded hands, I appeal to all. Please come and please help us. Let us help these people, these old people who have nobody in this world. They are dying. They will die on the streets,” he urged. Donate to this fundraiser by Give.do to support retired Air Force officer, Group Captain Barua in his mission to rescue abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets.

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Cattle, bred for profit and abandoned after they stop producing milk, are often found malnourished, injured or sick on city streets. Many face bitter winters, starvation and death in road accidents - a sad fate for cows in a country where they are revered by lakhs of people. To save cows from such a sad end, Swami Ishwar Das started Shree Krishnayan Desi Gaushala, currently home to 18,000+ abandoned cows. But with the rising costs of fodder and medicines, he is struggling to provide the quality of care such mistreated animals deserve. “It was in 2010 when I witnessed abandoned cows from the streets in Uttarakhand being transported in a truck. The cows were administered anesthesia and stacked one above the other like lifeless goods. When me and a few of my acquaintances brought the cows off the truck, two of them died before my eyes and that sight shook me to the core. It was then that I started Shree Krishnayan Gaushala with 11 abandoned cows in a small donated land,” says Swami Ishwar Das.Swami Ishwar Das is unable to bear the rising cost of nutrition and medical care for injured cows and needs support to continue to save these voiceless animals. Donate now. All donations on this platform are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA).<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ead01668-6b4d-4a8c-85de-30b43e174f22.JPG" />Every life matters“Here at Shree Krishnayan Desi Gaushala, it is our resolve to leave no stone unturned in caring for helpless cows. No matter what the cost of treatment may be, we make every possible effort to aid ill and injured cows. Our only objective is that a cow should not lose its life for the want of medical care, food or water,” says Swami Ishwar Das. In order to provide the best quality of care and treatment to its adopted cattle, three well trained veterinary doctors attend the gaushala 24/4. The NGO - Shree Krishnayan Desi Gauraksha Avam Golokdham Seva Samiti - spares no expense in providing nutrition either. From jaggery and grains to a healthy mix of green and dry fodder, cows are given meals best suited to their needs.With cost of fodder on rise the Gaushala needs help<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/93e7eafe-4438-40d6-ae40-6972feaf0988.jpg" />Swami Ishwar Das and his team, however, are struggling to keep up with rising costs of nutrition and medical care for cows. “The cost of fodder has risen by almost three times in the last couple of years. From food to medicines everything has become expensive. And we will never compromise with the quality of care and love that we want to give to our cows,” says Swami Ishwar Das. Help Swami Ishwar Das provide the best care and love to abandoned cows while saving them from a desperate life of starvation and suffering on the streets.

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SERVE HUMANITY SERVE GOD CHARITABLE TRUSTServe Humanity Serve God Charitable Trust is a Chandigarh based NGO working for the welfare of society for three years. We are a team of volunteers that primarily help the helpless poor and the needy. We believe in helping underprivileged and needy human beings. As our name is defined, we believe in serving humanity and not to any caste, religion, or tribe. We at Serve Humanity Serve God believe in the contribution of transforming lives by helping those in dire need of healthy living.The Beginning This Charitable trust came into existence by the initiative taken by a group of friends, who follow the principles of Dasvandh laid by Guru Nanak, this team started collecting 10% of their income and started donating that part of it to the poor. The team started with helping the needy families of farmers and then moved to different sections.What do we do?Helping families of farmersThe team started with providing help to the families of farmers who committed suicide as they were unable to clear their debts. The team helps these families in every possible way, be it the education of their children or ration sewa or any other basic need, and help them in standing at their feet and become independent.Helping needy patientsWe work with patients coming from different states such as UP, Bihar, J&amp;K, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand and even Nepal in PGI, Chandigarh. We ‘adopt’ patients and help them with everything they need — be it an MRI, a CT scan, medication, surgeries, or anything else. Poverty is a never-ending cycle and a lifelong punishment for those affected. Undergoing medical treatment in such a situation is an additional burden. This initiative was started to bring about a change to the lives of many such helpless people by channelizing funds for their treatments.Collection and distribution of old stuff and surplus foodThe team collects old clothes and other stuff from people of the Tricity and distributes it among the needy and underprivileged people. The team was also used to collect surplus food from most reputed hotels of the Chandigarh city and distribute it among poor people. This drive has made the winters of several needy people easy.Marriages of underprivileged girlsThe team helps in the marriage of orphan and needy girls but a very basic manner. We provide the most basic things such as clothes, shoes, utensils, bedding, fans, and sewing machines. The team doesn’t believe in lavish marriages at all and is completely against the dowry system. We just help such girls with necessities.Helping poor children in studiesThe team from around the past two years is helping the poor and underprivileged students who are capable and desire to pursue their studies but can’t do so due to lack of resources. We are helping them in every possible way be it their fees or uniform or shoes or stationery or books and notebooks. We are visiting different Government schools ofDistrict- Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, and Mohali and helping needy students to transform their lives and contribute to building a strong future for our country.A shelter home for quadriplegic/paraplegic patients (a new chapter)The team has started a shelter home for quadriplegic/paraplegic patients with bedsores at Village- Ratwara located at a distance of around 6 km from PGI, Chandigarh. In this home, every effort is made by the team to cure bedsores of the patients and to make them independent.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------How do we work?Raising FundsDespite being a small team, we leave no stones unturned to raise money for the tasks we have undertaken. The team reaches out to people across the city —be it friends, acquaintances, family, strangers, or anyone who can help them through social media or personally. The power of word of mouth also helps donors reach us.Ensuring your money travels to the right peopleIt takes just 5 steps for your money to reach us:Step 1: You watch videos posted by us on our Facebook pageStep 2: You decide how to make a difference by choosing to Make a DonationStep 3: Team Serve Humanity Serve God allocates the amount to your chosen needy/patient or project.Step 4: After detailed consideration, the money is utilized on your chosen needy/patient or projectStep 5: We track every donation and ensure that we share the video with details about the beneficiary on our Facebook page. Working on a robust 3 Tier structureTransparency: Our activities and finances are made public through social media which is the main strength of our movement.Low-Cost treatment: We partner with renowned health organizations to fund low-cost treatments and medication.Efficiency: Small team size and low overheads help mobilize funds quickly.Our Future Plans and GoalsOur Vision is that every human being should be provided with basic amenities i.e. Health, Education, food, and shelter. From the very beginning, we are doing all these services that are mentioned above aiming our vision with the limited resources available with us.To fulfill our Aim, we are planning to expand our service as described belowOur Future Plans and GoalsSCI Bedsores Treatment and Rehab Center: We are working on 100 bedded Shelter home for the Spinal Cord Injury Disables, having the following facilities.Treat their bedsores and other injuries.Train them to take care of themselves independently. Motivate them that they can do something, and live their life in a better way. Getting them some work/employment that they can do with their hands.Teaching them the work so that they can earn for themselves.Charitable Hospital: Our next project will be the Charitable Hospital with all the Facilities free of cost to the needy and underprivileged. This charitable hospital will provide health care services to a large number of the poor population. Education: Further we are planning to start Charitable Education Center, where basic Education will be covered, and further support them as per their interest, whether in higher education, sports, or any other skill development.

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During this lockdown, many Daily wage Laborers in villages of Punjab are not getting food and do not have money to purchase any foodgrains. 
 We are making Ration Sets (Rice, Dal, Flour, Salt, Sugar, etc) and distribute to these families. 
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Save abandoned, elderly widow mothers of Vrindavan from begging on streets

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