In Vrindavan, thousands of elderly widow mothers face the harsh reality of abandonment and suffering. With no one to turn to, many are left begging on the streets, exposed to heat, cold and rain,Donate so that Maitri can provide shelter, food, clothes and medical support to abandoned elderly mothers now. Give generously.Winnie Singh has witnessed many cases of widow mothers being abandoned on the streets of Vrindavan, one of the holiest places in India. “Children leave their mothers as soon as they become widows. The children start feeling the burden. This has become a practice in today's society that money comes first and everything else later,” says Winnie whose Maitri India, rescues widowed mothers from the streets of Vrindavan.Many widowed elderly mothers often end up living a lonely life and begging to survive on the streets. And Maitri aspires to take care of every widow in need of help, but because of lack of funds, Winnie and Maitri are in a position to do it."Elderly widows don't have shelter. They sleep in cowsheds over sacks. They don't have a blanket. Nights are really difficult for them," shares Winnie Singh. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />Maitri aims to:<ul><li>Provide shelter and nutritious 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 and engagement around the struggles of abandoned widow mothers</li></ul>Why donate to MaitriWinnie needs your support to help those in need of food, healthcare and well-being. “Maitri urgently needs your support to provide nutritious food, clothing and healthcare to sustain these widow mothers who are prone to more illnesses as they age,” appeals Winnie. “You can become the family they were denied. Hold their hands so they don't need to beg ever again,” she adds. Let’s rescue abandoned widows mothers from the streets of Vrindavan and give them a better future. Donate now.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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“I used to be sexually abused repeatedly, and when I screamed in pain, they hit and threatened me with more violence,” says Priya (name changed), a rescued child sex worker. Priya was abducted by traffickers and sold into a red-light area house before she was rescued by Guria led by Manju. For over two decades, Manju has been rescuing young girls forced into prostitution across the country. She has been shaken to the core seeing some of the most horrifying crimes that young girls have to undergo. “You can’t imagine the state of girls forced into sex work. The girls are given electric shocks and burnt with cigarette butts just to get kicks out of it. And if they get pregnant, the "owners" kick them repeatedly in the womb so that the child inside dies…If you want to see hell, it is here on this planet where young girls are sexually abused,” says Manju.Manju needs your help to rescue more young girls from forced prostitution and reunite them with their families. Donate now.Guria’s work over the yearsBased out of Varanasi, inarguably the holiest place in India, Manju and her organisation Guria, fights the sexual exploitation of girls, especially minors, by taking on the traffickers head-on, and rescuing and rehabilitating them.Started in 1993, Guria has rescued over 5500 persons from slavery, sex trafficking, and child prostitution so far. It has also been instrumental in shutting down hundreds of places that housed trafficked girls and putting scores of traffickers out of business and in jail.For instance, in 2005, a Guria-led rescue operation in Varanasi's red-light area led to the freeing of 49 women and girls, including minors. Many of them were kept against their will. Some of the traffickers were also arrested and tried. Since then, Guria has rescued thousands of young girls.Manju and her husband, Ajeet Singh began rescuing girls from Varanasi’s red-light areas and then working to stop the sex-trafficking of young girls within Uttar Pradesh and outside. The organisation’s aim is to eliminate the sex trafficking of women, especially minor girls, end second-generation prostitution and child prostitution, and rehabilitate women and girls who are rescued from the trade. Manju has faced violent backlash from the traffickers and other vested interests, but it has not deterred her from carrying on rescuing young girls from trafficking. Rescue and rehabilitationBesides rescuing girls trafficked for sex, mostly from low-income families, from across the country, Guria fights on their behalf in courts and also provides education, food, vocational training, and other facilities until they are united with their families. But because of a lack of funds, Guria is finding it difficult to rescue more girls and also take care of them once they are away from the clutches of the traffickers. Take the case of Sameena (name changed), who was abducted from Uttar Pradesh all the way to Telangana. Guria took it upon itself to rescue the girl with the help of its own work and also the authorities. After months of rehabilitation, Sameena went back to her family and even completed her education. With your support, Manju can rescue many more young girls from trafficking and help them live the life of their dreams.

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A period or menstruation is a natural, biological process of the female body. Unfortunately, it has become a source of suffering and illnesses for women and young girls from poor families as they can’t afford sanitary pads. “Proper menstrual hygiene is every woman’s right but has become a curse for many. No one should be denied this right, and sanitary pads should not be a luxury. Just for the sake of a ₹5 sanitary pad women and girls are putting their health and even their lives at risk,” says Khyati Gupta founder of Pinkishe Foundation. Khyati and her NGO are committed to ensuring that no woman or girl is deprived of something as basic as sanitary napkins.Pinkishe Foundation has identified 4,000 women and young girls from acutely poor backgrounds who need to be supported with monthly sanitary napkins. Without this support many girls might be forced to use unhygienic alternatives, putting at risk their health and wellbeing. Donate now to protect the right to safe menstruation.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).The shocking truth“In villages and tribal areas, girls cannot afford sanitary pads and therefore are forced to use things like dirty cloth, ash, hay, old newspapers, or even cow-dung cakes, to manage their period blood. Because of this, girls suffer various illnesses such as rashes and urinary tract infections, and these illnesses at times turn into cancer as well. Out of all the cervical cancer cases in the world, almost one-fourth of them occur in India. A major reason for that is that women are unable to maintain hygiene during periods, shares Khyati.According to Khyati, lakhs of girls are even forced to drop out of school after their first period because of their inability to manage their periods.Your donation can ensure that the health and future of women and girls from poor families are not compromised because of their inability to afford sanitary pads. Donate generously to give every woman and girl her right to safe menstruation.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help young girls and women from poor families receive free sanitary pads.NGO's 80G number: AADTP3680QF20218NGO's 12A number: AADTP3680QE20178

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SEVAK – Society for Empowerment through Voluntary Action in Karnataka. Established in 2009 under the guidance and leadership of Mr. Anand Lobo and registered under Karnataka Society Registration Act 1960 and Section 12A &amp; 80G under Income Tax Act, 1961. SEVAK also been registered under FCRA Act, 2010 to receive foreign contribution. SEVAK has come in existence to empower the weakened society, the children who lost their educational touch, the girls married at Early age, the health issues, devadasi, migrant workers &amp; domestic workers right, to motivate the people to increase their economic status by increasing their level of income.SEVAK help to organize the communities especially women, farmers and the children in self help group, farmers club and children club. SEVAK help them by creating social awareness, training and workshops to empower them. Capacity building of the school development and monitoring committees in government schools by providing necessary training for them. Mr. Anand Lobo is more passionate about the empowerment of the society and he is associated in this area since last 25 years working for different sectors of the society. He was the chairperson of Child welfare committee, member of Karnataka State Committee for protection of Child Rights and also he was the Member Magistrate for Juvenile Justice Board.The thought of the SEVAK is Right to Life with Dignity for All. Presently working on the Initiative for Married Adolescent Girls Empowerment in Karnataka, Empowering Children getting out from Devadasi system &amp; Exploitation (C Good Project), Mobile Medical Unit, Women empowerment of Domestic Workers in Belgaum District, Community Awareness on Science through traditional puppetry, Covid-19 Crises Response, Community monitoring of Fair Price Shop under Public Distribution System and Government School Situation Analysis with PADI Foundation. SEVAK is for “Right to life with dignity for all”

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Child marriage is defined as a marriage of an individual (girl or boy) before reaching the pronounced eligible age. Children in this age group are immature or not mature enough to enter into the overwhelming idea of marriage. Neither their psyche nor the body is ready to take up the burden of the union of marriage. Most global organizations like UNICEF define a child as an individual who is yet to attain the age of 18 years (as per the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child). Child marriage refers to both formal and informal union of children where they live with their partner as if married. Child marriage is often associated with multiple health risks. This is because young brides have limited access to and use of contraception and reproductive health services and information. The majority are exposed to early and frequent sexual relations and repeated pregnancies and childbirth before they are physically mature and psychologically ready. Obstetric fistula is one of the most devastating consequences. 
 The project Initiative for Married Adolescent Girls Empowerment in Karnataka focuses on their health rights, access to education, nutritional care, sexual and reproductive health rights, and social security by promoting livelihood opportunities and addressing gender-based violence. Empowering girls in their marriage will plant the seed for prevention as well. Married girls, aware of their child rights and their human rights, will become aware of the need for alternative strategies for their daughters. 
 We help in imparting need-based awareness, training, and capacity building in order to ascertain their rights and to work for their social and economic development is the principal activity of the organization. Evidence shows that Child marriage makes girls more vulnerable to violence, abuse, and exploitation. It is often associated with multiple health risks. The majority are exposed to early and frequent sexual relations and to repeated pregnancies and childbirth before they are physically mature and psychologically ready. It leads to several miscarriages too. Lack of nutritious food &amp; livelihood requirements because of poor family background. We wish to empower them with livelihood support.

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