"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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The Society for Help Entire Lower &amp; rural People- HELP organization combats Human trafficking by engaging survivors, communities, policy makers and planners, likeminded CBOs and NGOs, media, academicians and educational institutions, as well as corporate in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Their efforts focus on identifying and addressing systemic gaps, detecting TIP, connecting survivors and at-risk groups to support, strengthening systems to hold traffickers accountable, and mitigating systemic risks that increase vulnerability. Additionally, HELP works to enhance evidence building through research-oriented data collection, preparing status reports on policies, and practices to tackle trafficking in persons mainly for Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE).MethodologiesTrafficking in persons is a profitable criminal enterprise that exploits victims through force, fraud, psychological coercion, debt bondage, and violence for financial gain or other such benefits. For over three decades, the HELP organization has been at the forefront of combating human trafficking in all its forms, including forced labor, sex trafficking, the worst forms of child labor, child marriage, and other exploitative practices. HELP addresses human trafficking through the following methodologies:1.     Survivor-Informed and Community-Led Programming- HELP collaborates with survivors, local leaders, and community groups to deliver trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and sustainable protective and preventive services. This approach empowers survivors and at-risk groups with the information and skills needed to safeguard their rights, access services, improve livelihoods, reintegrate with family, or migrate safely. HELP also addresses the impacts of climate change on vulnerability to human trafficking and integrates protective and preventative measures within education, social protection, and legal aid systems.2.     Systemic Improvements Across the “4 Ps”- Decades of implementation using the 4P framework—Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, and Partnership—have enabled HELP to develop evidence-based counter-trafficking interventions. HELP strengthens anti-trafficking actors, helping them adapt proven approaches and innovate.3.     Improved Evidence and Measurement of Counter-Trafficking Interventions- HELP enhances the quality of data and research related to counter-trafficking responses and harmonizes their measurement. The organization uses insights from project implementation, research, and evaluations to validate theories of change underlying counter-trafficking programming and continuously adapt their approach.4.     Reduced Stakeholder Fragmentation- HELP recognizes that achieving and sustaining positive development outcomes depend on the interconnectedness of various actors and the incentives that guide them. HELP builds partnerships, strengthens relationships and creates shared value among communities, civil society, governmentand private sector actors to expand and showcase good practices and deliver demonstrable results. By promoting safe labor recruitment and management practices, HELP's counter-trafficking work achieves greater reach and longer-term impact.Over 1000 women have found help with us through programmes and activities, including obtaining ration cards, health facilities, and child protection. A staggering 4000 children have benefited from our programmes in the areas of education, child support, skill development, and placements.

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Sridevi, at the age of 10 joined our home with the support of HELP volunteers. She was born to a family living in Chilakaluripet. She has five older siblings who were tragically all involved in dance and sex work. Her family members were trying to coax her into the industry when she came to us.

When Sridevi joined HELP she was a dropout of 3rd standard. Following our training and encouragement, she appeared for her 7th standard examination and made it through. She also learnt to sing as well as participating in other cultural activities, and various campaigns and programmes organised by us.

At the age of 20, Srideva was married to her nearest relation, a supervisor in a spinning mill, who promised to also look after her mother. Her reasoning to proceed with the marriage was to distract her sisters from insisting she join them in the dance and sex industry. It worked! Today, she survives independently utilising the good skills she learnt through vocational training.

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The devastating flash flood in Budameru Rivulet on Saturday night (August 31) paralysed life in more than half of Vijayawada Town (Andhra Pradesh- India) and over 2.7 lakh people were stranded in the marooned houses. Death toll mounts to 64, expected to rise further. As several people remain missing, authorities have advised families to check for bodies at the mortuary in the Vijayawada Government General Hospital. Even after four days, normalcy is yet to be restored. Budameru is a major drain has been flooding the city every rainy season earning the sobriquet ‘Sorrow of Vijayawada’. The discharge capacity of this major drain is 11,000 cusecs of water. To control the floods, it joins Krishna River upstream of the Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada City through Budameru Diversion Canal (BDC). However, the discharge capacity of BDC is very low and its modernisation was never done. To release water into Krishna River from Budameru, the water levels of the Krishna River should be less than 12 feet, otherwise, the flood water will be pushed back with the same intensity as of the river water. Since September 1, under the impact of the low-pressure in the Bay of Bengal, there were heavy rains in the upper reaches of the NTR and Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh During 24 hours on 1st Sep 2024, there has been a record rainfall upstream of Prakasam Barrage leading to heavy inflows into various streams joining Budameru as well as the Krishna River that in turn fall up on the many slums in Vijayawada city which has been immersed almost all the households in to flood waters. Lakhs of people have remained helpless losing all the household material including basic amenities like drinking water and food. With each passing day, deaths caused by the floods and rains  have been rising for 3 days. Flood victims in Vijayawada have witnessed floating bodies in several areas over the past four days. As per government statistics on Wednesday, the total toll stands at 54. As several people remain missing, authorities have advised families to check for bodies at the mortuary in the Vijayawada Government General Hospital.  It is expected to surge once the floodwater recedes completely. As several people remain missing, authorities have advised families to check for bodies at the mortuary in the Vijayawada Government General Hospital. Subsequently, scores of people arrived at the GGH on Wednesday. However, identifying the deceased has become a daunting task as the bodies have been soaked in floodwaters for four days. As per HELP’s study the people from the vulnerable community have taken loans with high interest (15-18%) per month where they do not had any plan of repayment and which in turn increase the risk of debt bondage. To overcome from this situation sustainable alternative livelihood generation is need of the hour. It is challenge for these communities to avail the knowledge &amp; information of accessing the facilities. A barrier of access between the community and the Government centers is quite prevalent and not available in the location. According to the State AIDS Control Society's 2020 figures, Andhra Pradesh has 130,000 victims of human trafficking and sex workers, with 209,000 people depending on them. In Vijayawada and its surrounding areas alone, there are 16,000 sex workers, and 36,000 people rely on them. Currently, these sex workers and victims of human trafficking residing in and around Vijayawada are suffering from hunger and distress due to the floods. Society for Help Entire Lower &amp; rural people - HELP  (https://helpap.org/) is working for the socio-economic empowerment of Sex workers and Survivors of human trafficking consists of more than 500 rescued survivors of human trafficking and victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (Sex Workers) in the three district of Andhra Pradesh including Prakasam, Guntur and Krishna (Vijayawada slums and adjacent villages where more than 300 Sex workers and Survivors of human trafficking are living). There are nearly 350 families of Sex workers and Survivors of human trafficking have been rigorously affected by the flashfloods in and around VIJAYAWADA city. Our Sex workers and Survivors of human trafficking affected by Vijayawada floods had to grapple for food and water to sustain themselves as they battled the wrath of rain for continuous three days. Even as government relief operations continued to reach the victims, the loss of lives and properties in combat with the wrath of water left a deep mark on the victims. However, humanity keeps afloat the flood-ravaged colonies of Vijayawada but not meeting the needs. HELP Response:   As of now, HELP and survivors collective VIMUKTHI teams are able to reach out 168 rescued survivors of human trafficking and victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (Sex Workers) for last 10 days and supplied food packets, drinking water, milk and nutritious biscuits to their children in Vijayawada city and surrounding villages. As a next step, HELP is promptly planned to reaching out to all the affected families of Sex workers and Survivors of human trafficking in and around Vijayawada to survive and rebuild their lives by providing relief services. While enhancing emergency supplies for basic needs including food, provisions, drinking water, and medicine, planned further to support for longer-term recovery assistance to help them rebuild their lives through facilitating trauma counseling services and alternative livelihood support.  Join your hands to HELP’s flood relief efforts by donating to rebuild the lives of Sex workers and Survivors of human trafficking, their families and their children. Your donation will go a long way in providing the following relief:  1.   Healthcare Relief – Health Check-ups and provision of free medicines for people suffering from communicable and non-communicable diseases and spraying of disinfectant in waterlogged area.2.   Livelihood: Medium and longer term’s recovery work such as livelihood recovery, rehabilitation of damaged houses and public facilities, psychosocial support to floods affected communities 3.   Working with small businesses run by micro-entrepreneurs who suffer the most and cannot sustain their livelihood due to the losses incurred.4.   Continuous disaster preparedness work  Linkage building  -<ul><li>Marketing &amp; linkage for tie-up with business agencies, local market, e-marketing &amp; government schemes.</li><li>Awareness generation and knowledge build up on disaster preparedness and Government welfare &amp; security scheme.</li></ul>Educational support<ul><li>Promote Education through non-formal education centre, after school and leadership development of children and adults.</li></ul>Ensuring access to services for at-risk children, migrant population, young women and survivors of human trafficking as a resource hub for their knowledge building, psycho-social, counseling, advisory, resilience building and livelihood.<ul><li>500 families will be able to decide on livelihood options and start their businesses, entrepreneurships using local resources.</li><li>Enabling community self sustenance and preparedness for taking action during disaster.</li><li>70 percent the participants will be linked with Government schemes.</li><li>100% of the Beneficiaries will get the scope of Business expansion, scale up and diversification.</li><li>60% of the trainees get the scope of tie up with small and big business agencies and expand their start ups.</li><li>Adult education will be promoted within 5000 community people.</li><li>1500 children get access to technical, vocational courses depending on their individual abilities.</li><li>Need of education to all will be promoted and immediate learning will be facilitated in the community.</li></ul>

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There are approximately 10 million commercial sex workers (CSWs) in India among whom over one million are minors. Most of them are trafficked but others are forced into the industry because they face poverty, unemployment, and few other options. Almost all the children of CSWs end up becoming a part of this trade. 
 Our programme provides children of CSWs a residential and secure, educational environment. Red-light areas are so dangerous that we guide, counsel, and educate children in a much healthier atmosphere. This gives them a chance to experience school without facing social disparity and embarrassment.Aside from education, this programme caters to the children’s medical needs, clothing, food and shelter, as well as providing these services free of cost. 
 We have supported more than 220 children so far and currently have 75 children in the programme right now. By donating Rs. 1300 ($26), you can provide for a rescued child for one month.

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The pandemic has further exacerbated the vulnerability of children of sex workers, and exposed them to sexual exploitation and trafficking due to lack of work and wages. Society For Help Entire Lower And Rural People is working in three districts of Andhra Pradesh to support young girls by providing them with access to education, skill and vocational training and peer counseling to make them independent. ₹2,000 is the cost of providing vocational / livelihood training for one child for a 3 month period.Commercial Sex Workers are one of the most vulnerable group severely affected by the COVID 19 pandemic outbreak. For several sex workers sex work is the sole means of their survivaland returning back to home is never be an option due to lack of income.But it became invariable for them to return back due to ceaseless lockdowns, curfews and other restrictions enforced by the state that abruptly affected their income. This impact the girls and young women among sex workers families to expose various forms of violence.The key findings from an assessment by HELP organisation reveals that, aggravation of financial difficulties as the foremost challenge for sex workers posed by COVID as 100% respondents reported a reduction in their monthly earnings from 33% - 100% fall, whereas 88% reported having no alternative source of income and 61% never heard of alternate livelihood opportunities.Children of sex workers fall prey to sexual exploitation and even early/child marriages.However, for most adolescent girls from sex workers families, lack of viable skills or education, and limited awareness of the opportunities outside the prostitution localities were primary barriers to pursuing other opportunities/alternative livelihoods. They are in need of a helping hand. 
 The project is proposed to address the issue through education support, orientation on life skills and also imparting training in market demand-oriented livelihoods/employment opportunities to girls and young women among three districts of Andhra Pradesh. The vulnerable girls and young women (children of sex workers) from the prostitution localities will be identified by the community volunteers. They will be trained as ToT on child rights and child protection including the ill effects of child marriages, child sexual abuse and exploitation and trafficking. They will be provided with peer counselling by the trained from ToT on importance of education and skill trainings.The mothers of adolescent girls and young women who suffering without income due to down fall in business in the wake of COVID 19 outbreak will be supported for alternative livelihoods for betterment of their socio-economic standards. The improved financial condition of families of sex workers will automatically provide a sense of courage and confidence among the sex workers and their children to cope up with the challenges of different forms of violence against their including child sexual abuse &amp; exploitation, child marriage and trafficking. The adolescent girls interested in education will be supported with books, bags, school fee and other relevant material.  
 The children of sex workers who are adolescent girls and young women are empowered with enough knowledge on child rights, issues and challenges that harm their blossom childhood. They walk towards local schools ensuring their remarkable retention rate in education. The life skill education provides them enough knowledge in communication skills, decision making, problem solving, critical thinking and a sense of good and bad along with interpersonal relations and so on.The training courses imparted become handy to the young women to acquire decent job opportunities/self-employment where they could stand on their own without dependency. Formation and strengthening of community-based child clubs will sustain the results of these interventions. Thereby, the enhanced scope of various forms of violence including child sexual abuse, exploitation, child marriage and trafficking of adolescent girls and young women will get addressed. They are empowered to say “NO” to harmful social practices that affect their childhood. The project intervention on socio-economic empowerment of sex workers will results in their financial security, social protection, crisis response at individual level, and institutional development at community levels. The awareness created among sex workers on existing support services, benefits from government welfare schemes improve accessibility of social entitlements.

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