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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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, Of the 250 the children rescued from abuse and exploitation, around 70 of them 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 Ahilyanagar, 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 good number 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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“I saw a girl, barely 7 or 8, being pushed into flesh trade. Her cries for help still echo in my ears. There were men as old as 60 r*ping the innocent child. That was the day I knew my mission in life was to get these children out of the hell-like conditions in red-light areas. They are nothing short of hell and no child deserves to grow up in this environment” says Vinay Vasta, founder of Social Activities Integration, an organisation committed to freeing children trapped in red-light areas.Vinay and his NGO have been able to provide education, medical care and nutrition to over 2,500 children. But his dream to provide safe shelter to children remains unrealized. “We do our best to keep these children safe during the day but sadly they are forced to go back to the red light areas at night as we don’t have a home for them. Your donation can help us build a safe home for children of sex workers and prevent them from being pulled into prostitution. Donate to make this dream a realityDonate 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).Life in red light areas“S*x workers use their homes which are barely 6 feet by 4 feet for their business. They invite customers in the presence of their children. Their children not only witness abuse but experience it too. Just imagine a child being told that all she can ever become in life is a pr*stitute”, Vinay shares as he explains the extent of abuse children face in red light areas.This is a life that thousands of children are forced to live behind closed doors where they suffer abuse and exploitation morning, noon and night.A ray of hopeVinay has been relentlessly trying to give children the care and education they deserve. He has provided quality English education to thousands of children, enabling them to secure a livelihood out of red-light areas. Several children taught by Vinay are today leading successful lives as professionals and Government employees. However the sad reality is that Vinay and his NGO, in the absence of a permanent shelter home, are unable to provide round the clock safety to these children, which is essential for their well-being.Your donations can enable SAI to build a shelter home for the children of sex workers and usher in a new tomorrow for them, away from the horrors of red-light areas.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to provide safe shelter for children of sex workers and save them from abuse and second generation pr*stitution.NGO's 80G number: AACTS0408EF20216NGO's 12A number: AACTS0408EE20028

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SOS Children’s Villages of India acknowledge the plight of 2 crore children without adequate parental care in India and evoke response to ensure that over 26,000 children under the care of SOS India will never be alone again. Through this campaign, we urge you to connect with these children to ensure no child grows up alone. Your one act of kindness can trigger a million smiles. Please do it today. Don't leave them to face the world alone.Why SOS Children’s Villages of India?SOS Children’s Villages of India is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit and self-implementing organization, working towards the holistic development of, once parentless and abandoned children and children belonging to vulnerable families. For over 50 years, we have reached out to over 25,000 children through our 32 SOS Children's Villages and 33 community projects across India. SOS India is the first child-care NGO in India to get a CRISIL accreditation for strong delivery capability and high financial proficiency.Why should you donate?<ol><li>SOS Children’s Villages of India is working for children who have lost parental care or who are at risk of losing it. We have pledged to protect children who have lost their parents and have no place to call home. These children are at a risk of being abused and neglected. Your small contribution will help us reach such children and transform their lives by building a bright future for them.</li><li>Your donation can bring hope to these abandoned children facing hunger, poverty, and injustice in their daily lives. Donors like you will help SOS Children’s Villages of India strengthen its efforts to provide the best facilities to parentless and abandoned children and help them build a future they deserve.</li><li>SOS Children’s Villages of India believes that every child has a right to grow up with a family. Your donation will help us provide these children with a family that cares for them, ensure they have proper healthcare, nutrition, and education.</li><li>Your donation will help us create a long - lasting impact on the lives of children who are at a risk of losing parental care . Through our Family Strengthening Programme, in slums and rural areas, we aim to build capacity of BPL (Below Poverty Line) families, widows, and single women to help them move out of the vicious cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient. This in turn ensures all round development, including education, nutrition, health and psychological development, of children belonging to such families.</li></ol>

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In the current state of crisis caused by COVID-19, children and families in more than 24 locations across India are among the worst affected population due to their poor economic backgrounds and social vulnerabilities. 
 SOS India is committed to respond to the emergent needs of these marginalized groups consisting poorest of the poor, schedule castes, schedule tribes, migrants and other socially backward groups.SOS Children’s Village of India has been working with communities at grass root level since a decade, which has now reached out to over 18,500 children across 32 locations pan-India.  
 In collaboration with Give India - IRAO, we wish to expand our reach to 200 families benefitting 400 chidlrenTotal Number of Beneficiaries –1. Direct Beneficiaries (Families): 200 (*will vary as per the actual numbers)2. In-direct Beneficiaries (Children): 400 (age group 0 years – 18 years)·        Livelihood Support for women headed families·        Capacity building of women through income generation activities &amp; SHG support·        Helping set up small business and micro enterprise initiatives for those who lost their earnings·        Overall Community mobilization to challenge the societal women &amp; girls issues

IRAO – Livelihood Generation Program for Women headed families

In India, there are approximately 20 million* children who do not receive adequate parental care support as they are orphaned or are at a risk of losing their family. This is estimated to rise to 24.35 million by the year 2021.The total number of orphans stands at 1.27 million, which would be 1.49 million by the year 2021.These children either become street children or are at a risk or facing abuse as they have no family or the caregivers are not equipped to provide a safe family environment. SOS Children’s Villages of India is reaching a small portion of this population (approx. 24,000) and has a long way to go…with your support. SOS plans to expand its reach from 24,000 to 60,000 by 2020. SOS is the only organization that has a unique family and home based care model for child development.*Source – National Child Vulnerability Analysis, commissioned by SOS in 2008 
 SOS Children's Villages of India is an independent non-profit organisation working towards holistic development of parentless children, women and children belonging to vulnerable families. Based at Faridabad, they have worked with children and communities in disaster struck and disaster-prone areas, spreading hope to weary societies and families. Striving to achieve their vision where every child grows up in a family with love, respect and security, the organization bases its work on the four pillars of The Mother, Brothers and Sisters, The House and The Village. Their various flagship programs like Family Based Care and Family Strengthening Program have reached out to over 25,000 parentless children across 22 states and 32 locations in India. 
 With over 54 years of committed care and service provided to parentless and underprivileged,children, SOS Children’s Villages of India, (SOS India) is one of the largest self implementing NGOs with pan India presence across 32 projects in 22 States. It provides direct care to over 26,000 children annually. Established in 1964, SOS India is a non government, non-profit, voluntary child care organisation. It has since been involved in providing children in distress a ‘home-like’ environment with a loving mother, brothers and sisters, as well as a home and a community. The mission of SOS India is to build families for children without parental care so that they grow up with love, respect and security. SOS India also focuses on empowering families from poor and vulnerable sections to provide better care for their children and prevent abandonment of children by enhancing income generation capacity of the primary caregivers. It is a well-known and credible organisation in India and the first childcare NGO to get a CRISIL accreditation for strongdelivery capability and high financial proficiency. In March 2016, SOS India was certified by TRACE, the world’s leading anti-bribery standard setting organisation, which demonstrates a commitment to commercial transparency.

A Loving Home for Every Child

Project description:  The state of crisis caused by COVID-19, children and families in more than 24 locations across India are among the worst affected population due to their poor economic backgrounds and social vulnerabilities. SOS India is committed to respond to the emergent needs of these marginalized groups consisting poorest of the poor, schedule castes, schedule tribes, migrants and other socially backward groups. 
 Objective of partnership: In collaboration with Give India, we wish to conduct following activities for a total of 190 children and their respective mothers in Bengaluru location Activity Details - 2021 - FSP - Bengaluru Workshop on Career guidance above 7th std children Educational support through remedial education center at Ragigudda - Regular weekly 6 days Education materials and partial school fees support for 160 children Workshop on Child rights - above 5th std children Workshop on Life Skills - 5th std and above Workshop on Personality Development - 7th std and above Vocational Training to education dropped youths Workshop on Entrepreneurship Development Programme to train caregivers related to Livelihood Child Rights ; Parenting Skill Skill training - Dress Designing, Beautician and ICT Facilitation and regular follow up of 9 active SHGs Seed Money to Sarvodaya, Sanchaya, Belaku and Samasta Women Self Help Groups Medical camps and HB test, BMI basement - Every 6 months Awareness Programme on Health and Hygiene - to train the caregiver Awareness Programme on Health and Hygiene - to train the Children Workshop on Balanced Diet for caregivers Nutrition support - up to 60 children who are malnourished Bal Panchayat Activities - 2 Bal Panchayats - Regular activity Wall Painting - 1 Equipping Anganwadi Cleaning Drive - 2nd October Environment Day - 5th June 2021 Awareness on HIV / AIDS - Adolescent children 
 Impact will be to ensure proper schooling, hygiene, sanitation, digital learning to overall 190 children. And making their mothers hence the entire family self-sustainable by ensuring Income generating activities for all.

Vulnerable Impacted Families in Bengaluru - Family Strengthening Program

In the current state of crisis caused by COVID-19, children and families in more than 24 locations across India are among the worst affected population due to their poor economic backgrounds and social vulnerabilities. SOS Children's Villages of India is providing support to these families and children by giving them access to digital education and dry ration kits.The marginalized communities are struggling continuously to meet their basic needs, which further jeopardize children's safety and protection. These challenges if remain unanswered will lead the children/youth and families in an intricate cycle of problems and poverty. SOS India is committed to respond to the emergent needs of these marginalized groups consisting poorest of the poor, schedule castes, schedule tribes, migrants and other socially backward groups.SOS Children’s Village of India has been working with communities at grass root level since a decade, which has now reached out to over 18,500 children across 32 locations pan-India 
 Through this project, We will help them financially so that they will be capable enough to take up this livelihood and become self-reliant, whereas going ahead they could be in a better position to give proper care, protection and healthy nurturing to their children. We will be working in following areas:<ul><li>Livelihood Support for women headed families</li><li>Capacity building of women through income generation activities &amp; SHG support</li><li>Helping set up small business and micro enterprise initiatives for those who lost their earnings</li><li>Overall Community mobilization to challenge the societal women &amp; girls issues</li></ul> We, at SOS Children's Villages of India, are doing our best to make sure that all children, youth, their families and our staff are safe and stay healthy during this difficult times. With the predictions of a third wave at hand, we need to prepare ourselves to deal with any health crisis that hits us. We need your support more than ever now!! 
 <ul><li>Livelihood support: support for income generation to families who have lost livelihood during Covid.</li><li>Covid Kit: the kit includes Oximeter/thermal scanner/PPE kit/masks- to be provided to 800 affected families in our communities.</li><li>Dry Ration Kit: Ration supplies for 3 months to vulnerable families in communities.</li><li>Psychosocial and technological support: work towards building Awareness and bringing out behavioral change-extend much needed psychosocial and technological support to overcome this crisis.</li><li>Capacity Building: build capacity to enhance financial literacy</li><li>Strengthen SHG’s (Self Help Groups) : promote them as Community Development agents</li><li>We will work towards linking families with State and Centre sponsored Welfare Schemes</li><li>Continuity of education of children thru</li><li>Addressing school drop-outs &amp; child labor through providing education as an essential service</li><li> Digital Education-Providing tablets to 856 children.</li><li>Education Support: Provide education support and Tuition support to Children in communities that we work with.</li><li>Psychosocial support : Providing Psychosocial support to children</li></ul>