"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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For a mother who has spent her entire life loving and raising her child, being beaten and mercilessly thrown out onto the streets by her own son is too heartbreaking to overcome. But this is a common story among the elderly residents of the Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. “I’ve seen mothers in old and torn clothes, their bodies smelling and their hands and feet rotting and covered in maggots,” shares Dr. G.P. Bhagat, founder of the ashram. These abandoned elderly men and women lay starving on the streets hoping for someone to rescue them from their suffering. But most people walk past them without a second glance. “Like this”, Dr. Bhagat explains, “many elders die on the roads.”Since 2003, SHEOWS (Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society) has rescued over 10,000 elderly people from the streets and given them a home with care and support. The elderly staying at the ashram have all been abandoned by their families and have nowhere else to live. Your support can give them comfort after their abandonment. 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). Safe and loving homeFor 20 years, SHEOWS has been providing free shelter, nutritious food three times a day, clothing, medical care, recreation activities and emotional support to abused and disabled elderly people rescued from the streets of Delhi. The Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram has a dedicated rescue team that saves the elderly from the streets and gives them immediate medical care upon their arrival at the home. To tend to the multiple health complications of the seniors, the home has a medical facility with doctors and nurses, a physiotherapy unit, a pathology lab, a digital X-ray monitoring machine and a pharmacy to provide 24-hour care to older adults anytime they require assistance, even during emergencies. Dr. Bhagat prioritizes the health of the seniors and ensures that they receive three balanced meals a day based on their precise health requirements. Need for the fundraiserThe humanitarian mission of SHEOWS is making an impact in the area, as more and more people are being rescued and brought to Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. To meet the financial costs of running the home, SHEOWS needs support to continue providing the residents with all the facilities that they need. This includes constant care and round-the-clock medical attention, nutritious food and maintaining a hygienic environment to keep the seniors in comfort and good health. Dr. Bhagat explains that as the number of residents is increasing, SHEOWS needs support for food and medicines. “I request you to help these elderly parents lead a peaceful life.”Donate now to help Dr. Bhagat continue caring for the 500 destitute elderly and giving them shelter, food, medical care and the will to carry on living despite their tragic abandonment by their families. Your support will enable SHEOWS to keep serving abandoned senior citizens and help them recover from the trauma of abandonment and life on the streets. “I have been serving these elderly as if they were my own parents”, shares Dr. Bhagat. “I want only one thing - their tears should vanish and they should have a smile on their faces.” To help Dr. Bhagat achieve this dream, your support is critical. Donate now to help SHEOWS care for more abandoned elderly. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support SHEOWS in their mission to rescue the abandoned elderly from the streets and give them shelter, food, medical care, recreational activities and emotional support.

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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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Strivajin is a registered not-for-profit company operating from Delhi and working “For the Women, by the Women, and off the Women” The mission of this NGO is to achieve Gender Equality and Justice. Empowerment of Women, Girls and/ Trans women, which identifies with the female sex including transgender. ﻿The goal is to help them attain a life of dignity, security and independence, both in the social and financial sense and freedom of body, mind and soul in whichever walk of life they choose for themselves. The vision and mission of Strivajin is aligned with the UNSD Goals 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, and 16.

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Every month, 1.8 billion people across the world menstruate. Millions of these girls, women, transgender men and non-binary persons are unable to manage their menstrual cycle in a dignified, healthy way.The onset of menstruation means a new phase – and new vulnerabilities – in the lives of adolescents. Yet, many adolescent girls face stigma, harassment and social exclusion during menstruation. Transgender men and non-binary persons also face discrimination due to their gender identity, depriving them of access to the materials and facilities they need.Gender inequality, discriminatory social norms, cultural taboos, poverty and lack of basic services like toilets and sanitary products can all cause menstrual health and hygiene needs to go unmet. 
 Community-Led Health &amp; Menstrual Hygiene campaign for underprivileged girls &amp; Women in school and slum.<ul><li>To increase awareness among adolescent girls on Menstrual Hygiene</li><li>To increase access to and use of high-quality sanitary napkins to adolescent girls in rural areas.</li><li>To ensure safe disposal of Sanitary Napkins in an environmentally friendly manner</li></ul> 
 In the next year want to set up 100 Sanitary Pad Making units in different locations in India. This will give employability to 400-1000 women and reach out to 500000 to 1000000 adolescents/women train them and provide the best quality sanitary pad cost to cost. We also working to set up Sanitary Mart in 5 cities in a different zone of India. It will be "For the women, By the Women, Off The Women" It will be a one-stop-shop centre for all Health &amp; Menstrual Hygiene of women.

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Today in society specially in Higher , Upper and Middle class family all girls and women are very confident in life because they get right opportunity. They have car and scooty so they can learn easily. Still girls and women are struggling in rural and urban slums and lower middle class. For many reason they are loosing their hope and self confidents. In society do not want to see other growth. Many adolescents girls and women have became alone due to COVID-19 pandemic in last two years. Someone lost their parents someone lost her husband. Which is taking towards depression stress and vulnerability. 
 We would like to trained driving LMV/HMV 250 girls and women every year. They will be also trained in basic repair of vehicle, First AID and Road safety. 
 Learning Driving, Repairing, First Aid and Road Safety skills will boost young girls and single women. It will build their self confidence and self respect.It will create prepare 250 new solider every year who can help local administration during disaster. Who can help society in emergency situation. They will find alternative for their livelihood too.

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Around 99% of the women from scheduled caste backgrounds are involved in the sanitation occupation. Due to caste, no or less education, less remuneration, poverty, the large family size they are in this occupation. They face several problems from their male colleagues, seniors or juniors. The existing trade union where men and women work doesn’t give them equal status in the organisation, therefore, women participation in the decision making is less. If any women sanitation worker face problem their organisation is not capable to solve the problem therefore, it is the women's wish to start their alliance where women will lead, work to solve the women’s problems. After hearing their concerns Strivajin Foundation have come forward to help them to create their nationwide alliance. 
 Strishakti Safai Karmachari Alliance is India’s one of the active alliances where women from across country is coming together to form women sanitation workers alliance. They will be establishing own platform to solve their problems. We are helping them to build alliance strong and usefulness. It will ensure welfare of women sanitation workers in pan India. We have started functioning in states such as Maharashtra, Delhi &amp; NCR (NCR including UP and Haryana), Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan. We are mobilizing them, motivating them; train them for better livelihood options. We are training them in financial literacy, public health and menstrual hygiene, lot more such topics where they will get knowledge and empower themselves. This alliance also tries to solve their present occupation problems.  
 This initiative will connect women sanitation workers across country. Make them educate, empower and enable for better life. It will establish nation wide network to ensure welfare of women and there families. It will help girls to complete their higher education. It will help women sanitation workers to adopt alternative green business and other livelihood.

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