“My 8-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer and it left the entire family devastated. I was told the cost of treatment would run into lakhs. I was barely managing to make ends meet and there was nothing I could do to save Swaroop. But the Nargis Dutt Foundation stepped in and took care of all the expenses. I can’t even imagine the consequences had they not been there for my son,,” says teary-eyed Devendra.The helplessness that Devendra felt is not uncommon among low-income families of cancer patients. There are many who helplessly see their dear ones, including children, lose their life in the most painful manner. Nargis Dutt Foundation has ensured that thousands of families don’t see this fate. It’s been a ray of hope for thousands of cancer patients since its inception over 40 years back. You can help save many more patients with cancer. 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). The cost of each chemotherapy is as much as ₹15,000 and a cancer patient can require between 6 to 12 sessions. The hefty cost for cancer treatment is well beyond the reach for poor families that are barely surviving on two square meals a day. Help Nargis Dutt Foundation provide treatment to poor cancer patients and save them from a slow and painful death.Giving hope to cancer patients“I was just 13 when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. When I saw my mother struggling for life it left a lifelong impact on me. Her condition had deteriorated to such an extent she was almost unrecognisable. I know how it feels like to lose a loved one to cancer and I am not alone in my grief. There are thousands of people struggling to save their family members,” says Priya, daughter of noted actress Nargis Dutt, who lost her life to cancer, and in whose name the NGO has been founded. Priya has made it her life’s mission to save as many cancer patients as she can, but she can not do it alone. Nargis Dutt Foundation needs your support. Your donation can not only save cancer patients but can give life to entire families.Need for the fundraiserCancer is often seen as a death sentence. But doctors say that if detected early and if a patient receives essential treatment, the illness can be defeated and the person can return to their lives. “Treatment of cancer often depends on multiple factors including the type of cancer and the stage in which it is detected. Some patients require surgery while some can be cured with just chemotherapy or immunotherapy. “Whatever may be the need, our nonprofit supports patients till the time they are cancer free. We not only take care of the cost of treatment but even assist patients with nutrition which is vital in the fight against cancer. Moreover, we ensure that family members who are already facing immense hardships get proper accommodation and food during treatment so they don’t suffer any further,” says the NGO leader. With your support, Nargis Dutt Foundation can help patients win the fight against cancer and save their families from grief of losing a loved one.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted fundraising platform, to support Nargis Dutt Foundation in their mission to give life-saving chemotherapy and care to cancer patients who can not afford treatment.

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“The Hummingbird School is my only hope to succeed in life. I feel I am trying to swim out of this place (Majuli) and my school stands as a beacon on the other side of the river. If my school closes down, I feel I will drown in this river. Not just me but every child in villages around here and our families depend on this school”, says Roopjyoti, a bright, young student of Ayang Trust’s The Hummingbird School.Majuli Island, where The Hummingbird School is situated is shrinking rapidly, leaving a majority of its residents struggling to survive. For the children of this impoverished tribal community, education remains the only way out of suffering.Your support to Ayang Trust’s Hummingbird School can ensure that its students can have a future different from their parents who are struggling to get even two meals a day. 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).From IIT Kharagpur to Majuli“When I first visited the remote villages of Majuli I was shocked. The extent of the struggles here was beyond my imagination. These villages had no connectivity to the outside world, no healthcare, no education, there was absolutely nothing”, says Bipin Dhane founder of the school. Bipin, who grew up in the small town of Satara in Maharashtra, faced countless financial hardships. Despite his struggles, Bipin secured admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and then went on to take up a job in Singapore. Owing to his childhood experiences Bipin was always inclined towards helping the less fortunate, and he believed in the transformative power of education. It was in 2016 that Bipin left his lucrative career abroad and moved to Majuli, to provide the children from this inaccessible river island education they were deprived of.“Whatever little money I had saved, I gave it to my parents. I had no money to start the school. It was then that villagers came together to build bamboo huts. Each family donated bamboo, wood, and whatever little they could. It was the parents of our students who erected huts for the school to start”, shares Bipin while talking about the inception of The Hummingbird School in 2017.Help Bipin save underprivileged children of Majuli Island from generational poverty and give them a chance to succeed. Donate now.Donate to save future generations“People of the island value education greatly because they know that their children have no future without it. Parents have vested their faith in The Humming Bird School because they don't want their children to suffer the way they have been”, says Bipin. Bipin says, “Today we have over 280 students in our school and about 90 children live in our hostel. Many of these children are orphaned and have no means of survival. I urge each one of you to come forward and donate to us so we can help hundreds of children escape from the cycle of poverty.”Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help children of Majuli Island get an education and break the cycle of poverty.

For tribal children of Majuli Island, education is the only way out. Help Bipin ensure they go to school

Time stood still for 12-year-old Shrikant when he got the news that his father, a debt-ridden farmer from Beed, had taken his own life. Shrikant’s village was one of the worst hit areas during devastating drought in 2015 and his mother, a daily wage labourer, was finding it hard to feed the family of three. The family was penniless and could not feed itself, and debtors were knocking on the doors. Had it not been for Ashok Deshmane and Snehwan, Shrikant would have slipped into the bottomless pit of child labour.Deshmane needs your help to rescue the children of drought-hit farmers taking their own lives. Donate now.Deshmane, who has faced the perils of farmer distress firsthand, has made it his life’s mission to come to the aid of children affected by farmer suicides. He left a successful career in IT and founded Snehwan to provide food, shelter, and education to orphans of farmer suicides. There has been a steep rise in farmer suicides following Covid-19 and fresh droughts in Maharashtra. The number of kids that are in dire need of support is growing almost every day.Snehwan is building its second shelter home to take in 200 more children and needs your urgent help to complete it. Help orphans of farmer suicides find their feet and fresh hope in life. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/8c3923fc-52f9-4732-9088-0174a4553718.jpg" />Ashok’s missionAshok, son of a farmer himself, braved his way through abject poverty to educate himself and build a career in IT. During a visit to his village in 2015, he was overwhelmed seeing the orphans of farmer suicides starving, and decided to take 18 children into his care.“I just could not remain a mute spectator while children starved in drought-struck villages. I had to do something” says Ashok, and Snehwan was conceived in 2015. Swami Vivekanand Dnyanalay, a ray of hopeAshok says that his responsibility is not merely to provide food and shelter to children but to provide them with holistic development. He aspires to raise them as socially aware, skilled, and responsible citizens of the country who can then carry his work forward.The shelter home which started with 18 kids is now a ray of hope for more than 50 children who call it home. Situated in a village near Pune, the Swami Vivekanand Dnyanalay not only provides food, shelter, and quality education to these kids but gives them a family. Ashok and Archana’s plea“Drought and climate change is worsening and we are in urgent need of funds to extend our efforts and expand the shelter home to bring in 200 more children under our protective wings. We cannot let these kids have a fate similar to their parents”, pray Ashok and Archana. Only you can help Ashok and Archana save the future of these children. Donate generously.

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Alternative Education in the Tribal hills of Uttarakhand

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SURAAH is an emerging alternative school nestled in the hills of Dehradun. Registered as a non-profit charitable trust (reg. 343/2023), it aims to offer a well-rounded upbringing to the children of the tribal hills of Uttarakhand. SURAAH envisions a transformation in the traditional schooling model: moving from Compliance to Critical Thinking, from Competition to Compassion, and from Consumption to Creation. This embodies the essence of SURAAH – the Head, Heart, and Hands in Harmony model.Vision: Providing a balanced and contextual education to the hill children to lead lives with their Head, Heart and Hands in harmony.Mission: Uttarakhand with self-sustaining rural mountains, contributing locally and globally through their indigenous innovations.

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<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/dca06b67-0432-4afd-8bc5-bc2c6c07cd5d.webp" />Imagine the model of traditional schooling in India shifts.<ul><li>From Compliance to Critical Thinking</li><li>From Competition to Compassion</li><li>From Consumption to Creation</li></ul>That's SURAAH - The 🧠 Head, ❤️ Heart and ✋Hands in Harmony education model.You are invited to be an important part of this change.Barsha Banerjee, MD of Perkins School India, expresses her sentiments: "SURAAH embodies an education of hope."<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/2bf416b6-37e2-42de-a016-3ae6768998c0.webp" />'SURAAH is an education of life.' - Monil Modi, Principal, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/33a796cc-475b-43df-8e5c-5523e7a68321.webp" />'SURAAH is an education for the hills.' - Shalini Rawat, Vice Principal, Olive International School, Qatar<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/8d38d548-1245-440b-b4aa-4815e425eefe.webp" /><h2>3 Reasons why Rural India needs SURAAH right now?</h2><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/f283436d-dbe7-441e-ad14-247adb799ac4.webp" /><ol><li>SURAAH is Personal: 🧘‍♂️</li></ol>Early in my life, I realised that the schooling system is outdated.Over the last decade, I've explored what it takes to create harmonious and contextual teaching and learning spaces for children.Working with non-profits such as Teach For India and the Central Square Foundation, and visiting schools in England and Finland, has brought home this one big insight👇Schools should be spaces that nurture not just the intellect (head), but also the emotional (heart) and physical (hands) well-being of children.2. SURAAH is Collective: 🤝SURAAH is not an external intervention to fix the lives of others.It's meant to be a collective-owned initiative.This means we, as educators and parents, want to enrol our own children at SURAAH.The deeper belief is that as parents we all must play a proactive role, taking ownership in shaping how our children experience both school and life.3. SURAAH is Urgent Action for the Mountains: ⛰️🚨Uttarakhand has some of India's finest schools such as The Doon School and Woodstock. However, these elite schools only cater to the elite.How many of the region's tribal children can access such quality schools? 🤔Is this accessibility divide fostering a just and equitable India we dream of or is it pushing us in the opposite direction?20% of schools in the hilly areas have been shut down. This is forcing families to migrate downhill into urban slums. This mass exodus leaves behind barren mountains and ghost villages.The time to build a world-class school that is accessible and affordable for the tribal children of the mountains is right now!To accelerate our school's growth SURAAH is being incubated by <a href="www.thecircleindia.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Circle India</a> Incubation program.<h2>Who will build SURAAH?</h2><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/20b4febe-552c-46fe-91cf-f0885f9b87f8.webp" />The first 25 SURAAH Founders will. The early believers and visionaries, who recognize the importance and urgency of setting up an alternative school like SURAAH.Become a member of the founding council of SURAAH and take part in shaping the future of education in Uttarakhand and the Rural Bharat.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/c77c48fd-4b47-4fef-9b06-57c71d411096.webp" /><h2>How is the SURAAH model different and holistic?</h2>While the traditional model of schooling focuses on the head, the learning at SURAAH gives equal emphasis to the heart and hands of the children. Through the learning experiences, students explore three fundamental questions of life.1. Who am I 'being' today?<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/43115627-8d07-4fd1-8bea-33cb94d99366.webp" />2. How am I 'relating' with the other?<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/8e2a076f-58f9-41b8-a90c-6d52004e2796.webp" />3. What role am I 'playing' in life?<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/c1e7b815-311d-4367-bee0-ff725bb4ef4f.webp" />Outer academic achievement is balanced with nurturing the inner exploration of children.These explorations form the divine dualities - the Outer (Head) and the Inner (Heart).What has been done on the ground so far? <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/7091dc51-9bcc-402c-b9e7-0dc77aace5ad.webp" />We have been running ongoing program pilots. The most recent one was conducted in Chakrata Hills in January '24. We ran a school with 35 K-5 children and just one teacher, in our alternative methodologies.Under Swagyan, students identified their strengths and created family webs to understand their connections with various relations.With Jagatgyan, students crafted community maps of the region using locally sourced materials like stones for mountains and leaves to represent trees.Yogdaan involved students reflecting on challenges brought by different seasons, such as road closures in winter and snake encounters in summer. They then brainstormed potential solutions by interviewing locals.In Abhivaykti, students showcased two 5-minute drama performances presenting potential solutions for these seasonal problems in front of their parents on the last day!<h2>Here's an invitation for you to join this movement as a SURAAH Founder and contribute to making this school a reality.</h2><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/c2837c3a-f55c-4dfc-9f14-9e370b82d7ef.webp" />You are welcome to contribute as per your capacity to help build SURAAH together.The total budget amount that we are raising is INR 45,00,000. This constitutes INR 7,50,000 for the pilot phase, and another INR 37,50,000 for the first year budget.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/4881b3f9-72c8-4b8e-8e35-47459559e83d.webp" />Sharing is Caring ❤️After contributing, please help spread the word about this cause. Use your connections to enhance our collective impact.Reach out to us or follow our progress on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn @suraah.hills to stay updated on our campaign in real time!Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. SURAAH is a registered charitable trust (343/2023) with valid 80G and 12A certificates from the Income Tax Department.

Empowering Uttarakhand's Tribal Children with SURAAH Alternative School

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