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Renu grew up in the chawls of Pune’s red-light area in a dingy house, witnessing a flow of unknown men enter and leave their small bedroom day and night. Sometimes while looking at her mother hiding her fresh bruises with her pallu, Renu’s determination not to take up this path that her mother was pushed into only became stronger. She yearned for a way out of this dark world where she could live without fear, not struggle for three meals a day and get an education.Luckily for Renu (name changed), Swadhar IDWC-Pune took her in with her mother’s consent and put her in school. After years of hard work, she cleared all her grades and has now appeared for her Class 12 final exams.Swadhar IDWC led by Sanjivani Hingne, is on a mission to bring many more children to safety and your support can make it possible. Donate generously.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 fight for the rights of children<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/2e468253-94fa-4525-9bf6-6745e8a6954c.webp" />Children like Renu, who are born to sex workers, cannot dream of a normal childhood. They are subjected to stress, trauma, and sometimes abuse by their mother’s clients. “What will the child get whose mother is a sex worker? There is no family; there is no schooling, no medical care, and nothing for the child. Children like them are easy prey. Our only concern is the child getting into mainstream society and not continuing in the mother’s profession,” says Sanjivani Hingne, secretary, Swadhar IDWC Pune.Swadhar IDWC- Pune weaves a safety net for children of sex workers. They strive to prevent second-generation prostitution of children living in red-light areas by providing a secure environment where they have access to shelter, nutrition, healthcare, education, and happiness. The organisation wants to provide a refuge for more children trapped in the sex-trade environment, but they cannot do it without your support.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/9f3951ff-7d37-4634-920e-c9e85f173c17.webp" />Project Mohor - a safe home away from red-light areasSwadhar’s fully functional 24x7 facility looks after the most vulnerable and neglected children of sex workers in Pune’s red-light area. These children often roam the streets till early morning while their mothers engage in prostitution. In view of providing a safe environment for them, Swadhar runs a kitchen, a pre-school, and an e-learning center.“Right from cleaning, bathing, feeding, medical care, seeing that the child is ready for school - all of it is taken care of here, which is impossible in a red-light area. So far, we have taken care of 200 children, most of them now pursuing higher education or have finished school with flying colours. Now, we need more funds because the number of children is increasing and we want to take in more children”.Unfortunately, this safe home for kids is at risk of shutting down. The NGO is racing against time to raise funds to build a new home for the rescued kids and your help can strengthen their efforts. Please donate as much as you can.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help minor victims of forced prostitution get back to school and reshape their lives.

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1 &amp; 2Project aims at an all-round developmentof children infected (HIV+ve)/affected (HIV-ve, withHIV+ve parents) by HIV/AIDS and addresses physical,mental and health issues, arising out of starvation and alsoseveral other social problems related to HIV/AIDS. Thesebeneficiaries primarily face problem of severe starvationand malnourishment due to challenged socio-economicbackground. Project Rays of Hope (RoH) aims to reduce‘food insecurity’ in the beneficiaries. 
 1 &amp; 2The RoH team also finalized 10 parameters to find out the physical, economical, familial and social conditionof a beneficiary. (eg. both parents infected but alive and are working and child not infected is a tolerable condition, where as an orphan, infected child, looked after by a foster family is a highly critical condition) There are 140 children registered in the project. Each child is labelled as inHighly critical condition: +++Less critical condition: ++Tolerable condition: +Depending upon these parameters, the team structuredthe grocery package which is more effective nutritionwise and with less wastage. 
 By providing monthly groceries and nutritional supplements, starvation among children has reduced, health has improved thereby absentism in school has reduced. Children become qualified for higher education/vocational training and are better prepared to become financially independent.

1) Provide monthly rations to two children living with AIDS, 2) Help a HIV child with monthly groceries

It is observed that children of CSW are drawn into the same profession when they grow up. 
 Project tries to prevents second generation prostitution of children living in red light area by defending. their rights and dignity and providing a safe environment. Children from 3 months to 12 years are provided with long term care and rehabilitation to break the cycle of exploitation. Children above 12 years are put in institutions through CWC so that they are shifted away from the red light area. 
 Project aims at holistic development of these children by providing them safe shelter and care and also ensuring a normal childhood in a safe environment in our effort to main stream them.

Part sponsor costs to provide safe residential care for 60 children of sex workers for one day

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Rohit Nair

Impact Yashika is 11 years old and studying 6th standard at the Bharathi Primary School of Reddypatti. Her family resides in the Adi Dravidar colony. Her father after becoming infected with HIV/AIDS and has been undergoing the Anti Retro Viral Therapy for the last six years. She too is under ART regimen for the last one year. Yashika belongs to the community of Schedule caste which is considered the lowest and untouchables in the Hindu caste hierarchy.The exclusion of the community and individuals belonging the considered to be low is not very rigid in the urban centres. But in the rural belts like the region where Yashika's family reside, the rigidity on caste system is still very much prevalent. And that is the reason why families of Scheduled castes like that of Yashika's can only live in the secluded settlements located faraway from the village proper. When already being forced to be in a socially excluded life deprived of many rights, living with HIV/AIDS is terribly added burden.Under the circumstances, the Nutrition Support for a month provided to Yashika will be considered as a Panacea by her parents. About The Program Mission: Keep No Child Hungry About The NGO Swadhar's Founder Meenakshi Apte was a professor and HOD of Family &amp; Child Welfare in TISS. She witnessed many cases of domestic violence against women. She feels that ignorance amongst women is the main cause of their suffering so in order to have someplace where they can be guided, counseled and made aware of their rights, she and other like-minded women came together and Swadhar was started. Swadhar's mission is to provide services like education, training, guidance, and counseling to underprivileged women and children in order to ensure the protection of their rights, self-reliance, and empowerment.They work towards empowering women and girls through counseling, awareness &amp; education. The organization also conducts reading and overall development classes for children from underprivileged families. Their ray of hope programs works with children who are HIV infected or children whose parents are infected. Groceries, medicines, and nutrition are provided to them. In 2015, Sanjivani Hingne was awarded the VatsalyaPuraskar by the Akhil Brahmin MadhyavartiSanstha Rehabilitation of children of sex workers. In 2016, Nayana Deshmukh was awarded the Excellence in work by the Lokmanyanagar senior citizens club and the Teachers day award by the Lions Club Care &amp; protection of Children.

Keep No child Hungry

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Impact "Surabhi (name changed) lives in a Childcare Institution (CCI). She is 14 years old. Her parents are farmers and have an unstable income. As they find it hard to provide for her, she lives in the Childcare Institution. About The Program GiveIndia's Mission No Child Homeless by IDWC About The NGO Swadhar's Founder Meenakshi Apte was a professor and HOD of Family &amp; Child Welfare in TISS. She witnessed many cases of domestic violence against women. She feels that ignorance amongst women is the main cause of their suffering so in order to have someplace where they can be guided, counseled and made aware of their rights, she and other like-minded women came together and Swadhar was started. Swadhar's mission is to provide services like education, training, guidance, and counseling to underprivileged women and children in order to ensure the protection of their rights, self-reliance, and empowerment.They work towards empowering women and girls through counseling, awareness &amp; education. The organization also conducts reading and overall development classes for children from underprivileged families. Their ray of hope programs works with children who are HIV infected or children whose parents are infected. Groceries, medicines, and nutrition are provided to them. In 2015, Sanjivani Hingne was awarded the VatsalyaPuraskar by the Akhil Brahmin MadhyavartiSanstha Rehabilitation of children of sex workers. In 2016, Nayana Deshmukh was awarded the Excellence in work by the Lokmanyanagar senior citizens club and the Teachers day award by the Lions Club Care &amp; protection of Children.

Mission No child homeless

Impact Mhalappa is a 7-year-old boy from a poor family in Ram Nagar, Pune. His parents died of AIDS and he and his sister were sent to live with their aunt and uncle. **Both the children were HIV+ as well. Mhalappa fell ill often**. He had Tuberculosis and could not attend school regularly. Over time, he had to **leave school because of his absenteeism. **The family did not have the money to get him the right nutrition and treatment. His aunt and uncle were distraught and did not know what they could do to improve his health and keep him going. He was discovered by **Swadhar and added to their project, Rays of Hope. They put him on a protein rich diet** of peanuts, jaggery, dates, eggs, and milk powder. This began to increase his strength and immunity. They also provided him antiretroviral treatment recommended by his doctor. Mhalappa’s strength has improved a great deal because of Swadhar’s help. He goes to the centre every month with his aunt to collect his nutritional supplements. He has also started going to school regularly.**Mhalappa is now a much more active and happy child. Although he is still susceptible to infections, his aunt and uncle are confident about his growth. The love and security they provide keeps him going. **Children like Mhalappa need all the strength they can get. Your donation will give the food and nutrition that their poor families cannot afford. You can give with confidence because every program on our platform is [GIVEASSURED](https://www.giveindia.org/giveassured).** About The Program Swadhar's project 'Rays of Hope' was started in 2005 for the rehabilitation of HIV+ve children and children with HIV+ve parents.The aim of this project is to rehabilitate these children by giving them support in the form of grocery, medicines, education, emotional support and helping them to live a dignified life. The children are referred and validated through home visits. The beneficiaries are provided with groceries and other nutritional supplements like eggs, milk powder, dates etc monthly. All the children visit the center with their care-takers where they get nutritional supplements. The HIV+ children also receive medical support and all of them receive educational support. Close to 150 children are under the foster care scheme. There are many children on the waiting list for the want of financial assistance.Donate to this program so that the children can get access to proper food to help them grow into healthy adults. About The NGO Swadhar's Founder Meenakshi Apte was a professor and HOD of Family &amp; Child Welfare in TISS. She witnessed many cases of domestic violence against women. She feels that ignorance amongst women is the main cause of their suffering so in order to have someplace where they can be guided, counseled and made aware of their rights, she and other like-minded women came together and Swadhar was started. Swadhar's mission is to provide services like education, training, guidance, and counseling to underprivileged women and children in order to ensure the protection of their rights, self-reliance, and empowerment.They work towards empowering women and girls through counseling, awareness &amp; education. The organization also conducts reading and overall development classes for children from underprivileged families. Their ray of hope programs works with children who are HIV infected or children whose parents are infected. Groceries, medicines, and nutrition are provided to them. In 2015, Sanjivani Hingne was awarded the VatsalyaPuraskar by the Akhil Brahmin MadhyavartiSanstha Rehabilitation of children of sex workers. In 2016, Nayana Deshmukh was awarded the Excellence in work by the Lokmanyanagar senior citizens club and the Teachers day award by the Lions Club Care &amp; protection of Children.

Help a HIV child with monthly groceries

This is a sample description for Women Empowerment. For the purpose of testing I will use the word Women EmpowermentWomen EmpowermentWomen Empowerment.

Women Empowerment

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Education

Women play a pivotal role in the development of any nation as she is an all encompassing circle of life. Within her lies the power to create, to nurture and to transform and empowering her is equivalent to empowering generations. It is with this thought and belief that Swadhar was founded in Mumbai in 1983 by Late Prof. Meenakshi Apte along with social activist Late Mrunal Gore. With profound social work being done in Mumbai, Meenakshi Tai decided to replicate the effort in Pune and Swadhar- Pune was established in 1995 as a registered non-governmental organization (NGO) with membership open to all.Initially, the core focus of Swadhar was to help women in distress irrespective of their caste, religion, community or financial status. In 1998 Swadhar added childcare under its umbrella and became Swadhar IDWC (Institute for Development of Women and Children). So apart from addressing women centric issues, we also began working towards the education, health-care and overall development of disadvantaged children with special emphasis on a girl-child.Swadhar, true to its name, is working relentlessly towards creating self-reliant women &amp; children by empowering them with knowledge about their rights, thus enabling them to lead a dignified life. We are now also on an upward curve headed for resolution of issues of a family as one unit.

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Sunanda Tillo	

Sanjivani Hingne

Kishori Prasad	

Sneha Baviskar	

Akshay Kulkarni	

Swadhar IDWC	

Shubhangi Abhyankar

Swadhar Institute for Development of Women, Children

This nonprofit is registered as a charitable trust under section 12A of India's Income Tax Act, 1961.

This nonprofit is registered under section 80G of India's Income Tax Act, 1961. This means you can deduct 50% of the donation you made through your tax return.

This nonprofit is registered under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010. This means it can accept donations from foreign nationals.

Raghav Menon

Our donors' help is invaluable in facilitating Swadhar IDWC's efforts to maintain and manage a stable home for the children of sex workers. These kids are particularly vulnerable to life's realities, and their well-being is our priority. Through our combined efforts, we have raised enough money to secure these innocent souls' care for the foreseeable future, but we need to do more!Our biggest concern is the lack of suitable living space for the kids. With your help, Swadhar is on the path to purchasing new land to construct a home in which the children can live, learn, and play. We need more aid to be able to construct the 5,000 - 7,000 sq ft home and maintain it, equipping it with all the facilities it needs to be a fun, educational, and safe respite from the horrors of the children's daily lives. Together, we can expand project Mohor's reach and rescue so many more kids who deserve nothing less than a childhood free of worry and full of care. Make the world a better place and donate now!

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Renu (name changed) is a little 8-year-old girl who deserves the opportunities of education, healthcare, and a safe and happy home. But most of all, she deserves to have a childhood. This basic requirement of a child was brutally ripped from her the day she and her sister became victims of a grotesque sexual crime; a crime that left them severely physically and mentally disturbed. With a police case registered, Renu was ushered into the protection of Swadhar IDWC. Here she was given special medical care and a nutritional diet prescribed by a doctor, as well as counselling and health monitoring.She was unfortunately diagnosed with TB but after months of meticulous medical aid, she has made a full recovery and is now enrolled in a school where she has joined over 85 children who have access to food, shelter, education, healthcare services, and co-curricular activities.These innocent children can now take advantage of hobby classes, e-learning, exposure visits, and life-skill training to give them the tools they need to make a better life for themselves. Renu's case is not unique to her. This is daily life for so many young boys and girls in Pune, which is why we need your support to end the vicious cycle of exploitation and violence. Donate now to change the lives of the little boys and girls who are victims of systematic oppression.

Swadhar IDWC impact report

Swadhar has been transformed into a place of hope and dignity, all thanks to your unwavering support. Get ready to be amazed by the stories of resilience and triumph that your contributions have sparked! 🌟🏡 Field Visit Date: 13-05-2023Field Visit by: Sai Saranya, Senior Associate Visit Summary:Our visit to Swadhar IDWC, involving a team of six members and commencing at 11 am, was a comprehensive engagement with both the program and accounts teams, led by Shubhangi Abhyankar at the Swadhar Head office. We delved into the intricacies of the Mohor budget, which supports a shelter home for children of sex workers. This two-year project is designed to offer these children not just shelter but also a nurturing environment for education and holistic development. An important change we noted is the division of the project into separate boys' and girls' homes, as mandated by the Child Welfare Committee for children over the age of 11. Our discussions on fund utilization revealed the organization's transparent accounting practices and careful expenditure, particularly in the purchase of groceries for the shelter. Swadhar IDWC's close monitoring of the project, including rigorous record-keeping in both digital and hard-copy formats, and the regular monthly review meetings, were commendable. Upon our visit to the Mohor Project at noon, we had the privilege of interacting with the dedicated staff and beneficiaries at the shelter home. It was inspiring to witness the comprehensive care provided to over 65 children, hailing from diverse backgrounds, including orphans, abandoned children, those with medical conditions, and those in conflict with the law. The meticulous record-keeping, provision of nutritious meals in accordance with the JJ Act, and the availability of educational resources like a computer lab and library stood out. The staff's commitment to maintaining the children's well-being and grooming, despite the challenges of their parents' chosen occupation, was truly heartening. The children expressed their satisfaction with the care and educational opportunities they receive and shared their aspirations for higher studies. 🙏 Your kindness knows no bounds, and it's what keeps us going. With your support, we can continue to provide love, care, and support to those in need. 🌈💫

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