"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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India is currently facing one of the worst educational crises in the world. Today, not every child enrolls in school and less than 10% graduate from school and enter college. Most of those who are in school do not get an excellent education – one that truly maximizes their potential and gives them the opportunities to do what they want to do and be who they want to be.Teach For India is a non-profit organization that believes in an excellent education for all children and is striving to end the problem of educational inequity in our country. In the short-term, through our Fellowship program, we provide an opportunity for India’s brightest and most promising individuals to serve as full-time teachers to children from low-income communities in some of the nation’s most under-resourced schools. Their classroom becomes a platform for leadership learning and they strive to ensure that every child maximizes his or her potential. Fellows provide their students with opportunities to grow in academics and develop values and mind-sets. This growth is measured through regular internal and external assessments.Through this experience of teaching in classrooms and working with key education stakeholders like students, principals, and parents - our Fellows get exposed to the grassroot realities of India’s education system and begin to cultivate the knowledge, skills, and mindsets necessary to identify their role in building a larger movement for equity in education.We received 1200 applications when we first started operations with the 2009-11 Fellowship program. This number has grown to over 15,000 for the 2016-18 cohort with a selectivity rate between 6-8.5%. Today, we have 1250 Fellows impacting over 45000 Children Across 7 Cities - Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Delhi, Chennai &amp; Bangalore. There is an almost 50:50 ratio split between those who join from an academic background vs. those who come with professional work experience.In the long-term, we build and support a powerful force of Alumni, who informed by their experiences and insights, work towards affecting systemic changes to realize educational opportunity for all. Our Alumni work in diverse roles within the education sector - as teachers, teacher-trainers, school principals, curriculum designers and education policy researchers as well as in the ecosystem surrounding and supporting the education sector - as journalists, lawyers, health experts, entrepreneurs and corporate leaders.Currently, we have 2500 Alumni, approximately 57% of our which remain within the education sector. They all collectively continue to work towards Teach For India’s vision that one day, all children will attain an excellent education!

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India is facing a crisis in Education. 55% of ten-year-olds in the country cannot read a basic text; the pandemic has only exacerbated this.Over the last two years, most Indian students faced full and partial school closures. With every month of school closure leading to two months of learning loss, Indian students have lost up to 1.5 years of learning.As schools open, there is an urgent need for Students to reverse the learning loss they have suffered from and reach the levels of their current grades, i.e., a grade six student needs to catch up on over two years of learning to understand the syllabus of a grade six classroom. Reversing this learning loss is a priority - yet still not enough to bridge the huge learning gap and secure the future of India's children. We need to get our children back to grade-level learning after two years of interrupted education. 
 At Teach For India, we believe leadership for education is the solution to this crisis. We are building a movement of leaders who will eliminate educational inequity in India. Started in 2009, the Fellowship is an opportunity for India's brightest and most promising people, from the nation's best universities and workplaces, to serve as full-time teachers to children from low-income communities in some of the nation's most under-resourced schools for two years. Through two years of teaching and working with key education stakeholders, our Fellows are exposed to the grassroots realities of India's education system. Through their work, Fellows cultivate the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to attain leadership positions in and beyond education, working collectively to build a vibrant movement for educational equity across India. 
 We at Teach For India are working towards an ambitious vision - 'One day, all children will attain an excellent education.' Our recent efforts have led to significant impact, which we want to sustain over this academic year:Improved access to learning - During the pandemic, 94% of students had access to devices, and teaching hours have doubled since last year, even when school closures were unpredictable and erratic.Learning continued even in the Pandemic: ~70% of Students have grown or maintained their English Grade Reading levels through the pandemic. 65% of secondary school Students have increased absolute Math scores in the past six months. This means Teach For India Students have stagnated the increase in learning losses and largely managed to stay at the same pre-pandemic levels.A scaling Alumni Movement - 71% of our Fellow Alumni stay in the Education and Development sector. Our 4000+ Alumni impact 33 million children in India.Now more than ever, we need our Fellows in our classrooms to deliver the vision of excellent education we have set out for and make sure all our students can understand and learn at the grade levels they should be. To do this, we need support. Your contribution will help us go a long way to reverse the learning losses faced by our Students.Your donation will ensure that we can onboard enough Fellow teachers, train and support them, and provide the supplies they need in their classrooms to ensure our Students #dontstoplearning.  Teach For India is building a movement of leaders who will eliminate educational inequity and provide excellent education to all children.You can support us by donating today.

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