"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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“What will happen to them after me? I am 80+. I spend sleepless nights,” worries ex-Air Force officer, Group Captain AC Barua while talking about the future of the 28 destitute women under his care. “They have nobody in this world, sometimes they don’t remember their own names. They are absolutely alone,” he informs us as he goes from one room to the other meeting all the women who live at Seneh, the only home where they are loved and taken care of. After fighting for his country all his life, this octogenarian is now fighting to rescue homeless and abandoned women from dying on the streets. But he cannot do it alone. “Everyday I keep on getting calls from here and there. ‘Oh! there’s a woman lying here. Can you help?’ But I don’t dare to go and help because I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources, our resources are very limited,” explains Gr. Capt. Barua who is lovingly called ‘Sir’ and ‘Deuta’ (father in Assamese) by the residents of Seneh. With your help, 80-year-old Group Captain Barua can fulfill his mission of rescuing abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets, alone. Donate nowDonate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. All 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).Seneh- a home filled with love, care and hopeThe residents of Seneh often don’t remember who they are, where they have come from. Many times these are women with mental health conditions and considered being a witch due to superstitious beliefs and beaten up as a result. They are victims of domestic abuse or widow mothers who are considered to be a burden on the family. Group Captain Barua has not only rescued them from critical conditions, he has provided them with urgent medical care, food and above all, a free safe shelter where they can live with love and care. Among these residents is Sarala Kalita who fled to save herself from the tortures of her alcoholic husband only to face neglect and trauma from her brothers- and sisters-in-law. “Both my brothers and their wives urged my father to leave me somewhere as they didn’t want to take care of me anymore. One day my brother’s wife didn’t even let me have food at home. She just wanted me to leave and go away. So that’s why, my father got in touch with Seneh through someone, and handed me over to Sir to take care of me,” says Sarita who has found joy in living at Seneh. “Coming to Seneh, it felt like I got a new life altogether. Sir has given me a harmonium. I love singing. It makes me forget everything and takes me to someplace else entirely,” she adds. More women like Sarala can find their way to a loving home like Seneh. All they need is a little bit of your kindness. “It is difficult to make both ends meet”To sustain their daily expenditure, Capt Barua needs approx ₹3 lakh a month and arranging the funds is a mammoth challenge for the NGO. “Our expenses are growing day by day. Residents are growing older, their sicknesses are increasing. At times we have to give them special food. They require more care so we have to get more employees. About half of them require leading around, 1-2 has to be fed also. It will be very difficult to sustain it unless we get help,” he added. One act of your kindness can save these abandoned women, with no one in this world, from struggling on the streets to survive. At 80+ Gr. Capt. Barua cannot sustain Seneh on his own. “With folded hands, I appeal to all. Please come and please help us. Let us help these people, these old people who have nobody in this world. They are dying. They will die on the streets,” he urged. Donate to this fundraiser by Give.do to support retired Air Force officer, Group Captain Barua in his mission to rescue abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets.

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Cattle, bred for profit and abandoned after they stop producing milk, are often found malnourished, injured or sick on city streets. Many face bitter winters, starvation and death in road accidents - a sad fate for cows in a country where they are revered by lakhs of people. To save cows from such a sad end, Swami Ishwar Das started Shree Krishnayan Desi Gaushala, currently home to 18,000+ abandoned cows. But with the rising costs of fodder and medicines, he is struggling to provide the quality of care such mistreated animals deserve. “It was in 2010 when I witnessed abandoned cows from the streets in Uttarakhand being transported in a truck. The cows were administered anesthesia and stacked one above the other like lifeless goods. When me and a few of my acquaintances brought the cows off the truck, two of them died before my eyes and that sight shook me to the core. It was then that I started Shree Krishnayan Gaushala with 11 abandoned cows in a small donated land,” says Swami Ishwar Das.Swami Ishwar Das is unable to bear the rising cost of nutrition and medical care for injured cows and needs support to continue to save these voiceless animals. Donate now. All donations on this platform are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA).<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ead01668-6b4d-4a8c-85de-30b43e174f22.JPG" />Every life matters“Here at Shree Krishnayan Desi Gaushala, it is our resolve to leave no stone unturned in caring for helpless cows. No matter what the cost of treatment may be, we make every possible effort to aid ill and injured cows. Our only objective is that a cow should not lose its life for the want of medical care, food or water,” says Swami Ishwar Das. In order to provide the best quality of care and treatment to its adopted cattle, three well trained veterinary doctors attend the gaushala 24/4. The NGO - Shree Krishnayan Desi Gauraksha Avam Golokdham Seva Samiti - spares no expense in providing nutrition either. From jaggery and grains to a healthy mix of green and dry fodder, cows are given meals best suited to their needs.With cost of fodder on rise the Gaushala needs help<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/93e7eafe-4438-40d6-ae40-6972feaf0988.jpg" />Swami Ishwar Das and his team, however, are struggling to keep up with rising costs of nutrition and medical care for cows. “The cost of fodder has risen by almost three times in the last couple of years. From food to medicines everything has become expensive. And we will never compromise with the quality of care and love that we want to give to our cows,” says Swami Ishwar Das. Help Swami Ishwar Das provide the best care and love to abandoned cows while saving them from a desperate life of starvation and suffering on the streets.

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TIDE is a start-up educational reforms organization founded in November 2014 that aims to bring about a sustainable change in the educational system. As of October 2022, we have impacted the lives of 32,500+ individuals. We have multiple programs that work with different aspects of education ranging from direct education provision to teacher capacity development and school improvement. All the programs are independent and act as an NGO in their own right though they follow a similar guideline i.e. work on high impact projects, with the aim to create a system that resolves the root cause in a span of 15 years.

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Together In Development &amp; Education (TIDE) Foundation (www.tideinternational.org/), is an NGO dedicated to transforming education systems to bring about quality and holistic education of the whole child (education of the head, heart, hands, and soul) for all. Since 2014, we have worked with over 36,500 individuals and we invite you to support our innovative Block Education Transformation Initiative (BETI) which aims to transform government schools across Gujarat; we are currently implementing the program at schools in Ahmedabad and Sanand. BETI is a comprehensive program that tackles three critical challenges facing the Indian education system: <ul><li>Foundational learning gaps: Many students lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, hindering their progress in higher grades. We leverage activity-based STEM learning sessions and remedial sessions to bridge these gaps.</li><li>Limited holistic education: Access to life skills education, arts, sports, and psychosocial support is often limited, leading to stunted emotional and social development. We equip students with essential life skills such as communication, problem-solving, and teamwork and social emotional skills through workshops, expression sessions, extracurricular clubs and mentoring camps. </li><li>Low teacher support and poor pedagogy: Teachers are often overburdened and rely on rote memorization based teaching learning practices. We create communities of practice where teachers learn from each other and develop innovative teaching methods. </li></ul>In the past two years, we have also piloted BETI in 10 rural government schools and volunteer driven lifeskills education program in 15 urban sites (schools, slums, and orphanages). Drawing on these learnings, we are now seeking your support to scale our operations: <ul><li>In Rural Ahmedabad: Expand BETI to 100 government schools in Sanand, reaching approximately 18,000 students across the entire block. This includes expanding our remedials programs through local associates, providing life skills education through camps, and empowering teachers to use activity and application based learning. </li><li>In Urban Ahmedabad: We plan to scale our volunteer driven lifeskills program to 30 schools, and in addition we would like to pilot BETI’s comprehensive school transformation initiative in atleast 20 schools. The program will impact over 7,200 students and form the basis of scaling the program to over 400 schools in the next 5 years. </li></ul>We believe that every child deserves access to quality education. With your help, we can make this dream a reality. We are confident that BETI holds the potential to transform education in India, and we invite you to be a part of this journey. We are currently developing a Block Education Transformation Initiative as a means of scalable and sustainable education reforms in the government schools. The governance of government schools across the country is divided by states, districts, blocks (containing roughly 110 schools), and clusters (containing 10-12 schools). Blocks are the smallest unit of governance. We hope to develop a model to holistically transform blocks of schools, and this can later be used to transform education systems across the district, state and nation.We have identified three major areas of limitations within the public education system and run a program to counter each of the issues including: 1) lack of foundational literacy and numeracy (countered through the Saral Kadam Program); 2) limited psychosocial support and socioemotional wellbeing support for students (countered through Disha Program); and 3) low teacher support and poor classroom pedagogy typically reliant on rote memorization (countered through EmpowerEd). Saral Kadam Program intends to support foundational learning of all children. The program includes 1. bringing about holistic foundational learning for children that have been left behind using teaching at the right level and holistic education inspired principles and 2. activity based learning for understanding and application based learning in mathematics and science.Disha aims to provide life skills education, psychosocial support and socioemotional wellbeing support for students. We run interactive and participatory life skills sessions for all children and in addition we run counselling and camps for children with behavioral difficulties.EmpowerEd aims to bring about bottom-up teacher education, empowerment, and enrichment by developing and running communities of practitioners based on ideas of collaboration, action research, and sharing best practices. We aim to transform the 110 schools in the block and we are currently rolling out our program across the first 10 schools meanwhile documenting our results and processes.Through this year we hope to impact roughly 10 schools, 80 teachers and 2000 children. We hope to bring about holistic education and development for both teachers and students with a specific focus on activity based learning, conceptual understanding based learning, life skills education, and socioemotional wellbeing.

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