"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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“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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Hunger and malnutrition have become a reality for thousands of elderly parents abandoned by their own children, in villages and slums across India. Seeing the rampant distress among the elderly, a team of selfless heroes from our NGO partner Mitti Cafe, though disabled themselves, have taken up the responsibility of providing cooked meals and dry rations to over 5,000 elderly in urgent need of support. Setting aside their own struggles, Mitti Cafe’s team, led by Ayesha Alam has been relentlessly fighting to free elderly from hunger and malnutrition through its Karuna Meals initiative. The need for nutrition support is growing with each passing day and Mitti Cafe is struggling to fulfill this enormous need. With your support, the NGO and its team of persons with disability can put food on the plates of hundreds of more elderly parents. 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), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA). Elderly deserve love, not neglect and hunger“There have been countless senior citizens, in extremely backward villages of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, who had not had a proper meal in days when we found them. We have seen people picking food from the garbage out of extreme hunger.”, recalls Ayesha of Mitti Cafe, while talking about the extent of hunger faced by senior citizens. According to Ayesha, there are thousands of elderly who have been either chucked out of their homes or have been left behind in villages by their children. “Our elderly don't deserve this life and it is our responsibility to come to their aid. If we come together we can ease the suffering of hundreds of people battling hunger and starvation. Donate now Our heroes’ war against hungerPersons with disability who were once discriminated against by society are today at the forefront of the fight to save abandoned elderly and children from hunger. The Karuna Meals team, comprising only of persons with disability has been able to cook and serve over 10 lakh meals. They have also distributed over 1 lakh packets of dry rations. ”They overlook their own struggles and suffering just to reach the elderly and provide them with the food they need,” says Ayesh. But their job is not yet done. “There are still many villages which have many malnourished and hungry seniors and we have not been able to reach them. But with your support, we can collectively end starvation,” she says. Donate now. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the elderly fight hunger and malnutrition.

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Tomorrow’s Foundation is a social innovation platform that act as a catalyst to positively impact marginalized communities to realize their potential through rights, protection, sports, education and livelihood. Tomorrow's Foundation (TF) is committed to support the journey of children to attain self-reliant adulthood through quality education, professional training on basic businesses management skills and job placements. The organization has served the community sincerely but silently since 1991 in Kolkata, Birbhum &amp; Alipurduar Districts of West Bengal and has now expanded its operations in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Delhi and Mumbai.Tomorrow’s Foundation also incubates values of inclusive society and works with children and young adults with special needs. “Education on Wheel” is a special comprehensive outreach model of TF, that offer specialized support to attain better quality of life through special education, health and skill building support.Currently, the organization is present in more than 100+ urban and rural settlements including civil strife, violence prone zones and covering 8600 children and young adults yearly. TF is working in five areas of focus through 13 projects: - Access to the education (accelerated learning, mainstreaming, special education)- Child protection (residential homes for children from Chhattisgarh, affected by conflicts) - Community empowerment (awareness programmes, self help groups) - Professional integration (vocational and skills training) - Disability (to provide physiotherapy and special education directly to the heart of the slums of Kolkata &amp; Howrah with 3 customized buses)Mission: Tomorrow’s Foundation is a social innovation platform where we act as a catalyst to positively impact marginalized communities to realize their potential through rights, protection, education and livelihoodVision: To globally impact the life of 1 million children and young adults by partnering with key organizations and stakeholders through the successful replication of our developmental projects.Human Rights AwardTomorrow's Foundation, was rewarded the Human Rights Prize of the French Republic for its efforts and contributions in the field of protection of Human Rights of disabled persons in India by the Commission National Consultative des Droits de l'Homme (National Consultative Commission on Human Rights, CNCDH), France.The award was presented by Mr. Jean-Marc Ayrault, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development - Paris, France to the Co-founder of Tomorrow's Foundation Mr. Arup Ghosh. The Rights Award ceremony was held in Paris on 15th of December 2016 to acknowledge the commendable work done by the Foundation with disabled children. Four NGO's internationally got the award among 182 Projects.

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Hello! I am Sayantani, 10 years old and I suffer from Intellectual Disability.I cannot speak or see very well. Because of these reasons, I am not welcome in any school near my house, where other children go.But Mani sir has been teaching me for more than a year over the mobile phone, which my mother always helps me with.I am excited for you to see , what I have learnt to do by myself.But I would still like to go to school and play with other children- and also my mother will have some free time when I am in school.Will you donate to the Charaibeti fundraiser and help children like me to have our own happy sanctuary ? <a href="https://youtu.be/S4JM55Xhl3o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"> </a> Transcription of audio : Sayantani's mother is encouraging her to dress herself, step by step:Sayantani puts a hairclip in her mother's hand - her mother asks Sayantani whose clip it is and clarifies that it is hers. She then directs Sayantani to dress herself, and we can see Sayantani putting on a hairband and taking it off; then she wears bangles on both her arms and also puts on a necklace by herself. Her mother says the final touch is the decorative dot on her forehead. At the end, Sayantani mother's voiceover tells us that Sayantani is well able to dress herself before going out anywhere.

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21 million people in India and 1.8million people in West Bengal are disabled. Further, 55% of the disabled in India belong to margnisalised and last-mile communities. Tomorrow's Foundation’s 'Charaibeti' programme, serves children with Special Needs from the slums of Kolkata, West Bengal.The Government of India has created policies around special education, healthcare benefits and rehabilitation for people with Special Needs. However, their implementation efforts have not benefited a majority of those whom it was enacted for.Children with Special Needs from impoverished backgrounds face stigmatisation, exclusion and rejection, even within their own families. Access to education, remedial or healthcare benefits is poor at best. The negative impact of this on families and communities is immeasurable. Families and communities need to be sensitised about issues around disability, counseled how to look after their children and how to access services and benefits.High rates of poverty and illiteracy among these communities adds to the problem of accessing any intervention which is not free of charge. Procedures to obtain government benefits are often byzantine and costly. 
 Tomorrow's Foundation (Charaibeti Project ) focuses on raising overall awareness about disability issues within communities we work with, alongside specialised interventions for the children. The intervention brings special education to children who need these services and lack any means of access to other options. The activities are pedagogical, educational, recreational, behavioral and allow each child to express themselves and grow. Charaibeti also offers regular community outreach with parents to counsel them on various aspects of disability and their own responsibility to not marginalize the child. Referral and guidance for issues related to disability are offered.After a mobile outreach programme conducted inside buses as classrooms, we started a fixed location centre which operated 5 days weekly,offering a range of special services, including therapy. Closed during the pandemic due to financial constraints, we switched to an online model immediately.This model continues to run uninterrupted till date. It has proven largely successful for children who had absolutely no recourse to any form of intervention for over 2 years.Physical and speech therapy, which can only be done in person, are vital for holistic development. Primarily because of this, we are committed to setting up a fixed location centre at the earliest.A hybrid model of online teaching and in person classes will continue, as children with severe mobility or health issues will still not be able to attend regularly. 
 This project aims to increase inclusive development of a society and raise awareness around disability in marginalised communities. This would help reduce stigmatisation, exclusion and rejection. And increase respect for those who are different in any way from us.Impoverished and illiterate families will be able to access facilities and benefits for children who have a disability.Children with special needs will be able to access education, healthcare and livelihood options.Those who cannot be educated beyond a point, will be able to access skill training for self dependence.Children needing lifelong care, will learn self help skills and achieve limited independence in Activities of Daily Living.Once the centre is set up, children who have languished in the last 2 years, will have a safe space of their own.We wish there will be awareness about a happy sanctuary - where they can play, meet other children like themselves and most of all - where they will be accepted and loved as they are.

CHARAIBETI PROJECT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Project Freedom is planned as an Urban Poverty Alleviation Intervention in the slums of Kolkata, West Bengal - where the target beneficiaries are children and adolescents engaged in exploitative labour situations, without access to education. Some have never had the opportunity to go to school and are kept at home to add to the family income. Others are school drop-outs because they cannot cope with their lessons and their social and peer environment is a deterrent. Many of the children are rag pickers. Some work in leather tanneries or leather stitching home industries. There are instances where they are the only wage earners in the family. Others support their parents and siblings as part of a family enterprise. Not all work directly in the leather industry. There are many ancillary industries of food supply, tea shops, packaging and delivery units, tyre repairs, car washing etc all of which offer jobs for children because little hands work hard and little voices do not complain about the abysmal pay and miserable working conditions. There are also other industries nearby: garment workers and embroiderers. Not too far away are the brick kilns and rice mills. The list of enterprises that employ children is endless. Such children who are forced to work are robbed of their youth, health, freedom and future. They are denied a right to live the normal life of a child: play and go to school. They are children without a future who will, by force of circumstance, perpetuate the cycle of poverty. The Mission of Project Freedom is to provide education and relevant skills to children and adolescents in vulnerable situations and collectivise them to create peer leaders’ groups to promote adolescent issues in the community and with relevant duty-bearers. 
 Overall objective: To contribute to the alleviation of poverty among the urban slum population in the city of KolkataSpecific objectives:·        To ensure access to learning opportunities for 1200 children and adolescents living in urban slums of Kolkata and engaged in hazardous economic activities through the Open School Programme, Life Skills Support, and Community Sensitization on child labour and gender equalities<ol><li> Children and adolescents will be supported to complete primary, elementary, secondary and Higher Secondary levels of education to school drop-outs and working and self-employed children.</li><li>  Life skills training forms a part of the education programme and allows adolescents participating in the programme to improve decision-making abilities about education, sexual and reproductive health, and economic and protection related issues. </li><li>  The focus will also be given to educating parents on gender issues and promoting gender equality. </li><li>  Children below 14 years of age and out of school will be mainstreamed into government formal schools</li></ol> ·        To build relevant skills among adolescents that would lead to income generation<ol><li>By 2022, children enrolled in Project Freedom will receive skill training courses. </li><li>The main purpose of these courses will be to enhance decision-making abilities and improve communication and relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship. </li><li>Ensure income generation opportunities through placement or self-employment of the candidates</li></ol> ·        To collectivise adolescents into peer leaders groups to work on child rights and child protection issueso  It is envisaged that by 2022 adolescent groups will be able to work as peer leaders o  Adolescent groups will be able to mobilise others in the communities to promote child rights and child protection issueso  Adolescent group members will engage with the urban child protection committees, local police station and other relevant stakeholders on child protection issues 
 # Children and adolescents successful in clearing formal exams at relevant levels # Adolescents able to generate income through jobs or self-employment at the end of the project period # PLGs engaging with urban CPCs and relevant stakeholders on specific child protection and adolescent empowerment issues

Project Freedom

Findings from ASER (2018) show that in West Bengal 36.6% Govt school children of std III can read std II level text and 35.4 % Govt school children of std III can do subtraction. The national average is more alarming as both the categories stand at 20.9 %.Notwithstanding the good number of schools present in the district, the data indicates a low learning level of students at the primary level reinforces the need for an alternate methodology of teaching. From 2020 to 2022, all the primary schools were closed due to COVID pandemic. A huge learning loss was observed throughout the country , specially to those children who are depend on Government schooling system. In our experience of 36 tribal majority areas of Dubrajpur, and Md Bazer block, we found that over 95% of the children are below their expected competency levels. The condition of the children who belong from Tribal families are alarming. As per our experience , we found 95% children are below as per their age appropriate competency level. Accessibility toward the quality education of the children from tribal families are significantly low. 
 The proposed intervention intends to deploy a multi-pronged strategy over three years which will include:<ul><li>Direct intervention with children will endeavour to improve their learning level.</li><li>Promote alternative teaching methodologies and create a new breed of teachers who will be able to think outside the box.</li><li>Training and capacity building of local youth</li><li>Engagement with the community especially parents to improve enrolment, attendance, learning outcomes and better health and hygiene practices.</li></ul>Over the years, TF has worked substantially on its methodology of activity-based learning and intends to refine that during the project period to optimise its practical use within the government structure and regulations.TF will assign the resource to train the Community Teachers, and Panchayat supervisors and oversee the training outcomes in the centre.TF will provide the teachers with teaching manual hand-holding support materials for further reference and support. 
 <ul><li>Targeted students of ST families of standards I to IV/V with direct intervention show improved learning levels (grade appropriate) in grades 1-4/5 enrolled in government primary school’s/catchment areas</li><li>All students with the direct intervention will show 75% improvement on age-appropriate levels in English, Bangla and Maths</li><li>Over 40000 Parents and community members of the targeted students would be active participants improve in attitude toward child education</li><li>450 community learning centres receive support for Tribal students through Community Teachers</li><li>Grade appropriate learn grade-appropriate students will be as indicated in the grade-wise improvement table shown above</li><li>80% retention will be maintained in all the targeted schools</li></ul>

Agamir Pathshala - Bridging Learning gaps of Tribal students enrolled in government primary schools of 19 block area of Birbhum district, West Bengal

The young adolescents between the age group of 14 to 18 years of marginalized social background are not in a mindset to take education due to various social causes. And higher studies for them is a distant dream. Statistically, this age group shows the maximum school drop-outs and getting into labor intensive work to help their parents in meeting the daily family expenses. This scenario has increased manifold after the Covid-19 pandemic, with job loses being the most common issue. Moreover, the students have lost their focus on school education due to the prolonged school closure in the Covid-19 period. And online education did not have any impact with these students. 
 We train the young adolescents on various market oriented trades viz., Mobile Repair, Robotics, Beautician, Jewelry Design, Home Appliances Repair, Conversation English, Financial Literacy, Preventive Health etc. which help them to be financially independent. Providing them with these skills-set, equip them to support their school studies, their family and give an impetus to be financially independent in their future. The grants or donations we receive are for reaching out to more and more of these students and provide a torch to light up their road to successful life. Each of these trades are delivered for 60 hours to each students and they are given certificates, post their successful class completion. 
 From 2017 till Mar'22, we have reached out to more than 6500 such students in 50 State Govt Schools. The trained students have been successful in earning decent amounts upon course completion. We want to see that the initial teachings we provide result in making them become self sufficient in their life with meaningful and decent means of earning. Their economic growth will bring a change in their immediate society and thus improve the quality of living.