“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.

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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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Udaan India Foundation (Udaan) is a Mumbai based not-for-profit organization working with children from low-income communities in the field of education. Udaan enables a brighter future for children and youth from low-income communities by providing them with desired knowledge, skills, values and support to break the cycle of illiteracy and poverty and promote social mobility.  Most Udaan children are from families where there has been little or no formal education, where education is not a priority and it is commonplace for children to drop out of school in order to contribute to the family income. The beneficiaries are children living in low-income communities in and around Powai. The geographical reach of Udaan is in these areas - Powai, Vikhroli (West), Chandivali, and Sangharsh Nagar. The parents mostly work as construction workers, vendors, house-maids, drivers and daily wage earners, and in other unorganized sectors. Through our work we strive to see the following perceptible changes:Short term· Enhanced academic performance· Decrease in drop-out rateIntermediate-term· Increased enrolment in higher education· Enhanced employability skillsLong term· Meaningful employment· Self-sufficiency· Responsible citizenshipThe above objectives are achieved through Udaan's Working Model.Udaan Working Model - A journey from Foundation through School Years towards EmployabilityThe above objectives are achieved through Udaan's Working Model. The Kindergarten lays the foundation for formal schooling for children from low-income communities. Once enrolled in school, Udaan bridges the learning gaps in and after-school programme at the Learning Centre and in partner schools through the School Support Programme. Saturday Clubs provide experiential and co-curricular learning to foster a holistic development of the child. The last lap of a child’s journey at Udaan starts post Grade 10 with Udaan supporting his/her higher education and providing skill training to enhance employability. The children’s programme ( 4 to 16 years) at Udaan strives to address the identified gaps by providing quality education and opportunities for children who otherwise would not have access to holistic learning experiences. It aims to ensure every child gets a happy childhood, quality education, equal opportunities to enable them to realize their full potential. The emphasis continues to be on strengthening grade level competencies along with building 21st-century skills i.e. to train children on collaboration, communication, problem solving and conflict management. The focus is also on building life skills to ensure children imbibe values like grit, gratitude, responsibility, kindness, honesty, and respect.The Udaan Youth programme ( 16 to 22 years) aims at empowering youth by providing them with relevant employability skills such as computer literacy, effective communication, work skills and soft skills to make them meaningfully employed and act as catalysts to change the socio-economic status of their family. Udaan runs two NIIT accredited computer literacy courses, to ensure youth are digitally literate. Financial literacy is integrated with this course to enable students to open bank accounts, fill forms and book tickets online. The Spoken English Programme at Udaan is an 8 month intervention aimed at training youth on functional English and enhances communication skills required in the work environment. Udaan partners with Antarang Foundation to offer the CareerReady programme that trains youth on work skills and provides linkages to internships and part-time/full time employment. The Scholarship Programme provides financial support for youth to continue their educational journey, i.e. continuing education beyond grade 10, be it for mainstream college or open school, a vocational or professional course or coaching classes. The soft skills programme at Udaan enables youth to build skills like communication, goal setting, problem solving, critical thinking to deal with professional workplace situations as well as challenges in their personal lives.

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The Problem·        30% (OECD Economic Survey, 2017) of youth in India are not in employment, education or training (NEET).·        Lack of awareness, access to opportunities and education, and low employability skills in youth results in unemployment thus, leading to a vicious cycle of illiteracy and poverty. 
 Our Solution:Our Youth programme (16 to 22 years) at Udaan aims at empowering youth by providing them with relevant employability skills to make them meaningfully employed and act as catalysts to change the socio-economic status of their family. As part of the Skills Enhancement Programmes, we run two NIIT accredited computer literacy courses, to ensure youth are digitally literate. We also offer Spoken English Programme at Udaan which is an 8 month intervention aimed at training youth on functional English, enhance communication skills and confidence required in work environment. We partner with Antarang Foundation to offer the CareerReady programme that trains youth on work skills and provides linkages to internships and part-time/full time employment. We also provide financial support for youth to continue their educational journey, i.e. continuing education beyond grade 10, be it for mainstream college or open school, a vocational or professional course or coaching classes. Our soft skills programme enables youth to build skills like communication, goal setting, problem solving, critical thinking to deal with professional workplace situations as well as challenges in their personal lives.Snapshot of the objectives of our programmes:· Enhancing the core employability skills like computer literacy, communication, problem solving, teamwork, and critical thinking· Enabling youth to make informed career choices· Ensuring that youth complete their educational journey· Mentoring youth to ensure their social and emotional well-being and learn relevant work skills· Providing internships and work opportunities through partner organizations 
 We envision a Powai where skilled, confident, self-reliant youth from low-income communities act as catalysts in changing the socio-economic status of their families. Over the last two years, we have trained more than 500 youth in core employability skills. Our NEET ( Not in employment, training or education number for youth) of 2017-18 was at 9% and for 2018-19 at 3.5% as against the national average of 30%. We strive to better in the year 2019-20 and continue to keep the NEET number below 3%.Snapshot of Impact in 2018-19·    Enhancement in core employability skills of 154 youth in computer literacy, 239 youth in Spoken English in 2018-19·    110 students financially supported for higher education in 2018-19·        ·    Udaan Alumni placed in sectors such as corporate, education, hospitality, para-medical and small businessOur impact story:"While studying in college, I also completed several skills enhancement courses at Udaan. Spoken English Programme enhanced my communication skills and confidence. NIIT accredited computer course helped me become digitally literate. By the time I completed college, I could speak well in English and had computer skills too. Today I am working as an associate with a corporate - JLT, India. It’s an amazing feeling to be independent and support the family financially. I wish all youth like me get support to fulfill their dreams!" - Savita Mandal, who has been associated with Udaan for 10 years.Help us create many impactful stories like Savitas!!

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