For a mother who has spent her entire life loving and raising her child, being beaten and mercilessly thrown out onto the streets by her own son is too heartbreaking to overcome. But this is a common story among the elderly residents of the Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. “I’ve seen mothers in old and torn clothes, their bodies smelling and their hands and feet rotting and covered in maggots,” shares Dr. G.P. Bhagat, founder of the ashram. These abandoned elderly men and women lay starving on the streets hoping for someone to rescue them from their suffering. But most people walk past them without a second glance. “Like this”, Dr. Bhagat explains, “many elders die on the roads.”Since 2003, SHEOWS (Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society) has rescued over 10,000 elderly people from the streets and given them a home with care and support. The elderly staying at the ashram have all been abandoned by their families and have nowhere else to live. Your support can give them comfort after their abandonment. 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). Safe and loving homeFor 20 years, SHEOWS has been providing free shelter, nutritious food three times a day, clothing, medical care, recreation activities and emotional support to abused and disabled elderly people rescued from the streets of Delhi. The Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram has a dedicated rescue team that saves the elderly from the streets and gives them immediate medical care upon their arrival at the home. To tend to the multiple health complications of the seniors, the home has a medical facility with doctors and nurses, a physiotherapy unit, a pathology lab, a digital X-ray monitoring machine and a pharmacy to provide 24-hour care to older adults anytime they require assistance, even during emergencies. Dr. Bhagat prioritizes the health of the seniors and ensures that they receive three balanced meals a day based on their precise health requirements. Need for the fundraiserThe humanitarian mission of SHEOWS is making an impact in the area, as more and more people are being rescued and brought to Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. To meet the financial costs of running the home, SHEOWS needs support to continue providing the residents with all the facilities that they need. This includes constant care and round-the-clock medical attention, nutritious food and maintaining a hygienic environment to keep the seniors in comfort and good health. Dr. Bhagat explains that as the number of residents is increasing, SHEOWS needs support for food and medicines. “I request you to help these elderly parents lead a peaceful life.”Donate now to help Dr. Bhagat continue caring for the 500 destitute elderly and giving them shelter, food, medical care and the will to carry on living despite their tragic abandonment by their families. Your support will enable SHEOWS to keep serving abandoned senior citizens and help them recover from the trauma of abandonment and life on the streets. “I have been serving these elderly as if they were my own parents”, shares Dr. Bhagat. “I want only one thing - their tears should vanish and they should have a smile on their faces.” To help Dr. Bhagat achieve this dream, your support is critical. Donate now to help SHEOWS care for more abandoned elderly. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support SHEOWS in their mission to rescue the abandoned elderly from the streets and give them shelter, food, medical care, recreational activities and emotional support.

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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, Of the 250 the children rescued from abuse and exploitation, around 70 of them 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 Ahilyanagar, 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 good number 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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“I saw a girl, barely 7 or 8, being pushed into flesh trade. Her cries for help still echo in my ears. There were men as old as 60 r*ping the innocent child. That was the day I knew my mission in life was to get these children out of the hell-like conditions in red-light areas. They are nothing short of hell and no child deserves to grow up in this environment” says Vinay Vasta, founder of Social Activities Integration, an organisation committed to freeing children trapped in red-light areas.Vinay and his NGO have been able to provide education, medical care and nutrition to over 2,500 children. But his dream to provide safe shelter to children remains unrealized. “We do our best to keep these children safe during the day but sadly they are forced to go back to the red light areas at night as we don’t have a home for them. Your donation can help us build a safe home for children of sex workers and prevent them from being pulled into prostitution. Donate to make this dream a realityDonate 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).Life in red light areas“S*x workers use their homes which are barely 6 feet by 4 feet for their business. They invite customers in the presence of their children. Their children not only witness abuse but experience it too. Just imagine a child being told that all she can ever become in life is a pr*stitute”, Vinay shares as he explains the extent of abuse children face in red light areas.This is a life that thousands of children are forced to live behind closed doors where they suffer abuse and exploitation morning, noon and night.A ray of hopeVinay has been relentlessly trying to give children the care and education they deserve. He has provided quality English education to thousands of children, enabling them to secure a livelihood out of red-light areas. Several children taught by Vinay are today leading successful lives as professionals and Government employees. However the sad reality is that Vinay and his NGO, in the absence of a permanent shelter home, are unable to provide round the clock safety to these children, which is essential for their well-being.Your donations can enable SAI to build a shelter home for the children of sex workers and usher in a new tomorrow for them, away from the horrors of red-light areas.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to provide safe shelter for children of sex workers and save them from abuse and second generation pr*stitution.NGO's 80G number: AACTS0408EF20216NGO's 12A number: AACTS0408EE20028

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Usha Kiran Eye Hospital (UKEH) was established in 1995 on a rented premise in Mysore, a tier 2 city in South India. With the objective to serve the down-trodden in the community, the promoters of UKEH Dr K.V.Ravishankar, FRCS (Edin) and Dr Uma Ravishankar FRCS (Edin) established Usha Kiran Charitable Trust (UKCT) in 1998 to provide free professional services to those who cannot afford the cost of treatment. As the number of free patients for consultation and treatment increased exponentially within five years of establishing UKCT, the promoters approached G K Charities to support building a strong Community Ophthalmology infrastructure. Thus, UKEH moved into their own Four-storied building in 2005. The poor patients are identified through Outreach camps conducted within a 100 Kms radius of the base hospital at Mysore in the nearby districts of Chamarajnagar, Mandya, and Coorg apart from Mysore. The patients identified for cataract surgery or any other eye-related problems are brought to the base hospital at Mysore and dropped back after 1 or 2 days of surgery to their respective villages depending on their post-operative conditions. Thus, during the period 1998 to 2013 lot of free cataract surgeries were done at UKEH.However, with more players entering the community ophthalmology arena for performing Cataract surgeries, UKEH shifted their focus to the increased need for Children's eye care in 2012. A school screening program was established and children coming from economically backward families were provided with spectacles for refraction and surgeries were performed for early cataracts, drooping eyes, and squint (Table giving details annexed).Apart from extending professional services to the community in their region on a pro-bono basis, promoters of UKEH also extended to the communities in Underdeveloped/developing countries like Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, The Gambia and Zambia. Though initially, they were performing cataract surgeries in these countries, during the last five years, the focus has been on children's surgeries, as there is a severe shortage of trained ophthalmologists in this domain – Paediatric Community OphthalmologySummary of Screening, consultations and surgeries done during the last 21 years of UKCT’s existence in proportion to paid ones, highlight the passion of promoters of UKEH to serve the community is attached.   While updating knowledge and skills on a continuous basis to keep abreast with changing technologies and techniques, the promoters of UKEH also ensured to work along with other International and National Non-government Organisations to fulfil the passion to serve the under-served. This called for constant communication with these NGOs both in terms of providing the required data/information, as well as providing them with the reports of treatment.

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Our NGO USHA KIRAN CHARITABLE TRUST(R), is based out of Mysore Karnataka and we are committed to impacting and improving lives for 25 years now. To take our objective a step further, we have begun a crowdfunding campaign to raise 2500000 (Twenty five Lakhs only ) for the EYE CARE.Our focus is on childhood blindness which includes cataracts at birth or young age, Traumatic cataracts, Squinting, droopy lids, Tear sac blocks at birth, and rarely high eye pressure resulting in glaucoma in childhood, and Life-threatening Retinal tumours.In the last 25 plus years, we have screened over 500,000 children, through children's vision screening programs, provided over 15,000 spectacles, and done over 700 major eye surgeries ( all under general anaesthesia) through outreach work as well as through in-house work. These surgeries for tiny kids mean lots of expenses consumables for eye surgery, towards anaesthesia, safety, hospitalisation, post-operative medications, post-surgery care, and the professional fee of anaesthetists, eye surgeons etcThese programs require a lot of money and we are driven by passion and a philosophy that no child should be denied treatment and care for want of resources. A team of 10, are working hard to help us meet our objective of transforming lives. But we can’t do that without you. Join us in helping millions with your generosity.Anyone, located anywhere in the world, can help the cause with a click of the mouse by donating digitally, through various payment gateways made available on this portal. we request your active involvement.We do screenings in schools in Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajanagar Government schools.We detect children with eye problems and give glasses to those who need them. We also refer children to hospitals that need detailed examination. These children are referred to Base hospital, where medical treatment and surgical treatment are undertaken by the experts.We want to have a situation wherein no needy child has to suffer because of the financial hardships.

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