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), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA). 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, 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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Vidya Integrated Development for Youth and Adults (VIDYA), a 37-year-old NGO, has directly benefitted over 4.5 lakh children, youth and women working with the motto Educate. Empower. Transform. We have 200+ projects that includes VIDYA schools, beyond school education in govt. schools, livelihood and skill training for youth and women, digital literacy program in schools and communities for children, youth &amp; women. Our projects are spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai, Pune, Goa and Bangalore.The groundwork for a better life lies in education. It is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. We strive every day to provide high quality education, empowerment, opportunities and second chances to children, youth and women. Our work enables individuals to dream big, achieve their goals and create the social change they want to see in the world. Ensuring employability and building capacity are the VIDYA ethos. Our students are confident, capable and ambitious, and they learn skills that enable them to be productive members of a fast-evolving global society.VIDYA dreams of seeing an India where every child gets quality education, every youth an opportunity to succeed, and every woman achieves economic and social independence.Our WorkWith the vision “To be the fountainhead for empowering and transforming lives through education” VIDYA works intensively through holistic education models in three major areas; CHILDREN: Education for poor children through VIDYA K-12 School &amp; VIDYA Bal Vihar Primary School, Beyond School program in Govt. schools, School Partnership Program, Public Private Partnership Program, Open Basic Education program and Digital Literacy Program. YOUTH: NIOS Bridge Course (National Institute of Open Schooling) for drop out youth, Scholarship Program to continue education beyond Class X &amp; Class XII, Digital Empowerment Program and Communicative English Program.WOMEN: Digital Saathi Program, Livelihood and Skilling Program for women through women empowerment program.VIDYA’s interventions align with 3 of the 17 goals for sustainable development set by the United Nations;Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being at all agesGoal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for allGoal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

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Elementary Education: A lot of ground to coverToday over 98% of children enjoy schools situated within a kilometre of their habitation, and almost 92% have access to an upper primary school within 3 kilometers. The Mid Day Meal program, the largest of its kind in the world, provides nutritious meals to children and assists in keeping them in school. We still face many deficits in the field of education, including lack of trained teachers, physical infrastructure and low level of quality. Higher education too faces low enrolment ratios and regional disparities. Research indicates that learning outcomes in government schools in India are well below acceptable standards. VIDYA interventions and learning model helps such vulnerable students in communities by meeting their aspirations in education. Every child in Bal Vihar is a success story and is prepared in each grade by the program support to get admissions in the best of the Delhi-NCR schools to fulfil their dreams. VIDYA ensures the level-based curriculum that includes performing arts and life skill training to all students at an early age. The emphasis is shifting from having a roof over walls to making available enough free learning aids for the beneficiary children.The future always remains unseen, but whatever the future unfurls, one factor that will remain constant will be the significance of sound education based on knowledge and values. This epitomizes the philosophy of schooling at VIDYA Bal Vihar. Based on the perception that every child is unique, Bal Bihar provides a conducive, enabling educational environment based on a curriculum designed to accommodate different learning styles nurtured in the ambit of multiple intelligences. We ensures that all beneficiary children get access to age –appropriate quality education, mentoring and additional support resulting in improved academic performance with the long-term aim of settling the children with a means of livelihood and financial self-reliance. Specific Objectives of the program·                 Create experiential learning opportunity for elementary school age children·                 Increase children's school enrolment in the nearby community of the project·                 Reduce school dropout in the catchment areas, especially school girls·                 Increase literacy rate·                 Increase the project area community's awareness on the importance of educating children and minimise gender disparity in the stipulation of basic education, by working on affirmative action with the community.·                 Build the spirit of community service and volunteerism among the future generations·                 Behaviour change as a way of solving social and economic problems in promoting a just society. Bal Vihar is the oldest project of VIDYA’s movement. Nestled in the midst of a heritage site in a verdant environment in Panchsheel Park is VIDYA’s primary school, Bal Vihar. The educational experience at Bal Vihar is challenging, exhilarating, and sometimes even euphoric. Based on the perception that every child is unique, Bal Bihar provides a conducive, enabling educational environment based on a curriculum designed to accommodate different learning styles nurtured in the ambit of multiple intelligences. The entire educational ecosystem has been reimagined and redesigned to foster a love for learning for the sake of learning. We encourage our students to be out-of-the-box constructive thinkers, inspired to explore their world, ponder over their thoughts, develop a spirit of enquiry and be lifelong learners. The curriculum has been reconceptualised to make it experiential and stimulate autodidactic learning. At VIDYA, we believe learning is collaborating with others, solving problems, critical thinking, and developing communication and leadership skills. Over the years, the dropout rate has dropped drastically. The parents now understand the importance of educating their children, especially their daughters– the number of girl students has increased to a healthy 50:50 ratio. After completing 5th standard, we assist families to navigate the daunting task of enrolling their children into secondary public schools. Each child at Bal Vihar has a dream and the school nurtures those dreams with fun-filled, immersive education. The Bal Vihar model is so effective that we used have used it in our PPP partnership with the Delhi government to fully manage government schools. The school currently educates 350-300 students every year from Nursery to V. The Bal Vihar School is much more than a school; It represents family. We believe that education should be holistic and we look at the complete child. We encourage our children to dream big, help them to realize their dream. Badrasen Negi was a Shepherd boy and dreamt of being an engineer. He studied at Bal Vihar School from 1993 to 1996. Today he is computer science engineer in long beach, California, and works for the Government of LA as a programmer. Teaching Methodology:·       Child centric English medium curriculum for the students from nursery to V.·       Creating a congenial age-appropriate learning environment·       Activity driven curriculum·       Providing pictorial books and teaching material to make learning fun for the students.·       Teaching through creative pedagogies like storytelling, poetry, theatre and fine arts.·       Facilitating in-service training programs to empower the staff. Regular workshops for students and staff.·       Monitoring the accountability of the staff by conducting regular class observations, to make teachers more responsible. ·       Conducting regular internal and external assessments, which are also supported by report cards and conduct regular PTMs·       Providing life skill &amp;social skills training through morning assemblies.·       Computer literacy.·       Science club·       English conversation classes by Illingua. Co-curricular activities:•                 Martial arts twice a week•                 Art and craft•                 Moral values through Artly class.•                 Mental awareness by “Minds at Play”•                 Performing arts events through Sanksriti program, Tech Fests, Lit Fest etc•                 Organizing exposure trips, excursions and festival celebrations for students to imbibe confidence and team work values.•                 Celebrating all national and cultural festivals.Other activities•                 Counsellors and volunteers.•                 Regular counselling sessions to students with behavioural problems and remedial teaching to weak students by volunteers after school hours.•                 Health Hygiene and government schemes awareness to the families Scholarship programs:After completing the formal education in Bal Vihar primary school, every year 20% children get admission in reputed schools. VIDYA sponsors 50% of their scholarship fees till XII. Others are admitted in English medium section of the government schools. Our students have made us proud by securing admissions in Grade VI in city’s prestigious schools such as Modern School, Barakhamba Road, St. Mary’s School, Lal Bhadur Shastri School, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Government schools.             Project Monitoring and EvaluationVIDYA monitors the programme through various internal and external exams. Education initiative conducted various external exams to monitor understanding and application of various concepts. Desired Impact VIDYA provides the best possible and available education to the beneficiary children and aims to achieve the following impact·      Access to quality education for vulnerable children through VIDYA ·      95 - 100% promotion of children in their respective grade ·      Improved standard in communication skills, computer skills, career options, life skills, etc. ·      Quality education reflected through improved performance of children ·      Mentoring &amp; advancement of our children in any vocation or in higher education ·      Promotes better integration into society when the children grow up.·      With our engagement with the children, we enroll 95% of our students every year in the best of Delhi public schools or English medium Government schools.·      Involvement of management and mentors help children to continue their education and bring improvement in overall functioning of the school and help children to perform better in education.·      Life skills of children improve and they are able to handle the day- to- day situation of their lives. Sustainability: Social- Community participation in project implementation builds knowledge and capacity of parents and other stakeholder so that they take on roles and responsibilities in continuing children’s education in the years to come.  Vidya Bal Vihar is the oldest project of VIDYA. From the last 37 years, the project has been educating the students from the marginalized section of the society. Most of the staff in this project has been associated since its existence. With the help of various individual donors and co-operates, we have been successfully running the project.   Conclusion:The underlying philosophy of VIDYA is leadership of tomorrow. Our aim is to ensure that our students reach the demographic dividend that helps them break the cycle of poverty.  It is the generosity of collaborators and partners that has enabled VIDYA to accomplish the heights it has reached today. Our children need your benevolence. We solicit your support for VIDYA BAL VIHAR SCHOOL for the year April 2023-March 2024. Your contribution will significantly help us to continue with our efforts towards integrating more students into the formal education system. We will be happy to keep you posted and informed about the progress and development in all aspects.

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Though the Right to Education Act (RTE) was implemented in 2009, enforcing free and compulsory education for all children between 6-14 years, the act has been less than successful in providing good quality, holistic education, especially in government schools. Problems such as lack of basic resources, facilities, teacher shortages, demotivated faculty and rote learning pedagogies have resulted in extremely poor learning outcomes.Children from underprivileged backgrounds can only afford government schooling. However, due you such a poor learning environment, even those who manage to complete their education lack basic reading, writing and communication skills. 
 The underlying philosophy of VIDYA is the leadership of tomorrow. At VIDYA we strongly believe that it is entirely possible and necessary to provide underprivileged children with the same quality of education and exposure one would receive at an elite school. Our aim is to ensure that our students reach the demographic dividend that helps them break the cycle of poverty. More details on our website: www.vidya-india.org 
 VIDYA is a non-profit NGO. Over 35 years, we’ve impacted the lives of 4,00,000 people, more than half of which include girls and women. We are running 78 projects and growing, spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bangalore, Mumbai &amp; Pune. We build the capacity to surmount limitations, achieve goals and become leaders of social change.  We dream of seeing an India where every child gets a quality education, every youth an opportunity to succeed, and every woman achieves economic and social independence.

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While Gurugram progresses, its villages regress. Demographic indicators like low female literacy and an abysmally poor women's labour and workforce participation rate, coupled with a high infant mortality rate have made one of the richest states in the country ironically grapple with economic and social issues.An accelerated decline in the sex ratio and an even lower child sex ratio heavily skewed in favour of men according to the World Bank Report 2017 is an even more disturbing factor. Alcoholism, substance abuse, and domestic violence are gnawing at the society in Haryana. 
 Launched in 2009, VIDYA School, Gurugram, is a CBSE-affiliated K-12 institution that aims to provide quality education to over 1000 less-privileged children from the slums of Gurugram. https://www.vidyaschool.com/ It is a state-of-the-art English-medium school with IT-enabled classrooms, well-equipped libraries, a robotics lab, an English language digital learning lab and sports facilities. Our holistic methodology towards learning helps children in building their strengths, learning to think both critically and out-of-the-box, with a focus on the unique needs of the girl child.We know that every child finds identity, meaning and purpose through connections in the community and the natural world. Hence, our philosophy of education is experiential— learning should be related to the immediate environment of the child. 
 After their 12th grade, our students have qualified for admissions into private engineering institutions, NITs and other prestigious colleges like the Lady Shri Ram and Indraprastha College For Women in Delhi University. These driven, empowered individuals seek to create ripples of change in their own families, communities, and subsequently, in the entire country. If we enable these individuals, they will become the true makers of tomorrow. All our students are articulate, confident, well-spoken and fluent in English, along with being computer savvy.

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COVID-19 is devastating for everyone. But the worst affected are those who were already severely disadvantaged to begin with. In most countries around the globe, the pandemic has exacerbated vulnerabilities for traditionally excluded groups, such as youth, women, and migrants. During the pre-covid times, only 32% of the population had health insurance, while now, this percentage is 55%. The data shows that COVID-19 has increased consciousness about the importance of preventive health insurance in India. Unfortunately, the most underprivileged communities cannot afford it, forcing them to dip into their savings, borrow, delay treatment or receive poor quality care. Since the 2000s, India has made remarkable progress in reducing absolute poverty. Between 2011 and 2015, more than 90 million people were lifted out of extreme poverty. Unfortunately, multiple studies have been warning that the pandemic-induced economic crisis would have a cataclysmic impact on the poor globally and be particularly severe in India - home to the maximum number of poor – sending 40 million back into poverty (IMF). <ul><li>There have been 3,20,77,706 confirmed cases of COVID-19 all over India, including 4,29,669 deaths.</li><li>Today, 8.5% of the population is fully vaccinated and 30% has received at least 1 dose.</li></ul> 
 The situation reminds us of how helpless we can be before certain phenomena. The families had suddenly lost their livelihood and in their desperation, they reached out to us for help. We quickly reorganized our activities to face the emergency. Beyond the humanitarian aid such as distribution of dry ration and PPE kits, we have also raised awareness about the virus and the safety precautions one must take to safeguard oneself and their families. Early last year, COVID-19 threw our plans off gear, albeit for a short while. VIDYA’s team's pan India was galvanized to integrate technological tools in the teaching-learning process. In a short span of time, the classroom interactions were digitized, and e-learning platforms were introduced to ensure continuity of learning. We ensured that our children do not drop out, remain physically and mentally healthy, maintain a positive outlook and emerge stronger from the crisis 
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