In Vrindavan, thousands of elderly widow mothers face the harsh reality of abandonment and suffering. With no one to turn to, many are left begging on the streets, exposed to heat, cold and rain,Donate so that Maitri can provide food, clothes and blankets to abandoned elderly mothers now. Give generously."Elderly widows don't have shelter. They sleep in cowsheds over sacks. They don't have a blanket. Nights are really difficult for them," shares Winnie Singh, the founder of Maitri. "Since they are abandoned, they don't have a home or family. They have no means to care for themselves or their nutrition. Winters are extremely painful for them, and many eventually pass away. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />This heartbreaking reality is why Maitri is committed to providing blankets and warm clothing to these abandoned widow mothers. Your contribution can help shield them from the piercing cold and offer them a lifeline during this harsh winter season. "Maitri also provides food, shelter, and healthcare to abandoned widow mothers. Your funds will help them reach and support many more widow mothers in need.

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65-year-old Shakuntala completely depends on our partner NGO, Share and Care, for her food requirements, as she has no one else to take care of her. “When my only child was young, my husband Nadesan died. It was just me and my young son. After my son got married, he left me to stay with his in-laws, and I was alone. I am old, have pain in my legs, knees, shoulders and my entire body so I cannot work as I once did. But the food rations such as the nuts, lentils, wheat flour and rice I receive from Share and Care help me tremendously and I can eat well every day,” she says. Share and Care helps hundreds of abandoned grandparents, most of them being elderly women. The senior citizens belong to tribal communities and have limited access to necessities such as food and medicines to stay alive and well. This Shivratri, you can help with food and other essentials. Support them. 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). Abandoned elderly supported by Share and Care400 elderly parents abandoned by their children have no one to take care of them and need your help. They suffer from hunger, sight and hearing failure, diabetes, high blood pressure and other medical conditions. As they cannot work and support themselves because of old age, they cannot afford medicines or even clothing. So, they remain poor and alone. Share and Care’s mission Since 1984, Share and Care has been caring for disadvantaged groups of people, including elderly parents who have been living in poverty after being abandoned by their children. The founders, a couple named Carmel and Arokiasamy, aim to eliminate poverty and the suffering of the poor through social welfare programs and education. To achieve this mission, Share and Care runs a program in Chennai and also a village in Tiruvallur, where the 400 elderly live. This program ensures that every month, the 400 senior citizens have dry food rations, medicines and medical care, clothes, physiotherapy, geriatric counselling and other services to nurture them back to good physical health. Need for the fundraiserOne of the founders, Carmel Arokiasamy, shares that the abandoned elderly parents who live in extreme poverty without food or anyone to care for them constantly think about their children and ask, “Did we do something wrong?” Arokiasamy shares that from the time their children are born, they take care of them in such a special way. But when their children abandon them, they weep and cannot stop thinking about them. While dealing with this emotional distress, they are also suffering from hunger and disease. But cannot afford food and medicines. Donate now to help Share and Care provide the abandoned elderly with dry food rations, medical supplies, a medical and eye camp, counselling, clothes, blankets and recreational activities to live their lives with a positive outlook, despite their circumstances.Your donation can provide these elderly parents with their most basic and urgent needs. “Please support our work because this is for the elderly parents who are in great need. These grandparents are bedridden. They need care, love and support”.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support Share and Care in their mission to provide food, medicines, counselling and personal care to 400 abandoned grandparents living in poverty.

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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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Voluntary Health Association of Tripura (VHAT) was formed as a state level net work NGOs and CBOs, by some health and science activists in 1988 with the aim to promote the Health, Elementary Education &amp; Environment status of the state through policy level advocacy and conceptual level intervention by capacity building. It got the registration under Societies Registration Act 1860 on 12th December,1988.

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In 1993, Voluntary Health Association of Tripura (VHAT) planned to initiate one project for promotion of community health, women empowerment and elementary education of the underprivileged children. We selected ten village panchayats under Rupaichari block of South Tripura district as the project area. This was remote , less accessible, tribal people dominated area. There are three clans of tribes live in the area, viz. Tripura, Mog &amp; Chakma. When we did primary survey as part of the situation analysis, it was found that there was not a single person who completed the study up to Class-V. The community priority was also “education” for their children. Giving the importance of community priority, VHAT started a non-formal education centre in April 1994 with village children &amp; developed a condense course to complete the study of Class 1 to Class V within three years. In the year 2000, this centre got the recognition from the state education department as junior basic school by the name “ Ratanmani Vidyalay” with the aim to promote quality primary education of the tribal children living in these remote hilly areas of Rupaichari block under South Tripura district. As on March 2024 Ratanmani Vidyalay completed thirty (30) years of its glorious existence and achieved the status of quality primary education centre for the poor tribal children in the area.Students – category:At present Three hundred six (306) children from various panchayats of Rupaichari Block under the Tribal Area Autonomous District Council admitted in Ratanmani Vidyalay and accommodated in the school hostelThe school is following the government’s norm in school curriculum, with additional extra-curricular activities. The main philosophy behind running the school is that children should not be detached or isolated from the activities of their normal life &amp; quality primary education helps to stop children being dropout in upper classes.Due to special care for the children and other extracurricular activities, community acceptance for the school is very highAs the parents’ literacy is almost nil and due to long distance of the hilly villages there is great demand in the community to put their children in our hostel. All the children in Ratanmani Vidyalay are from ppr tribal Jhumia (Shifting Cultivators) family.To provide them nutritious food in the hostel &amp; for the educational purpose we require donations.

Ratanmani Vidyalay-Residential School for Tribal Children in remote hilly area of Tripura.

Voluntary Health Association of Tripura (VHAT) is a net work of sixty five civil society organizations/ NGOs of Tripura. It has been working for the welfare of the underprivileged children since 1988. This activity got new dimensions in the year 2003 when we initiated CHILDLINE Agartala Project. While working with CHILDLINE, it was felt that the basic facilities for the underprivileged children were needed to be improved in Tripura. The GO and NGO sector did not have sufficient shelter home for the orphaned and underprivileged children. Moreover, the government homes were already full/over burdened. Under this situation, to provide the shelter and other facilities to these children in need the Anwesha Child Protection Centre(ACPC) was initiated by VHAT in its Complex in West Bhubanban, Agartala, Tripura (W) in the year 2005  by collecting some small individual local support. This home got registration under ICPS in 2011. 
 Anwesha Child Protection Centre has been receiving the children mainly through  CHILDLINE Agartala with direction from Child Welfare Committee(CWC), West Tripura District and also through CWC of other districts of Tripura. All the children are studying in local government schools. A fully fledged computer lab is in place for computer literacy of the children.We are maintaining individual case files to address the necessities of each child like counseling. substance abuse, behavioral problems and socially deviant behaviors.Providing life skills training to the children leading to personality enhancement, raising self esteem, developing a positive approach to life , improving communication skills, ability to deal with trauma, reducing risk and vulnerabilities.Provision of Nutrition: The children of  ACPC are getting three meals, breakfast and evening snacks (biscuits, puffed rice banana, sprouted peas etc.) every day. A food chart approved by the Doctor/Nutritionist is prepared and which is followed by the centre.Provision of toilets, water, washing place and recreation facilities is there for the children. 
 Children away from the vulnerable situations. They are guided to shift from high risk and socially deviant behaviors. Opportunities provided for education and develop their potential and talent.Life skills developed and vulnerabilities to exploitation reduced.Some children reintegrated into families , alternative care and community.

Anwesha Child Protection Centre ( home for 100 orphan and under-privileged children)

Persons with disabilities are one of the most neglected sections of our nation.All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. People with disabilities all over the world experience human rights violations, stigma and discrimination.There are many social factors that can affect whether or not individuals with disabilities are included or excluded from participation on various activities, which in turn can affect development or esteem. Disability is thus just not a health problem. It is a complex phenomenon, reflecting the interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.As per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,2016, every Persons with Disabilities has the right to be provided with Barrier Free Environment.This is one which enables people with disabilities ,old people , small children to move about safely and freely and to use the facilities within the built environment 
 VHAT initiated the Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Programme for the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in five blocks of west and south districts of Tripura in 2007 and identified 3700 PWDS including Physically Challenged. Among these identified PWDs a good number of them do not have mobility. They are mostly from poor rural families. Govt &amp; non-govt endeavour to provide them mobility devices is very much insufficient. VHAT, through its trained staff provide physiotherapy and devices to them. To do this VHAT is taking help from community, local individual and organizations. Beneficiaries are identified by our Field Staff by directly going to the community. We are providing the Wheel Chairs, to create a barrier free environment and improve their self esteem.  
 The person with physical impairment got the mobility and improved self esteem.

Providing poor persons with disability with  aids and appliances

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Ratanmani Vidyalay-Residential School for Tribal Children in remote hilly area of Tripura.

Anwesha Child Protection Centre ( home for 100 orphan and under-privileged children)

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