"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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“What will happen to them after me? I am 80+. I spend sleepless nights,” worries ex-Air Force officer, Group Captain AC Barua while talking about the future of the 28 destitute women under his care. “They have nobody in this world, sometimes they don’t remember their own names. They are absolutely alone,” he informs us as he goes from one room to the other meeting all the women who live at Seneh, the only home where they are loved and taken care of. After fighting for his country all his life, this octogenarian is now fighting to rescue homeless and abandoned women from dying on the streets. But he cannot do it alone. “Everyday I keep on getting calls from here and there. ‘Oh! there’s a woman lying here. Can you help?’ But I don’t dare to go and help because I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources, our resources are very limited,” explains Gr. Capt. Barua who is lovingly called ‘Sir’ and ‘Deuta’ (father in Assamese) by the residents of Seneh. With your help, 80-year-old Group Captain Barua can fulfill his mission of rescuing abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets, alone. Donate nowDonate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. All 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).Seneh- a home filled with love, care and hopeThe residents of Seneh often don’t remember who they are, where they have come from. Many times these are women with mental health conditions and considered being a witch due to superstitious beliefs and beaten up as a result. They are victims of domestic abuse or widow mothers who are considered to be a burden on the family. Group Captain Barua has not only rescued them from critical conditions, he has provided them with urgent medical care, food and above all, a free safe shelter where they can live with love and care. Among these residents is Sarala Kalita who fled to save herself from the tortures of her alcoholic husband only to face neglect and trauma from her brothers- and sisters-in-law. “Both my brothers and their wives urged my father to leave me somewhere as they didn’t want to take care of me anymore. One day my brother’s wife didn’t even let me have food at home. She just wanted me to leave and go away. So that’s why, my father got in touch with Seneh through someone, and handed me over to Sir to take care of me,” says Sarita who has found joy in living at Seneh. “Coming to Seneh, it felt like I got a new life altogether. Sir has given me a harmonium. I love singing. It makes me forget everything and takes me to someplace else entirely,” she adds. More women like Sarala can find their way to a loving home like Seneh. All they need is a little bit of your kindness. “It is difficult to make both ends meet”To sustain their daily expenditure, Capt Barua needs approx ₹3 lakh a month and arranging the funds is a mammoth challenge for the NGO. “Our expenses are growing day by day. Residents are growing older, their sicknesses are increasing. At times we have to give them special food. They require more care so we have to get more employees. About half of them require leading around, 1-2 has to be fed also. It will be very difficult to sustain it unless we get help,” he added. One act of your kindness can save these abandoned women, with no one in this world, from struggling on the streets to survive. At 80+ Gr. Capt. Barua cannot sustain Seneh on his own. “With folded hands, I appeal to all. Please come and please help us. Let us help these people, these old people who have nobody in this world. They are dying. They will die on the streets,” he urged. Donate to this fundraiser by Give.do to support retired Air Force officer, Group Captain Barua in his mission to rescue abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets.

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Cattle, bred for profit and abandoned after they stop producing milk, are often found malnourished, injured or sick on city streets. Many face bitter winters, starvation and death in road accidents - a sad fate for cows in a country where they are revered by lakhs of people. To save cows from such a sad end, Swami Ishwar Das started Shree Krishnayan Desi Gaushala, currently home to 18,000+ abandoned cows. But with the rising costs of fodder and medicines, he is struggling to provide the quality of care such mistreated animals deserve. “It was in 2010 when I witnessed abandoned cows from the streets in Uttarakhand being transported in a truck. The cows were administered anesthesia and stacked one above the other like lifeless goods. When me and a few of my acquaintances brought the cows off the truck, two of them died before my eyes and that sight shook me to the core. It was then that I started Shree Krishnayan Gaushala with 11 abandoned cows in a small donated land,” says Swami Ishwar Das.Swami Ishwar Das is unable to bear the rising cost of nutrition and medical care for injured cows and needs support to continue to save these voiceless animals. Donate now. All donations on this platform are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA).<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ead01668-6b4d-4a8c-85de-30b43e174f22.JPG" />Every life matters“Here at Shree Krishnayan Desi Gaushala, it is our resolve to leave no stone unturned in caring for helpless cows. No matter what the cost of treatment may be, we make every possible effort to aid ill and injured cows. Our only objective is that a cow should not lose its life for the want of medical care, food or water,” says Swami Ishwar Das. In order to provide the best quality of care and treatment to its adopted cattle, three well trained veterinary doctors attend the gaushala 24/4. The NGO - Shree Krishnayan Desi Gauraksha Avam Golokdham Seva Samiti - spares no expense in providing nutrition either. From jaggery and grains to a healthy mix of green and dry fodder, cows are given meals best suited to their needs.With cost of fodder on rise the Gaushala needs help<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/93e7eafe-4438-40d6-ae40-6972feaf0988.jpg" />Swami Ishwar Das and his team, however, are struggling to keep up with rising costs of nutrition and medical care for cows. “The cost of fodder has risen by almost three times in the last couple of years. From food to medicines everything has become expensive. And we will never compromise with the quality of care and love that we want to give to our cows,” says Swami Ishwar Das. Help Swami Ishwar Das provide the best care and love to abandoned cows while saving them from a desperate life of starvation and suffering on the streets.

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"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together" said Desmond Tutu the co-creator of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_(South_Africa)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Truth &amp; Reconciliation Commission</a> in South Africa, the most prominent experiment of restorative justice.Youth Alliance, for the past 11 years is an ecosystem of young people across India, practising humanness in varied socio-cultural-economic contexts. The journey of a young person in Youth Alliance begins with an 10-day immersive leadership journey like Gramya Manthan and Earth Shastra in remote geographies of India. Then they become part of a closely-knit intentional community of 750+ young people tied together by common values and purpose - living and leading towards harmony with self, other and nature.

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Dearest Supporters, As our crowdfunding process for 2021 concluded with Give India's Fundraising Challenge, we are happy to share that in a period of 2 months, we have been able to raise Rs. 5.8 lakhs with the support of 87 donors. We are extremely grateful to all of you who donated as well as to our alumni who helped us raise funds with their supporting campaigns. As the times of uncertainty continue to loom over us, this support brings us a lot of strength. Here are some things that have been happening at Youth Alliance as we find ourselves in this transition to a Post-covid world: Earth-Shastra (Online)- The 4th edition of one of our flagship programs Earth-Shastra has been happening in collaboration with Bhoomi College. It has been extremely enriching to co-create such a meaningful immersive experience online with people who want to deepen their relationship with nature and understand the intersection of Ecology, Economics and the human self. This week we will be concluding this 10-week long journey. Visit to Kanpur and Lucknow- Last month, 3 of our team members visited the villages of Kanpur where we Gramya Manthan has been taking place for the past 9 years. Going back after 2 years, it was reaffirming to know that the trust, intimacy and dialogue with the community continue to deepen and how eagerly they look forward to have us back with participants.This was followed by a visit to Swatantra Talim in Lucknow, founded by 2 of our alumni- Ridhi and Rahul. For the past 8 years, they have been working with the children of villages of Seetapur district to make education more inclusive, experiential and accessible. We also got to witness a beautiful community interconnection as 2 of our other alumni Abhishek and Amarjeet facilitated a toy making workshop with adolescents.  An Abridged Gramya Manthan- This June, we are hoping to go back to the villages and have Gramya Manthan in an abridged form. Keeping the safety of everyone and the current surge of Covid cases in mind, we will be able to have a clearer picture in the coming weeks. We will keep you updated with more through our newsletters. The receipts of donations made till 14th March have been issued from Give India and the rest shall be sent soon. Please get back to us in case of any query. Gratitude,Team Youth Alliance.

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Humanity faces a civilizational crisis - that is made up with ecological crisis because we are consuming twice more than earth can regenerate; economic inequity because less and fewer people own more and more wealth in the world; political polarization because nationalistic identity-based division is rising world over and even spiritual crisis because we feel more and more alienated from our own selves. At the base of it, lies a pattern of the human mind which manifests through all our collective actions, institutions and narratives. What does it mean to prepare our young people to enable humanity to transition from life-threatening industrial society to a life-sustaining one? Too large, too long term? 
 Youth Alliance, over a decade old youth ecosystem is striving to raise inner consciousness in young people to respond to these crises with courage, service and audacious imagination. The key focus is to shift their paradigm from consumption to contribution, isolated self-interest to community cooperation and from blaming to serving. In the new techno-reality that our world is more and more living into - Youth Alliance is keeping alive faculties that make us human. We do this through:<ol><li>Creating Immersive Experiences for young people to feel the nature of challenges. </li><li>Cultivating Community for them to continuously build their capacity to connect at a deeper level.</li><li>Movement building with like-minded organizations to act together as an ecosystem.</li><li>Building Narrative and a new story which is based on interconnectedness rather than separation.</li><li>Experimentation to learn to disrupt age-old belief systems and create new ones.</li></ol> 
 So far, We have worked with over 750 young people through immersive journeys, over 340 of them have chosen to not pursue corporate careers and contribute full-time to social change as educators, environmentalists, healers, intrapreneurs, artists and so on. <ol><li>Over 35 started their own organizations.</li><li>Over 75 are intrapreneurs in established organizations.</li><li>More than 62% of people come back to reconnect with the community.</li><li>Over 100* have contributed to creating future journeys for more young people.</li><li>3 alumni organizations regenerated Gramya Manthan like immersive journeys in different regions.</li></ol>With a strong team in place, developed curriculum, deeply connected alumni community, collaborative relationships across the movement and with your support, we wish to continue to impact the world through young people.Know more about our programmes here: https://www.youthallianceofindia.org/

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