People of Assam need urgent help as floods leave lakhs in need. Donate nowFloodwaters have once again ravaged the beautiful land of Assam, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. According to the latest reports by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), over six lakh people have been severely affected by floods across Charaideo, Golaghat, Jorhat, Nagaon, Sivasagar, and other districts. The number of victims of the natural disaster has climbed to over 70, while thousands remain stranded without help. Together, let us rise and make a difference by contributing to our fundraising campaign for the flood victims of Assam.Charaideo is the worst-hit district with nearly 1.9 lakh people affected, followed by Sivasagar (over 1.5 lakh) and Jorhat (around 1.4 lakh). Nestled in the northeastern part of India, Assam has a long-standing history of facing nature's fury. Just last year, the state witnessed a devastating flood that uprooted the lives of countless individuals. This year, the floods have struck again, plunging numerous families into unimaginable chaos and distress. Many have been displaced from their homes, left without shelter, and robbed of their basic necessities.Embankments, roads, bridges and other infrastructure have also been damaged by flood waters. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/301d0554-be75-4210-87bc-ee45448b65c7.webp" />The urgent need for assistance:In times like these, it is our duty to extend a helping hand to our fellow human beings who are facing the wrath of nature. Your generous donations will directly support our on-ground NGO partners who are tirelessly working to provide immediate relief to the flood-affected people in Assam. The funds raised will be utilised to provide them with essential supplies such as food, clean water, and medical care, bringing hope and solace to their lives during this moment of crisis.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/09d9ef81-0cbf-4dfa-8390-cb4c489e0293.webp" />The power of your donations:Every rupee contributed to this fundraising campaign will create a ripple effect of positive change in the lives of those who need it the most. Your support will help in:Immediate Relief: Ensuring that the affected families receive immediate assistance in the form of food, clean water, and essential supplies.Medical Care: Providing medical aid to those injured or suffering from waterborne diseases, ensuring their well-being in the aftermath of the disaster.Shelter and Rehabilitation: Assisting in the construction of temporary shelters and facilitating the process of rehabilitation to help affected families rebuild their lives.Here's how your donations can help:a) A food kit comprising essential supplies can be provided for ₹1,255. b) A hygiene kit with essentials for an entire family during floods can be ensured for ₹1,035. c) Our NGO partner can provide temporary shelter for flood-affected families for ₹2,570.Now is the time to unite and show our solidarity with the people of Assam. By donating to our fundraising campaign, you are not just providing immediate relief; you are also offering hope and strength to those who have lost everything. Together, we can make a difference and rebuild the lives of the flood-affected communities in Assam. Join us today and let compassion guide our actions.Thanks to you, here are a few images of ActionAid providing help to people in need in Assam!<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/fd90fe4d-08f1-47f0-9f3c-bd85cc4e450a.webp" /><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/e58d7c88-e93f-4d08-82ee-968cbf75fd04.webp" /><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/a4495630-db88-44d9-a1ad-5f356bf942b0.webp" /><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/155078cc-3c32-4645-bbb9-e4b36e326bfa.webp" /><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/989d9ad8-1451-42c0-9b5d-9b7162da08cf.webp" />

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Most of Sharanalayam’s children have ‘V’ as their initial. The ‘V’ stands for ‘Vanitha,’ the founder of the NGO. For the orphaned and the abandoned kids, Vanitha is simply ‘Thaiamma’ (mother). One of them is V Dhanushya, 18, who is studying nursing. “Thaiamma has taken care of me since I was six months old. I don’t know who I was born to, but if somebody asks me my mother’s name, I will say Vanitha,” Dhanushya says.But Vanitha, at 72, is seeking your support to keep Sharanalayam running and help many more Dhanushyas. Donate now.Donations to this fundraiser are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India). <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/519af8b4-e1d1-4974-98c3-a9a15120df8b.png" />“A sex worker’s child should not become a sex worker, and a beggar’s child should not end up becoming a beggar. Every child, in my eyes, is equal, and no child deserves to live on the streets. That is my basic philosophy,” says N Vanitha Rengaraj, chairperson of Sharanalayam.For rescued abandoned infants from bus stands, railway stations, roadsides and temple steps and orphans adopting whose parents have died, Sharanalayam has been a loving home for close to two decades. Vanitha has also been taking care of abandoned HIV-infected and mentally challenged kids. Today, over 80 abandoned kids are given shelter, food, medical care, education and other amenities at Sharanalayam.Vanitha has tried her best to run Sharanalayam from her own resources and that of her well-wishers, but the last two years have been harsh. “I have never extended my hands asking people to donate, but I have to do it now for the sake of the children under my care,” says Vanitha. Donate now.Over 80 children at Sharanalayam attend school and do well in their studies. Many of them study in private schools and Sharanalayam bears all expenses.How Sharanalayam came into beingThe NGO started its operations in 2001 from rented premises in Pollachi in the district of Coimbatore. It had seven children. The first child to be brought to Sharanalayam was a baby of four, who was mentally challenged, and her mother chained the daughter when she went out to work.When Vanitha came to know about this child, she went to inquire and saw that the baby was in a horrible state. She promised the mother that she would take care of the baby. “The baby hardly had any strength. She used to be called ‘insect’ by the people in the neighbourhood. The doctor said that she might not survive beyond a month. But she did for over a year, under my care. I named her Shakthi,” recalls Vanitha.Sharanalayam has come a long way since that time, with hundreds of children being taken care of by the NGO in the last two decades. Many have become professionals in various fields, including medical care, engineering, counselling, banking, etc.Sharanalayam needs urgent support to take care of 80 children under its care. The organisation also aspires to take care of many more orphaned and abandoned children in the coming months and years. Vanitha cannot do it without your support. Donate now.

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Human trafficking in India is a horrifying crisis. Thousands of victims, primarily women and girl children, are exploited in red-light areas. Over 10,659 cases were reported between 2018-2022, but experts say that these numbers are likely a fraction of the reality due to underreporting, yet they still do expose the magnitude of the crisis. Girls make up 71.4% of missing children in India and a large number of these girls end up at red-light areas. Sex trafficking is particularly gruesome, with girls as young as 12 sold for as little as a few thousand rupees.

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YUVAANEmpowering Youths, Empowering NationIntroduction : Yuvaan provides socially, economically underprivileged and orphaned students educational material, career guidance, vocational skills training and lodging and meals as the need be free of cost. Yuvaan specially focuses its activities to inculcate social sensitivity, brotherhood, love for the country and a humane perspective without discrimination.YUVAAN's project:A) Youth Empowerment Centre For 18+ orphanage students: According to government rules in India, Orphans have to leave the orphanages after they attain 18 years of age. Their dreams remain unfulfilled as they step out into the world without any employable skill and with incomplete education. They are forced by their circumstances to take up any kind of job they get in order to earn their living even though they would like to take up higher education . Many socially and economically underprivileged students are also deprived of equal opportunities of higher education and employment. Our Youth Empowerment Centre has extended a helping hand to such youths by providing shelter / hostel, educational fees, material, meal, skill &amp; career guidance as the need be free of cost.B) Center For Skill and Career Development:  Centre for Skill Career Development is providing unemployed youth training &amp; career guidance for employment in Government and Private sectors. The Centre have well equipped Library &amp; Study room facility. The Library has 1500+ latest &amp; excellent books on all types of Competitive exams including UPSC, MPSC, Police, Railway, Bank etc with several magazines &amp; newspapers also. The centre organizes inspiring lectures of UPSC, MPSC toppers and senior Government officials under PRERANA initiative. There are thousands of students benefitted by the Prerana programs and given their life a better direction.C) YUVAAN SEVAVRATI (VOLUNTEERS) program :Yuvaan is building up the youths and inculcating in them social sensitivity, love for the country and a humane perspective without any kind of discrimination. The Yuvaan Sevavrati (Volunteers) program is aimed at bringing about positive change by channelizing the energy of youths. Through this programs the youth are provided with opportunities to contribute in various social activities as Yuvaan Volunteers.Team YUVAAN have taken quick innitiaves to help needy people who are affected by natuaral disasters in India. i.e. Chennai Flood in 2015, Kerala Flood in 2018 &amp; Kolhapur - Sangali Flood, Maharashtra in 2019. Yuvaan Sevavrati enriches and deepens the awareness of social responsibilities among the youths and inspires them to lead a life of hope. ‘Yuvaan’ believes that by increasing the participation of our youths in constructive activities we can surely realize the dream of a developed India.D) ECO YUVAAN:ECO YUVAAN, a social start- up by YUVAAN has provided employment to orphans and the unemployed. Eco-friendly products are produced through this social enterprise including Jute and Cotton bags, Purses, Cotton Masks etc. Yuvaan Programmes At A Glancea) Full Residential Support For Higher Educationb) Career Guidance, Skill Development &amp; Employment Assistance c) Volunteering d) Eco YUVAAN Bags ( Jute &amp; Canvas)

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Maharashtra is one of the worst hit state with largest number of Covid-19 cases in India. Ahmednagar, one of the largest district in Maharashtra ranks 10th with active 27,680 Covid positive cases in the country. ( As on April 28th, 2021) This second wave sent many more into a fragile health care system, critically short of hospital beds, oxygen, ventilators, medicines and food. The death toll in the second wave is higher than the first wave. Many children have lost their earning parent due to COVID-19. As a result, their future is bleak.  
 As a non profit and non political social organization, YUVAAN has been doing strong Covid-19 Relief Work at Ahmednagar since more than a year. YUVAAN has touched over 35,000 lives through our Covid-19 relief programs across 35 villages &amp; 3 cities of Ahmednagar district.1) Urgent Relief Kit having Groceries and Sanitary pads.2) Improvement of health infrastructure at rural Covid Hospitals. 3) Support for the education of Covid-19 affected children / students.4) Employable skill training to widows for making eco friendly products at their Home through our social Start-up ECO YUVAAN 
 Our COVID Relief Work is continuing in the following focus areas:<ul><li>6275 benefited from Dry Ration Kits which were distributed to support families suffering from the financial crisis. </li><li>15,000 Cooked Meals were served to migrant workers, daily-wage earners and others.  </li><li>4 Government Hospitals were supported with Medical Equipment including Beds, ICU Monitors, O2 Machines, Ventilator and Supplies worth Rs.66,00,000 to argument the healthcare efforts of the government. </li><li>15,000 Masks were distributed to control the spread of infection. </li><li>400 deprived children were benefited through educational material to help students continue learning.</li><li>12,365 migrants were benefited through our BACK2HOME program during lockdown. </li></ul>

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According to government rules in India, Orphans have to leave the orphanages after they attain 18 years of age. Their dreams remain unfulfilled as they step out into the world without any employable skill and with incomplete education. They are forced by their circumstances to take up any kind of job they get in order to earn their living even though they would like to take up higher education. Many other students including differently abled are also deprived of equal opportunities for their higher education and employment due to their socio- economic situation. Girls are often married early or they are pushed in trafficking by showing greed and cheating. Boys are forced to work for extra hours for less money or also to steal from social nuisances.  
 Yuvaan provides orphaned, socially, economically underprivileged and differently abled students educational fees, material, counseling, career guidance, vocational skills training, lodging and meals as the need be free of cost. Our integrated support system helps them to achieve their goals they deserve. Yuvaan also focuses its activities to inculcate social sensitivity, brotherhood, love for the country and a humane perspective among them without any discrimination. 
 YUVAAN vision indicates that every youth have equal opportunity for higher education and employment regardless of their socio-economic status. It will help them to achieve more or what they deserve in their life. In this way we can bring Orphans into main stream of society and erase the seal of living as Orphans for life. It can also stop their exploitation and give them the right to live as normal human beings in the true sense of the world.

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Due to human errors, nature has regained its roaring form this year as well and Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Konkan were again hit by heavy rains and floods. In the last 5 days, 145 poor people have lost their lives due to heavy rain and flood situation. Hundreds are still missing. As many as 2,35,000 people have been evacuated due to the floods. The Indian Army has been called in as the flood situation has spiraled out of control. Already ordinary poor citizens have been hit financially by the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to heavy rains and floods, food, health facilities and shelter have become a major issues for millions of ordinary citizens there. 
 At present, there is no space left for the flood-affected migrants and deprived rural people to keep food grains, groceries and other necessities. Therefore, considering their urgent need for food, YUVAAN has started a community 'Seva Kitchen' from today till the flood recedes near Herwad in Kolhapur district.Team YUVAAN had to rush to buy grains and groceries from the grocery store where the area is surrounded by water. YUVAAN previously had good experience of service work there, so a large no of local youths are working as Volunteers with YUVAANSpecial assistance will be provided by YUVAAN for the education of deprived students in flood and flood prone areas along with food arrangements. With the financial support needed for immediate service work, Team YUVAAN also needs textbooks, stationary, bags and, if possible your old but working smart phone for the educational work of disadvantaged students. The role of these old smart phones is important for information, knowledge and communication in the current pandemic situation.In Mahad, Chiplun, Sangli, Team YUVAAN is also planning to provide grocery kits with the help of local volunteers and administration. Team YUVAAN has always tried to do immediate and more effective long term work for the victims by avoiding the flood of help coming only to certain places based on experience. Team YUVAAN has already carried out long term service (no help) for the flood victims in Chennai in 2016, Kerala in 2018, Kolhapur and Sangli in 2019. 
 1) Immediate food Relief to victims of flood and heavy rain2) Medical assistance3) Repairing4) Educational support5) Livelihood

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According to government rules in India, Orphans have to leave the orphanages after they attain 18 years of age. Their dreams remain unfulfilled as they step out into the world without any employable skill and with incomplete higher education. They are forced by their circumstances to take up any kind of job they get in order to earn their living even though they would like to take up higher education. Girls are often married early or they are pushed in trafficking by showing greed and cheating. Boys are forced to work for extra hours for less money or also to steal from social nuisances. Many other youths from backward community are also deprived of equal opportunities for their higher education and employment due to their socio- economic situation. Corona has adversely affected YUVAAN's educational, skills development and employment service work. Today, it has become more difficult than ever for students to pay for basic necessities like accommodation, meals, clothes, tuition fees. Most of these orphaned students have only the support of the youth in this world to survive. 
 Yuvaan provides orphaned, socially, economically underprivileged and physically challenged students vocational skills training, higher educational fees, career and employment assistance, lodging, meals and as the need be free of cost. Yuvaan also focuses its activities to inculcate social sensitivity, brotherhood and a humane perspective among youths without any discrimination. 
 Through YUVAAN, 241 disadvantaged students have been provided direct employment through higher education and skill development. 35,430 students have determined the direction of their lives through the YUVAAN’s PRERANA program.