“My 8-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer and it left the entire family devastated. I was told the cost of treatment would run into lakhs. I was barely managing to make ends meet and there was nothing I could do to save Swaroop. But the Nargis Dutt Foundation stepped in and took care of all the expenses. I can’t even imagine the consequences had they not been there for my son,,” says teary-eyed Devendra.The helplessness that Devendra felt is not uncommon among low-income families of cancer patients. There are many who helplessly see their dear ones, including children, lose their life in the most painful manner. Nargis Dutt Foundation has ensured that thousands of families don’t see this fate. It’s been a ray of hope for thousands of cancer patients since its inception over 40 years back. You can help save many more patients with cancer. 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). The cost of each chemotherapy is as much as ₹15,000 and a cancer patient can require between 6 to 12 sessions. The hefty cost for cancer treatment is well beyond the reach for poor families that are barely surviving on two square meals a day. Help Nargis Dutt Foundation provide treatment to poor cancer patients and save them from a slow and painful death.Giving hope to cancer patients“I was just 13 when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. When I saw my mother struggling for life it left a lifelong impact on me. Her condition had deteriorated to such an extent she was almost unrecognisable. I know how it feels like to lose a loved one to cancer and I am not alone in my grief. There are thousands of people struggling to save their family members,” says Priya, daughter of noted actress Nargis Dutt, who lost her life to cancer, and in whose name the NGO has been founded. Priya has made it her life’s mission to save as many cancer patients as she can, but she can not do it alone. Nargis Dutt Foundation needs your support. Your donation can not only save cancer patients but can give life to entire families.Need for the fundraiserCancer is often seen as a death sentence. But doctors say that if detected early and if a patient receives essential treatment, the illness can be defeated and the person can return to their lives. “Treatment of cancer often depends on multiple factors including the type of cancer and the stage in which it is detected. Some patients require surgery while some can be cured with just chemotherapy or immunotherapy. “Whatever may be the need, our nonprofit supports patients till the time they are cancer free. We not only take care of the cost of treatment but even assist patients with nutrition which is vital in the fight against cancer. Moreover, we ensure that family members who are already facing immense hardships get proper accommodation and food during treatment so they don’t suffer any further,” says the NGO leader. With your support, Nargis Dutt Foundation can help patients win the fight against cancer and save their families from grief of losing a loved one.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted fundraising platform, to support Nargis Dutt Foundation in their mission to give life-saving chemotherapy and care to cancer patients who can not afford treatment.

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“The Hummingbird School is my only hope to succeed in life. I feel I am trying to swim out of this place (Majuli) and my school stands as a beacon on the other side of the river. If my school closes down, I feel I will drown in this river. Not just me but every child in villages around here and our families depend on this school”, says Roopjyoti, a bright, young student of Ayang Trust’s The Hummingbird School.Majuli Island, where The Hummingbird School is situated is shrinking rapidly, leaving a majority of its residents struggling to survive. For the children of this impoverished tribal community, education remains the only way out of suffering.Your support to Ayang Trust’s Hummingbird School can ensure that its students can have a future different from their parents who are struggling to get even two meals a day. 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).From IIT Kharagpur to Majuli“When I first visited the remote villages of Majuli I was shocked. The extent of the struggles here was beyond my imagination. These villages had no connectivity to the outside world, no healthcare, no education, there was absolutely nothing”, says Bipin Dhane founder of the school. Bipin, who grew up in the small town of Satara in Maharashtra, faced countless financial hardships. Despite his struggles, Bipin secured admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and then went on to take up a job in Singapore. Owing to his childhood experiences Bipin was always inclined towards helping the less fortunate, and he believed in the transformative power of education. It was in 2016 that Bipin left his lucrative career abroad and moved to Majuli, to provide the children from this inaccessible river island education they were deprived of.“Whatever little money I had saved, I gave it to my parents. I had no money to start the school. It was then that villagers came together to build bamboo huts. Each family donated bamboo, wood, and whatever little they could. It was the parents of our students who erected huts for the school to start”, shares Bipin while talking about the inception of The Hummingbird School in 2017.Help Bipin save underprivileged children of Majuli Island from generational poverty and give them a chance to succeed. Donate now.Donate to save future generations“People of the island value education greatly because they know that their children have no future without it. Parents have vested their faith in The Humming Bird School because they don't want their children to suffer the way they have been”, says Bipin. Bipin says, “Today we have over 280 students in our school and about 90 children live in our hostel. Many of these children are orphaned and have no means of survival. I urge each one of you to come forward and donate to us so we can help hundreds of children escape from the cycle of poverty.”Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help children of Majuli Island get an education and break the cycle of poverty.

For tribal children of Majuli Island, education is the only way out. Help Bipin ensure they go to school

Time stood still for 12-year-old Shrikant when he got the news that his father, a debt-ridden farmer from Beed, had taken his own life. Shrikant’s village was one of the worst hit areas during devastating drought in 2015 and his mother, a daily wage labourer, was finding it hard to feed the family of three. The family was penniless and could not feed itself, and debtors were knocking on the doors. Had it not been for Ashok Deshmane and Snehwan, Shrikant would have slipped into the bottomless pit of child labour.Deshmane needs your help to rescue the children of drought-hit farmers taking their own lives. Donate now.Deshmane, who has faced the perils of farmer distress firsthand, has made it his life’s mission to come to the aid of children affected by farmer suicides. He left a successful career in IT and founded Snehwan to provide food, shelter, and education to orphans of farmer suicides. There has been a steep rise in farmer suicides following Covid-19 and fresh droughts in Maharashtra. The number of kids that are in dire need of support is growing almost every day.Snehwan is building its second shelter home to take in 200 more children and needs your urgent help to complete it. Help orphans of farmer suicides find their feet and fresh hope in life. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/8c3923fc-52f9-4732-9088-0174a4553718.jpg" />Ashok’s missionAshok, son of a farmer himself, braved his way through abject poverty to educate himself and build a career in IT. During a visit to his village in 2015, he was overwhelmed seeing the orphans of farmer suicides starving, and decided to take 18 children into his care.“I just could not remain a mute spectator while children starved in drought-struck villages. I had to do something” says Ashok, and Snehwan was conceived in 2015. Swami Vivekanand Dnyanalay, a ray of hopeAshok says that his responsibility is not merely to provide food and shelter to children but to provide them with holistic development. He aspires to raise them as socially aware, skilled, and responsible citizens of the country who can then carry his work forward.The shelter home which started with 18 kids is now a ray of hope for more than 50 children who call it home. Situated in a village near Pune, the Swami Vivekanand Dnyanalay not only provides food, shelter, and quality education to these kids but gives them a family. Ashok and Archana’s plea“Drought and climate change is worsening and we are in urgent need of funds to extend our efforts and expand the shelter home to bring in 200 more children under our protective wings. We cannot let these kids have a fate similar to their parents”, pray Ashok and Archana. Only you can help Ashok and Archana save the future of these children. Donate generously.

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Deepalaya is an ISO 9001:2015 certified non - government organisation that was started on July 16th 1979 by seven founding members with the aim of fostering self-reliance and helping underprivileged children rise above their societal limitations.We have been active in Delhi, Haryana, U.P. Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Telangana, Kerala, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh. For the last 44 years, we have interacted with several community members. Through these interactions, we have found that it’s not only illiteracy, but several other related factors such as – discrimination towards the girl child, marginalization of the differently abled, oppression of women and lack of basic healthcare, that contributed towards the stagnation of a child’s overall development.To combat these emerging social issues we decided to diversify our involvement and address each factor with a separate programme. In short, our focus shifted from educating only the child to ensuring that the entire family becomes self reliant.Over the years, we have established several projects in the areas of Education (Formal/Non-Formal/Remedial), Women Empowerment (reproductive health, SHG, Micro-finance), Institutional care, Community health, Vocational training and Differently Abled.Till date, Deepalaya has reached out to more than 3,71,556 children, given vocational training to 23,545 adults and helped form more than 1616 Self Help Groups with 17892 women, supported 4766 differently abled children with community-based rehabilitation, served 1812 through the institutional-care programme and helped 13,68,192 through healthcare activities.

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12-year old Reena suffers from speech and hearing impairment. After having been identified during one of our surveys in 2002, Reena joined Deepalaya. She was given a hearing aid and regular speech therapy sessions at the centre and her communication skills improved dramatically. When we felt that she was ready, we enrolled her into a formal government school.

 Sports are also strongly encouraged at Deepalaya. Having noticed that Reena took a keen interest in skating, Deepalaya decided to coach her. Not only has she won several medals at inter-school and national level but Reena was also selected for the World Winter Games 2009 in Idaho, USA for Alpine Skating. Her world-class skating abilities won her a bronze medal and proves that no impairment should ever discourage a child from being who they want to be.

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It is now or never! Covid is once again creating panic all over India. 3,915 people died of COVID in India in the last 24 hours, the highest in a day since the beginning of this pandemic. With over 4.14 lakh new COVID cases in a single day, India's total number of COVID cases is 2.14 crore which is a huge burden on our healthcare system. As India is gasping for breath, our frontline workers are tirelessly working to rein this monstrous pandemic. India needs all of us in this battle against COVID-19.We cannot forget that along with Healthcare we also need to feed the hungry during these trying times. Deepalaya fed more than 22000 families by providing dry ration and essentials last year during the lockdown and provided a financial aid of Rs.7000 to more than 2500 families through Mission Salamati. Lockdown 2021 demands another Mission Salamati. Our beneficiaries are already raising concerns about food security during this regional lockdown in Delhi.  
 We wish to reach out another 22000 families and provide them with dry ration, sanitisation and immunity kits. One kit shall comprise essential items like Ata, Pulses (3 types), Rice, Oil, salt, Spices, tea, Masks, Surf, Soap, sanitary napkins &amp; Immunity kit 
 22000 families protected and saved from extreme hunger and poverty22000 women provided with sanitary napkins to keep themselves protected during menstruation

Deepalaya's Mission -- Food and sanitisation Kits for the needy

Center for Monitoring Indian Economy recently released the latest data for unemployment in both urban and rural areas. The figures present an alarming situation. The data shows that the unemployment rate has increased to 8.59 % and 10.69% in rural and urban areas respectively as on June 28. According to the International Labour Organisation, more than 90% of India's workforce is employed in the informal sector. Majority of these are daily wage workers having their source of income from various industries, construction sector etc. With the country wide lockdown, the worst affected in this Corona virus crisis are these daily wagers and labourers. The curfew has robbed them of their daily income. Millions of workers have migrated back to their hometowns. The halt in industrial activity has rendered them helpless. Moody’s, the world renowned rating agency, has estimated that corona pandemic will reduce the country’s growth rate to around 2.5 per cent. Considering the sudden slowdown, it may be difficult for all of them to find jobs 
  We plan to conduct short-term training with a view to provide livelihood opportunities to 150 people (one member from one family) so that they are self-reliant. These training opportunities will last 15 to 20 days with a view to support them in opening their micro-enterprises. After completion of training period, the project also intends to support them with a nominal working capital ranging from Rs. 10000 to Rs. 15000 (depending upon the enterprise) to start the work. In case, they need more funds to start, then these people will be linked to banks for credit linkages for sustaining their businesses. These enterprises shall be able to meet the local requirements and also bridge gap between demand and supply. The enterprises will also be linked with existing/new government schemes floated by the government for rehabilitation of those who have been rendered unemployed due to after affects of Covid-19. The project shall be implemented after the lockdown is called off. These people will be equipped with establishing micro-enterprises in the following areas:<ol><li>Mask making</li><li>Hand sanitizer making</li><li>Hand-made soaps</li><li>Online food delivery system &amp; maintaining hygiene</li><li>Subzi online – app for vegetable vendors</li><li>Bank-mitra training - Govt. banks, Private Banks, Money transfer, Common-service-centre, Ration Card Application, Form filling assistance, Govt. schemes, forms, documentation and KYC, Cash dispensing, Chalta-Firta Bank, Phone recharge etc.</li><li>Helpdesk for government schemes</li><li>Cloth Bags</li><li>Bio- Sand water filter for clean water</li><li>Home decor through old jeans &amp; cotton clothes</li><li>Mobile-cover making</li></ol>They would be first evaluated for their existing skills and skills gaps would be identified. Then skill up gradation and soft skill training would be provided. People will also be trained on obtaining necessary licenses/registrations for starting their micro-enterprises 
 After project completion, the project shall be able to achieve the following impact<ol><li>150 people trained on different skills</li><li>150 people supported with seed money</li><li>150 people availing government schemes</li><li>150 people linked with banks/financial institutions for credit linkages</li><li>100 to 150. of enterprises established</li><li>Average monthly revenue of Rs. 10000 to Rs. 15000</li></ol>

Mission Salamati - Promoting livelihood among COVID-hit families

As per the Census 2011, 26.8 million people are differently-abled in India. Despite the legal rights and regulations, People with Disability are still facing inclusion challenges in society.  
 Under Project Sambhav, we have special educators, speech therapists, and counselors who develop individualized special education plans for differently-abled children as per their needs and requirements. Apart from this, we are using ‘Triangulation Inter-relation’ between children, parents, and teachers that would support these children and lead them to mainstream educational institutions. 
 Through this project, Deepalaya has impacted 4,211 lives from 1995. In this project, 120 differently-abled children will be supported to complete their education with adequate resources and mainstream them into regular schools.

Enabling a Differently-abled

India is a signatory to the World Health Organization resolution on ‘Vision 2020: The right to sight’. Blindness due to cataract presents an enormous problem in India not only in terms of human morbidity but also in terms of economic loss and social burden. The WHO/NPCB (National Programme for Control of Blindness) survey has shown that there is a backlog of over 22 million blind eyes (12 million blind people) in India, and 80.1% of these are blindness is caused due to cataract. The annual incidence of cataract blindness is about 3.8 million. Over the years of Deepalaya’s intervention we have closely worked with and identified the need for making an intervention in the field cataract surgeries especially for age group of 60+. But for Deepalaya's intervention these people will be devoid of health facilities. 
 The foremost thrust of Deepalaya’s effort is to build a community that is aware of health, especially eye care and conscious in catering to the ‘health’ needs of the community. For this purpose, Deepalaya has been putting the focus on establishing a trust relationship between the members of the Health team and community.This relationship is responsible for the patients’ returning for follow-ups and referring others in the community to avail the services offered by Deepalaya.Deepalaya undertakes camps once in a month at Deepalaya Sanjay Colony, Okhla Phase-II, New Delhi. Apart from promoting and sensitizing the community of eye care, the team provides treatment to ailing eye patients and prepares the cases for cataract surgery with the help of Rajendra Prasad Eye Centre, AIIMS. The camp has a team of doctors with experience in ophthalmology, an optometrist, and a team of workers/volunteers to help in identifying the patients, record data, motivate and sensitize the patients. After identification, cataract surgeries are undertaken with the help of experienced panel of surgeons at AIIMS. Post operation services are provided until the patient retrieves the desired level of sight. 
 With the help of our partnership with AIIMS, people from underprivileged background are able to afford cataract surgeries without any cost.