Help brave soul Shaheen give life-changing surgeries and shelter to acid attack victims like her“I was waiting outside my office one day when suddenly a guy walked up beside me and before I could react, he had drenched my face with acid. I was an ambitious, career-oriented young woman but that day changed the course of my entire life. After the attack I could barely recognise the person I saw in the mirror. My entire identity was taken away from me. The attackers thought they would teach me a lesson and dampen my spirit, but they failed. Through my resilience I fought through financial struggles and began to care for girls and young women like me”, says Shaheen Malik, founder of Brave Souls. The organisation is the only source of support for over 200 women and girls, helping them get shelter, medical care and justice.Shaheen through Brave Souls is on a mission to fight for acid attack survivors. But sadly, she cannot do it alone. Help Brave Souls in transforming the lives of acid attack survivors who have been suffering in agony for no fault of theirs. Donate nowDonate 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).<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/d4c1fe55-24da-4321-acdd-26a4fd234111.webp" />A painful aftermath“The moment the acid hit my face I went into shock. I didn't understand what had happened. The acid had gone into both my eyes. I was rushed to the hospital. By then I had already sight in one of my eyes and could barely see anything from the other. When they splashed water on me each drop felt like a thousand needles,” recalls Shaheen as she narrates events from the fateful day.“Little did I know that the attack was just the beginning of my struggles. Our family did not have enough resources to carry the burden of my treatment. I would go and ask people for funds but would be turned down. I would cry on my way back but would wipe my tears and soldier on. The fight still continues even after a decade. And I am not just fighting for myself but for hundreds of other girls and young women like myself” She further adds.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/8e5b3e32-cd9a-4060-a715-6ceb01ac587b.webp" />Why donate to the fundraiserBrave Souls is in urgent need of funds to be able to provide critical surgeries needed to help acid attack victims. The NGO not only gives survivors medical support but even gives them shelter and legal aid to fight their cases and get justice. Shaheen and her NGO is dire need of funds to support survivors and your contribution can make a huge differenceDonate to this fundraiser on give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help women survivors of acid attacks get life-changing surgeries, safe shelter, and care.

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"A 3-year-old girl was playing at home while her parents were working. A man came and exploited the child. Her injuries were so severe that the bleeding wouldn’t stop. The age of the accused was 55 and that of the child, just 3. We fought the case and had the accused convicted—he was sentenced to life imprisonment. We also rehabilitated the girl and supported her family through the entire ordeal." says Advocate Yogesh Parshad, a lawyer by profession and the founder of Law Power Association which fights to get justice for minor victims of abuse, trafficking and forced labour. For thousands of children from poor families, justice is out of reach. Exploited, abandoned, and silenced, these children and their families have no one to fight for them. Law Power, led by Advocate Yogesh, is changing this. The organisation provides free legal aid, rehabilitation, and financial support to survivors and their families, ensuring they get the justice they deserve. But this fight cannot continue without you. Law Power urgently needs funds to keep supporting victims and their families.Join the fight for justice and help victims rebuild their lives. Donate now.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/5e3d1fcf-d0d3-4f99-8d45-4f158aab3224.webp" />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).Unheard cries for helpEvery year, countless children suffer in silence because their families cannot afford legal aid. Cases drag on for years, and many victims lose hope before they even see justice. "Children are often seen as soft targets. But we make sure their voices are heard. We stand by them throughout their legal battle, ensuring their abusers are convicted and their families are not left to suffer alone." shared Adv Yogesh Parshad. “At Law Power, we fight legal battles, support victims and their families through the long legal process, provide rehabilitation and financial aid, and help families find sustainable livelihoods so they can rebuild their lives.”Why your donation mattersFor every child Yogesh rescues, there are hundreds more waiting for justice. "My family and I were victims of a horrifying riot when I was a child. We were helpless, with nowhere to turn. That was when I vowed that no poor family should ever struggle for justice like we did. Today, I fight for hundreds of families who cannot afford to seek justice or sustain themselves after being victimised." <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/204a3644-b2cb-4ab9-9418-66b25e36e576.webp" />Your donation will help fund legal battles, provide urgent rehabilitation and medical care, support families who have lost their livelihoods while fighting for justice, and help children reclaim their future."We’ve been fighting this battle for years. But we cannot do it alone. These children need justice, protection, and a future. And we need your help to make it happen." Your contribution will ensure that no child is denied justice simply because they are poor. Justice should never be a privilege. Make it a right. Donate now.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support Law Power Association in providing legal aid and rehabilitation to minor victims of abuse, exploitation, and people trapped as bonded labour.

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One evening in September 2018, Nethra’s alcoholic husband doused her in kerosene, set her on fire, locked the door from outside, and walked away. Hearing her wails, neighbours came to Nethra’s rescue and took her to a government hospital. Despite third-degree burns, Nethra survived after months in the hospital. But she became almost immobile. She could hardly move her hands or head as her chin was almost fused to the neck. She survived on liquid and semi-solid food as she couldn’t chew or close her mouth. “My face was so severely disfigured that my mother hid all the mirrors at home so that I would not see myself,” recalls Nethra. As the low-income family couldn’t afford proper after-care or reconstructive surgeries, Nethra was getting suicidal when Agni Raksha, a Bangalore-based NGO came to her rescue. After multiple surgeries at the NGO’s ‘Safe Haven,’ its critical care unit, Nethra is back on her feet. She is trained in tailoring and now works odd jobs and takes care of her two children.Like Nethra, most burn victims who come to Agni Raksha belong to low-income families and almost 95% of them are women. While some are victims of severe forms of domestic violence by husbands, others try to commit suicide by immolating themselves because of constant harassment. But due to the pandemic and lack of funds, Agni Raksha run by Dr Prema Dhanraj, a burn victim herself, had to shut its free critical surgeries unit. It has been a huge blow to burn victims from low-income families. You can help Dr Prema reopen her free burn surgeries unit. Agni Raksha- A beacon of hope for burn survivorsHeaded by Dr Prema Dhanraj, the NGO has treated over 18,000 burn victims in over 15 years. While the NGO continues to provide out-patient facilities for burn victims it had to shut down ‘Safe Haven’ its critical unit, because of a lack of funds after Covid.“Covid was a body blow for us as we had to close Safe Haven. We have the building, beds and other facilities, but we don’t have funds to pay doctors and support staff or buy critical care equipment and medicines. I feel very bad for victims who require emergency treatment, reconstructive surgery and post-operative care. The most heartbreaking thing for me is when some burn victims are brought here first thinking that we still run Safe Haven,” says Dr Prema.Help Dr Prema reopen Safe Haven and start providing critical care and carry out surgeries on burn victims. Donate now.As Dr Prema can no longer conduct reconstructive surgeries and post-operative care at Agni Raksha, she refers burn survivors to different hospitals with a letter pleading that her patients cannot afford the money. “I don’t always succeed in getting them free treatment in hospitals, but I try my best. I wish I could provide all the care they need at Agni Raksha,” says Dr Prema.Lifelong disability and disfigurements because of burns can also cause emotional problems such as depression, suicidal tendencies and nightmares. Many burn victims lose purpose in life. Keeping these things in mind, Agni Raksha provides psychological as well as vocational support so that burn survivors can go back to leading normal lives. In fact, 90% of the staff at Agni Raksha comprise burn survivors.Your donations can help hundreds of burn victims stay hidden away from the world as they cannot afford surgeries so they can lead a normal life. Donate now

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The Goa Foundation is the most well known of Goa’s environmental action groups. Founded in 1986 by a group of Goan environmentalists each fighting his or her own individual environmental battles, the organisation today commands the respect of judiciary, government and the general public for persisting with its environment agenda for more than three decades.The work of the Foundation spans different areas and fields, all related in some way or another with the conservation of Goa’s natural environment

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The Goa Foundation -- the strongest and longest lasting of Goa’s environmental groups, -- has functioned with donations from ordinary Goans now for its entire life of 30 plus years. Goans have ensured that the annual expenses of this small but effective organization are always available.However in the last couple of years, the assaults planned by corporate parties and governments on the ecology and well-being of the citizens in the State have simply proliferated. They have also become bigger in scale. Our annual expenses have certainly increased. We are also seeking to involve many more young lawyers in our public interest litigation in the Courts. The Foundation’s legal cases are lodged in the High Court at Panaji, the National Green Tribunal at Delhi and the Supreme Court of India. The Foundation’s outstanding work spanning three decades (most of it reported at www.goafoundation.org), will convince you that this is one organization worth blindly supporting in small or large ways. 
 The Goa Foundation’s annual expenses range between Rs.6 to Rs.9 lakh per year. This could be higher but for the fact that many people (especially lawyers) willingly fight the Foundation’s cases in the Courts pro bono (free of cost). Several activists assist the Foundation in its work (for example, verifying complaints, visiting problem sites) also free of cost. The Foundation works with few staff, that too, part-time. Nevertheless, office expenses have kept increasing steadily where they are beginning to pinch. Equipment (long depreciated) needs to be replaced. Travel costs of lawyers need to be taken care of. Young lawyers need to be supported in any case, especially if they are in training to be efficient environment lawyers. 
 The Foundation’s daily work output includes Right to Information requests with several government departments, appeals, final appeals, demand for justice letters, drafting of petitions for the High Court, appeals before the National Green Tribunal, petitions, appeals and counters in the Supreme Court. These are simply endless, but often get substantial relief. For example, a petition forced the Tamnar Transmission Line Project to fold up its illegal work at the proposed electricity substation at Sangod (outside Mollem). Recent work has included legal challenges to all the three infrastructure projects which threaten Mollem National Park and the Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary, and notification of a tiger reserve for Goa. Last year, in order to spread out its legal expertise among the Goan population, the organization organized its popular course on Public Interest Law, a 20 day course on all aspects of law and courts, with a strong environmental bias. .We continue to work extensively on environmental issues facing the people of Goa, including mining, Coastal Regulation Zone including turtle nesting sites, protected areas including wildlife sanctuaries and forests, protection of the Western Ghats in Goa, conservation of khazans and agricultural lands, air pollution (no to coal), etc.

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The Goa Foundation -- the strongest and longest lasting of Goa’s environmental groups, -- was started by environmental activists in 1986. It has survived till now with a steady stream of donations from people who love Goa and who want Goa – both as an idea and as a place -- to survive for future generations. Thirty years later after its inception, the people in charge want to hand over the fighting organization to Gen Next. Handing over an organization without a Corpus Fund is not a good idea. Those taking over need to concentrate on fighting issues, not raising funds (though they will eventually do that as well). So we thought of a Survival Fund. It’s money you give us which will ensure the Foundation survives well into the next generation.The Goa Foundation’s outstanding work spanning three decades (most of it reported at www.goafoundation.org), will convince you that this is one organization worth blindly supporting in small or large ways.   
 For more than 30 years we never thought of a Survival (or Corpus) Fund. Now we think we need to get one going, to simply ensure that as the major environmental battles that threaten to engulf Goa unfold, the organization is strong enough to ensure an effective and sustained presence on behalf of the ordinary people of the State. You can choose whether the donation you want to make to the Goa Foundation will go to its annual operational requirements (this is a separate GiveIndia project) or to its permanent Corpus Fund. In the first instance, you give and support the expenses of the daily work of the Foundation. In the second instance, you contribute to ensuring the Goa Foundation does not close up after its founders leave. (The main ones in any case are already beyond 65 of age.) 
 Through our advocacy, public interest litigation and support for peoples' movements, we work in multiple areas. First of all, we work extensively on environmental issues in Goa, including mining, Coastal Regulation Zone including turtle nesting sites, protected areas including wildlife sanctuaries and forests, protection of the Western Ghats in Goa, conservation of khazans and agricultural lands, air pollution (no to coal), etc. We try to generate all pro-environment, pro-people research that is required for effective and sustained environmental battles that are engulfing the State in flames.We take a tough staff on pro-environment issues, tackling corporations, governments and bureaucrats without fear.Through our Goenchi Mati Movement (goenchimati.org), we try to ensure that the present generation of Goans (and their political leaders) think of the needs of the next generation and resources for their livelihood as well.

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