The relentless heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat and Kerala have caused widespread devastation, affecting nearly half a million people. With more rainfall predicted, the situation is expected to deteriorate, putting countless others at risk.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/8d090c43-f04a-497e-8f9e-87d0676a6e24.webp" />Flooding, connectivity disruptions, and loss of life have become a grim reality for many. The districts of Vijayawada, Guntur, Hyderabad, Vadodara, Wayanad have been particularly hard hit, with both being completely marooned. Thousands have been displaced from their homes and are in urgent need of shelter, food, clean water, and essential supplies.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/443fc484-3d10-46f9-8279-df2058214d05.webp" />The situation is critical in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and immediate action is required to prevent further loss of life and property damage. Your generous donations can make a significant difference in providing relief to those affected by this disaster. Please help us support the people impacted by the devastating floods as they rebuild their lives.

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“Preeti (name changed) was just six when she was brought to Mumbai and only nine when she was sold into Kamathipura’s red-light area. We rescued her a few years later, but by then, she had already endured unimaginable trauma. Her stories broke my heart. That’s when I resolved to dedicate my life to ending the trafficking and exploitation of children,” says Aaboo Varghese, who left a successful corporate career to take up this fight. “Preeti tragically lost her life years later to HIV, a result of the abuse she suffered as a child,” Aaboo sharesAaboo has dedicated his life to saving children from the horrors of red light areas, but he can not do it alone. With your support, he can bring freedom and light into the lives of many more unfortunate victims of child trafficking. Support him 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).<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/e761cdec-04ae-4d1a-be56-19669a0dc71e.webp" />A crisis of mammoth proportionsThe scale of human trafficking is something most people cannot even imagine. “Every day, about six children are trafficked. This is a fast-growing business because unlike anything else, a human being can be sold over and over again. It is alarming and heart-wrenching,” Aaboo shares.But no matter how daunting the task might be Aaboo has made it his life mission to see the fight against human trafficking till the end. Living in a hell on earth“The abuse young girls face in red-light areas is beyond comprehension,” Aaboo shares. “These young girls are robbed of their innocence and their childhood. Traffickers beat them with rods, burn them, and mutilate their private parts just to break them. Children are kept in separate apartments where multiple men abuse them and get addicted to substances”, Aaboo says. Through his NGO Purnata, Aaboo is on a mission not just to rescue the victims from red-light areas but also to rehabilitate them and give them a fresh start in life. To date, he has saved 85 children and 60 women from red-light areas, but for him, the job is far from over. Aaboo has dedicated his life to this cause. Your contribution can strengthen his efforts. Donate generously!  <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1c8534fc-4b77-4389-9b5b-3c0dba0dd4d2.webp" />What your donations can doYour support can enable Aaboo to strengthen Purnata’s on-ground outreach programmes so that they can save a child as soon as she is brought to red-light areas. The NGO will also be able to invest in their rehabilitation programme, which provides training and education to rescued victims of trafficking. You can also play a critical role in bringing to an end second-generation trafficking so that the cycle of exploitation can come to an end once and for all. Donate to this fundraiser by give.do, India’s most trusted online donation platform, to support Purnata in its mission to rescue and rehabilitate victims of human trafficking.

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The terrifying sight of the Khir Ganga river violently surging through Dharali has left the nation in shock. Entire homes and roads were swallowed in moments as the raging waters, thick with silt, cascaded down the hills. Four lives have been tragically lost, many are still missing, and countless families now face unimaginable devastation.Disaster response teams—including the NDRF, SDRF, and Indian Army—are working tirelessly in rescue operations. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami called the situation "extremely distressing," with relief efforts underway on a war footing. Dharali, a crucial stopover for pilgrims and tourists en route to Gangotri, now lies in ruins—hotels, homestays, and livelihoods swept away without warning.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/b664d754-61e1-42dd-a208-b266659c3b42.webp" />These survivors urgently need your help. 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).Your donation will enable our NGO partner Action Aid to provide:<ul><li>Emergency shelter for displaced families</li><li>Food supplies for those left with nothing</li><li>Clean drinking water to prevent disease outbreaks</li><li>Critical medical care for the injured and vulnerable</li></ul>The coming hours and days are crucial for saving lives and helping survivors rebuild. Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a difference.Stand with the flood affected residents of Uttarkashi in this hour of crisis—your generosity brings hope when it’s needed most.

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Hasiru Dala is a social impact organization that focuses on securing justice for wastepickers through interventions co-created with wastepickers, in the areas of identity rights, access to family education, healthcare, housing &amp; pension, skill development, market and employment access, and multi-tier policy advocacy. Hasiru Dala has worked with wastepickers in Bangalore since 2011, and was incorporated as a Charitable Trust in November 2013. It is important to recognize that a study in 2011 established that the informal wastepickers collected recyclable and reusable waste from the streets, saving the municipal bodies 84 crores a year in waste collection and transportation alone.Hasiru Dala’s aim is to bring recognition to waste pickers and informal waste collectors and their contribution to the city; create space formally in the local urban waste management system to facilitate predictable income where possible. Broadly, our vision for the future involves an inclusive society for wastepickers and other informal waste workers, free of discrimination based on their age, class, caste, religion, occupation, gender and sexual orientation. Our strongest foothold is in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Tumakuru, and we are gaining traction in other cities across Karnataka, such as Hubli, Dharwad, Davanagere and Chamarajanagar. We have also made connections and begun engagements in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

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Dear friends and supporters, Thank you so very much for your continued support for the men and women whose lives were affected by arson at their Dry Waste Collection Centres.  The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has placed a tender for repairs at ward Marathalli, operated by Mahadevpura Mahila Okkuta.  Sampangi's centre at Kumaraswamy Layout was the worst affected, and we are beginning repairs this week. Damaged machinery at Ajay's centre in Gottigere has been replaced, and the roof is all that remains to be fixed. The DWCC work is back on track. We hope for a smooth transition back to complete operationality for everyone invovled, soon.  With warm regards,Team Hasiru Dala

DWCC Fires Update 02. (5th Mar.)

Dear friends and supporters, We thank you for your support in solidarity to the women and workers of Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs) whose livelihoods were affected by arson. At Hasiru Dala, we made police complaints in all cases and the police have filed either Fire Accident Reports (FARs) or&nbsp;Non-Cognisable Offences (NCOs) and&nbsp;the authorities are following an investigation into the multiple acts of arson.&nbsp; The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has promised to&nbsp;refurbish the damaged DWCCs in due course;&nbsp;with the support received&nbsp;Hasiru Dala will help the five Operators of the DWCCs make basic repairs and re-instate smooth waste collection at their centres.&nbsp; Sampangi's centre at Kumaraswamy Layout was severely damaged, but we will be able to repair the iron roof,&nbsp;stabilise the structure and secure with a door. With&nbsp;the support of local community she has restart waste collection work.&nbsp; At Marathalli the Mahadevpura Mahila Okkuta self help group continued collection, storing and sorting waste in the open, under the blazing sun. Ajay at Gottigere is working with vendors to get the equipment he needs to restart work. We will&nbsp;support&nbsp;restoration work as and when we are able to raise funds.&nbsp; As always, we are humbled by the resilience of the waste pickers who band together to support each other when catastrophe strikes, and are proud to be a part of this togetherness, along with friends and allies like yourself.&nbsp; With warm regards,Team Hasiru Dala

DWCC Fires Update 01. (16th Feb.)

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With the outbreak of COVID 19, there is an urgent need to create awareness and take precautions against the pandemic. There is an immediate need to stop infections from spreading among the most marginalized communities in our cities. Wastepickers and informal waste collectors are currently at the frontlines of our fight against the COVID 19 outbreak. At the same time, they are also the most vulnerable to these infections themselves. Above all, the danger of malnutrition, hunger and starvation loom large, given the conditions of a total lockdown in India. Wastepickers and informal waste collectors are at home in the lockdown, unable to earn. With no savings to fall back on, they face food scarcity. Wastepickers and informal waste collectors both face poverty and vulnerability to debt traps in the long run. Due to the lockdown, the supply chains of recyclables are disrupted. Once the market opens, the aggregators and scrap dealers would like to clear their existing stock, creating a higher supply of the material than demand. This will result in lower prices of the material, and low demand for the incoming material. This results in very little earning for wastepickers. That said, it will take months for the prices to stabilize. Low income may push many parents to have their wards work than go to the school. In these times, livelihood, education and in addition to that physical and mental health will take a toll. 
 Since the 24th of March, Hasiru Dala (www.hasirudala.in) has distributed one month ration and care kits to 11,344 (as of EOD April 13) vulnerable wastepicker families across 10 cities/towns in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. This was our immediate, rapid response intervention to mitigate hunger. Now that the Government machinery has started kicking in we will be collaborating with them to increase reach.  Pivoting now from only distribution of rations to execute additional interventions for the medium and long term fallouts of the pandemic and the extended lockdown (now till May 3, 2020).Within the informal economy, Hasiru Dala was the first organisation to train scrap dealers and wastepickers to operate Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs), and acted as third signatories to the wastepickers MOUs with the BBMP to act as Dry Waste Collection Centre operators and entrepreneurs. After 10 years of struggle, 33 DWCCs are managed by former wastepickers and Hasiru Dala has trained them to manage the centres; this successful demonstration over three years has helped BBMP to decide that all DWCCs will be given to wastepickers for their operation and management. DWCCs have been the means of providing sustainable livelihoods of wastepickers. The given Bangalore model of dry waste collection and management has been recommended in the Solid Waste Management Rules (SWM) Rules, 2016, notified by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest &amp; Climate Change, Government of India. Under the COVID 19 lockdown, the waste collection including dry waste collection has been classified as essential services. The DWCCs workers are going for collection. They are aggregating the material as the market for the recyclables is completely shut. After the lockdown lifts (at some indefinite period), the businesses will have to recuperate losses over the down-time, and also pick-up trading and market footprint again. The lag in business pickup has two effects – the immediate result in lack of earnings, leading to hunger and personal debt, and the economic liability of the operators, making them vulnerable to debt. 
 2.1 (i) Working CapitalA rotating fund of 5 lakhs to be set up as a corpus for emergency loans for the operators of the Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs) and waste-pickers. DWCC is a triparty collaboration, where the government has provided the infrastructure and payment for door to door collection, Wastepicker micro entrepreneur will operate the DWCC on basic business principles by selling recyclables he/ she manages the salaries of sorters and all other expenses. Since the lockdown there is no upward movement of the materials so the DWCC have severe cash flow challenges. With the rotating funds, a relevant peer to peer loan platform or the Non Banking Finance Institution will be selected for issuing emergency credit at low rate of interest to the waste pickers. For the DWCCs, it will help in making cash available for making payments and buying materials. Resulting in stable income for the sorters (erstwhile waste-pickers) and some monetary support for wastepickers selling their material to the DWCCs. Once the market stabilizes, the operators of the DWCCs and other wastepickers can pay the amount back. In the past, Hasiru Dala has taken the help of other peer to peer loan platforms for supporting wastepickers in the times of financial emergency. Wastepickers have never defaulted in their payments. 2.2 (ii) Setting up fair price aggregation centre to support DWCCs and wastepickersSince the lockdown began, the supply chains have been disrupted. To support wastepickers who are managing DWCCs and others who have stocked the material at their homes and small shops, Hasiru Dala will set up 4-6 tons capacity 6 aggregation centres in different parts of the city. Currently, the DWCCs are stocking the material and even after the lockdown gets over, they may not be able to sell their material immediately. These aggregation centres can buy the material and hold on to it, till the prices are stabilized. They can be commodity specific aggregation centres and will be able to buy the materials from 4 to 6 DWCCs and in addition to that 10-20 waste pickers or small scrap shops. The aggregation centres require both capital and operational cost, support for operational cost will go towards rent, salaries of sorters in the aggregation centre and transportation. The capital cost is one time cost, whereas operational cost support needs to be there for 6-8 months, till the waste market stabilizes. The aggregation centres will be an immediate relief post lockdown as it will provide direct jobs to 48 waste-pickers as sorters. It will bring in cash for the DWCCs, wastepickers and small scrap shops, who will be able to continue operations and pay the sorters and waste-pickers till the other avenues for sale of recyclables open. In the later part, they can complement the existing supply chain and continue to source recyclables from DWCCs and the wastepickers.

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