In Vrindavan, thousands of elderly widow mothers face the harsh reality of abandonment and suffering. With no one to turn to, many are left begging on the streets, exposed to heat, cold and rain,Donate so that Maitri can provide shelter, food, clothes and medical support to abandoned elderly mothers now. Give generously.Winnie Singh has witnessed many cases of widow mothers being abandoned on the streets of Vrindavan, one of the holiest places in India. “Children leave their mothers as soon as they become widows. The children start feeling the burden. This has become a practice in today's society that money comes first and everything else later,” says Winnie whose Maitri India, rescues widowed mothers from the streets of Vrindavan.Many widowed elderly mothers often end up living a lonely life and begging to survive on the streets. And Maitri aspires to take care of every widow in need of help, but because of lack of funds, Winnie and Maitri are in a position to do it."Elderly widows don't have shelter. They sleep in cowsheds over sacks. They don't have a blanket. Nights are really difficult for them," shares Winnie Singh. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />Maitri aims to:<ul><li>Provide shelter and nutritious 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 and engagement around the struggles of abandoned widow mothers</li></ul>Why donate to MaitriWinnie needs your support to help those in need of food, healthcare and well-being. “Maitri urgently needs your support to provide nutritious food, clothing and healthcare to sustain these widow mothers who are prone to more illnesses as they age,” appeals Winnie. “You can become the family they were denied. Hold their hands so they don't need to beg ever again,” she adds. Let’s rescue abandoned widows mothers from the streets of Vrindavan and give them a better future. Donate now.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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For a mother who has spent her entire life loving and raising her child, being beaten and mercilessly thrown out onto the streets by her own son is too heartbreaking to overcome. But this is a common story among the elderly residents of the Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. “I’ve seen mothers in old and torn clothes, their bodies smelling and their hands and feet rotting and covered in maggots,” shares Dr. G.P. Bhagat, founder of the ashram. These abandoned elderly men and women lay starving on the streets hoping for someone to rescue them from their suffering. But most people walk past them without a second glance. “Like this”, Dr. Bhagat explains, “many elders die on the roads.”Since 2003, SHEOWS (Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society) has rescued over 10,000 elderly people from the streets and given them a home with care and support. The elderly staying at the ashram have all been abandoned by their families and have nowhere else to live. Your support can give them comfort after their abandonment. 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). Safe and loving homeFor 20 years, SHEOWS has been providing free shelter, nutritious food three times a day, clothing, medical care, recreation activities and emotional support to abused and disabled elderly people rescued from the streets of Delhi. The Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram has a dedicated rescue team that saves the elderly from the streets and gives them immediate medical care upon their arrival at the home. To tend to the multiple health complications of the seniors, the home has a medical facility with doctors and nurses, a physiotherapy unit, a pathology lab, a digital X-ray monitoring machine and a pharmacy to provide 24-hour care to older adults anytime they require assistance, even during emergencies. Dr. Bhagat prioritizes the health of the seniors and ensures that they receive three balanced meals a day based on their precise health requirements. Need for the fundraiserThe humanitarian mission of SHEOWS is making an impact in the area, as more and more people are being rescued and brought to Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. To meet the financial costs of running the home, SHEOWS needs support to continue providing the residents with all the facilities that they need. This includes constant care and round-the-clock medical attention, nutritious food and maintaining a hygienic environment to keep the seniors in comfort and good health. Dr. Bhagat explains that as the number of residents is increasing, SHEOWS needs support for food and medicines. “I request you to help these elderly parents lead a peaceful life.”Donate now to help Dr. Bhagat continue caring for the 500 destitute elderly and giving them shelter, food, medical care and the will to carry on living despite their tragic abandonment by their families. Your support will enable SHEOWS to keep serving abandoned senior citizens and help them recover from the trauma of abandonment and life on the streets. “I have been serving these elderly as if they were my own parents”, shares Dr. Bhagat. “I want only one thing - their tears should vanish and they should have a smile on their faces.” To help Dr. Bhagat achieve this dream, your support is critical. Donate now to help SHEOWS care for more abandoned elderly. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support SHEOWS in their mission to rescue the abandoned elderly from the streets and give them shelter, food, medical care, recreational activities and emotional support.

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“They insert a candle in the vagina, fingers are inserted (in the vagina) and tortured, and if children don’t relent even then, they put chilli powder so that children will say “yes” because of the burning of the skin… There are teeth marks on their bodies, and their vaginal parts are burnt. When children stay in these conditions, it is painful even to hear,” says Lalitha SA of Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID), in course of talking about many heart-rending stories of trafficked children in red-light areas.In over three decades, the SPID led by Lalitha, has saved over 3000 children from the red-light areas, many from clutches of sex trafficking.Sadly, many more children need to be rescued and in need of a loving home. But Lalitha needs our support to carry on the mission, to move out of her small facility so that she can rescue more children, house them in a permanent location and give them all the love they deserve. Your support can help her give these children the care and upbringing they need. Donate now.This Christmas, you can gift these kids, through your donations, books and warm clothes.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).A movement to protect vulnerable childrenAs a social worker, Lalitha has worked for decades in GB Road, the red-light area of Delhi and helped many women escape the clutches of being forced into sex. But it was the exploitation of children, many of them hardly ten or twelve or even less. The SPID has focused on rescuing such children and giving them a new life.Lalitha plays a vital role in the survival and safety of vulnerable children in the red light areas. As SPID is almost entirely dependent on donations from the public, we can support and strengthen SPID’s mission to save children. Donate generously.Donation to SPID’s fundraiser on Give.do“I have limited funds and very limited space, and if I had the funds, I would be able to rescue many more children and provide them with more comfort. With folded hands, I plead with you that you help us with funds in large numbers and support us in providing us children with a decent life. Become a part of the mission,” pleads LalithaDonate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help Lalitha give hundreds of children rescued from brothels a life away from violence and abuse.NGO's 80G number: AADAS3217RF20212NGO's 12A number: AADAS3217RE20214

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Healing Fields Foundation is a not-for-profit organization led by an Ashoka Fellow, and aims to make quality healthcare affordable to all sectors of society. Through its diverse expertise and varied healthcare management programs, the organization serves to bring quality healthcare to the poor, marginalized and underprivileged sections of the society. Healing Fields works with other non-governmental organizations, the private healthcare sector and the government to improve access to basic healthcare services for the underprivileged.Our vision is ‘‘To create an ecosystem that increases access to quality healthcare at affordable cost and increased livelihood opportunities for the poor, especially women’.We aim to bring this to life through the activities of our Community Health Entrepreneurship program, which leverages the following strategies:<ul><li>Scalable health education system</li><li>Innovative health financing model</li><li>Economic empowerment through health microenterprises</li><li>Community level Health infrastructure development</li></ul>Under its flagship Community Health Entrepreneurship (CHE) program, Healing Fields identifies women from underprivileged and marginalized communities and members of trust groups SHGs/MFIs, who have the potential to become health Entrepreneurs/leaders and trains them to become empowered “agents of change” for improving health in their community. For this “change” to be implemented, Healing Fields believes that it is also critical to build the requisite preventive health, hygiene, nutrition and sanitation infrastructure such as access to Sanitary Napkins, toilets, soak pits, access to clean drinking water, access to kitchen gardens, access to hospitals and clinics, access to consulation with remote qualified doctors through telehealth, and quality medicines and health products. These CHEs provide the last mile connectivity in the villages providing access to health products and services.The uniqueness of this program lies in its strategy which combines the following approaches:<ol><li>Modular approach not restricted to any geography:</li></ol>HFF’s CHE program makes the trained woman independent, not requiring support from any external body after 1-year of training and 6 months of handholding post training and thus can be replicated anywhere<ol><li>Participatory and engaging delivery model and builds linkages with other resources:</li></ol>HFF conducts group activities &amp; participatory sessions and promotes two way communications throughout community interactions. As part of the training, linkages are made with various Govt and other resources available in the community so that work that is taught can be carried on.<ol><li>Self sustaining environment beyond education</li></ol>HFF provides livelihood development opportunities to all CHEs to operate independently and sustainably after one year of training and internship by creating an eco system where the communities purchase products and services from the CHEs.

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·       The stigma on COVID is increasing even in the rural areas due to lack of awareness·       There has been a large influx of returning migrants into the villages where we work. They had to leave their sites of work without being paid their due wages. A majority walked back for 5-6 days or even more to reach their villages with no food or water. We estimate that these families have already experienced wage losses of upto 4000-10,000 rupees per person. ·       Most people in the village level are without any work or source of income and could be engaged in a productive labour at the village level.·       The migrants after facing all odds and returning to the villages have no work or source of income in the village·       Mental issues and depression among the migrants is increasing and needs to be addressed on priority·       Awareness on COVID and prevention is very poor in these rural communities 
 Our community health facilitators are leading the COVID response through the 4E approach.•       Ensuring safety, dignity and food security to ultra-poor families severely affected by the COVID Lockdown•       Enabling continued access to the various Government schemes like MNEREGA, Jandhan etc and government’s maternal and general healthcare systems•       Expanding the range of healthcare to mental health, personal resilience and well-being for the most marginal, Lockdown-effected communities•       Establishing livelihood channels for ultra-poor familiesThe 3 main pillars of this program would be:I)               Awareness creation: Healing Fields through their trained CHFs in each village reach out to the community and create awareness on COVID-19 prevention, identification of symptoms and referral to local hospital. In March, we partnered with Graam Vani’s IVR-enabled Mobile Vaani to ensure that our CHEs could use this digital platform to amplify information on across the selected districts in UP. Each CHF reaches out to atleast 250 families with awareness creation and referrals. II)             Policy AdvocacyThe policy advocacy will be done at the village level by the CHFs and at district and State level by the Healing Fields team to ensure access to entitlements to the poor and migrant families. Each CHF will identify the families that need support to access the Government entitlements and with the support of Healing Fields by creating linkages with district administration will address these issues.III)             Rehabilitation by expanding care to mental Health and well beingMental health issues among the migrants is the next big challenge facing us.Our team has partnered with Lets Talk Mental Health Helpline. This helpline is being given to migrants, their families and everyone in the village. They can call and get counseling support on this number. The CHFs also regularly visit the returned migrants in the quarantine centers and homes to follow up, assess their well-being and provide them counseling and support. 
 <ol><li>Awareness creating to 300,000 families in 1200 villages</li><li>Create access to entitlements like PDS, Jandhan, PMKY to atleast 10,000 families</li><li>Follow up and counselling support to atleast 5000 returned migrants in the villages</li></ol>

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Lack of access to healthcare in rural Uttar Pradesh and Bihar<ul><li>80% of people live in rural villages and 40% live below the poverty line. </li><li>Low priority and low budgets allocated to healthcare mean that poor people in these states have no health facilities to go to when they fall ill.</li><li>They either do not seek care or seek care from poor quality and mostly unqualified but inexpensive sources, and fall into debt to meet the resultant expenses. </li></ul>Limited Health Resources<ul><li>The WHO reports that in India 40.8% of health workers work in rural areas where 72.2% of the population resides</li><li>This discrepancy in resources creates cracks in the system that the Covid-19 pandemic has only widened. </li></ul> 
 Telehealth can be utilized to bring care and advice digitally to these communities, facilitated by a Community Health Entrepreneur as a first responder.Community Health Entrepreneurs<ul><li>women from marginalized communities, living and working in rural villages</li><li>lead health education and behavior change</li><li>facilitate access to existing village level primary health resources and preventive services.</li><li>drive demand by referring people to health facilities, encouraging vaccinations, and accompanying individuals to ensure they get the correct treatment</li><li>earn an income.</li></ul>CHEs can act in the same capacity as first responders and facilitators to connect members of their communities to qualified health professionals through a tele-health app in order to create access to services that are otherwise unavailable. 
 By training 50 Community Health Entrepreneurs as first responders and telehealth facilitators, quality, affordable and accessible healthcare will reach 125,000 individuals, generate positive health outcomes and create more resilient communities.

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