"My son used to kick me when he was in my womb. Why make an issue when he kicked me in my old age?" reasons a very forgiving Shakti Dasi. The widow travelled 2300 kms from Tripura to Vrindavan after her only son violently beat her with a burning plank of wood and broke her knee one evening. She had to leave behind the business she had built with her husband who had died a few years back. Shakti ended up on the streets of Brindavan begging for food and shelter. But when Winnie Singh of Maitri saw Shakti in a frail state in tattered clothes, she brought her to the shelter home where Shakti gets food, care and medicines. What more, with Maitri’s intervention, Shakti reconciled with her son - and daughter-in-law, and now travels home to Tripura twice a year to spend time with her grandchildren. But she is not leaving Maitri, as this has become her family.Not every elderly widow who comes to Vrindavan after being abandoned by her family gets as lucky as Shakti. Many of them often end up living a lonely life and begging to survive on the streets. Maitri aspires to take care of every widow in need of help.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ce101369-528c-4d37-bc1d-1118b9925af3.jpg" />Maitri’s Project Jeevan to the rescueAbandoned, elderly widows are the amongst the most vulnerable in India. After being thrown out of their often abandoned by their own children and are forced to beg for food and shelter. “Through Project Jeevan, Maitri houses aging widow mothers in two ashrams in Vrindavan and Radhakund (Mathura), providing them with wellness and well-being. The programme also reaches out to widow mothers beyond the ashrams with fruit, milk and healthcare services,” explains Winnie Singh, co-founder and executive director, Maitri India.Save homeless elderly widows from begging on the streetsMost widows who make their way to Vrindavan are abandoned by their families, often after years of abuse. They come here hoping they will spend the rest of their days in prayer and devotion. But most live in impoverished conditions on the streets and in dingy rooms. Since poor living conditions often cause a wide range of health ailments, including respiratory infections and chronic conditions, Maitri comes to their rescue through its Project Jeevan.The project aims to:<ul><li>Provide 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 on and engagement around the struggles of abandoned widow mothers</li></ul><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />Project Jeevan needs your support to help those in need of food, healthcare and well-being. Donate now.“Maitri urgently needs your support to provide food, clothing and healthcare to sustain these widow mothers who are prone to more illnesses as they age,” appeals Winnie.Maitri believes in a woman’s right to dignity in life and death, more so a mother. 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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In the dark and dingy alleys of red light areas, injustice, pain and suffering run rampant. And the worst affected are the children who grow up in red-light areas and are subjected to constant abuse and violence. “The sight of a 12-year-old girl being gang-raped by a group of men near a house l haunts me to this date. I was filled with anguish and resolved to do something,” says Girish Kulkarni who has made it his life’s mission to rescue children from red light areas and give them a safe and secure childhood. In the last 3 decades Girish has saved over 1100 girls from a life of abuse in red-light areas, giving them a loving home, education and medical care. He has further supported over 20,000 children with a better life.Sadly, 250 of the children rescued from abuse and exploitation are HIV positive. The high cost of medication has left Girish struggling for funds. Your support can help him provide these children with the care and upbringing they need. 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). A movement to protect vulnerable children“Growing up in Ahmednagar, the experiences I had as a child witnessing the horrors of sex trade defined the path of my life. I had even seen my friend’s 15-year-old sister and 70-year-old grandmother being forced to do sex work for the price of a cup of tea”, recalls Girish. “I started by merely feeding and teaching children of sex workers initially with the intention of giving them some respite from the horrors of life of abuse in red-light areas. Gradually more and more mothers started coming to me and asked me to take their children away, even if it was just for a couple of hours,” he further adds.The work that Girish started in his youth gradually grew to become a movement, with many more joining his cause. His NGO Snehalaya to date has transformed the lives of millions. Girish’s work is crucial for the survival and safety of vulnerable children of sex workers. Snehalaya is almost entirely dependent on donations from the public and your support can strengthen his mission to save children most in need. Donate generously.The horrors of life in red light areas“The cruelty and abuse that children as young as 6 or 7 years of age face is something that I can’t explain in words. Young daughters of sex workers are made to watch their mothers being raped, are brutally assaulted and forced into sex work. No child deserves to grow like this, Girish says in anguish.Sad reality of life for children growing up in red light areas is that they are deprived of even the most basic needs like proper food, safety and education. Moreover, a majority of children rescued by Girish are diagnosed HIV positive. The task of securing medication, providing them quality education and much needed nutrition is one that requires constant support from donors. Moreover, the increase in healthcare cost has left Girish struggling to keep his home for children going. But your support can enable him to give his children a loving environment and save many more who still remain trapped behind closed doors.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help Snehalaya give hundreds of children rescued from red-light areas a life away from violence and abuse.

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HOPE foundation works to bring about changes in the lives of children, young people, and vulnerable individuals. We educate children. We provide healthcare. We give children, women and the aged a safe home. We train young people for earning a living. Afterward, we help them find jobs and even start their own businesses.Driven by a team of over 500 people and many more volunteers and partners, our work spans across 19 cities in India. Our mission is to bring hope to those with none and change the lives of everyone we work with, including our staff, donors, volunteers, and partners. Every year, through our work, we impact the lives of over 50,000 children, women, and men.

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Its been 203 days since the lowdown was announced by Government of India to prevent Covid-19 pandemic from spreading and it has been close to the same number of days that the schools have been closed. Our lives transformed and had to adopt a lifestyle that will prevent us from getting infected by Covid-19. This new lifestyle has also increased focus on sanitization, hand washing, social distancing and work from home culture. With new SOPs coming into play, it has also paved way for digital technology to come in the forefront in every aspect of our life and a similar digital transformation in the education sector as well. Online lessons emerged as the go-to solution for schools. HOPE School also adopted e- learning platform to start engaging and teaching the students from May’2020. ·       Teachers are engaging the students by adopting different strategies such as making videos and sharing them with the students through WhatsApp, YouTube etc. sending assignments and worksheets to assess whether the students have understood the concepts well. Oral activities are helping students to recite concepts well and understand as well. Parents are appreciated for helping their children by giving their phones, making sure they complete the assignments &amp; activities and ensure they submit them on time.·Students are being engaged in doing creative craft work using coconut shells, vegetables, wheat flour etc. Different subject-based activities are also being conducted for continued learning.    The students that come to are school belong to slum community and there are enough opportunities for these children to get distracted from studies however because of the online classes we are proud to say that we are connected with 98% of students from 1st to 10th Std. through whats app, button phones, cell phones, smart phones etc. Teachers have adopted different teaching strategies to connect with the students and ensure the students understand the concepts well and are engaged in a meaningful way.

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Despite significant economic progress in the past decade, India is a home to 25% of the world’s hungry poor. Hunger primarily affects the most disadvantaged people, such as poor communities, women, and children, but of all orphans are the most vulnerable. They fall victim to hunger-related illnesses and thus fail to develop mentally and physically. Besides this, the COVID-19 pandemic has also disproportionately hit the underprivileged and orphan children in India. The health of these children has come at risk. They need food, clean clothing, as well as access to education which will help them improve their chances of growing up to be healthy adults and contributing citizens of society. Orphans need a secure environment to develop. Caring for orphans and providing them nutrition will improve their immune system, helps them fight off disease, focus on studies and lead healthy life. 
 Since 2001, HOPE foundation has provided a safe abode to disadvantaged children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, children abandoned by one or both parents, street children and children who have been abused. HOPE foundation has helped over 500+ such beneficiaries in past years. Currently HOPE foundation gives care to 80+ beneficiaries in 3 homes in South India (Acharapakkam near Chennai, Trichy &amp; Tirunelveli). HOPE foundation provides them safe shelter, education, healthcare, nutrition, counselling etc., for their well being and provides them with wings to scale heights. HOPE foundation focuses on the physical, mental and spiritual well being of the children and helps them to get integrated into the society as healthy adults. 
 HOPE foundation has provided a safe and secure shelter for the 80+ beneficiaries residing in the three homes/. Continue to provide them proper nutritional support so that they grow up to be healthy individuals. Help develop their immune system to fight disease. Maintain their CD 4 counts. Help children to grow, develop and thrive to their full potential.

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There are around 50,000 + children living in the Kannaginagar slum Rehabilitation colony. The parents of these children work as laborers and earn between Rs. 7000/- to Rs.10000/- a month which is hardly sufficient to take care of the food expenses. Due to the low income, the parents are unable to cater to the essential needs such as safety, nutritional food, education etc. to name a few. The children are growing up in poverty, indiscipline, abuse, and violence as familiar faces. Weighed down by the burdens of life, the parents think that education is a luxury which cannot be afforded. Hence, the children end up being deprived of basic education. About 40% of the children who go to neighboring government schools, go to school for the sake of going, and as they get into high school the dropout rate increases. Besides, the crime, violence and regular fights in the community is so high that children end up being influenced it. 
 HOPE foundation runs the HOPE Foundation Matriculation School, which is a free English medium school situated right in the heart of the Kannaginagar Slum Resettlement Colony, Chennai. The School provides continued quality education to 430+ students enrolled in the school so that the students progress to become gainfully employed citizens of country. The school also develops the competencies of the students and builds their confidence in order  to perform well and excel in their studies and lives. HOPE school has  adopted different teaching strategies such as think pair share, open ended questions, effective questioning, problem-based learning etc which  provide opportunities for students to think and come up with solutions for real world problems. HOPE School has also appointed a child counselling who provides psycho social support to the students and also teaches soft skills for middle and high school students. HOPE school has also introduced vocational skills like IT, computer hardware, for the middle and high school students and provides career guidance to the students. The mission of HOPE School is to educate and train the students in 21st century skills that would not only build their academic competence but also equip them with sustainable skills that will help them face problems when exposed to real life challenges. 
 -Increased academic excellence of the students-Increased awareness, knowledge and skills of the students in STEM subjects and 21st Century digital skills.-Positive changes in the behavior of the students.-Changes in the individual capacities of the students to think and come up with solutions for real world problems.-Increased participation of students in sports related activities.

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During their night watch, the railway guards heard a cry from the bushes near the railway track. To their surprise, they found an abandoned newborn behind the bush. They immediately helped the baby with medical care and then brought the baby to Hope foundation's Asharan Orphanage for further the care and protection. Many children are being abandoned and lost on the Delhi streets. If they are not found on time and moved to a safe shelter or a hospital immediately, they may overcome by sepsis, hypothermia, stray animals or abusers. Our mission is to protect the children from the dangers of being ended up on the street 
 HOPE foundation runs a children’s home in the name of ‘Asharan orphanage’ at A-46, New Multan Nagar, Surya Enclave, Delhi – 56, India. It is a home for the abandoned and lost children between the ages of 0 to 6 years. It is licensed under the JJ Act 2015 by the Government Department of Women &amp; Children Development. We provide the children with round-the-clock residential care, protection, education, opportunities to heal emotionally and physically, etc, They are given medical care that includes preventive and curative care.Infants and children come with a lot of needs due to immaturity, undernourishment, infections, and physical &amp; emotional trauma. Few of them are with special needs like cerebral palsy and developmental delay, Cancer, or HIV. The care staff work on different shifts, to provide round-the-clock care to the children. They are aided by two nurses and a visiting pediatric consultant, and therapists. 
 Asharan has cared for 740 children since 1997. From among them, we have helped 352 lost children to be reunited with their families. 213 orphan children were rehabilitated through adoption as per the CARA guidelines. Through Asharan orphanage, we would like to care for more young children who are in need of care and protection and provide them with a safe, healthy and happy childhood and rehabilitate them.

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