"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.

Save abandoned, elderly widow mothers of Vrindavan from begging on streets

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.

Help Dr. Bhagat care for 500+ elderly parents rescued from abuse and homelessness

Hunger and malnutrition have become a reality for thousands of elderly parents abandoned by their own children, in villages and slums across India. Seeing the rampant distress among the elderly, a team of selfless heroes from our NGO partner Mitti Cafe, though disabled themselves, have taken up the responsibility of providing cooked meals and dry rations to over 5,000 elderly in urgent need of support. Setting aside their own struggles, Mitti Cafe’s team, led by Ayesha Alam has been relentlessly fighting to free elderly from hunger and malnutrition through its Karuna Meals initiative. The need for nutrition support is growing with each passing day and Mitti Cafe is struggling to fulfill this enormous need. With your support, the NGO and its team of persons with disability can put food on the plates of hundreds of more elderly parents. Donate generously.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). Elderly deserve love, not neglect and hunger“There have been countless senior citizens, in extremely backward villages of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, who had not had a proper meal in days when we found them. We have seen people picking food from the garbage out of extreme hunger.”, recalls Ayesha of Mitti Cafe, while talking about the extent of hunger faced by senior citizens. According to Ayesha, there are thousands of elderly who have been either chucked out of their homes or have been left behind in villages by their children. “Our elderly don't deserve this life and it is our responsibility to come to their aid. If we come together we can ease the suffering of hundreds of people battling hunger and starvation. Donate now Our heroes’ war against hungerPersons with disability who were once discriminated against by society are today at the forefront of the fight to save abandoned elderly and children from hunger. The Karuna Meals team, comprising only of persons with disability has been able to cook and serve over 10 lakh meals. They have also distributed over 1 lakh packets of dry rations. ”They overlook their own struggles and suffering just to reach the elderly and provide them with the food they need,” says Ayesh. But their job is not yet done. “There are still many villages which have many malnourished and hungry seniors and we have not been able to reach them. But with your support, we can collectively end starvation,” she says. Donate now. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the elderly fight hunger and malnutrition.

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Multiple Sclerosis Society of India – Chennai Chapter (MSSI) works for the welfare of people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS). One of the main thrusts is in creating awareness about Multiple Sclerosis.We work with the neurological wing of hospitals in and around Chennai. We reach out to MS persons with medical, financial and emotional support, provide them need based counseling and conduct monthly meeting. We also keep tracks of patients’ medical requirements, employ physiotherapists to home-bound MS persons.Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the Central Nervous System, affecting its functioning unexpectedly and repeatedly, resulting in devastating disabilities in young people in the prime years of their lives. It has various symptoms ranging from minor visual disturbance to total paralysis, due to which simplest everyday tasks can no longer be efficiently performed.

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Multiple sclerosis was identified as a disability only 3-4 years ago. Awareness about this condition needs to be created to assist the patients in leading a normal life by providing quality health care in terms of medicines, caregivers and health workers. There is no insurance scheme for the MSP's , the treatment is very costly and most of the times the patients are unable to visit the hospitals at regular intervals for their injections.Multiple sclerosis patients require to invest in the following to sustain their lives:* Medicines and injections which amount for more than Rs. 10,000 a month * Physiotherapy/speech therapy* Care givers* Walking aids/ Wheelchair* Diapers/Bedpads* School fee support for the children of MS patients* Rehabilitation of family* Monthly medical support camps 
 One of the many programs offered by MSSI is about assisting the MS community involves funding support for monthly medicines, injections, physiotherapy, magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) exams. Our programs also include arranging doctor appointments for MSPs, monthly meetings with MSPs, touring them through educational videos and publications, get sponsors for safety, mobility equipment distribution, creating awareness in public through beach walk, entertainment through cultural programs, arranging doctors on a regular basis on medical modifications, research, counselling, etc.*MSP- multiple sclerosis person 
 Making the costly medicines which are necessary to stem the progression and are beyond the reach of the under previleged MSP. We want to make the impossible possible by being able to fund them for the 'interferons and betaferons' which are absolutely essential to stem the progress of MS.Many MSPs do not have the basic necessities like food, clothes and daily needs. We provide them monthly donations to meet their life requirements.Children of those affected by MS are provided with education support and bicycles for transportation.We tie up with a team of physiotherapists for house visits.Through public awareness programs, those in rural areas get to know about the society's initiatives and nearby health practitioners.

Access to medical care of multiple sclerosis patients

The need of the project, Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the Central Nervous System, affecting, its functioning unexpectedly and repeatedly, resulting in devastating disabilities in young people in the prime of their lives. Our bodies contain fatty substance called myelin which surrounds and protects nerve fibres of the brain of the brain and spinal cord (CNS). When any part of this myelin sheathing is destroyed , nerve impulses to the brain are interrupted and distorted. This results in sclerosed patches which are formed in the CNS, which results in Multiple Sclerosis. Symptoms may include tingling sensations, numbness, slurred speech, blurred or double vision, muscle weakness, poor coordination, unusual fatigue, muscle cramps, spasms, problems with bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction an paralysis. To overcome all these difficulties, neuro physiotherapy can play an essential role in keeping a patient active. Neuro Physiotherapy can help patients learn to cope with their changing body condition, develop strength and stamina, regain abilities after each disease flare up. Neuro Physiotherapy is often recommended when there is a specific problem or ongoing symptoms that effect day-to-day activities, mobility and independence. From the phase of diagnose to advanced level of MS, physiotherapy is needed , depends on an individual’s physical condition. 
 <ul><li>Identify the patient needs of Neuro physiotherapy</li><li>Identify the Neuro physiotherapist</li><li>Pre and post assessment monthly by the physiotherapist</li><li>Follow up by the social worker to the patient house during physiotherapy</li><li>Prognosis and recovery assessment by neurologist</li></ul>The Organisation has tie up with physiotherapists. We do have regular house visit i.e. follow up with the client activities and treatment especially physiotherapy. Follow up with patients and the doctors regarding each patient treatment process and receive monthly report from the physiotherapist regarding the functional abilities of the patient as per the EDSS Scale. 
 <ul><li>Neuro Physiotherapists provide a unique contribution to the management of people with MS through the improvement and maintenance of functional abilities</li><li>Helping MS patients to return to their roles performed at home, workplace, and in the community</li><li>It can reduce disability, maximize potential for independence, improve employment sustainability and reduce the impact that the disease has on their health and MS patients are able to lead an enhanced quality of life</li><li>Improve the coping capacity of MS patients to manage themselves and their daily functioning</li><li>It reduces the physical and psychological burden of the caregiver from the long term care to MS Patients</li><li>Development of positive reinforcement in MS patients makes normal life manageable inspite of MS</li></ul>

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Multiple Sclerosis affects the Central Nervous system and changes the way a person’s brain “talks” to the rest of the body. About half the people who have MS have issues with cognition. Cognition refers to specific functioning of the brain; memory, concentration, attention, language – reading and writing, calculation planning etc. Cognitive impairment can lead to inability to perform their activities of daily living independently. Cognitive impairment can also lead to psychological problems among the patients like low self- esteem, exaggerated sense of cognitive loss etc. 
 Establishment of a Cognitive Lab to assist patients recover their cognitive abilities. Functions of the Cognitive Lab:<ul><li>Screen all the patients of Multiple Sclerosis society to record their cognitive profile once in a year</li><li>Offer information on Cognitive functioning, impairment and cognitive loss</li><li>Offer Cognitive Rehabilitation for patients to improve their cognitive impairment and to improve their overall cognitive functioning through individual and group exercises</li></ul>The costing requirements are mentioned below.₹2,40,000: To support 20 beneficiaries for 4 months, at ₹500 per session₹2,00,000: To support 8 group sessions for 2 months, at ₹2,500 per session₹1,00,000: For assessment tools and screeningThus, we wish to raise a total of ₹5,40,000 with your support. 
 The aim of Cognitive therapy is to improve their cognition capacity to the fullest. It will help the MS person rehabilitate themselves, and increase their sense of responsibility both physically and mentally. In short it will improve the quality of life of an MS person and enable them to live their lives from a state of dependence to independence.

Psychotherapy for Person with Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the Central Nervous System, affecting, its functioning unexpectedly and repeatedly, resulting in devastating disabilities in young people in the prime of their lives. Our bodies contain a fatty substance called myelin which surrounds and protects nerve fibers of the brain and spinal cord (CNS). When any part of this myelin sheathing is destroyed, nerve impulses to the brain are interrupted and distorted. This results in sclerosed patches which are formed in the CNS, which results in Multiple Sclerosis. Symptoms may include tingling sensations, numbness, slurred speech, blurred or double vision, muscle weakness, poor coordination, unusual fatigue, muscle cramps, spasms, problems with bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction and paralysis. To overcome all these difficulties physiotherapy can play an essential role in keeping a patient active. Physiotherapy can help patients learn to cope with their changing body condition, develop strength and stamina, regain abilities after each disease flare up. Physiotherapy is often recommended when there is a specific problem or ongoing symptoms that affect day-to-day activities, mobility and independence. From the phase of diagnose to advanced level of MS, physiotherapy is needed, depends on an individual’s physical condition. 
 Physiotherapy for people with MS focuses on helping them return to their roles performed at home, workplace, and in the community. Physiotherapy intervention and advice early after diagnosis can reduce disability, maximize potential for independence, improve employment sustainability and reduce the impact that the disease has on health and quality of life factors. Normal movements require some coordinated sequence like muscle contractions and relaxation. MS can disrupt this process, resulting in the simultaneous contraction of opposing muscles. The affected body part becomes stiff or difficult to move and tends to feel very tight. This is known as ‘spasticity’. Physiotherapists provide a unique contribution to the management of people with MS through the improvement and maintenance of functional abilities.We are serving MS patients, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis such as medical bills reimbursement, counseling, home visits by medical social worker and scholarship for MS patient’s children, physiotherapy, fixing appointments to consult neurologist, organizing monthly meeting like get together, during meeting we invite eminent resource to address patient’s needs apart from our services. 
 •	MS patients are able to lead good quality of life.•	Make MS patient become independent.•	Develop their coping level on a day to day basis to little enable them to manage tasks themselves.