This winter, as the biting cold descends on 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 freezing winds and sleepless nights. A warm blanket could mean the difference between despair and hope.Donate warm clothes and blankets to abandoned elderly mothers now. Give generously."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, the founder of Maitri. "Since they are abandoned, they don't have a home or family. They have no means to care for themselves or their nutrition. Winters are extremely painful for them, and many eventually pass away. Without thermals, it's not possible to survive winters in Vrindavan."<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1abfb906-563b-4747-85b8-8af2071a2856.jpg" />This heartbreaking reality is why Maitri is committed to providing blankets and warm clothing to these abandoned widow mothers. Your contribution can help shield them from the piercing cold and offer them a lifeline during this harsh winter season. "Maitri also provides food, shelter, and healthcare to abandoned widow mothers. Your funds will help them reach and support many more widow mothers in need.

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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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“What will happen to them after me? I am 80+. I spend sleepless nights,” worries ex-Air Force officer, Group Captain AC Barua while talking about the future of the 28 destitute women under his care. “They have nobody in this world, sometimes they don’t remember their own names. They are absolutely alone,” he informs us as he goes from one room to the other meeting all the women who live at Seneh, the only home where they are loved and taken care of. After fighting for his country all his life, this octogenarian is now fighting to rescue homeless and abandoned women from dying on the streets. But he cannot do it alone. “Everyday I keep on getting calls from here and there. ‘Oh! there’s a woman lying here. Can you help?’ But I don’t dare to go and help because I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources, our resources are very limited,” explains Gr. Capt. Barua who is lovingly called ‘Sir’ and ‘Deuta’ (father in Assamese) by the residents of Seneh. With your help, 80-year-old Group Captain Barua can fulfill his mission of rescuing abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets, alone. Donate nowDonate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. All 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).Seneh- a home filled with love, care and hopeThe residents of Seneh often don’t remember who they are, where they have come from. Many times these are women with mental health conditions and considered being a witch due to superstitious beliefs and beaten up as a result. They are victims of domestic abuse or widow mothers who are considered to be a burden on the family. Group Captain Barua has not only rescued them from critical conditions, he has provided them with urgent medical care, food and above all, a free safe shelter where they can live with love and care. Among these residents is Sarala Kalita who fled to save herself from the tortures of her alcoholic husband only to face neglect and trauma from her brothers- and sisters-in-law. “Both my brothers and their wives urged my father to leave me somewhere as they didn’t want to take care of me anymore. One day my brother’s wife didn’t even let me have food at home. She just wanted me to leave and go away. So that’s why, my father got in touch with Seneh through someone, and handed me over to Sir to take care of me,” says Sarita who has found joy in living at Seneh. “Coming to Seneh, it felt like I got a new life altogether. Sir has given me a harmonium. I love singing. It makes me forget everything and takes me to someplace else entirely,” she adds. More women like Sarala can find their way to a loving home like Seneh. All they need is a little bit of your kindness. “It is difficult to make both ends meet”To sustain their daily expenditure, Capt Barua needs approx ₹3 lakh a month and arranging the funds is a mammoth challenge for the NGO. “Our expenses are growing day by day. Residents are growing older, their sicknesses are increasing. At times we have to give them special food. They require more care so we have to get more employees. About half of them require leading around, 1-2 has to be fed also. It will be very difficult to sustain it unless we get help,” he added. One act of your kindness can save these abandoned women, with no one in this world, from struggling on the streets to survive. At 80+ Gr. Capt. Barua cannot sustain Seneh on his own. “With folded hands, I appeal to all. Please come and please help us. Let us help these people, these old people who have nobody in this world. They are dying. They will die on the streets,” he urged. Donate to this fundraiser by Give.do to support retired Air Force officer, Group Captain Barua in his mission to rescue abandoned and homeless women from dying on the streets.

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We are a State level Voluntary organization registered in the year 1994 on September 5th under Karnataka societies registration act 1960.It was established to empower women, youth and senior citizens. The organization has been instrumental in providing respectable jobs and financial independence to thousands of women since its existence. It has also been instrumental in motivating youth to build a strong society. It has been a home for women in distress, a support for senior citizens, a ray of light for kids by providing education and shelter. The organization is bringing out magazine "Stree Jagruti", since the past 25 years, which emphasizes on female independence.

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The word Tavaru mane means “MOTHER’S HOUSE “in Kannada and it signifies the security, care and support that one receives from a mother and hence we are using it to imply the core ideal that we have to provide support and care for our women beneficiaries like they would get it in their mother’s house. In general though the Indian family as a social institution is well known for the emotional and physical support that it provides to its extended members, many a time it fails to respond to the needs of women, prisoners, victims of sexual abuse and crimes including those trafficked and rescued from brothels, migrant or refugee women who have been rendered homeless due to natural calamities like flood, cyclone, earthquake, mentally challenged and women victims of terrorist violence etc, and women subject to domestic violence/marital strife. Often the support of immediate or extended family is not available due to certain factors such as the breakdown of the joint family system and increase in nuclear families and social bias against the marginalized women as well as at times due to a certain attitude and bias attached to women in specific circumstances of exploitation. Society at times drives such women out of the regular structure of society to lead lives of sub human existence and more than often these vulnerable women in distress end up as beggars or prostitutes for their own survival and at times for the survival and maintenance of their dependents. This lack of apathy and a support system for these women hence makes them vulnerable in multiple ways and leaves them in severe distress. 
 Another significant initiative made by SSS in 2013 was Tavarumane, intending to build ‘HOME OF LOVE’ that can give them a shelter, nutritious food, medical rehabilitation, which was started for homeless and abandoned women. It strived to provide shelter for poor and different circumstances problem women who need protection and a secure base to operate from samithi kept women in the tavarumane. In consent of Local Police station SSS sent family cases. Women also had facilities for short stay shelter. Since 2013 – 62 poor and needy women are the beneficiaries, among which 3 are permanent. Based on the current experience, we understand that we are unable to accommodate many women who are abandoned simply because we are at rented place and we are bound by restrictions. 
 The immediate output of this project is mainly the rehabilitation of these women in distress as well as providing a system of appropriate shelter, care and counseling and intervention to these beneficiaries to help them live in a safe and healthy environment away from all sorts of vulnerability that they would otherwise be exposed to. The outcomes of this project of this project are mainly the rehabilitation of these women in distress as well as through an efficiently evaluated system of care and support to these beneficiaries, help them live in proper conditions and furthermore develop an ecosystem for socio-economic growth which in turn helps them be self-aware and lead lives in a suitable manner for themselves and their dependents if any so that these women in turn inspire others around them in similar conditions. We envision the impact of this project as an initiative that would in the long run build a more socially responsible society that shows apathy for women in distress and also inspires and facilitates an awareness that helps the entire fragment of society make conscious decisions when it comes to attending to the needs of marginalized women as well as the inception and establishing of suitable policies to address the needs of these women in the near future.

TAVARU MANE (Mother House)

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