"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

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.

Help Girish give 250 HIV+ children, rescued from abuse in red-light areas a new life

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Founded in 1988 by the late Mrs. Vipula Kadri, over the last 35 years Vipla Foundation has relentlessly worked towards the enrichment of the lives of underprivileged children and women. In the last 10 years, Vipla Foundation has reached out to 10,00,000+ beneficiaries in the areas of Early Childhood Care, Education, Inclusion, and Women Empowerment and Child Protection through Anti-Human Trafficking and Skilling initiatives.Vipla Foundation’s unwavering commitment lies in addressing all forms of exploitation, and discrimination against vulnerable women and children in India, especially human trafficking of women and children. They fight against gender-based violence and crimes by working with communities to create a safe and empowering environment and advocate for access to rights and justice to ensure women and children can live with dignity and self-respect. Through their Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative, they work towards bringing systemic changes and strengthening the prevention of human trafficking and gender-based violence; while concurrently enhancing child protection measures.  Vipla Foundation adopts the internationally acclaimed 5 P approach of Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Partnership, and Policy to address trafficking. This approach enables them to tackle trafficking comprehensively and forge collaborations with various government departments, thereby fortifying the systemic response that enables averting these heinous crimes, safeguarding survivors, and bringing the perpetrators of gender-based violence, including human trafficking, to justice in India.Vipla Foundation believes violence against women can be reduced if women are empowered and financially independent. To this end, they provide support, encouragement, and empowerment to women, equipping them with the essential skills and knowledge they need through their Livelihood Initiatives. These initiatives encompass Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Development programs that enable women to lead their lives with self-respect and dignity.

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Lockdowns, travel restrictions, resource cutbacks and other measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus are putting victims of human trafficking at risk of further exploitation, while organized crime networks could further profit from the pandemic, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).Women in sex work and victims of trafficking are now at greater risk of re-trafficking. The extended duration of lockdown making it extremely difficult to earn livelihood as well as access any financial support at this point or in near future. Most of them have been bread earners for the family but due to loss of employment/source of earning, women in sex work and victims of Human trafficking, today, are vulnerable to indebtedness, violence and exploitation.The situation is similar with the restored survivors of trafficking. Those who were working in informal sector are now without jobs for several months and at a risk of being pushed into more exploitative situation. 
 The proposed Project aims to bridge the skill-gaps between the women in or rescued from prostitution and Self-Employment Opportunities. It will facilitate selection of 100 women in or rescued from prostitution to make informed choices about their livelihood, get trained in market oriented self-employability skills to develop small enterprises and access funds, savings and enterprise development support. It uses a skills training model and an array of other interventions that equip the women be entrepreneurs and work towards financial independence. The aim of the intervention is to generate meaningful, sustainable and economically stimulating self-employment for the women in or rescued prostitution in Maharashtra. Women in prostitution or those who are rescued are vulnerable to exploitation or at a risk of being pushed to the same exploitative situation due to lack of sustainable livelihood. The intervention offers skills training in entrepreneurship development for empowerment of women in or rescued from prostitution and life skills, access to seed money as to start-up capital and mentoring.The specific objectives are:<ol><li>To train 100 women in or rescued from prostitution in entrepreneurship development</li><li>To support 50 survivors of sex trafficking rescued in Maharashtra to set up small-scale enterprise development and provision of start-up grants</li></ol> 
 A livelihood option as a means of economic rehabilitation leading to economic empowerment is the logical end of the rehabilitation process. It is imperative to focus on economic rehabilitation strategies as part of the overall social reintegration process - as this is the key to providing economic independence to survivors, ensuring them an identity in society, and making their relapse into an exploitative situation unlikely.The proposed intervention aims at providing crucial services of Counselling, Life Skills, financial literacy and training in Entrepreneurship Development to women in sex work and victims of sex trafficking in urban and rural parts of Maharashtra state These interventions could get them a new lease of life and be an source of livelihood that is non exploitative and gives agency to women. Hence the intervention aims to provide entrepreneurship training and seed money support as rehabilitation measures. Providing education and assistance for enterprise is undoubtedly a good medium to ensure a sustainable income making their chances of falling back to same exploitative situations less likely.

Economic Empowerment of Women in Sex Work and/or Victims of Sex Trafficking through Entrepreneurship Development Initiatives in Maharashtra

The growing urban poverty and disparity have adverse impact on lives of women. They face multiple disadvantages due to poverty, gender discrimination, and lack of access to higher education. The present project aims at empowering young women staying in urban settlements through employability skills training, critical life skills and linking them to jobs and other income generating options like enterprise development leading to financial independence and greater control over their own lives. Women living in urban slums face severe risks and vulnerabilities. It increases the impact of multiple disadvantages that women face due to poverty, gender discrimination, and lack of access to higher education, early marriage and limited opportunities to earn their livelihood. Additionally, lack of safety and cultural practices restricts them within the boundaries of domestic life and increases vulnerability to violence denying them opportunities to break through the cycle of poverty and oppression. 
 The proposed solution focuses on the socio-economic empowerment of young women staying in these urban settlements, and to provide them with an opportunity to break the cycle of poverty and discrimination. This would be done through employability skills training, providing support for education, critical life skills and linking them to jobs and other income generating options like enterprise development leading to financial independence and greater control over their own lives. 
 The organisation believes that the issues related to employability and social issues and crimes against women cannot be tackled in Isolation. They are in fact interrelated, and over the years, the organisation has learned to view equality and social change vis-a-vis economic reality.

Help Young Women End the Cycle of Poverty & Violence

The pandemic has significantly impacted the education system which already seemed like a privilege than a basic right for many underprivileged children. Through Balwadis Save The Children India shall ensure pre-school education to children from their project locations in Maharashtra in the age group of 3 to 8 years and ensure smooth transition to formal education. In ₹1,954 you can support a child's education cost for one year.The early years are understood to be the most significant stage of child development, with research indicating that children from poorest families learn approximately 30 million fewer words than those from more affluent families by age 3. For children from impoverished backgrounds, ECCE is particularly critical. A child who lives in poverty and attends a quality preschool program experiences long-lasting primary and secondary positive effects. The NEP 2020 reinforces this implicitly indicating ECCE to be the greatest and most powerful equalizer. Jaime Saavedra, Global Director for Education, describes the impact of pandemic as “largest simultaneous shock to all education systems in our lifetimes”. Worldwide, it has rendered early childhood education system on the verge of collapse. Many children below the age of 6 haven’t received systematic education inputs for over a year now, highlighting the increased chances of dropping out from formal schooling owing to magnified learning gaps. Young children must receive continuous quality ECCE inputs to enable their holistic development.  
 Through our Balwadi project, we aim:<ol><li>To provide quality pre-school education age and developmentally appropriate experiential learning opportunities to young children from lower socio-economic communities of Maharashtra, in the age group of 3-6 years. (online/offline mode of delivery)</li><li>To facilitate and ensure the smooth transition of pre-primary children in the Balwadis into mainstream formal schools</li><li>To train and continuously mentor the Balwadi teachers intensively and periodically on early childhood education and care (virtually, through a range of applications and platforms), in order to build on the balwadi teachers existing early childhood education knowledge, skills, and attitudes, rendering her an agent of change</li><li>To support the parent agency in becoming the implementing agency of experiential age and developmentally appropriate activities and creating a supportive home learning environment as young children continue to learn remotely.</li><li>We aim to facilitate the provision of tabs to ensure that children have continued access to educational material, all through these uncertain times. (Subject to availability of Funding)</li></ol> 
 Through the program we wish to ensure continued educational support to children from our project locations in Maharashtra.

Facilitating Access to Quality Education for Vulnerable Children, in the Age Group of 3 to 8 Years

Women make up half the world’s population, but, in most places, they don’t make up half of its work force. They own only one-third of the world’s formally registered small-and-medium- sized enterprises, yet they provide most of the world’s unpaid child and elder care and are more likely to work in insecure, low-wage jobs in the informal economy. They also are more likely to face legal barriers to full participation in the economy, with limited access to finance, markets, and property.Research shows that increasing women’s labor force participation by 10 percentage points could add $770 billion to India’s GDP by 2025. When women are empowered economically, they invest in their families and communities, spurring economic growth and creating more stable societies.That’s the reason we at Vipla Foundation are looking to tackle this issue through this intervention. 
 Vipla Foundation has been providing employability-oriented skills training to young women since the year 2009. The courses are short- and medium-term modules (45 days to 150 days) of short-term livelihood programs meant for unemployed urban young women between the ages of 18-30 years, from underprivileged families. Most of the young women who are part of the programme are the ones who have dropped out of formal education early, have no or limited skills to find formal employment and can be potential victims of gender-based violence. The average annual family income of our beneficiaries is INR 2.5 lakhs.The project provides employability skills training to young women from slums around Mumbai and Pune and ensures that 70% trained and certified candidates are successfully placed on the job. Vipla Foundation partners with renowned technical organizations to provide support for the Training of Trainers and provide government-recognized National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) and Sector Skills Council (SSC) certification to successful candidates in the Banking and Financial Service Sector, BPO, Sales and Retail and Beauty and wellness. The project also provides life-skills training that runs parallel to employability skills. The sessions on gender, gender-based violence, and laws related to violence against women are included in the core essential skills training. 
 <ul><li>Mobilization and orientation of 4000 young women from urban communities in Mumbai and Thane</li><li>Providing employability skills training to 3000 young women from targeted communities</li><li>Ensuring that 90% of enrolled candidates complete training i.e., 2700 women complete training over three years and are certified</li><li>Achieving 70% placement of trained candidates i.e., nearly 2300 women are placed on jobs, suitable to their skills with average starting salary of INR 10000 per month</li><li>To equip beneficiaries with critical life skills and confident decision making in order to exercise their rights on issues affecting them.</li><li>To increase income of beneficiaries through job placement/self-employment and post placement support.</li></ul>.