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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65-year-old Shakuntala completely depends on our partner NGO, Share and Care, for her food requirements, as she has no one else to take care of her. “When my only child was young, my husband Nadesan died. It was just me and my young son. After my son got married, he left me to stay with his in-laws, and I was alone. I am old, have pain in my legs, knees, shoulders and my entire body so I cannot work as I once did. But the food rations such as the nuts, lentils, wheat flour and rice I receive from Share and Care help me tremendously and I can eat well every day,” she says. Share and Care helps hundreds of abandoned grandparents, most of them being elderly women. The senior citizens belong to tribal communities and have limited access to necessities such as food and medicines to stay alive and well. This Shivratri, you can help with food and other essentials. Support them. 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). Abandoned elderly supported by Share and Care400 elderly parents abandoned by their children have no one to take care of them and need your help. They suffer from hunger, sight and hearing failure, diabetes, high blood pressure and other medical conditions. As they cannot work and support themselves because of old age, they cannot afford medicines or even clothing. So, they remain poor and alone. Share and Care’s mission Since 1984, Share and Care has been caring for disadvantaged groups of people, including elderly parents who have been living in poverty after being abandoned by their children. The founders, a couple named Carmel and Arokiasamy, aim to eliminate poverty and the suffering of the poor through social welfare programs and education. To achieve this mission, Share and Care runs a program in Chennai and also a village in Tiruvallur, where the 400 elderly live. This program ensures that every month, the 400 senior citizens have dry food rations, medicines and medical care, clothes, physiotherapy, geriatric counselling and other services to nurture them back to good physical health. Need for the fundraiserOne of the founders, Carmel Arokiasamy, shares that the abandoned elderly parents who live in extreme poverty without food or anyone to care for them constantly think about their children and ask, “Did we do something wrong?” Arokiasamy shares that from the time their children are born, they take care of them in such a special way. But when their children abandon them, they weep and cannot stop thinking about them. While dealing with this emotional distress, they are also suffering from hunger and disease. But cannot afford food and medicines. Donate now to help Share and Care provide the abandoned elderly with dry food rations, medical supplies, a medical and eye camp, counselling, clothes, blankets and recreational activities to live their lives with a positive outlook, despite their circumstances.Your donation can provide these elderly parents with their most basic and urgent needs. “Please support our work because this is for the elderly parents who are in great need. These grandparents are bedridden. They need care, love and support”.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support Share and Care in their mission to provide food, medicines, counselling and personal care to 400 abandoned grandparents living in poverty.

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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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The number of homeless and destitute men, women and children in our cities living under appalling conditions, in the streets is quite shocking. They are deprived of basic necessities, often ending up in premature deaths, diseases and not to mention crippling poverty. Thankfully, the Police pick them up and take them to one or the other humanitarian home in Bangalore. RVM Transit Home in Hennur is one such place, supported by Senior Citizens Bangalore. RVM Home is situated in Chikkagubbi village, Hennur, Bangalore where a large number of mentally and physically challenged elderly and young men and women stay. 
 Senior Citizens Bangalore assists the RVM Foundation Humanitarian Home in providing food, shelter, medical care and a hygienic environment for the recovery and rehabilitation of its destitute inmates. Many of the residents are mentally ill and are on medication. SCB provides infrastructural facilities such as bedding, solar heater, borewell, and water harvesting. Nutritious food is provided to them with compassion and adequate nutrient requirements of the residents are achieved.Since most of inmates are suffering from very poor health and several physical disabilities, Senior Citizens have focused on intervention with nutrition and medical help. In order to build and improve their immune system SCB started giving nutritious food by providing vegetables, fruits and eggs in their regular meals and to reduce their dependence on medical treatment. SCB also conducts eye check up to the residents and if necessary glasses are also provided. Medical check ups are also conducted for all the residents.Fruits of all kinds are provided regularly with curds or lassi every day. This has brought in a vast improvement in their health and it is visibly evident. The positive energy is clearly visible, and the participation of some of the inmates in some of the events is truly satisfying. Special food is provided to inmates on festivals or birthdays of our membersThe organisation is trying to provide better facilities and infrastructure, but it has not been possible due to lack of funds. 
 Significant improvement in the physical and mental health of the 129 inmates by the provision of healthy and nutritious meals, medicines and health care, and emotional support in a stable and secure environment has been seen.Once the resident is stabilised, he or she is usually moved to a more permanent residence at another Home or NGO.

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The lowermost economic segment of Indian citizens sends its children to ‘government’ schools. The schools provide mid-day meals to the students. This scheme has hugely contributed to heath and growth of disadvantaged children. Despite this, many children remain undernourished. This is evident from the below normal (less that 18) Body Mass Index (BMI).   
 Senior Citizens Bangalore (SCB) supplements the mid-day meal with added nutrition of a boiled egg, banana, nuts chick, and rag malt. The program is run in a government girls school in a rural area near Bangalore. It impacts 300 girl children This supplementation has resulted in improvement of BMI. Improved health is hypothesized to result in better academic performance as well as participation in sports and co curricular activities.  
 1. Impact health and well being of disadvantaged girl children.2. Impact academic and co curricular performance through proper nutrition.

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Senior Citizens Bangalore (SCB) supports a school for economically disadvantaged girl children in rural Karnataka. Over the years it has upgraded infrastructure, improved nutrition, given scholarships and equipped the school with digital education aids. These initiatives have increase the pass percentage from 76% to 96%. SCB believes that more value can be added by promoting sports and cultural activities 
 SCB is seeking financial assistance in: 1. Special nutrition and training of a girl athlete selected to train for representing India in weight-lifting.2. Organizing Inter-School Sports Competition And Provision Of Sports Attire.3. Organizing Training In Classical And Folk Dance and Music. 
 1. The girl athlete’s success will inspire many youngsters to emulate her.2. Create a sports culture for physical fitness and personality development.3. Develop talent in cultural spheres and develop inner sensitivity.

PROMOTING SPORTS & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN A RURAL GIRLS SCHOOL

The lowermost economic segment of Indian citizens sends its children to ‘government’ schools. When these students clear the SSLC / Class Xth Board exams, they go to government or private colleges where the fee is quite steep by their standards. A degree course in Commerce could range from INR15,000 to 30,000 per year. The parents take loans from local money lenders and get sucked into the cycle of debt. 
 Senior Citizens Bangalore (SCB) identifies meritorious students from a pre-selected set of government run schools and offers scholarships and educational assistance to such underprivileged students till they complete their higher education. The parents are usually construction labourers, security guards, vegetable vendors, auto drivers, poor farmers or those engaged in household work. SCB makes no distinction of caste or religion with regard to meritorious students. Many beneficiaries have gone on to become engineers, accountants and other such qualifications that have transformed their family’s economic condition. Some have even completed PhD and given expression to their passion for academics.  
 1. When first generation learners complete higher education they lift entire families out of poverty.2. The burden of the poor being trapped by educational loans is avoided.3. Helps deserving students express their potential otherwise held back by poverty.