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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“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.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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“I saw a girl, barely 7 or 8, being pushed into flesh trade. Her cries for help still echo in my ears. There were men as old as 60 r*ping the innocent child. That was the day I knew my mission in life was to get these children out of the hell-like conditions in red-light areas. They are nothing short of hell and no child deserves to grow up in this environment” says Vinay Vasta, founder of Social Activities Integration, an organisation committed to freeing children trapped in red-light areas.Vinay and his NGO have been able to provide education, medical care and nutrition to over 2,500 children. But his dream to provide safe shelter to children remains unrealized. “We do our best to keep these children safe during the day but sadly they are forced to go back to the red light areas at night as we don’t have a home for them. Your donation can help us build a safe home for children of sex workers and prevent them from being pulled into prostitution. Donate to make this dream a realityDonate 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).Life in red light areas“S*x workers use their homes which are barely 6 feet by 4 feet for their business. They invite customers in the presence of their children. Their children not only witness abuse but experience it too. Just imagine a child being told that all she can ever become in life is a pr*stitute”, Vinay shares as he explains the extent of abuse children face in red light areas.This is a life that thousands of children are forced to live behind closed doors where they suffer abuse and exploitation morning, noon and night.A ray of hopeVinay has been relentlessly trying to give children the care and education they deserve. He has provided quality English education to thousands of children, enabling them to secure a livelihood out of red-light areas. Several children taught by Vinay are today leading successful lives as professionals and Government employees. However the sad reality is that Vinay and his NGO, in the absence of a permanent shelter home, are unable to provide round the clock safety to these children, which is essential for their well-being.Your donations can enable SAI to build a shelter home for the children of sex workers and usher in a new tomorrow for them, away from the horrors of red-light areas.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to provide safe shelter for children of sex workers and save them from abuse and second generation pr*stitution.NGO's 80G number: AACTS0408EF20216NGO's 12A number: AACTS0408EE20028

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Crispin was born in the town of Viterbo, Italy in the year 1668. He was a shoemaker and cobbler before he became a Capuchin Brother. As a Monk he worked as a cook, nurse, barber, a gardener and begged for the poor from his early days till he died a martyr, he Was said to perform miracles. His works were recognised two centuries later and Pope Pius VII beatified him in the year 1806 and he became St. Crispin.The village of Erandawane was a small insignificant cobblers village, infested with plague and malaria for which no treatment was available or humanitarian help rendered.It seemed to have derived its name ‘Erandawane’ meaning ‘forest of Castor Oil trees’ which grew and overran the area. Thus the Home was named after St. Crispin, the Patron Saint of Cobblers and ‘St. Crispin’s Home’ was bornThe work in Erandawane began before 1900 when it seems the Society of St. John the Evangelist Fathers (SSJE) and Convent of St. Mary the Virgin (CSMV) Sisters visited the village by bullock cart or bicycle and render medical aid to the people in the village.At around this time, the SSJE Fathers started an orphanage for boys along with a Primary School, the first in the area and built the St. Crispin’s Home Church with a bungalow which was used as the Primary School and Fathers' residence.A severe epidemic of malaria, and a constant lack of workers and funds, resulted in the closure of this orphanage around the year 1929.The Home was reopened in the year 1940 by a keen supporter of the Nationalist Movement, who along with the CSMV Sisters started a Rescue Home for girls and women.The first girl, a young dwarf unmarried mother a victim of rape was admitted to the Home along with a few other young girls and women and somehow or the other the work went on for about 11 years after which it simply disintegrated due to acute financial shortages, lack of staff and administrative exigencies.In 1951 it was reopened for a short while as a Diocesan Moral Welfare Home for Women. The then Dioceses of Bombay soon realised that they could not financially support and run the Home and so they withdrew and the Home was closed.Thereafter in 1951 as a last resort, the CSMV Sisters who were already working here were handed over this entire property to continue and conduct their social welfare activities independently with no financial or administrative support from anywhere or anyone.So with some:<ul><li>empty building with no electricity…</li><li>a table, chair and stool…</li><li>with two cats sitting on the table as if in charge…</li><li>and the Sisters sitting on the ground, sipping hot cocoa made in powder milk from badly chipped enamel mugs decided to continue the work of the Home with about 7 girls and women.</li></ul>The Home was thus reborn… and with vision, deep commitment and very hard work of the Sisters by 1954 there were 53 girls in the Home!The shortage of Sisters, staff and finance did not deter them and the work grew in spite of all the problems that continued to dog the work they simply pressed ahead with the work in Faith.Since then St. Crispin’s has always looked ahead….. and grew into a Home with 300 children who were cared for in six dormitories, an infirmary, a kitchen, a small hall, the primary and secondary schools and tailoring classes and an office right up to the year 2002.In the year 1985, this property was put on the market for sale/development which started a twelve-year legal battle in various courts.After a spirited fight, it was decided to put our minds to it and finally settle this matter as:<ol><li>we were not owners of the land which posed some sort of constant threat to our rights,</li><li>we were defendants or appellants in the court cases.</li><li>the maintenance of the existing 100 year old buildings was very heavy</li><li>the Authorities were not granting any permission for renovation or construction of new buildings because of the litigation and</li><li>the litigation was eating into scarce finances which would have eventually had an adverse impact on the work or even survival of the Home.</li></ol>And so with much heartache, prayers, opposition, sacrifice and marathon meetings an agreement was reached with all concerned.The new complex is three times the size of the old one (seen above) and is part of the settlement received by us free of cost with the Church, adjacent bungalow and staff quarters on 3 acres of land as our own along with exclusive rights, title and interests. Now the work of St. Crispin’s Home can continue uninterrupted by such legal issues.The new building complex as you see it consists of:<ul><li>The Residential Child Care Facility (RCCF)</li><li>The Primary School (Std I-VII).</li><li>The Secondary School (Std VIII-X).</li><li>A Vocational Training Centre (presently only tailoring &amp; computer).</li><li>A Personality Development Centre which will include both formal and informal training programmes &amp; conferences with a counselling facility.</li><li>A Multi-purpose utility hall for hosting various functions and programmes of the Home and for indoor games such as badminton, table tennis etc.</li></ul>This new complex, as shown below was inaugurated on 25th October 2002, the Birthday of St. Crispin’s. It is a modern well ventilated spacious building with basic amenities and provides a conducive atmosphere for child development, is user-friendly, low on maintenance costs, and to a good extent self-sufficient.

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We get children from CWC who are residential and they need to be looked after for their livelihood, education, recreation &amp; skill development, to be absorbed, as respectable and contributing members of society. 
 We have a school which takes care of their education. We have housemothers who look after their daily needs. Our team of social workers help in counselling and addressing any medical issues that they may have. As the Govt. grant is inadequate &amp; infrequent, we generate funding from individual donors, CSR &amp; Rentals to look after them better. 
 With the care &amp; protection that we give them, with the education which is provided through our on-campus school &amp; our partner NGO which runs counselling &amp; skill development activities with the girls in our care. We are desirous of seeing overall development both emotionally, and psychologically to enable them to stand on their own feet in society.

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