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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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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“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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Vishvodayaa Trust based in Chennai since its inception in 2001 has been promoting Girl Child Education ,Women Empowerment, Environment and Holistic Health Care. It is inspiring to note that these efforts, carried out with the help of philanthropists and service minded people, have borne out enduring results. Betterment in the lives of women and children through Education, Training and Self-Management is the credo of the Trust.

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Education is one of the most significant methods to empower an individual or a community. Offering girls and women education is the easiest way to empower and uplift them, their families as well as society at large. This, access to education, is not a luxury – it is a basic fundamental right enshrined in the Indian constitution as well as a basic human right.However, in our country, the position is very grim - only one in 3 girls complete their school education age-appropriately and among adults, there are twice as many illiterate women as compared to men. 
 When a girl is educated, she is empowered. When she is empowered, she makes good decisions for herself, raises the standard of living for her family, generates employment opportunities and leads the charge to reform society.The Girl child Education and Women empowerment Project (GEWP) focuses on making quality education accessible to girls, especially for those belonging to marginalized communities. We aim to do so by supplementing the formal school systems with the integrated programs run by Vishvodayaa Trust. This includes active engagement with other agencies and the society at large to support the education of every girl child and woman in its truest spirit. 
 Importance of education for women and girls:<ul><li>Improved quality of life and health: Educating a girl is the biggest and most important step towards ensuring that she has a good life. With an increased awareness about health and hygiene, she gives herself and her family a healthier lifestyle and helps guide them along the same path.</li><li>Dignity and honor: Educated women are looked upon with dignity and honor. They become a source of inspiration for millions of young girls who look up to them and are inspired by their success.</li><li>Freedom to choose their path in life: Education empowers girls and women and gives them the motivation and faith to pursue any profession of their choice. It also gives them a better chance of success at whatever they choose to pursue.</li><li>Economic empowerment, development and prosperity: For a society to develop and prosper, improvement in status and education cannot exclude half the population. Through education, women and girls will be empowered to come forward and take their place in the road to economic development and development of the nation.</li></ul>

Girl Child Education and Women Empowerment Project (GEWP)

Education is one of the most critical areas of empowerment for women. It is also an area that offers some of the clearest examples of discrimination women suffer. Among children not attending school, there are many girls. Among illiterate adults, there are twice as many women as men.Offering girls primary education is one sure way of giving them a much higher power, which is of enabling them to make good choices. This, however, is not a luxury. The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women establish it as a fundamental human right. 
 Vishvodayaa Trust’s Girl Education for Empowerment Project (GEEP) focuses on improving the conditions by which girls, especially those in the marginalized communities can access quality education. Education is an important tool which enables women and girls to participate in decisions that affect their lives and in improving their social status. GEEP, while working through the formal school systems as well as through the integrated programs of Vishvodayaa Trust provides the necessary. Following the Right to Education, Vishvodayaa Trust has been actively engaged with other agencies and the larger civil society to support girl Child Education in its true spirit. GEEP is committed to enabling effective implementation of education provisions and policies for rights. 
 Importance of Educating the Girl Child•	Economic development and prosperity: Educating the girl child will help in empowering them to come forward and contribute towards the prosperity and development of the country.•	Economic empowerment: Helpless condition can’t be changed for the men if the women are backward and depend on men. Economic independence and empowerment will come when we educate the girl child.•	Improved life: Educating of the girl child helps in the improvement of a good life. The identity of the girl won’t be lost. She has the ability to read and learn about her own rights. She won’t be trodden down about her rights. There will be a general improvement in her life.•	Improved health: Educated girls bring an awareness of the importance of hygiene and health. Through education, they can lead a healthy lifestyle. The women that are educated can carter for their children better.•	Dignity and honour: Educated women are now looked upon with dignity and honour. They become a source of inspiration for millions of young girls who make them their role-models.•	The choice to choose a profession of her choice: educated girls can prove to be successful in their different professions. When the girl child has the opportunity to be educated, it gives her a better chance to become a successful cook, engineer, doctor or the choice of the profession she wants.

Girl Child Education Empowerment Project (GEEP)

Education is significant to empower an individual or a community. Offering education, to girls and women, is the easiest way to empower and uplift them, their families as well as society at large. This, access to education is a basic fundamental right enshrined in the Indian constitution as well as a basic human right.However, in our country, the position is very grim - only one in 3 girls complete their school education age-appropriately and among adults, there are twice as many illiterate women as compared to men. 
 When a girl is educated, she is empowered. When she is empowered, she makes good decisions for herself, raises the standard of living for her family, generates employment opportunities and leads the charge to reform society. Women Skill Development and Girl Child Education Project focuses on making quality education accessible to girl children. Vishvodayaa Trust facilitates formal schooling with the integrated programs This includes active engagement of the society at large . 
 Importance of education for women and girls:<ul><li>Improved quality of life and health: Educating a girl is the biggest and most important step towards ensuring that she has a good life. With an increased awareness about health and hygiene, she gives herself and her family a healthier lifestyle and helps guide them along the same path.</li><li>Dignity and honor: Educated women are looked upon with dignity and honor. They become a source of inspiration for millions of young girls who look up to them and are inspired by their success.</li><li>Freedom to choose their path in life: Education empowers girls and women and gives them the motivation and faith to pursue any profession of their choice. It also gives them a better chance of success at whatever they choose to pursue.</li><li>Economic empowerment, development and prosperity: For a society to develop and prosper, improvement in status and education cannot exclude half the population. Through education, women and girls will be empowered to come forward and take their place in the road to economic development and development of the nation</li></ul>

Girl Child Education and Women Empowerment Project (GEWP)

Girl Child Education Empowerment Project (GEEP)

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