"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.

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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.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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WINNER WITH YOU (WWY) is an award-winning development organization (NGO). It works for the relief of the poor, with an aim to improve their life through various development activities/projects aligning with the sustainable development goals (SDGs). It is registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882.Mission: WWY works in Jharkhand “to inspire breakthroughs to end poverty, promote sustainable livelihoods, conserve the land and waters and achieve social justice for all.” With an aim to improve the lives of the poor, WWY is working in Jharkhand on poverty reduction (through sustainable livelihood promotion), Nutrition &amp; Food Security, Education and Green &amp; Renewable Energy for ensuring sustainable development. Core programs of WWY are:Core Programmes of WWY:<ul><li>Zero Poverty through Promotion of Sustainable Livelihood: - to help the poor to come out of poverty through sustainable livelihood prototypes.</li><li>Nutrition Garden for Anemia Control and Food Security - to fight poverty, to address malnutrition and anemia issues in rural/tribal women and children (or even their families).</li><li>Every girl in School: - to educate &amp; empower poor girl children by educating them until they secure their college degree.</li><li>Youth &amp; Culture Projects: - i) to empower ‘Youth to the Quality Youth’ and, ii) to preserve and promote ‘tradition &amp; culture’.</li><li>Promotion of Green &amp; Renewable Energy: - Renewable energy is a solution to our environmental problems. So, for sustainability, our aim is to educate and be aware of the community to preserve and use natural resources in a way that promotes their continuation in the future.</li></ul>

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Indigenous art forms of Jharkhand are on the verge of extinction. In the online age when people are looking for more avenues of entertainment, and when the internet and Googling have become the easiest way to knowledge and entertainment, traditional art forms of the Santhal Pargana are in need of a revival. The last few practitioners of Sohrai-Khovar and Jadu Patiya, a form of painting and storytelling, say their art forms may soon be lost.WWY has been working for the development and promotion of the livelihood of artisans, especially in Below Poverty Line(BPL) in Hazaribagh, Ramgarh and Chatra districts. These artisans generally belong to the OBC and ST, SC communities’ women with very low-income groups. In some low-income other societies, women are also engaged in Hand Painting Artworks.Need of Project:-The targeted artisans belong to weaker Socioeconomic backgrounds and the livelihood support in terms of the development of their skills and promotion of micro-production/ processing units will help their economic development.- In many districts of Jharkhand, there has been a rich tradition of Sohrai- Kohvar. The Sohrai and Kohvar art are the two main GI tagged folk arts of Jharkhand. Both these paintings depict the development of human civilization. Natural colours are used in both these paintings. In one hand, the GI tagged paintings(Sohrai and Kohvar) of Jharkhand are gradually getting popularity. Besides, the artist of traditional painting has been reduced drastically as they were not able to secure regular income from it. They were also not able to promote their art on the regular market. They were unable to link their product with the modern time which resulted to have almost no income from their art and they started to leave the art and transfer it to the next generations.- These SHG members form the traditional cluster of the Sohrai Kohvar and are able to partially support their family livelihood through the contribution of manual labour and traditional skills they have inherited.- A planned effort towards their skill formation/ up-gradation and hand-holding of these skilled women for their evolution as micro/entrepreneurs leading to enhanced livelihood, the project will be of immense help.- A planned and organized effort with support for the establishment of a cluster demonstration unit will immensely help in the promotion of GI Tagged Sohrai Kohvar Paintings with diversified products painting/crafts/toys/ other utility goods in the district which may be cater to local market demand of the adjoining district namely Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, Ranchi and Chatra etc. - Given the established market demand, easy sourcing of raw material as well requisite equipments by us, the project will witness take off a good production cluster in the region. Traditional paintings of Jharkhand have a lot to teach us as these are inspired by nature, made up of natural materials and communicate nature’s message of peace and harmony. The proposed project is our sincere effort to preserve and promote these immensely important icons of our cultural heritage. WWY came across as a vision in 2018 after knowing the deteriorating conditions of these art forms and their artisans. Since then, we have been trying to improve the lives of traditional artisans by promoting their work and providing then market linkages. We have also been teaching these to the needy and most importantly to our coming generation.The proposed project envisages promoting modern and professionally skilled production clusters of quality Hand Painting and artworks in the Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts of Jharkhand, with following actions: • Creating a Sohrai-Kohvar Based Hand Painting Production cluster of artisans • Capacity building through vocational training of 150 women artisans for Livelihood promotion• Skill/Professional Development through training on management related aspects• Strengthening the bank linkage &amp; market development.• Mobilizing bank and/or another micro-financing linkage.• Counseling on essential aspects of Social &amp; Gender Development for up gradation of livingpatterns of beneficiary participants. • A cluster of skilled women artisans in Sohrai Kohvar and Paitkar Artwork like utility and decorative items and related items will be formed.• A regular production unit with moderate capacity will be established with market linkage.• Activity based Credit linkage of the cluster will be ensured.• A production unit will be established

To protect, preserve & promote various forms of traditional art and folk art in Jharkhand

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To protect, preserve & promote various forms of traditional art and folk art in Jharkhand

Save abandoned, elderly widow mothers of Vrindavan from begging on streets

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