Hunger and malnutrition have become a reality for thousands of elderly parents abandoned by their own children, in villages and slums across India. Seeing the rampant distress among the elderly, a team of selfless heroes from our NGO partner Mitti Cafe, though disabled themselves, have taken up the responsibility of providing cooked meals and dry rations to over 5,000 elderly in urgent need of support. Setting aside their own struggles, Mitti Cafe’s team, led by Ayesha Alam has been relentlessly fighting to free elderly from hunger and malnutrition through its Karuna Meals initiative. The need for nutrition support is growing with each passing day and Mitti Cafe is struggling to fulfill this enormous need. With your support, the NGO and its team of persons with disability can put food on the plates of hundreds of more elderly parents. Donate generously.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). Elderly deserve love, not neglect and hunger“There have been countless senior citizens, in extremely backward villages of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, who had not had a proper meal in days when we found them. We have seen people picking food from the garbage out of extreme hunger.”, recalls Ayesha of Mitti Cafe, while talking about the extent of hunger faced by senior citizens. According to Ayesha, there are thousands of elderly who have been either chucked out of their homes or have been left behind in villages by their children. “Our elderly don't deserve this life and it is our responsibility to come to their aid. If we come together we can ease the suffering of hundreds of people battling hunger and starvation. Donate now Our heroes’ war against hungerPersons with disability who were once discriminated against by society are today at the forefront of the fight to save abandoned elderly and children from hunger. The Karuna Meals team, comprising only of persons with disability has been able to cook and serve over 10 lakh meals. They have also distributed over 1 lakh packets of dry rations. ”They overlook their own struggles and suffering just to reach the elderly and provide them with the food they need,” says Ayesh. But their job is not yet done. “There are still many villages which have many malnourished and hungry seniors and we have not been able to reach them. But with your support, we can collectively end starvation,” she says. Donate now. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the elderly fight hunger and malnutrition.

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“A blind child is often seen as a curse or a burden to the family, leading to abandonment. I’ve picked up children from roadsides myself. I too lost my sight as a child, but today I’m a senior officer thanks to the National Association for the Blind, Delhi (NAB). What would I have done without their help?” asks Veena Mehta Verma, a beneficiary turned advocate for NAB and its mission to protect and care for blind children like herself.The state of young blind girls abandoned by their families and without education is even worse. “Blind girls have no future without education. Education is crucial to their future. Without it, they face neglect and limited opportunities, ignored not just by their families, but by society at large. What I am today is only because of the education I received. But sadly, every blind girl is not as fortunate. Most visually impaired girls are deprived of any care and even something as basic as education, leading to a difficult life,” says Asha Bhola, President, Blind Welfare Society (BWS).Both NAB and BWS work for the welfare of blind children and young girls by providing them with shelter, education, and care. This Diwali, they need your support to help many more youngsters in need.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax-exempt under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India).A life of uncertainty &amp; sufferingEven if a blind child or young girl is not abandoned, they are often trapped in their homes deprived of education or any way of making a living. “For a blind kid, employment is impossible without education. They need to learn Braille or use ‘talking computer’ aids. Many of these children are deprived of such facilities,” says Veena.Young kids and girls for whom NAB and BWS have cared for are today placed in some of the most prestigious organisations across the world. While some have gone on to make a name for themselves in the corporate world, others have taken up art and music as a profession too.But many blind children who are bright, academically gifted, and waiting to shine, are often neglected or abandoned by their own families. And with your donation, NAB and BWS can give them the future they deserve.As we celebrate the festival of lights, donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help blind children and young girls get shelter, education and care and a shot at a bright future.

This Diwali, help to brighten the lives of abandoned blind kids and young girls by giving them shelter and education

“A blind child is seen as a curse or as a burden to the family. These children are left on the street. I have picked up children from roadsides myself. I also lost my eyesight as a child but today I am a senior officer in a public sector company. What would I have done, had I not been taken care of?” asks Veena Mehta Verma who was once a beneficiary of National Association for the Blind, Delhi (NAB) and now works with the NGO to protect and care for blind children like herself.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1c273b6d-eee3-4799-98aa-74efcde92177.webp" />Today, hundreds of blind children supported by NAB, Delhi have found something that they never had before–hope for a better tomorrow. Without Veena and NAB, many of these children would be at the risk of going back to the streets or spend a life of neglect and even abuse. Your support to the NGO is crucial. Donate generouslyDonate 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 life of uncertainty &amp; sufferingEven if a blind child is not abandoned they are often trapped in their homes deprived of education or any way of making a living. According to the nonprofit leader, “For a blind kid, employment is impossible without education. The (blind) kids need to learn Braille or they need ‘talking computer’ aids. Many of these kids are deprived of such facilities”.  <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/7bfa3cb2-b09d-4518-862f-a0bbf653cbe8.webp" />Illuminating young lives “At NAB Delhi there are around 200-250 blind kids. There are around 180 kids in the hostel of NAB. We teach Braille, we teach arithmetic Taylor frames. To work towards a brighter future for the blind, we need your support. Please come forward and donate towards our mission”, says Veena. Students for whom NAB Delhi has cared for are today placed in some of the most prestigious organisations across the world. While some have gone on to make a name for themselves in the corporate world, others have taken up art and music as a profession too. Many blind children are bright, academically gifted, and waiting to shine, all they need is an opportunity. And your donation can give them just that.Donate to this fundraiser on Give.do, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help the blind children get shelter, education, care and a shot at a future full of opportunities.

This Children's Day, visually impaired Veena, loving mother to 180 blind kids, needs your support in caring for them

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Youth4Jobs was set up 8 years back with a vision to help youth with disabilities have equal access to education and employment opportunities. We chose to work in disability as studies show most disabled are poor. While NGOs worked in the rehabilitation space, many did not understand markets. Hence the disabled remained unemployed and frustrated even after trainings. The Founder, Meera Shenoy, with good knowledge of skilling and markets, saw this as an opportunity to impact a more vulnerable space, youth with disabilities, as pioneers.The work has evolved working creating a platform to partner with communities, companies and government. We began with the need of India was -skilling youth with disabilities with less education from villages. India is 69% rural and the youth are completely cut off from skilling, markets and employment. Training includes English, soft skills, life skills and digital literacy. Orientation to markets depending on job vacancies are given. Youth with disabilities are placed in entry level jobs, after training. Post Covid, all training is Online and scaled from 18 states to 28 states of India. Y4J has an alumni base of about 25000 youth with disabilities.The work has won innumerable prestigious national and international awards, the latest being Asia winner of MITs prestigious Future of Work award, the MIT Inclusion Innovation Challenge.Youth4Jobs was set up by Meera Shenoy who leads the organisation as its CEO. She is an acknowledged pioneer in skilling underprivileged rural, tribal and now youth with disabilities for jobs, at scale. She has the unusual background of working in senior government positions, World Bank and UN, across South east Asia.

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Post Covid, we had to close down our job-linked residential training centres for less educated youth with disabilities Pan-India. Young men and women with locomotor disabilities, speech and hearing impaired, low vision and visual impaired enrol in these centres. These are located where the real need of India is - poor states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tier 2 towns like Nagpur and Lucknow , and difficult geographies like the north-east. In Covid times, vulnerable youth like disabled get left behind in most support schemes. As our youth left the training centres, they repeatedly told us they wanted to continue these job linked trainings. With their parents loosing their wages as marginal farmers and petty daily workers, there was a pressing need to get a job and earn money, not just to be independent but support their families.Listening to them, we strongly felt we could not abandon our challenging but life- changing livelihood work for the disabled . We had to innovate, use technology and continue our job-linked skillings. The challenges were many-how to work with disabled in remote areas where connectivity is poor and how to identify jobs in companies. 
 Youth4Jobs is launching a new skilling product for youth with disabilities – Y4J Online.Stakeholders like youth, companies were involved in the design of the product. Our team had discussions with the youth on duration, timings of trainings. Technology choices had to be made as rural areas have poor connectivity and low bandwidth. To ensure quality, we wanted to monitor attendance . Zoom, facebook private was chosen as platforms to launch the online skilling product. Companies were contacted to give guest lectures and content, wherever necessary.Test runs showed tremendous patience was required as youth only understood whatsapp and messages. The trainings are for 3 hours each in two batches for 21 days. There are separate batches for speech and hearing impaired youth. The response to the pan India online trainings has been overwhelming. Youth from remote villages enrolled. They struggled with multiple issues but were keen to be digitally savvy in isolation times. Girls enrolled from safety of their homes. New industry sectors are being mapped simultaneously like e-commerce, manufacturing and the large msme sector. Companies posted their job vacancies first to Y4J as many of them were guest lecturers . 
 1000 young men and women with disabilities, many from remote villages, will get trained and be linked to sustainable livelihoods30% will be the most vulnerable, girls with disabilitiesMSMes will be sensitised with the “Each one take One” slogan for local jobs.Helps country achieve SDG goals and achieve its demographic dividend Alumni in jobs will become confident, have self esteem and support their families in crisis times.Y4J ALUMNI  WRITES:I don’t know if there is a God or note. But there are certain people like you and Youth4 Jobs which are doing good deeds for the differently abled persons by approaching them and help them to become independent. Hats off to your great Job. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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