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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Bal Mahila Vikas Samiti is a non-profit voluntary organization, registered under Madhya Pradesh societies Registration Act 1973, working for the disadvantaged social groups like Dalits, Tribes, women, working children and other deprived classes.The society was commenced in 1988 as a result of unprecedented efforts and visionary thoughts of the most concerned individuals who had the affinity with unprivileged and backward rural and urban society. The dream the founders' human society devoid of caste, creed and religion based discrimination, exploitation, atrocities etc.Over 70,000 women are made financially literate and many of them have already turned-up as entrepreneurs and service providers’.Our Plans and actions towards training of ASHA have enabled quick first aid and hygienic delivery of child possible in remote villages.The big innovation is: VAMA has disbursed more than Rs. 24 crore from 2006 to till now to needy and poor rural and urban slum women.We remarkably achieved construction of 7483 toilets for poor and disadvantaged in the community in the last financial years. This induction created a hygienic and clean dwelling area of rural and urban slum community.Vision of the Organization"Sustainable resource support to need based service with the community at the epicenter""classless, exploitation, injustice- free, peaceful &amp; enlightened society"Mission of the Organization"Initiative for social change through participation of local communities especially women"Main Objectives of VAMA<ul><li>To ensure information and dissemination.</li><li>To preserve the natural resources.</li><li>To develop and repetition approach for sustainable development.</li><li>To promote alternative income generation to women groups through capacity building and micro credit activities.</li><li>To promote education, health and fundamental rights empowering Community.</li><li>To ensure participation of last person of community in planning, implementation and monitoring of development process.</li><li>To work for development of rural and urban slums develop local resources for generating funds.</li><li>To Support the growth the development of self managed micro finance services</li><li>To prepare a cadre of financially literate women community.</li><li>To build the capacity of mF service provider and the stake holders of mF through appropriate training inputs and mentor services.</li><li>To develop Proper coordination amongst government, banks, foreign funding and financial institutions.</li></ul>

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Covid-19 has affected the entire human society across the globe. But, in all this, the weaker and deprived section of society has almost lost their livelihood. Therefore, the need of the era is to rejuvenate the means of employment for them. Our prime objective is to generate employment for the deprived community as well as migrants.InterventionCovid-19 has effected adversely to every sphere of human life. But, as we are associated with the deprived section of society, out initial objective is to launch a pilot project in Morar Block of Gwalior District that can be replicated and scaled up in all the blocks of all the districts of Madhya Pradesh province depending upon the achievement. Among the multitude of problems, the two majors caused by this pandemic are;Ø Economic crisis due to loss of employmentØ Panic associated with conflicts due to the struggle for limited resourcesBoth the problems are complex and have affected the lifestyle of a layman. Our organization is intended to mitigate this predicament by generating employment at the local level. 
 Detailed statement - VAMA has worked with more than 2500 households in Morar block, which are either landless or marginal/small farmers.  The primary source of their livelihood is labour work, which has been adversely effected in present scenario. These households urgently necessitate an alternate source of income for survival. Activities in these hubs shall include tailoring, embroidery, carpet making, soap and candle making and also the possible products as per the demand of market. Each SIBs shall consist of 30 women from the slum are and surrounding villages. The production will be targeted to address the local market demand, while the sale of surplus products shall be explored for marketing through National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) surplus.Considering the countrified scenario, a need assessment shall be conducted prior to the production. Further, the activities would be concentrated around grocery shops, small vending and service outlets of village. Vegetable, mushroom cultivation shall be encouraged in the area. To ensure the timely sale of vegetables a better coordination shall be established with large scale agro companies and local mandi purchasers too. The cultivation shall be micro scale individual activity while the marketing shall be organized collectively with proper quality control and standardization.Training, Awareness building, SensitizationLack of awareness, education and poor skills have all together has multiplied the magnitude of issue for this deprived section of society. This has resulted in panic, violation of social distancing and lockdown norms, violence against medical staff, police, corona worriers and even neighbors, friends and relatives. Incidents of refusal/reluctance to tests and voluntary reporting of symptom reporting have also been noticed. Reports suggest that, if more responsible behavior would have been adopted, then awareness as well as early action could reduce the impact of corona significantly. VAMA works with the National Rural Health Missions (NRHM) ASHA (Rural health workers) training program. These trained ASHAs monitor and assist in basic health issues to the countryside people. With this close association with ASHA workers and experience with NHRM we propose to create awareness and sensitization among the society. With this advanced training to the ASHA workers, involvement of panchayat, SHG and FPO we propose to create a group of more than 700 person, who shall educate, sensitize and create the required awareness within the Society. This entire exercise shall generate a trained man power which will assist local administration and medical authorities to implement the directive at grass root level. VAMA has contact with two ASHA workers in every discussed village who may be used as well-trained worker to sensitize the people at local level and to convey necessary instructions.  Corona pandemic may exist for a long duration. Further certain level of normalcy could only be expected only by the compliance of strict personal protection and social distancing. To sensitize the rural public, a local easily available trainer shall be required and the task may be played effectively by the ASHA worker. 
 Potential impact (in 3 months, in 1 year)In 3 Months - At least 400 families would be directly benefited by the project. While the possibilities and horizons of scale up shall be open. All these activities would be organized and standardized to ensure quality, possibility of scale up and sustainability.In 12 Months – Depending upon the project feedback, success and outcomes of 3 months it may be scaled up with a broader target. Necessary improvements shall be done and approx. 1500 families shall be covered under the umbrella. Emphasis shall be on more organized and large scaled production as well as marketing activities. Further the candidates shall be trained to develop marketing skills.Segment of the population it will serveConcentration of these activities would be in the total Morar Block. Livelihood activities would be targeting migrant labors and the economically deprived while awareness and sensitization would target all the families of the block irrespective of religion, caste/creed or economic status.We propose to generate livelihood for 1500 such deprived households. Morar block consist of 175 villages, of which VAMA has effective presence in 159 villages. We have organized a number of social and economic activities in this region, mostly implemented through active CBO’s, FPOs and SHG. 27 villages of the 159 are large and consist of slum dwellings, which are most effected due to this pandemic crisis. In these 27 slums VAMA would establish Small Industrial Hubs (SIB) and shall generate employment for approx. 100 women.

Rejuvenation of livelihood for deprived section of society, adversely effected by COVID 19

India’s festival of lights, Diwali, is an important celebration that is often considered the highlight of India’s festive season. Themes of good vs. evil, appreciation of Indian culture, and most importantly, the experience of giving abundantly mark this occasionUnfortunately, there are many less fortunate like Homeless child’s who cannot afford to have joy during the festive season and many people who are unable to celebrate this festival of light, due to their financial state. 
 For VAMA, Kindness is marked by reaching out to the less fortunate and make gifts of Charity. This Diwali, VAMA will visit the local shelter for homeless and underprivileged children with Gifts and Smiles. 
 With your donation, you can light up a life, and help a child escape lives of dark oppression in the form of servitude, slavery, violence, and illiteracy. Your small donation can go a long way in ensuring that one less child drops out of school and gets their next nutritious meal in a safe and nurturing environment. Your donation will be one among tens of thousands, from people from all walks of life.

Rejuvenation of livelihood for deprived section of society, adversely effected by COVID 19

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