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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“The abusers insert a candle or fingers in the vagina of children torture them. If the children don’t relent even then, the abusers 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 the Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID), while talking about many heart-rending stories of trafficked children in red-light areas. In over three decades, the team of SPID led by Lalitha, has saved over 3000 children from the red-light areas in Delhi, such as GB Road, and many from clutches of sex trafficking. While Lalitha has also helped many women escape the clutches of being forced into sex work, the SPID is focused on rescuing children and giving them a better life.Sadly, many more children need to be rescued and need a loving home. SPID needs your support to carry on the mission, to move out of the small shelters that are subject to arbitrary rental increases or landlords’ whims, to permanent locations where she can rescue more children and give them all the love they deserve. Your support will give these children the care and upbringing they need. 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).“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 Lalitha. 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 to this fundraiser for permanent premises through Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform. Help Lalitha give hundreds of children rescued from brothels a life away from violence and abuse. Donate 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 used to be sexually abused repeatedly, and when I screamed in pain, they hit and threatened me with more violence,” says Priya (name changed), a rescued child sex worker. Priya was abducted by traffickers and sold into a red-light area house before she was rescued by Guria led by Manju. For over two decades, Manju has been rescuing young girls forced into prostitution across the country. She has been shaken to the core seeing some of the most horrifying crimes that young girls have to undergo. “You can’t imagine the state of girls forced into sex work. The girls are given electric shocks and burnt with cigarette butts just to get kicks out of it. And if they get pregnant, the "owners" kick them repeatedly in the womb so that the child inside dies…If you want to see hell, it is here on this planet where young girls are sexually abused,” says Manju.Manju needs your help to rescue more young girls from forced prostitution and reunite them with their families. Donate now.Guria’s work over the yearsBased out of Varanasi, inarguably the holiest place in India, Manju and her organisation Guria, fights the sexual exploitation of girls, especially minors, by taking on the traffickers head-on, and rescuing and rehabilitating them.Started in 1993, Guria has rescued over 5500 persons from slavery, sex trafficking, and child prostitution so far. It has also been instrumental in shutting down hundreds of places that housed trafficked girls and putting scores of traffickers out of business and in jail.For instance, in 2005, a Guria-led rescue operation in Varanasi's red-light area led to the freeing of 49 women and girls, including minors. Many of them were kept against their will. Some of the traffickers were also arrested and tried. Since then, Guria has rescued thousands of young girls.Manju and her husband, Ajeet Singh began rescuing girls from Varanasi’s red-light areas and then working to stop the sex-trafficking of young girls within Uttar Pradesh and outside. The organisation’s aim is to eliminate the sex trafficking of women, especially minor girls, end second-generation prostitution and child prostitution, and rehabilitate women and girls who are rescued from the trade. Manju has faced violent backlash from the traffickers and other vested interests, but it has not deterred her from carrying on rescuing young girls from trafficking. Rescue and rehabilitationBesides rescuing girls trafficked for sex, mostly from low-income families, from across the country, Guria fights on their behalf in courts and also provides education, food, vocational training, and other facilities until they are united with their families. But because of a lack of funds, Guria is finding it difficult to rescue more girls and also take care of them once they are away from the clutches of the traffickers. Take the case of Sameena (name changed), who was abducted from Uttar Pradesh all the way to Telangana. Guria took it upon itself to rescue the girl with the help of its own work and also the authorities. After months of rehabilitation, Sameena went back to her family and even completed her education. With your support, Manju can rescue many more young girls from trafficking and help them live the life of their dreams.

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PRASTUTEE …Symbolising development is a non-profit organization registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 and Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act of 1976 of India. It started its journey from 1997 in the District of KORAPUT, known to be the underdeveloped tribal district of the state. Since then it has been working with focus on economic and social development of the downtrodden vulnerable rural community at large, particularly Scheduled Tribe of the area. The objectives have been to empower people for sustainable management of natural resources and deteriorating environment, population education and women's health.PRASTUTEE has created a definite niche in the development sector by enabling the communities social ,economic and political empowerment for improved effectiveness in poverty reduction and to manage their own natural resources for own livelihood promotion efficiently and effectively. The organisation has been working with the belief that local communities are the best managers of natural resources and proper management can take care of most of the current development problems on community empowerment on rights and entitlement. Currently the organization is working Field Demonstration Interventions relating to community based natural resource management and livelihood enhancement and women's health including advocacy on quality public service.Vision: To visualize a just eco-friendly environment for sustainable, healthy and peaceful civic society with access to basic human as well as fundamental rights .Mission: To facilitate a participatory development process by giving due respect to gender equity with collaborative alliances among the stakeholders.Prioritization of geographical work pace to help people in the process of development in the Koraput, Malkangiri and Puri Districts of Odisha .Believe in the process of democratization and transparencies within the organization.

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Emerging Issues :1)	Available vegetable cultivation land not properly harnessed in real economic sense2)	Lack of interest and motivation Social distress of the women in adopting vegetable farming and selling3)	Rain fed cropped area sloppy lands with high Soil erosion &amp; Unequal available water for irrigation.4)	Unconsolidated land holding with shrinking pasture land/ grazing land are Scarcity of fodder.5)	Lack of scientific vegetable farming practices for commercial drive to generate full scale employment and income6)	Unscientific practices, timely unavailability and utilization of seeds, fertilizers and chemicals for insect-pest management for good income7)	Sufficient quanity Improved seed varieties neither available at farmers nor adequately used8)	Lack of irrigation facilities &amp;Transport facilities are very meager 
 A. Community Assessment and Baseline Survey B. Creation of Producer company &amp; Strengthening of existing institutions C. Registration of the Producer company D. Capacity Building and trainingE. Up-scaling Farming Practices and post pre harvest management &amp; the vegetable production,F. Networking for building marketing linkages and increasing income(Common Facility Centers (CFC)) 
 Increase in income on vegetable and marketing and economic status of Tribal BPL and Antoyadaya families : 1. 40 primary producer groups, 2 Producer Companies in 2 districts will function as independent bodies on good cultivation of vegetable &amp; trading of the produce.2. 80 percent of the households in the target villages are with increased annual income of 30 percent on the base level3. More than 75 per cent of the total Vegetable productions of the members of the groups are controlled by the two companies with the involvement of a total of 2000 families (80 per cent of total families in 40 groups).4. Two producer companies through 40 producers groups of 40 villages are able to engaged2000 women in vegetable production and marketing &amp; increased by 30 per cent the level of income of 2000 families from their current income level. 5. 70 percent of the landless in the target villages are linked to the benefits of the project through use of common lands /leased land in respective villages6. Around 50 per cent of the entire vegetable produce of the members procured by the companies will be subjected to marketed either in bulk or through retail in marketing net work &amp; 25% as value added produce 7. 50 percent of the target households have accessed government provisioned inputs, credit and extension services 8. 1000 women from different producers groups practise backyard vegetable cultivation and contribute to the household through consumption and marketing of these products. 9. Volume of vegetable produce trade dealt by the producer group at present increased by 50 per cent and the level of income of 2000 families increased by 30 per cent from their current income level.10.	Establish linkages with the mainstream institutions for institutional market networks dealing with vegetables

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