“Preeti (name changed) was just six when she was brought to Mumbai and only nine when she was sold into Kamathipura’s red-light area. We rescued her a few years later, but by then, she had already endured unimaginable trauma. Her stories broke my heart. That’s when I resolved to dedicate my life to ending the trafficking and exploitation of children,” says Aaboo Varghese, who left a successful corporate career to take up this fight. “Preeti tragically lost her life years later to HIV, a result of the abuse she suffered as a child,” Aaboo sharesAaboo has dedicated his life to saving children from the horrors of red light areas, but he can not do it alone. With your support, he can bring freedom and light into the lives of many more unfortunate victims of child trafficking. Support him 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).<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/e761cdec-04ae-4d1a-be56-19669a0dc71e.webp" />A crisis of mammoth proportionsThe scale of human trafficking is something most people cannot even imagine. “Every day, about six children are trafficked. This is a fast-growing business because unlike anything else, a human being can be sold over and over again. It is alarming and heart-wrenching,” Aaboo shares.But no matter how daunting the task might be Aaboo has made it his life mission to see the fight against human trafficking till the end. Living in a hell on earth“The abuse young girls face in red-light areas is beyond comprehension,” Aaboo shares. “These young girls are robbed of their innocence and their childhood. Traffickers beat them with rods, burn them, and mutilate their private parts just to break them. Children are kept in separate apartments where multiple men abuse them and get addicted to substances”, Aaboo says. Through his NGO Purnata, Aaboo is on a mission not just to rescue the victims from red-light areas but also to rehabilitate them and give them a fresh start in life. To date, he has saved 85 children and 60 women from red-light areas, but for him, the job is far from over. Aaboo has dedicated his life to this cause. Your contribution can strengthen his efforts. Donate generously!  <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/1c8534fc-4b77-4389-9b5b-3c0dba0dd4d2.webp" />What your donations can doYour support can enable Aaboo to strengthen Purnata’s on-ground outreach programmes so that they can save a child as soon as she is brought to red-light areas. The NGO will also be able to invest in their rehabilitation programme, which provides training and education to rescued victims of trafficking. You can also play a critical role in bringing to an end second-generation trafficking so that the cycle of exploitation can come to an end once and for all. Donate to this fundraiser by give.do, India’s most trusted online donation platform, to support Purnata in its mission to rescue and rehabilitate victims of human trafficking.

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“Most of the artisans are unable to sell their artwork. They can't directly access the market. Their families are bearing the brunt. They can't send their children to school. They are going hungry. And the only way to help them is through proper support.”says Rajeev Ranjan, founder of our NGO partner ‘Winner With You’ which supports these artisansFor generations, tribal artisans have kept India's rich cultural heritage alive. But sadly, today many are being forced to abandon their art, as poverty tightens its grip. Without urgent help, both their livelihoods and their legacies could disappear forever.Your donation can help stop this loss. Support 300 tribal artisans with training, raw materials, and market access now. 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).Suffering too severe to ignore<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/caa077e6-0bf1-445a-88f4-4c36a7947da9.webp" />Rajeev Ranjan understands struggle. Raised in remote villages under severe hardship, he worked his way through school, earned an education, and eventually built a career in Europe. But when he returned home, what he saw shook him: artisans, once proud custodians of tribal art, living in extreme poverty, their crafts devalued, their children dropping out of school, and their skills on the verge of extinction.“This tribal art form is an integral part of India's cultural heritage. Artisans have preserved these art forms for centuries,” he says. Yet, in today’s fast-paced world, their talents are going unseen, unrecognized—and unpaid.Disconnected from modern markets and unable to compete with mass production, many artisans have had no choice but to leave their craft behind. “Many of them have left their craft to work as labourers or to collect firewood from the forest,” Rajeev explains.What we’re losing isn’t just art, it’s identity, tradition, and the voices of communities that shaped India’s heritage. And once these skills are lost, they cannot be revived. This is a crisis not just of income, but of dignity. And it’s one we can still prevent together.Raw materials, tools, and support to restore hope<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ad80d1f3-2320-4d56-89a9-a948716e7da3.webp" />Rajeev launched Craft Hub, an initiative of Winner With You, to give artisans a fighting chance. It provides them with skill training, improved product development, raw materials, and—most critically—direct market access.“Through Craft Hub, we can give them the support, we can give them a direct market link. We can try to teach them to make better products with their art. We can teach them how to brand and market their products.”This support not only improves the quality of their craft, but also restores their confidence and ability to earn with dignity. With it, artisans can send their children to school, return to their roots, and reclaim their rightful place in the economy.Donate now. Preserve heritage. Change lives.Winner With You is currently working to support 300 artisans with tools, training, and opportunities to thrive. But the need is urgent. “We are at a critical stage, and without your support, these artisans will continue to struggle and their art will be lost forever,” says Rajeev.“Please help them and support them so that we can preserve the cultural heritage. Your contribution will directly impact the lives of artisans and will ensure they can live their lives with dignity.”Donate today. Your generosity can protect India’s tribal art, uplift entire families, and give artisans the respect they’ve long deserved.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s most trusted online donation platform, to support Winner With You in its mission to support tribal artisans who are struggling to survive and save India’s indigenous art forms from going extinct forever.

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“There isn't a drop of water in our village. I leave home at 3 a.m. to fetch water. Even the water I can get is so dirty that sometimes we feel like vomiting while drinking it but we have no other option. It's been 30 years since I have been walking day and night for water. My legs don't have strength anymore but I still need to do it for my family,” says Ajiya, one out of thousands of women in villages around Jodhpur, Rajasthan, who have suffered for decades without access to water.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/5e97abc2-b235-4d39-b7fd-6e1092c43fb8.webp" />The solution to their problems is simple. Digging and de-silting of village ponds can help thousands of families collect rainwater, which can last them throughout the year. But today, something as basic as clean drinking water is becoming a distant dream. Karunalaya Social Welfare Foundation is on a mission to help over 30,000 villagers get access to clean drinking water. Your contribution can ease the suffering of women and children who are forced to walk for hours to get water. Donate now to transform their lives.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).The nightmare of life without water“Pregnant women have to travel 15-20 kilometres just to fetch water. This sometimes leads to miscarriages, too. The groundwater level here is 700-800 feet deep and it becomes very difficult to bring it to the surface through hand-pumps and the water is brackish, which makes it impossible to drink. When we don’t get potable water, we are often forced to do with brackish water,” says Poonam Singh, Founder of Karunalaya Social Welfare Foundation while narrating the plight of women in the area. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/b3709a74-bc4b-4d0b-a117-afc3beca04e2.webp" />According to Poonam despite walking for hours women do not know if they can find water during peak summers. Unfortunately, there are times when entire families go without a drop of water. “Many times women walk 3-4 kilometres in the hot sun with empty vessels on their heads in search of water and then they come to know that there is no water. They have to return home with their empty vessels,” she says.  Your contribution can help thousands of women from walking in the scorching desert sun to fetch water. Donate now to give them access to clean drinking water.A solution to decades of suffering“There is water in the pond for only three-four months and there is no water after that. As the ponds are not very deep, the water doesn’t accumulate (during the rainy season). We would like to dig deep and take the mud out so that enough water can stay in the pond during the rainy season”, Poonam says. <img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/6e804bba-e3a2-40fb-9d3a-85ef1167be10.webp" />“I would like to request that you donate in large numbers so that we can rejuvenate ponds that have gone dry and help people with safe drinking water,” she appeals.Donate to this fundraiser by Karunalaya Social Welfare Foundation on Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to provide access to clean drinking water to over 30,000 people from water-starved villages of Rajasthan.

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ZERO WASTE LADAKH is a nonprofit organisation working in the high Himalayas with individuals and local communities to address the problem of waste – a registered trust based in Ladakh with 12A and 80G certification.Ladakh is a high-altitude desert region in the Indian Himalayas, known for its breathtaking landscapes and extremely harsh winters. Ladakh remained cut off from the rest of the country until the 1970s due to its remoteness and inaccessibility. In the 1970s, the Indian army established its military base in Ladakh because of its strategic position bordering Pakistan and China. Massive infrastructural construction followed: hundreds of kilometres of roads, an airport, fuel stations, government offices, provision stores, and barracks. Thousands of army personnel got stationed. Never before seen tourists, both foreign and Indian, started flocking to Ladakh. With the birth of tourism, hundreds of hotels, restaurants, cafes, homestays, and shops opened in Ladakh. Hiking and mountaineering to. Traditionally, Ladakh was a waste-free society –– some usage was made for every waste. However, after the 1970s, new types of waste appeared, such as plastics, cement, ceramic, rubber, glass, Tetra Pak, paperboard, metal, polyester, and e-waste, for which the local community had limited reuse and no means of disposal. Having no environmental pollution until very recently, the effects of excessive waste and improper disposal show more conspicuously in Ladakh than elsewhere.In recognition of and as a response to this problem, ZERO WASTE LADAKH was established in 2021 to develop solutions to minimise and prevent waste and mobilise the local community for managing waste. We are an action group of sensitive and self-driven individuals, who study the waste problem, spread awareness for change, recover and reuse waste, and generate livelihoods, with the broad goals of reducing waste, conserving resources, disproving the perception of waste as valueless, and preserving the natural beauty of the high Himalayas.

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Ladakh is among the most stunning parts of India and the Himalayas. The jagged, arid mountains and the vast uninhabited hinterlands offer some of the most spectacular landscapes on our planet. However, the amount of waste produced in this region is staggering and it warrants immediate attention. A lot of the waste is disposed of by burning or dumping in abandoned sites and pristine water bodies. The unregulated disposal of waste pollutes soil and water and leads to the loss of valuable materials. To more about the challenge of waste in Ladakh, visit our website: https://www.zerowasteladakh.com/<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/ac5d5a09-4f71-46a9-80f3-350f7767d3f5.JPG" width="450" style="display:block;margin:auto" /> At ZERO WASTE LADAKH, we are extremely troubled by the havoc created by waste to land, water, air, animals, and communities in the Himalayas. Choosing not to be bystanders, we have espoused the cause of protecting the environment and promoting sustainable practices to address the waste crisis in the Himalayas.We have 5 key action areas: <ol><li>Research &amp; documentation to generate information on waste, which will give insight into the problem and its solutions.</li><li>Awareness &amp; campaigning among individuals and communities to manage, reduce and prevent waste.</li><li>Fabric waste management with the help of local self-help groups to conserve resources and create value out of waste.</li><li>Skill training for local individuals and self-help groups in making sustainable products by upcycling fabric waste.</li><li>Livelihood generation for local self-help groups by creating and marketing upcycled fabric waste products.</li></ol>To know more about our work, visit our website: www.zerowasteladakh.com.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/5fb30201-3e76-4343-9035-270f802e01ac.png" width="675" style="display:block;margin:auto" /> Through our efforts in environmental protection and waste management in Ladakh, we at ZERO WASTE LADAKH are creating impact in 3 spheres:&gt;&gt; EnvironmentalTailor waste is the lowest in value out of all forms of textile waste. Hence, it is destroyed by landfilling, incineration, dumping, or burning in the open. By recovering and reusing tailor waste, we prevent it from entering the environment and give it a new life as upcycled products made by the local community for their income generation.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/fc7bf1b3-b694-4e1f-ad90-a886159587d6.jpg" width="486" />&gt;&gt; SocialAs part of our awareness and campaigning, we reach out to as many people as possible through awareness events, our website, blog posts, and social channels. Reducing our waste needs resolve, mindfulness, and perseverance; however, targeting one shift at a time can substantially reduce our waste footprint in the long run.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/3a6bd723-5de7-49ab-89e5-25aab81561ba.jpg" width="484" />&gt;&gt; EconomicOur endeavour of recovering and reusing tailor waste involves providing local self-help groups with training in fabric waste upcycling and engaging them in making upcycled products. By imparting skill-based training, we enable the local self-help groups to earn income, and the livelihood thus generated is entirely eco-friendly. We also contribute directly to their livelihood by promoting and marketing their upcycled products.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/0b7e1087-1c17-4bd7-90d3-491cb000c591.jpg" width="495" />

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