FACTS: Sandhya Suraksha is a new home started by Nightingales Medical Trust (NMT) to provide safe shelter and take care of 70 homeless elderly women. The costs incurred to take care of an elderly woman is just INR 8000 per month.  

I have started this campaign to raise funds to bring joy to the lives of elderly women who are abandoned and need a home. INR 24000 can fund the stay, care and medical costs of one elderly destitute woman for 3 months. The more we raise the longer we can take care of them.

Read on to discover how. I am doing this crowdfunding campaign in partnership with NMT. The Nightingales Medical Trust (NMT) is a well-established and reputed not-for-profit NGO working for the wellbeing of the elderly since 1998 in Bangalore. NMT is striving to keep family bonds intact through innovative and community-based support systems for elders of all socio-economic groups.

Sandhya Suraksha is a new home started by Nightingales Medical Trust (NMT) to provide safe shelter and take care of 70 Homeless elderly women. They need funding to take care of these women. Donations are eligible for tax exemption under 80G of the IT Act of 1961.

The money raised will be given directly after the campaign ends to NGO. They will then use the funds to support the destitute elderly women. I shall then send you an update about the woman/women who benefitted.

CASE STUDY :

Read on to discover whose life you could be transforming. These are women who have usually given their entire life to bringing up near and dear ones only to be shown the door in their twilight years. Giving them a home will bring joy to their lives and reaffirm their belief in humanity.

ABOUT ME :

Hi! I’m Kausik Das and I’m a senior at Greenwood High International School at Bangalore. A few months ago, I found an elderly woman suffering from dementia lying on the streets, abandoned by her own children. This was a truly agonising sight for me. I couldn’t even fathom doing this to my own parents. It made me realise that further advancement was required when it came to elderly care in India.

I contacted the NGO Nightingales Medical Trust and was greatly impressed by their work when it came to dementia care as well as the social integration of the elderly. As a result, I wholeheartedly supported their initiative of building Sandhya Suraksha, one of the few homes dedicated solely to the care of destitute elderly women. The facility is clean and green, equipped with comfy beds and plenty of open spaces.

But Sandhya Suraksha can only become a true home for these women if they receive the love and care that they need. And in order to do so, we need your help.

With INR 24000, we can take care of one destitute woman for a total period of 3 months. I urge you to donate towards this cause. Your help will bring smiles upon the faces of these wonderful people.

COST SHEET :

The sheet below shows how the need for funding is just INR 8000 per woman per month. Help me raise INR 24000 or more and we can fund their stay for 3 months or more.

OUR PARTNER :

Nightingales Medical Trust (NMT) is a well-established and reputed not-for-profit NGO working for the wellbeing of the elderly since 1998 in Bangalore. NMT is striving to keep family bonds intact through innovative and community-based support systems for elders of all socio-economic groups. 

The projects include three dementia care facilities with capacity to provide care to 175 elders,  four Day Care and Elders Enrichment Centres; Elders Helpline being run in association with Bangalore City Police, 5 Dementia Day Care Centres(one of which is located at Hyderabad); 2 Centres for Active Ageing ,a project to combat financial insecurity among the elderly and other services like training in lifesaving services , beside assistance and advocacy and awareness programmes  for the cause of age care.

In recognition of their services, they have been designated by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment as the Regional Resource and Training Centre (RRTC) for training and building the capacity of age care organisations in five southern states/union territories in India.

With 20 years of experience in aged care, Nightingales Medical Trust has the confidence to address any challenges in the aged care field. Although care of completely destitute elderly will be a new experience, the Trust has the confidence that it will be successful in its effort.

LOCATION MAP :

Map showing where the Sandhya Suraksha home is in Bangalore.

TAX BENEFITS :

Funding for this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as the NGO is a registered trust and you can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT act. Foreign funding is accepted too.

FEEDBACK  : 

To ensure that there is complete transparency I shall get a report from the NGO (this takes between 1 to 3 months usually after the funds are raised & transferred to them) telling me who benefitted from the funding. The details will then be posted on the UPDATES section of my campaign and will be in a format like the one below. As soon as I post an update, the platform will send an SMS and EMAIL alert to all the funders - i.e. to you. Click on the link on the email and you can read about who benefitted. That's transparent right.

The below image is an example of the FEEDBACK FORMAT that we will be shared with all my funders.