To alleviate poverty, improve the living conditions, and restore dignity for individuals who are beggars or facing homelessness.
Provide Basic Needs: Ensure that beggars have access to basic necessities such as food, clean water, clothing, and shelter.
Offer Healthcare Services: Provide medical assistance, vaccinations, and access to healthcare facilities to address the physical health needs of beggars.
Education and Skills Training: Offer educational opportunities and vocational training to empower beggars to acquire skills that can lead to employment and self-sufficiency.
Rehabilitation and Social Integration: Help beggars transition from a life on the streets by providing counseling, rehabilitation programs, and support to reintegrate them into society.
Advocacy and Awareness: Raise awareness about the issues faced by beggars and homelessness, advocating for policy changes and social reforms that address the root causes of poverty.
Community Support: Collaborate with local communities, government agencies, and other NGOs to create a comprehensive support network for beggars.
Emergency Assistance: Provide immediate relief during emergencies such as natural disasters or health crises.
Long-term Housing Solutions: Work toward providing long-term housing solutions, including affordable housing options, to help beggars break the cycle of homelessness.
Employment Opportunities: Create partnerships with businesses and organizations to create job opportunities suitable for individuals who were formerly beggars.
Promote Dignity and Empowerment: Ensure that all interventions are carried out with respect for the dignity and rights of beggars, aiming to empower them to regain control over their lives.
Name: Nurya
Age: 35
Sex: Male
Place of begging: Mitha Neem Dargah, Nagpur
Nurya was a mentally ill beggar. It is cleared that he was a mental patient based on the unbalanced development of his personality and emotionality and his ability to support the joys and the sorrows of life by maintaining the balance of aspirations, ideas, feelings, thoughts and culture. Mental illness is a change in a person’s thoughts, past and future. Thus, all of these were found in Nurya. Some of the major causes for his mental illness are heredity, personality defects, body structure, ambient environment, addiction to alcohol and stress
After entering the shelter home, his life transformed with access to food, shelter, healthcare, and hygiene. He received emotional support, economical support, and a chance to rebuild his dignity. This environment fosters safety, community, and opportunities for a brighter future. He was diagnosed with hypermetropia and was admitted in the Mahatma eye bank hospital, where he got medical support and the needed treatment. Later, he was also admitted to NMC hospital for his physical and mental well being.
After treatment, he was admitted at Mandeep Foundation Psychiatric Shelter Centre under the prospect of Psychiatric Beggar Beneficiary.
