Project Category: Disaster Relief and Rehab

Project Category: International Development

Education is the primary tool to uplift the underprivileged section and integrate with the mainstream. Education will also determine their prosperity, success and security in life. For the tribal community education is more important because that will help them to know their rights and preserve their heritage in their way.

Project Category: Disaster Relief and Rehab

Cyclone Fani made landfall in Puri on the Odisha coast around 8 AM on May 3rd,2019 bringing heavy rainfall coupled with high velocity winds with speed of 110 mph,causing massive damage in coastal areas.

Project Category: Disaster Relief and Rehab

According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Camp Fire which started on November 8, 2018 killed at least 88 people and destroyed 15,000 structures, including homes and businesses. Nearly 50,000 people were evacuated, and many rendered homeless.
To help the survivors, Sewa International formed a task force to deal with the disaster in all three stages of disaster relief: relief, rehabilitation, and rebuilding. As a response to relief, food, shelter, clothing, gasoline, and other essentials were provided and joined hands with local volunteers to provide holiday lunch on bringing the holiday cheer in the lives of the people who had lost everything in the deadly fire.
Now as part of rehabilitation support, Sewa is joining hands with Gridley Chamber of Commerce contiues to support re-establishing local community organizations and school districts. Come open your wallets and donate generously to help those in need.

Project Category: Disaster Relief and Rehab

This monsoon, rains lashed the southern state of Kerala in India. Three days of torrential and relentless rains have caused unprecedented damage killing 324 people and destroying over 10,000 homes. Also called "God's own country", the state of Kerala is now facing the worst floods since 1972, bringing 10 of its 14 districts under water. Over 60,000 people are lodged in various relief camps across the 14 districts.

Project Category: Disaster Relief and Rehab

South-west monsoon wrecks havoc in six districts of Karnataka, India. Several districts of coastal and Malnad regions of the state -- Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkmagaluru, Kodagu, parts of Hassan and Uttara Kannada, have been facing the brunt of incessant rains in the last few days.
Army and Navy are carrying out rescue and relief operations on war-footing. Over 1,700 people have been relocated to 29 relief camps.
About 60 members of the national and state disaster relief forces and 45 members of the civil defence joined the rescue and relief operations with bats and equipment. About 60 Dogra Regiment soldiers and 12 expert naval divers rescued 673 marooned people in Kodagu. Six people have died in landslides and heavy rains in Kodagu district.

Sponsor a Child program is founded on a holistic philosophy to span education, health, physical and cultural development of the child. Since 2009, we have been providing education for children in grades 4-10 from underprivileged families in India. Beneficiaries are from low-income families with parents who are maid-servants, day laborers, janitors, taxi drivers, and roadside vendors. The project that started in Bangalore (Karnataka), and, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), is currently operating in tribal areas of Chamarajanagar, and, Uttara Kannada (in Karnataka), and also in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Since inception, we have served more than 3,400 children.

Since 2008, refugees from Bhutan were provided asylum by the US Government and settled in various parts of the US. Beyond learning to make a living in the US, Bhutanese now numbering nearly 80,000 have to adjust to the cold weather, uprooting of traditional familial and societal structures, cultural isolation, etiquettes, language, children’s education, family issues (marriage, birth, death, conflict resolution, etc.), women’s health, and an insurmountable aspect for the poor in the US - transportation. Sewa International has been working to settle the refugees down from California to New York, from Chicago to Houston and has reached 48,000 refugees through its service.

Though many of the refugees are educated and can speak English, many of them have remained unemployed. And because agency support and government aid are not available to them for an extended period of time, the assistance of Sewa International is quickly becoming a lifeline for many of these families. Current programs of Sewa to empower the Bhutanese immigrants include education and tuition services, leadership programs for the youth, women empowerment, job assistance and emergency distress assistance.

Project Category: Volunteer development

Each Sewa Chapter conducts multiple Days of Volunteering to encourage community members participation to 'Aid local Communities' - a mission of Sewa.

Project Category: Development

International development projects are conducted by Sewa International jointly with its sister organizations worldwide. With the Sewa, the movement is in 20 countries the projects abroad are closely monitored for quality, relevance, and efficacy. International development covers a gamut of projects that Sewa has been involved in. Projects we undertake are multi-year and focus on education, child and tribal welfare, youth and women empowerment, vocational training, rural development, and the environment.

A number of projects are in India due to the strong connection of Sewa with the Asian-Indian community both in Donors and Volunteers.