Mission Statement: "Sewa International is a ‘not-for-profit' organization inspired by the noble Hindu tradition of service before self, working for promoting voluntarism internationally especially among children, youth, women and energetic senior citizens; building an international network of not-for-profit organizations; promoting philanthropy from the grassroots level to corporate sector; providing relief to the affected during calamities, natural and /or man-made, and rehabilitating them; building capacity of the non-profit organizations towards achieving results, empowering communities and individuals through sustained support; funding committed, grass roots organizations that rely strongly on volunteer efforts; supporting efforts that promote cultural and moral value systems in the society; and aiming to see happiness and well-being in everyone, everywhere and at all times”.
Leh Flood Relief Appeal - 2010
CLOUDBURST and FLASH FLOODS in LEH (J & K)
APPEAL for RELIEF -2010
CLOUDBURST, resulting into flash floods, triggered by sudden overnight heavy rain on the 6 August 2010, killing approximately 150 people as per latest report and over 500 people are reported missing. Many people are still believed to be trapped under debris of buildings. Five villages – Nimmo, Basgo, Shapoo, Faing and Ney, apart from Choglamsar and Leh town have been very badly hit, where all communication systems, bus stands, Hospital and many other buildings have been washed away. Leh airport inundated with mud and water has been rendered un-operable.
A distance of 150 kilometers – from Pang village on the Rohtang – Leh highway up to Nimoo on the Leh – Srinagar highway has been hit, hence the road connectivity to the city has been cut from rest of India.
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From Editor’s Desk
The catastrophe in Leh, Laddakh and the surrounding rural areas saw RSS swayamsevaks and Sewa volunteers rushing in for providing succour to the flash flood affected. The disaster in Leh and the villages around is difficult to contemplate, the terrain being rugged and air being thin. It is more than a fortnight and the govt agencies are yet to provide normal power, water supply and communications. A senior political leader like Shri L. K. Advani is on record asking his party Parliamentarians to donate at least Rs.10,000/- from their salaries to Sewa Bharti J & K.
Laddakh is sparsely populated area as compared to the rest of the state of Jammu & Kashmir and yet providing relief is a Himalayan task.
It is in this trying hour that we need to extend our hand and go a mile longer to help the flood affected people. SI invites donors and well wishers to join hands for providing relief to the flood affected population of this tough terrain.
Appeal 2010
Join Hands for Healthy India
We, SEWA INTERNATIONAL, INDIA, are endeavoring to provide assistance to the really downtrodden urban and rural poor in getting exposed to the health and hygiene, and fulfilling our goal to achieve “HEALTH FOR ALL”. Our emphasis will be to provide medical assistance to one and all, and educate and ensure healthy habits, which are often ignored or overlooked.
We will organize health camps in specific locations on a regular basis, in rural habitats and urban slums to bring in awareness about all round health care and healthy practices. We will also have experts delivering knowledge about water, sanitation and hygiene education through lectures and interventions as per the needs.
We propose to have two different kinds of Mobile Medical vehicle. For Hilly tracts we need to have preferably, a four wheel drive vehicle and for the plains and the coastal belts we can have smaller Vans in service. Proposal for both the types of vans have been separately attached and photos of both the types of Mobile medical Vans have been given for your reference.
Mobile Mediacal Van suited for Hill regions
LIVELYHOOD PROJECT IN THE CITY OF DELHI
The city of Delhi is dotted with a string of slums that count for 40% of the population of Delhi. All the governments promise to provide employment to the slum dwellers and providing them some sort of housing, yet the situation in these slums have not changed a little.