LEAD Bay Area 2020 - Program for High School Students

General Eligibility: High School Students (including 8th graders). Student should be sincere in their commitment to the values of Sewa with integrity and discipline.

Selection Criteria: Limited seats, first come first serve basis. Open to all nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds.

We Need volunteers to run several local programs and we request parents  to sign up to volunteer for a minimum of at-least two Sewa activities this year.

Registration Fee: $100

As a part of the LEAD summer series, young adults are given opportunities to participate in different activities. Below is the list activities from 2019.

• Bio design (Stem) “Design to Lead” – A collaborative effort with Professor Anurag Mairal, who led the Global Outreach Programs at Byers Center for Bio design at Stanford University. The project focused on training high-potential, socially minded teenagers in design-thinking based approach to understand and address society’s most significant challenges.
• Social Cause - Be the face of Sewa International’s Girls' Hygiene Project: Yes, I can go to School! - https://sewausa.org/Toilets. Lead Kids participated and actively engaged with the larger team to raise awareness and funds for the program.
• Arts and Humanities - In partnership with ENActe, a talent incubator and a platform for engaging diverse populations in conversations on social issues to create greater awareness and tolerance from a South Asian perspective.
• Technology - Sewa Programming Club -  A collaborative effort with Steam Vision for Online Mentoring/Tutoring between Lead kids and Kids from Cameroon.
• Apart from such programs Lead Students can also get involved in following:
• • Participate in Sewa service activities.
  • Internship with Sewa Research, Documentation, Marketing and Public Relations.
  • Event Planning and organizing the events
  • Fundraising to support Sewa projects.
  • Conducting Sewa awareness and outreach programs.
  • Opportunity to open a Sewa club at your school.  More info on the school club activities at one of the School Club (https://www.mvsewa.com/)

Contact: lead-ba@sewausa.org for any question.

Sewa International has partnered with Vyasa Houston & Yoga Bharati (US based Yoga Institutes affiliated with S-Vyasa University) to offer this program in U.S.A. through its local chapters to improve public health, in particular those having diabetes and pre-diabetes.

Yoga Workshop Objectives:

• Helps pre-diabetic individuals from becoming diabetic (Type II)
• Helps diabetic individuals to control and manage their diabetic condition. 
• Reduce probability of other health complications arising from diabetic conditions.
• Reduce diabetic condition from severe to moderate, moderate to mild, and from mild to normal.

Yoga Workshop Includes:

• Asanas - Yoga postures and stretches
• Pranayam & Meditation - Yoga breathing and relaxation
• Guidance regarding diet and nutrition from certified Dietician
• Basic medical screening prior to the start of Yoga workshopto determine physical fitness to practice yoga. 
• Concepts of Integrated approach to help individuals change their Life Style 
• Materials provided to practice

Structure of Yoga Workshop

• 16x1.5 hours Sessions, 3 days a week
  Thursday - 7:00 to 8:30 PM
  Saturday - 9:00 to 10:30 AM
  Sunday - 3:30 to 5:00 PM

Location

• 205 W Angus Avenue, San Bruno, CA

Cost

• Free for Diabetics (Must attend all sessions)
• All others pay $150
• Payable to 'Sewa International' by check on first day

Please support GRASSROOTS group in making masks for COVID-19 Relief.

Click on register to donate money for this cause. Please donate in multiples of $5. The donations are collected by Sewa International and provided to the mask making volunteers.

Sewa International has partnered with Vyasa Houston & Yoga Bharati (US based Yoga Institutes affiliated with S-Vyasa University) to offer this program in U.S.A. through its local chapters to improve public health, in particular those having diabetes and pre-diabetes.

Yoga Workshop Objectives:

• Helps pre-diabetic individuals from becoming diabetic (Type II)
• Helps diabetic individuals to control and manage their diabetic condition. 
• Reduce probability of other health complications arising from diabetic conditions.
• Reduce diabetic condition from severe to moderate, moderate to mild, and from mild to normal.

Yoga Workshop Includes

• Asanas - Yoga postures and stretches
• Pranayam & Meditation - Yoga breathing and relaxation
• Guidance regarding diet and nutrition from certified Dietician
• Basic medical screening prior to the start of Yoga workshopto determine physical fitness to practice yoga. 
• Concepts of Integrated approach to help individuals change their Life Style 
• Materials provided to practice

• 14 Sessions – each 1.5 hours, 4 days a week(Tue, Thu, Say, Sun)
• Locations: Fremont, San Jose, San Ramon, Saratoga ....
  
• Deposite $150 (Payable on first session)
  

Contact
Seema - 801-471-1729
Email - sdm-bayarea@sewausa.org

PLEASE NOTE:

In the light of increasing health concern due to the spread of Corona Virus and as a precautionary measure, Sewa Phoenix decided to postpone this event tentatively, till May 30th, 2020 or till next Notification. If you have questions feel free to contact LEAD Coordinators Sita Burada (480-381-5835), Geetanjali Bandi (480-522-5133)

LEAD is a Sewa International Volunteer & Development Program for High School students.  It helps to socialize and introduces leadership consciousness in youngsters. It provides a platform to serve the greater community and experience the joy of giving.

Hereby we invite applications for LEAD Phoenix, AZ 2020 volunteer program.  A great opportunity to meet socially aware community leaders, develop leadership, teamwork and organizational skills,  serve community.

Duration: This program lasts for 6 months, starting on 15 March 2020 and ending on 6 September 2020. Participants will need to commit a minimum of 50 service hours. All activities in the program will be project and event based.

General Eligibility: High School Students ( in or incoming), i.e, current 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th graders.  Students need to be sincerely committed to the values of Sewa with integrity and discipline.  Parental involvement is required where needed. 

Selection criteria: Limited seats, on first come first served basis. Equal opportunity to all racial, ethnic, religious and gender backgrounds.

Program Fee: $100 / candidate to cover the costs of running the program.

Application Deadline: February 29th, 2020 or earlier based on how fast seats fill in.

Description:

·       Participating in Sewa service activities

·       Event Planning and organizing

·       Fundraising to support our projects

·       Conducting Sewa awareness and outreach programs

·       Interaction with community leaders

·       Educational workshops and fun activities

Interested candidates please submit your application at https://tinyurl.com/SewaLEADPhoenix and pay the $100 fee here. Select chapter "Phoenix" and project "Lead" and fill in the applicant name in the comment field. Forward the confirmation email to sewa.phoenix@gmail.com 

For any questions please email sewa.phoenix@gmail.com OR contact LEAD Coordinators:  Sita Burada (480-381-5835), Geetanjali Bandi (480-522-5133)

Summer Internship 2020

Get Inspired is the flagship summer unpaid internship program of Sewa International in USA. It is an opportunity for volunteer interns to engage in a structured service project to meet selected needs of the community and attain the broader humanitarian goals of Sewa International. ‘Get Inspired Atlanta' aspires to engage tomorrow’s leaders with today’s society through leadership, mentoring, and direct engagement in solving community problems in order to meet the goals of sustainable development in selected areas of Atlanta.

How to Apply:

1. Read the internship advertisement and job descriptions on this webpage.

2. Submit an application at https://sewausa.org/event-3763768 (Select Chapter/Location as ATLANTA and look for events)

Deadline for applications is: Midnight on March 31^st, 2020

Internship Details

Intern Positions: Children’s Activities, Grants and Fund-raising, Public Relations, Research & Documentation / Family Services, Fundraising / Event Management

Duration: 6 weeks, June 8^th – July 10^th, 2020

Hours: 20 hours per week

Objective:

To help the Atlanta chapter of Sewa International in achieving supporting local and national projects in accordance with the selected internship position.

Background:

Sewa International chapters have regularly supported education, healthcare, tribal development, disaster relief, refugee support, environmental restoration and other projects in Atlanta, USA, India and word-wide that benefit thousands of lives. Some examples of projects are the Bhutanese Refugee Empowerment project, www.sewaday.org, www.youthforseva.org, www.sevabharathi.org, and www.nelehsp.org.

General Requirements:

- Junior or Senior in High School, Undergraduate, graduate, college student

- Hard-working, enth

usiastic, self-motivated, flexible, versatile

- Good oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

- Computer and Internet skills, knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

- Intern must have own means of transportation

- Local commute may be required for certain tasks

– must be able to provide own transportation

- Create weekly status report of activities

- Must give a presentation at end of internship

- Some grant writing experience is a plus

For list of events please visit - https://www.facebook.com/SewaAtlanta/

To know more about us please visit -  https://sewausa.org/

International Day of Yoga - more details to follow