Dear Friends,
We at Seva Mandir have been working to bring up an education movement in village ecosystems by working with government schools and strengthening their mechanisms. Seva Mandir provides regular trainings to the teachers and school leaders to create a more inclusive and enabling environment for the community children. We share with you a latest testimonial of govt. school principal.
“This training has changed my thinking and has improved my family's harmony. My attitude towards men and women has changed, and I have now started treating them equally. Seeing this shift, people ask why my behavior has changed so much. This training has brought a significant positive change in my life which will help me improve my work as a school Principal. I am so thankful to be associated with Seva Mandir.
-Principal, Upper Primary School, of village area where Seva Mandir provides teacher training for quality education for children.
We thank all our donors for believing our work and helping us achieve milestones. We do hope that you will once again extend your generous support to help us.
Our best wishes to you, and, again, thank you for supporting our marginalized communities. You are now a part of their lives, too.
Kind regards
Ronak Shah
Chief Executive
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Dear Friends,
We are delighted to share, Seva Mandir, has been awarded the Elinor Ostrom Award for its exceptional efforts in conserving commons in southern Rajasthan.
The Elinor Ostrom Award, named in honor of the late Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom, aims to acknowledge and promote the work of practitioners and scholars involved in the common’s domain. Ostrom’s work highlighted the value of community trust and collective action, ideas that are now at the heart of Seva Mandir’s work in the conservation and management of forest, waste, and agricultural land in Aravalli tribal communities.
Seva Mandir worked directly with villagers to end encroachment on community lands, facilitating the protection and restoration of 11,000 hectares in 700 villages, while generating 11,000 tons of fodder (enough for 2,888,000 cattle) and removing 3 lakh tons of carbon from the air, all while helping building community relationships through peaceful dialogue.
Receiving the Elinor Ostrom Award serves as a testament to the unwavering commitment and dedication in conserving commons in Rajasthan by Seva Mandir’s grass root workers who are the most defining factor in empowering communities and protecting the environment.
We thank all our donors for believing our work and helping us achieve this milestone.
We do hope that you will once again extend your generous support for our grassroot workers by donating through this link :
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/empathy-fund/
Our best wishes to you, and, again, thank you for supporting our marginalized communities. You are now a part of their lives, too.
Kind Regards
Ronak Shah
Chief Executive
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Dear Friend,
Greetings from Seva Mandir. We hope you and your loved ones are well.
It has been 55 years since Seva Mandir has been running its interventions under various thematic areas. Through GlobalGiving we at Seva Mandir always feel excited to share about our work, the stories of our village communities and the milestones we reach. In the last year, Seva Mandir has been able to:
All of this and so much more we aim to achieve, only with the encouragement and backing we receive from donors like you.
Today, we are delighted to share, our participation in GlobalGiving’s July Bonus Day 2023 Campaign, where your donations will be matched by GlobalGiving. The campaign will begin on July 12, 2023, at 09:00:00 EDT and will end when matching funds run out, or on July 12, 2023, at 23:59:00 EDT, whichever comes first.
Therefore, every donation will have deeper impact and will enable us to maximize our reach. We do hope that you will once again extend your generous support and enable us to move one more step ahead towards our vision.
Best Regards,
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Dear Friend,
With the support from friends like you last year more than 3,000 children received quality education through Seva Mandir’s Bridge Schools, Residential Learning Camps and through various interventions with Government schools.
Life in remotest villages of Rajasthan is already very difficult for people, especially children, with most of them being 1st generation learners and no background and environment of education in household.
Sharda, a 12 years old girl of Khati Kamdi village is partially blind (visual impairment) from birth. Born to father Baluram, a farmer by profession who has 5 more children, is very much keen to let his children study and do something well in their respective lives. Sharda because of her partial blindness finds it very challenging to do daily life chores and at the same time, she is very much interested in studying and playing with other children.
One of her brothers come to Seva Mandir’s Bridge School and Sharda also comes to the school with him. She puts all her zeal to read and write and at the same time she tries hard to help her mother at household chores as well. But because of her visual challenges she faces difficulties and challenges.
The teacher of our Bridge School, Ram, has encouraged her a lot to continue her education and assists her in all ways. Sharda is a very friendly child and a quick learner. With special attention of the teacher, she is continuously learning new competencies day by day. She tries hard to write as well but faces issues. She confidentially tells stories and poems that she learned at our Bridge School.
We are able to achieve all this success only and only because friends like you are continuously supporting us.
It takes only $60 to send a child to school for a year. A small gesture from you can be life changing experience for many kids out there. We hope you continue to be part of our journey.
We are happy to share that we are participating in GlobalGiving’s April 2023 Little by Little Campaign which is a 5 days crowdfunding campaign, taking place from April 3-7. All eligible donations up to $50 will be matched at 50% during the campaign. Therefore, every donation will have deeper impact and will enable us to reach out to more children in need.
We do hope that you will once again extend your generous support.
We would like to thank you from the bottom of our heart for joining hands with us.
Best Wishes,
Atul Lekhra & the Seva Mandir Team
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Dear Friend,
From all of us here at Seva Mandir, we wish you and your family Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May the New Year bring to you lots of love, laughter, and joy.
Your generosity is bringing cheer and hope to so many children from less privileged communities. In 2022, we were able to ensure access to quality education to more than 6,000 children in rural and tribal areas of Udaipur in Rajasthan. For most of the children, this could have been the only opportunity to experience learning.
The intervention is not only bringing hope for the children it serves but for teachers and individuals associated with the cause.
Priyanka, one of the teachers of our Residential learning camp has recently been selected as a physical trainer in the government school. She is the sole earning member of her family, taking care of education of her four younger siblings as her father is physically challenged. She is very happy for her achievement and feels that she got some relief from her struggle. She says- “It is through the earnings from teaching in Seva Mandir’s school that I was able to prepare for my exam and take care of family.”
There is no joy better than the joy of giving and we do hope that you also feel the same pride by being part of our journey.
It only takes $60 to send a child in tribal areas of Aravalli (mountain range) to school for a year. A small gesture from you can be life changing experience for many kids out there.
We hope you continue to be part of our journey. Please do consider visiting us when you travel to this part of the world. Children will be very happy to meet their secret Santa.
Best Wishes,
Atul Lekhra & the Seva Mandir Team
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