Before the new year begins, let's revisit what we accomplished together over the past year. |
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1000+Patients helped at our free health clinics |
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$4000+Donated from our community |
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We had a wonderful time at our Holiday Party on the 10th, and here's proof! What were some of your favourite moments? View the gallery from the event below! | | |
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Holiday Gift & Hot Meal Distribution On December 17th, we were able to deliver 100 plus gift bags along with hot meals with help of 8 Volunteers. Thanks to The Huntington National Bank Volunteers and Sponsors. |
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Congratulations to our COO, Raj Chaudhary, on the special recognition award from Telugu Association of Minnesota! |
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This fall, SEWA collaborated with Cigna to introduce a brand new program for women and gender non-conforming individuals, under the name Karuna Women Lead. “Karuna” is a Sanskrit word meaning an act of compassion and empathy. With this intention, four core pilot programs formed under Karuna Women Lead, including a Digital Literacy workshop culminating in certification, financial literacy workshops, behind-the-wheel driving lessons, and finally the pilot mentorship program. With a total of 10 mentors and 10 mentees, 85% are based from Minnesota, with others already participating from Wisconsin, Illinois, and New York. |
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Mentees and mentors both come from a vast variety of ages and career backgrounds, such as nursing experience, finance, engineering, IT and cybersecurity, human resources, business and marketing, grassroots organizing, as well as university students. In our first cohort, there is representation from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and India, with speakers of English, Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Nepali, Telegu, Urdu, and French. We held our mentorship orientation on August 27th and officially kicked off the program on September 1st. |
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On October 15th, KWL coordinated our first skills-building workshop for mentors led by MENTOR Minnesota, “Experience Informed Training.” In this training, our focus was on how to create a mentoring relationship that is healthy and centered around a trauma-sensitive lens. |
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Objectives included understanding trauma in all its complexity, promoting resilience and self-care, and ultimately performing culturally responsive and developmental mentorship in all future experiences. |
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We are finishing up with our first quarter, and we are set to continue mentoring and learning for the next year with many more skill-building workshops and retreats to come! |
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Know India Programme is a flagship programme of Ministry of External Affairs for engagement with Indian origin youth (between 18-30 years) to enhance their awareness about India, its cultural heritage, art and to familiarise them with various aspects of contemporary India. Join our Youth Program to find out more about Know India! | | |
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Northstar Digital Literacy |
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Learn basic computer skills, essential software skills, and tech for daily life usage. We are currently offering a self-directed online learning opportunity. You can receive Northstar Digital Literacy Certificate when you pass the Northstar assessments proctored by team SEWA-KWL (on-site or virtual). |
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Onsite and remote tests. Mon and Wed, 10 am- 3 pm
Proctor Name: Ramesh E.
Email: karuna@sewa-aifw.org.
Patrons are advised to email us prior to the tests.
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