Thursday, 25 March 2010

Come! Let's do Seva!

Seva also Sewa, short for the word Karseva refers to "Selfless Service", work or service performed without any thought of reward or personal benefit. In the Punjabi language the person performing such service is called a Sevadar..


How can we do this together?




The Jambange Project in the foothills of the Himalyas is building a medical center for hundreds of nearby villagers - many are refugees from Nepal and Tibet, as well as hoping to support the local economy with ecotourism, trekking and a yoga center.


The Jambange water tank project is an integral first step, aiming to provide each household with a 500 litre water tank for seasonal water collection and to store water by connecting pipes to the natural mountain run-offs.

They are aiming to raise a 1000 tanks which would cost US $ 100,000. The local people in Rimbick are generally manual labourers, who earn on a day to day basis, and when they dont earn they have to do without. They earn approx one and a half dollar a day, which is bare sustenance wages.

Individuals wishing to do seva by donating will forever be in the prayers of the recipient family, and will recieve a photograph showing the family and 'their' tank with 'your' the donor's name painted on it as a permanent tribute to their gift.


Feb 2010 watertanks arrive..


For more information, please visit http://www.jambange.com/
 

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