Founded in 2003, Sewa International is part of a larger movement that started in India in 1989 and is active in twenty countries. Sewa serves humanity irrespective of race, color, religion, gender or nationality. We specialize in disaster relief and rehabilitation. Our development programs focus on family services; child, tribal and refugee welfare; women empowerment; health; and education. In addition to our work in the US, we have undertaken development projects in Colombia, Guyana, India, Kenya, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Sewa International’s mission is to serve humanity in distress, aid local communities, run developmental projects for the underserved, and assist people in transformational change through the power of innovation by mobilizing partners, donors, and volunteers. We accomplish this mission by focusing our efforts towards: - Disaster recovery - Family and child welfare and - Promoting volunteerism Sewa International has extensive experience in disaster recovery (rescue relief, and rehabilitation,) and has responded to over 25 disasters including COVID-19 relief work this year, California Wild fire in 2020 and 2018, and Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Sewa has been recognized by Charity Navigator – the premier nonprofit rating agency – as the number five among the “10 Highly Rated Charities Relying on Private Contributions.” Sewa has for the last three years continuously scored the topmost-rated 4-star from Charity Navigator. In addition, Sewa has earned perfect scores in Financial Health and Accountability & Transparency categories – one of the only handful 11 in the international category of over 23,000.