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Anil Kumar SinghSEWA International Cleveland Coordinator

Bhutanese ClevelandBhutanese Cleveland

Settled by Volunteer Agencies

100 Families and 400 people – growing every week Cuyahoga County 203

people (Cleveland East and West)

Akron Canton 200 people

Education Inventory

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Current SEWA Projects in Cleveland, Current SEWA Projects in Cleveland,

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Clothing, blankets, footwear: Vastradaan (Shiva Vishnu Temple)

Women’s Issues: Sakhi (project with Shiva Vishnu Temple) (Manju Rastogi)

Welcome project -

CASE students Sai and Aditya are leading this project

Project Mitralaya (Hira Foetedar )

Employment Placement: Karma Yogi

Job Placement: Shangri La Job Placement Agency

Resume writing, Job Etiquette Workshop, Job Interviews

Sarah Elswick (YFS ‘07), Namita Sabade, and Apurwa Kaushik

Microenterprise

Shangrila Sweepers: House Cleaning , Office cleaning, and Janitorial Service

( NGO ASIA 12 weeks training, 15 women have been trained )

Landscaping ( Prof. Francis Weng), trained 8 workers

Sewing (1 women employed as seamstress), weaving, computer use

Project Krishi – Agriculture

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Education and Career Counseling: Vinaya Vidya (Undergrads: Hindu Yuwa and uISA)

Community College Information Session (70 youth attended)-April 2009

Cleveland State University (42 youth attended) – June 20, 2009

36 Students transcripts evaluated (saving each $150)

Project Vani – Help tutoring GED and High School Students (Prof. Gerard)

Innovative contextual ESL curriculum

Weekly classes for Adults, youth and children

Project Vahan

Ravi Marwaha is leading this . Giving driving lessons at discounted cost and jobs at transportation company

Project Arogya – Yoga, AOL , Summa Health Camp and sports like cricket, soccer.

Project Peace - Harmony

Sumita Kedia and Swapana Mandava are leading this to hold Bhajans

Roti and Samosa Project

Sunil Narahari is leading this project

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