SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24108540D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

169 IE Offered March 7, 2024 N Commending Sewa International.

TN ––––––––––Agreed Patron––Subramanyamto by the Senate, March 8, 2024 R O WHEREAS, Sewa International is a Hindu faith-based, humanitarian, nonprofit organization founded in 2003 that serves 20 countries around the world through disaster relief, rehabilitation, and Development programs;

andserves 20 countries around the world through disaster relief, rehabilitation, and development WHEREAS, Sewa International strives to address issues related to refugees, tribal welfare, female L empowerment, health, and education and carries out these goals by mobilizing donors, volunteersCvolunteers, and E morWHEREAS, Sewa International has various chapters throughout the world, including its WashingEon,Washington, D D.C., Chapter, led by Vishal Khera, that provides many opportunities for volunteers to serve communities throughout the region;

and D WHEREAS, Sewa International's volunteers participate in many projects in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., such as clothing and food drives, planting trees, and cleaning up temples and public spaWHEREAS,spaces; the Washington, D.C., Chapter of Sewa International has recently instituted a program known as LEAD that allows for youths in the region to participate in volunteer activities with the organization as well as to engage with and meet community and business leaders;

and WHEREAS,known Sewaas InternationalLEAD hasthat servedallows countlessfor communitiesyouths throughoutin the worldregion andto hasparticipate recentlyin expandedvolunteer intoactivities Colombia,with Guyana,the India,organization Kenya,as Pakistan,well as to engage with and Srimeet Lanka;community and business leaders;

now,and therefore,RbeR WHEREAS, Sewa International has served countless communities throughout the world and has 9 recRESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Sewa International hereby be commended for its efforts it R in community engagement and its assistance to underserved communities in the Commonwealth;

and, be it 9 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Sewa International as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for the organization's commitment to humanitarian programs and efforts to serve communities in need.

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