Fwd: Prerana Varg on Sewa International - April 25th

[bigdadd...@aol.com]

Hey,

This is basically the same as the last email, but it gives more details about the guest speaker who will be doing the presentation.

-Rudra
347-224-6594

 

 
-----Original Message-----
From: zzz...@gmail.com
Sent: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:32 AM
Subject: Fwd: Prerana Varg on Sewa International - April 25th

Namaste,

The 'Prerana Varg' about Sewa International will be held at the following location in Manhattan from 7 PM onwards.

The Theater of the Children's Aid Society
219 Sullivan Street NY, NY 10012

Use Google Maps to find the nearest subway to the place.

Due to unavailability of the place at 6 PM, we had to change our timings to 7 PM. I hope it will not be too inconvenient for you. As usual, the program will begin on time.

Feel free to bring your work colleagues or anyone else who you may want to introduce to our work.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

--Abhimanyu 914-525-2432

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Abhimanyu <zzz...@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 19, 2007 11:25 AM
Subject: Prerana Varg on Sewa International - April 25th

Namaste,

Shayam Parande Ji, International Coordination of Sewa International, is currently on a pravas (tour) of US. As you may know, Sewa International is worldwide service organization, inspired by Hindu ethos, working in over 15 countries.

On this occasion, New York chapter of Sewa International are organizing a "Prerana Varg" to provide us with an opportunity to interact with Shyam Parande Ji and learn more about Sewa International.

This program will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 PM on April 25th, Wednesday in Manhattan, New York. Precise location will be communicated soon.

It will be an interactive program with Shaym ji presenting various aspects of Sewa International through Multimedia Presentation. You will not only learn about current initiatives and future initiatives of Sewa, but also get an inside view of Sewa work going on around the world.

This will be a perfect opportunity to bring your colleagues or new people to get them introduced to the Sewa aspect of our organizations.

Similar Vargs held recently in West Coast have been extremely successful in inspiring people to work with Sewa International.

 

I realize it is a short notice, but please let us know in advance, if you will not be able to attend the event.

--Abhimanyu 914-525-2432

 
http://www.sewausa.org / http://www.sewainternational.org





============================================
Profile of Shaym Ji

Sri Shyam Parande, a civil engineer by profession, is born and brought up in Nagapur. In spite of many career opportunities at hand, he has dedicated his life in the service of needy inspired by Swami Vivekanada's call "Nara Sewa is Narayana Sewa". During 1977 deadly cyclone in Andhra Pradesh that devastated lives of millions, Sri Shyam personally supervised rehabilitation work and became responsible for construction of hundreds of houses in 5 villages in coastal Andhra. Sri Shyam has lived in Andhra Pradesh for more than 15 years involving in  thousands of Sewa Bharathi service  projects. With his dedication and organizational skills, Sri Shyam has not only developed service projects in rural and tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh but also developed and mentored numerous batches of young volunteers who have dedicated their lives in the service of needy throughout India and other countries.

Sri Shyam has personally supervised and completed large and complex rehabilitation works  worth millions of dollars during Orissa cyclone, Latur earthquake and Gujarat earthquake helping thousands of affected persons resettle in life. Sri Shyam is currently working on the ground overseeing Tsunami rehabilitation work in India and Sri Lanka. He is also instrumental in forging alliance of many leading NGOs like Sri Ramakrishna Mission, AIM for Seva, Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Chinmaya Mission, Art of Living Foundation, ISKCON, Isha Foundation, Swaminarayan Sampradaya, Seva Bharati and Vivekananda Kendra where more than 10000 volunteers are working to rebuild the Tsunami affected areas.

Presently Sri Shyam Parande is the international coordinator for Sewa International overseeing thousands of volunteers and numerous service activities in more than 15 countries including Europe, South East Asia and Americas.  He has presented many papers and articles on the need of service including  the "concept of Seva (Charity)" organized by Evangelical Protestant Congress in Franfurt, Germary in January 2001.  Recently he presented a paper at the conference held in St. Petersburg Russia by the St. Petersburg Institute of Religion and Philosophy, part of St. Petersburg University and supported by the Russian Orthodox Church. The title of the paper was "Social empowerment through Charity- Hindu way". Sri Shyamji Parande lives in Delhi with his wife Pragna and two young children named Chinmai and Shriya.

---

AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.