Sewa Week get a Mention!

Sewa Day team helped in the Winter Blues Happy Day at Kallar Lodge Old Peoples Home.

Sewa Day 2025

You are never too old or too young to do Sewa. Volunteers aged 3 to 80 went litter picking on streets in Ilford and took part in the annual Mayors Sewa Day tree plantation - some for the first time! This simple act can encourage people to be more green and help save the environment. Todays message : when you walk on the pavement and see some litter pick it up and throw it in the bin. This is how you can change a local culture!

Sewa week charity, which then became Sewa Day, started in 2001. A volunteer then Sushma Rani Mannu joined us this year with her children, the first South Asian young female footballer to play for Birmimgham FC, Riya Mannu (https://www.instagram.com/riya_mannu?igsh=MXFzZmV3Njg5MTN1Ng==) and Ryan - grand children of Pinka Bhalla and Bali Bhalla. A whole circle completed - how nice is that...makes us feel older and more satisfied!

We thank Vision, Mayor Beverley Brewer, Cllr Varisha Solanki(Deputy Leader Redbridge Council) and Cllr Tanvir Khan for their encouragement and support.

Sewa Day 2024

Volunteers 2-82 years of age took part in Sewa Day 2024.

Save a tree save the world! Clean the roads project! When passing any litter, pick it up and throw it in the bin...change the culture of where you live. Thank you to Jas Atwal MP, Mayor of Redbridge Cllr Sheila Bains, Cllr Tanweer Khan, Cllr Vanisha Solanki, Honey Kalaria , Tweng Tweng and the whole Sewa Day East London team. #sewaday Sewa Day #saveatree

What is Sewa?

Sewa also Seva, derived from Sanskrit, refers to "selfless service", work or service performed without any thought of reward or personal benefit.

What is Sewa Week?

This Charity helps to relieve hardship, bring joy and help the environment. Sewa Week was started in 2001 by Ravi Bhanot and Balvir Bhalla in East London but is now works internationally. The imagination of Sewa Week spread throughout the country, particularly amongst the youth. This resulted in Sewa Day (www.sewaday.org) being created in 2010. Over 75,000 from 10 countries from different backgrounds, races and creeds, from ages 5 to 90, take part in it. It is estimated that in London alone 1 million kg non perishable food has been donated to the homeless, Sewa trees have been grown by Mayors of Councils since 2015 to start off Sewa Day and thousands of people have been helped to make their lives happier and healthier. To see the scale of help nationally and internationally visit www.sewaday.org.