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	<title>News Letters &#8211; Friends of Seva Mandir UK</title>
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		<title>Impacts of Covid-19 on Children and Young People</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2022 17:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Covid-19 Update Faced with lower-than-average vaccination rates in Udaipur district (63.9% compared with 78.3% across Rajasthan as a whole for those aged 45+) and desperately low rates in the poorest tribal areas (as low as 6% in the poorest, most remote area in which the NGO works), Seva Mandir launched &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/impacts-of-covid-19-on-children-and-young-people/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An evening with Abir Mukherjee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 10:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 16 November, we hosted an evening reception for the publication of the new book by Abir Mukherjee, the bestselling and multiple award-winning crime author. Around seventy friends and supporters of Seva Mandir attended. Tony Bourne, Chair of Friends of Seva Mandir, updated guests on how well Seva Mandir &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/an-evening-with-abir-mukherjee-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Managing the second wave of Covid-19: Stories from the frontline</title>
		<link>https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/managing-the-second-wave-of-covid-19-stories-from-the-frontline/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 19:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The second wave of Covid-19 drastically affected the lives of every individual in India, with rural and tribal parts of southern Rajasthan severely hit. Unlike last year, the rural area experienced a huge surge in positive cases in remote villages, with a much higher death toll. The biggest challenge in &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/managing-the-second-wave-of-covid-19-stories-from-the-frontline/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Farewell to Shirley Williams, an ardent supporter of Seva Mandir and the Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2021 08:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seva Mandir and the Friends of Seva Mandir mourn the passing of Shirley Williams (Baroness Williams of Crosby, 1930-2021), who was a friend and supporter of both organisations for many decades. She was for a while a Trustee of the UK Friends and in recent years a Vice-Patron. Ajay Mehta, &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/farewell-to-shirley-williams-an-ardent-supporter-of-seva-mandir-and-the-friends/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The second wave of Covid-19 in Seva Mandir&#8217;s area</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 13:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The second wave of Covid-19 has the whole of India in its grip. The state of Rajasthan is under strict lockdown. Udaipur and parts of southern Rajasthan are severely impacted. Unlike last year, this time the rural region has been hit hard and large numbers of patients are reported from &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/the-second-wave-of-covid-19-in-seva-mandirs-area/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Taking education to rural children during the Covid-19 pandemic</title>
		<link>https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/taking-education-to-rural-children-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 17:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Education systems all over the world have faced challenges during the pandemic in ensuring that children receive some educational continuity while schools are closed. I wondered how teachers and children across the four main areas of Seva Mandir’s educational provision were faring during lockdown. As well as taking education &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/taking-education-to-rural-children-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/">Read More</a><a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/taking-education-to-rural-children-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An update on Seva Mandir’s work during the Covid-19 crisis</title>
		<link>https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/november-newsletter/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An update on Seva Mandir’s work during the Covid-19 crisis Background The Covid-19 pandemic has put immense pressure on the people and communities with whom Seva Mandir works in southern Rajasthan. During the first months of the lockdown, which began at the end of March in India, access to essential &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/november-newsletter/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A message from Seva Mandir’s Chief Executive, Ronak Shah</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Covid-19 has spread widely across India and the wide-ranging consequences of the pandemic and the lockdown have started to emerge. Our working area of Udaipur and Rajsamand districts have seen a rise in the positive cases and are now amongst the most severely affected regions in Rajasthan.&#160;During this period, we &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/a-message-from-seva-mandirs-chief-executive-ronak-shah/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Covid-19 in Rajasthan and Seva Mandir’s response</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Covid-19 has brought unprecedented challenges to the entire world. In India, the government has imposed a lockdown in an attempt to ensure people practise social distancing to curb the spread of the virus. As with all crises, those living in poverty are disproportionately affected. The communities with whom Seva Mandir &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/covid-19-in-rajasthan-and-seva-mandirs-response/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seva Mandir: 2020 Vision</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Double the normal monsoon rainfall in 2019 has left a legacy of flowing streams, lakes aplenty and green pastures. Mountains are as ever brown but, in the valleys, an agricultural revolution.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Irrigated land has given new opportunities for what can be grown.&#160; Some fields, instead of being used to grow &#8230;<a class="excerpt" href="https://www.sevamandirfriends.org/seva-mandir-2020-vision/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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