Global Seva ChallengeEach year, OTM sponsors an international service project called the Global Seva Challenge. The Global Seva Challenge is a transformational journey that builds community, provokes critical consciousness about global issues of social justice and equity, and raises significant funds to support communities in crisis. In our first two years, the Global Seva Challenge has raised over one million dollars for NGO’s in Cambodia and Uganda and has left a powerful legacy in the communities we have served. In 2010 our Seva Challenge will be focused on HIV/AIDS prevention and education in South Africa. OTM empowers Seva Challenge participants to raise a total of $20,000 each and asks them to do so through collaborating with their local communities. Engaging directly in the Seva grassroots fundraising process builds leadership skills and cultivates dedication and passion to the core mission of the project. Upon reaching their fundraising goal, participants embark on the Bare Witness Tour, a journey abroad where they will spend two weeks working directly with the organizations their funds support.
"Thank you for this extraordinary experience! The Global Seva Challenge allowed me to step into my own power and rise as a leader to create positive change in my community and the world. Needless to say that positive change also happened deep within my own being inginiting a fire that continues to fuel my passion in a life of leadership and service. Thank you for helping me see the beauty in spirit all around us." -Kristen Boccumini, State College, PA
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