SEWA-AIFW

Sewa-Aifw is a nonprofit organization committed to serving, supporting, and enhancing family wellness for the South Asian community, especially the vulnerable and underserved, in the Twin Cities and around Minnesota. We provide health care access, wellness information and resources, access to family violence resources and supports, and elder socialization activities We believe that in order to build a violence free society, we must engage all members of our community to take responsibility in condemning domestic violence. We provide women with information about their options and rights. SEWA-AIFW advocates and staff never tell a woman what to do; rather, we give women information about possible courses of action and help her become empowered to make her own decisions. We envision a South Asian community that is healthy and violence-free, with self-determined women and engaged and supported elders and families.

We are a non-profit serving South Asian immigrant and refugee communities – that’s almost 92,000 people in Minnesota. We assist domestic and sexual violence victims/survivors, men, women, LGBTQ+ communities, seniors, youth and children with varied services in culturally and linguistically specific ways. We have meals programs, COVID-19 resources, free mental health counselling, and health clinics. We are also serving newly arrived Afghan families under government refugee resettlement programs.