On 20th October 2015, 15 volunteers from Sathya Sai Centres in the Lombardy region offered services to refugees at a homeless shelter near Milan. Food and clothing for children and infants were distributed to 120 families seeking asylum from war-torn areas of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Members of the SSIO of Italy also gave bags of sweets and flower-shaped bonbons to about 35 of the youngest children.