Following major earthquakes in April and May 2015, the SSIO of Nepal helped the local people rebuild and restore normalcy in their lives. In Arghakhachi, SSIO volunteers initiated a water project on 5th November 2015 to provide water to indigent villagers. The system transported mountain spring water through more than 9 km of steel and polyethylene pipes to the villages. The local community assisted Read More
Many children participated in a community outreach programme conducted by the SSIO of Trinidad & Tobago. Based on the interest shown, a team of Young Adults began offering SSEHV classes in April 2016, on every other Saturday, in St. Augustine to teach life skills and values with love and affection to 30 children, ages 5–16. The classes included sports, universal prayers, Read More
In honour of Earth Day, 70 SSIO members assisted with beautification of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist temple in Auckland on 23rd April 2016. The event began with Read More
The Institutes of Sathya Sai Education (ISSEs) of South Europe and North Europe jointly hosted a second European Managers Conference on the weekend of 9th–10th April 2016. Despite ongoing strikes in Greece and Italy, 35 business managers and interested parties from Greece, Italy, Norway, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, and South Africa came together at Mother Sai, a conference centre of the SSIO of Italy, in Milan. Read More
On 29th April 2016, members of the SSIO attended a Labour Day event organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development. The programme, titled “All Together in the Emirates of Zayed,” took place at Al Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, to felicitate organisations rendering services to local workers. Read More
Since July 2013, the SSIO in El Salvador, working in concert with the Ministry of Culture, El Salvador, has organised programmes held in several auditoriums, including teachers’ conferences, music programmes, presentations on human values, and Sathya Sai Baba Birthday celebrations. These public events have been attended by about 150 SSIO members and up to 50 visitors from the general public. To honour this partnership, Read More
During 11th–13th June 2016, about 40 volunteers, including 25 SSIO members, undertook various service projects in their local communities. In Novosibirsk, volunteers demolished old buildings and cleaned and weeded flower beds surrounding a monastery. In Kemerovo, volunteers washed walls, ceilings, and floors of municipal institutions. Near the rivers Yenisei and Aba Read More
From 4th–7th May 2016, the SSIO hosted a conference in the northwest region of Russia near St. Petersburg. Approximately 183 SSIO members from Russia as well as six neighbouring countries participated in the conference, themed “Unity through Love, Love through Unity.” On the first day, Ms. Marianne Meyer, a director of the Sri Sathya Sai World Foundation and member of the Prasanthi Council, and Ms. Inga Pikullel addressed the group. Ms. Meyer emphasised Read More
In commemoration of Bhagawan’s Mahasamadhi, the SSIO of Kuwait organised a picnic on 19th April 2016 for the children of the Physically Handicapped School in Hawally, Kuwait, operated by the Kuwait Government. The group organised outings and activities for the children. About fifteen Sathya Sai volunteers accompanied twelve children with special needs Read More
On 5th February 2016, a team of 90 SSIO members and three newcomers from the Pasea Sathya Sai Centre in North Trinidad travelled to neighbouring Guyana for a three-day project to construct prefabricated homes, in collaboration with the SSIO of Guyana. The components for these fireproof, waterproof, termite-proof, and hurricane resistant houses had been shipped earlier from Trinidad, and each house took four hours to erect. A total of nine houses were built. To bless and inaugurate Read More