During May 9–10, 2020, more than 600 people from 78 cities in Zone 8 participated in an online Zonal conference with the theme, Unity is Divinity, Purity is Enlightenment. There were inspiring speeches and presentations highlighting service projects, activities, and events held in various countries….
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As the world combats the Coronavirus outbreak and pandemic, hospitals have faced an acute shortage of facemasks to protect front-line medical workers. The Ladies Wing of the Toronto East Sai Center used their sewing skills to make masks to serve the medical workers. With love…
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Sai Spiritual Education (SSE): With the national pivot to online SSE programs, SSIO of USA, Region 8 also switched to online SSE classes and participated in national SSE initiatives. SSE students in San Diego, California made cards for Thermo Fisher Scientific employees in Carlsbad, California,…
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SSIO volunteers from seven cities in Ukraine visited a hospice for the elderly in a village in the Sumy region to deliver packages containing bedding, towels, clothes, diapers, household cleaners, and fruits. In addition, the SSIO of Germany contributed 12 mattresses, waterproof mattress covers, 12…
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During winter, Montreal experiences frigid temperatures which can be dangerous. However, it did not stop SSIO members from serving the needy in honour of the 94th Birthday of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Twelve Sathya Sai Young Adults assembled 28 care packages containing winter hats, gloves,…
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The 18th Zonal Youth Festival was organised by Sathya Sai Young Adults in early March 2020 in the Volga-Ural region in Russia. More than 25 people from Kazakhstan and Russia participated in the joyous event. The theme of the festival was Sai Youth Unity. The…
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During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, three Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) students from the South East Denver Sathya Sai Center, Colorado built an online website titled Kids 4 Our Community. Motivated by a desire to uplift the spirits of the most vulnerable and the elderly in…
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, SSIO volunteers from the Ladies Wing from Sathya Sai Center of Cooksville, Mississauga constructed and delivered 222 facial masks to the Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto within a short span of two weeks, from 31 March to 16 April 2020. Given…
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Medellín is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. On 24 August 2019, 14 SSIO volunteers joined more than 50 members of the…
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In early 2020, when the first COVID-19 case surfaced in Seattle, Washington area, the Sathya Sai Center of Seattle Eastside set up online Center meetings which included an hour of study circle followed by an hour of devotional singing. Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) teachers hosted…
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