In northern Sri Lanka, on 18th January 2019, 15 SSIO young adult volunteers, along with school children, planted trees in public areas not affected by floods during the recent monsoons. Parents and
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Since 2016, volunteers from the Sathya Sai Centre of Katkovalam have conducted SSEHV classes for 55 students in Thirumalpuram, a small coastal village near Katkovalam. On 8th July 2018 members from Sathya Sai Centres in Katkovalam, Point Pedro, Nellandai, Manthihai and Valvettithurai celebrated the two-year…
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As part of the global Serve the Planet initiative, SSIO volunteers organised coastal clean-up campaigns around Sri Lanka. On 4th April 2018, 45 SSIO members, along with the Thambiluvil Pradeshya Sabah, the local government authority, cleaned up the beach area between the villages of Thambiluvil…
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Every year during July-August, pilgrims from all over Sri Lanka visit the land of Lord Muruga (Skanda) in Katharagama (Kadhirgamam) over a 16-day period encompassing the Esela Festival. Many people walk up to 400 km on foot in extreme weather conditions, as a spiritual exercise….
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To receive medical care, villagers in Maruthankernikulam in the Batticaloa District are forced to walk to Vakarai, a town about 30 km away. To alleviate the situation, the SSIO organised a medical camp on 5th May 2018 in Maruthankernikulam. A team of five doctors, one…
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The Sri Sathya Sai Village Improvement Programme in Sri Lanka has adopted Selvapuram, a village of about 300 economically challenged families near the Kondavil township in
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The Sri Sathya Sai Suva Sevana Cancer Hospice opened on 6th July 2002 to serve needy and forsaken cancer patients. Since its inception, more than 450
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To share the message of Sathya Sai Baba, the SSIO of Sri Lanka sponsored a 3-km Walk for Values on 23rd April 2017 in the capital city of Colombo. About 800 people, including
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During the last week of May 2017, Cyclone Mora swept over Sri Lanka, with heavy rainfall and extreme winds, causing flooding and landslides, and resulting in 177 casualties and 112 missing persons. Residents of the
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A six-kilometre Walk for Values was organised in Colombo on the morning of 24th April 2016 in observance of Sathya Sai Aradhana Mahotsavam. Many Sathya Sai Youth and members of the SSIO of Sri Lanka joined a large contingent of Sai Spiritual Education students to promote awareness…
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