In mid-March 2025, nearly 100 volunteers from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova lovingly served meals to more than 850 people over two days, with some regions providing additional portions. The menu featured a variety of dishes, including noodles, porridge, borscht, pilaf, fritters, gingerbread,…
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One hundred and forty-six participants from seven countries participated in the online 10th Zonal Youth Conference and Festival of SSSIO Zone 8 in early January 2025. The theme was Patience and Love is the Way to God. Children started the program with bhajans, followed by…
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In mid-October 2024, as part of the “Clean Planet” project, a nature trip was organized in Belarus with 12 participants, including six SSSIO members from four Sai Centers and their families, friends, and children. The group cleaned the forest area, a park by the lake,…
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At the end of March, 2024, the ESSE Institute in Zone 8 hosted a seminar on the practical component of Course 2. Five students from the Siberian and Southern Regions of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus attended. The ESSE Institute was gratified to note improvements in…
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In June, 2024, SSSIO members in Zone 8 (Russia and neighboring countries) enthusiastically celebrated Cleanliness Day. In Azerbaijan, members at the Baku Sai Center diligently cleaned the facility, scrubbing windows, doors, and floors and refreshing houseplants. Those unable to attend tidied up their homes and…
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Across Russia and Belarus in April 2024, outreach events were held to introduce Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s teachings to the public. The Volga-Ural region hosted a zonal meeting, during which 24 attendees, including 13 guests, heard about Sai devotees’ spiritual journeys, Sathya Sai’s life and…
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The Branch of European Sai Spiritual Education Institute (branch of ESSE Institute) in Zone 8 held two virtual leadership seminars in March 2024. The first seminar, Leadership—3 (Theory), provided 36 participants from Russia and Belarus with an extensive training platform for integrating leadership principles with…
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The virtual 22nd Zone 8 Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) Conference, held in March 2024, brought together 272 educators from 7 countries to explore integrating love and peace into education. Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s teachings guided all aspects of the program. After a warm welcome, national…
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A team of 38 SSSIO volunteers in Southern Russia served food in loving compassion to those in great need across seven regions of Zone 8 in March 2024. They distributed 103 portions of hot meals, including hot tea, to the hungry outside the market and…
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In early October, more than 200 SSSIO members from Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia came together to open their hearts, show love, care for, and help people in need. They served delicious meals to more than 800 impoverished people in their local regions. In…
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