Articles about community service
In early July 2022, 52 SSSIO members from four Sai centers and seven Sai groups in the Southern region of Russia participated in an online program to celebrate Zonal Purity Day. The participants sang devotional songs and shared their spiritual experiences. In addition, SSSIO volunteers…
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Ten volunteers in Hamilton participated in a local tree planting program to rehabilitate the wetlands around a local park. Amid the bright sunshine, the volunteers did their part in preserving Mother Nature by planting various trees such as harakeke (flax), ti kouka (cabbage tree), kowhai,…
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The Nura is a major river and the lifeline of northeast-central Kazakhstan. Yet, recent history shows a painful story of pollution in and around the river. Offering their salutations to Baba, SSSIO volunteers in Kazakhstan cleaned the banks for an entire day on July 23,…
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SSSIO volunteers from the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Orlando, Florida, have regularly served at the Second Harvest Food Bank since 2012. Between 15 to 25 volunteers sort, repackage, and prepare for delivery various food items which are then shipped to food pantries and agencies…
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In the first week of June, more than 300 SSSIO volunteers from Russia and five neighboring countries participated in a zonal program, a Day of Purity, which was dedicated to serving the environment. Volunteers across the zone cleared garbage from parks, forests, riverbanks, lakes, beaches,…
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On April 9, 2022, SSSIO volunteers from the Sri Sathya Sai Centers of Chicagoland gathered for a clean-up service at the Busse Forest Preserve in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. For two hours, they picked up litter such as plastic bottles, cutlery, bags, bottle caps, as…
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‘Ladies Day’ which is celebrated on the 19th of every month in accordance with Swami’s directive, transformed into ‘Nutritious Feast Day’ for hundreds of needy and impoverished women across Malaysia. In the Sai Annapoorani Mission 2022, more than 30 women volunteers across WP Kuala Lumpur,…
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On June 25, 2022, 18 SSSIO members from three cities in Belarus participated in the Sai Olympics. Three SSSIO members lovingly served hot meals to eleven needy people. In one town, five Sai volunteers, including a child, cleaned the city’s forest area and raked and…
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Volunteers from four Sri Sathya Sai Centers in Brazil have been serving 100 impoverished families in a rural municipality in Rio Grande do Norte, where residents lack drinking water and sanitation facilities. In June 2017, SSSIO volunteers held a medical camp. Between 2018 and 2021,…
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Volunteers from the Sri Sathya Sai Group of Greater Phoenix partnered with a local agency to provide needy families with infant diapers and incontinence products. SSSIO volunteers are kept informed of the agency’s needs for assistance. Recently, the volunteers delivered diapers of various sizes for…
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