Serving Victims of Floods in Nepal
Each year the monsoon season brings flooding and landslides throughout Nepal, and during this year’s season, SSIO members
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- in Humanitarian Relief, Service, Zone 4
Each year the monsoon season brings flooding and landslides throughout Nepal, and during this year’s season, SSIO members
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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…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇOn 14th April 2016, a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.5 rattled the Kumamoto area of Kyushu, followed by a second quake of magnitude 7.3 on 16th April 2016. The two earthquakes caused the death of at least 49 people and injuries to about 3,000 others….
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Indonesia Besides organising devotional activities, the Sai Study Group of Indonesia (SSGI) distributed food and 2,585 packages of daily necessities to underprivileged people. Volunteers also
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After a Category 5 cyclone struck Fiji on 20 February 2016, the Sathya Sai International Organisation of Zone 3 – Australia and Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Zealand, sprang into action immediately. Sathya Sai volunteers started offering hot meals, food packets, drinking water, clothes…
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In 2015, the Disaster Relief Team of Zone 7 of the SSIO served refugees passing through Austria’s border with Germany in Kufstein, Austria. Up to 1,000 displaced people from war-ravaged countries passed through this area daily
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A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck Nepal on 25th April 2015. The natural disaster wreaked havoc on a massive scale. Thousands of people have lost their lives, and an estimated 1.4 million people are without food. The densely populated capital city, Kathmandu, home to…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇSince November 2013, the Sathya Sai International Organisation (SSIO) has been actively involved in disaster relief efforts in Tacloban, Philippines – a region significantly affected by typhoon Yolanda. The SSIO has focused its disaster relief efforts in three major areas:
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On the evening of 13th February 2014, Mount Kelud – an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia – erupted violently, spewing stones, gravel and sand. Volcanic ash reached distances of over 200 km, causing several regional airports to shut down and forcing the evacuation of…
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In February 2014, heavy rains and storms caused unprecedented flooding in many areas in southern UK, displacing a large number of people. Sathya Sai devotees across the country rallied together to donate blankets, duvets, sleeping bags, bottled water, biscuits, nuts, crisps, body wipes, disinfectants, brushes…
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