Articles about medical camps, medical clinics, and hospitals
Since the March 2020 lockdown due to the pandemic, there has been a severe shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In March 2020, SSIO volunteers in UK undertook a national initiative, ‘National Visors Project,’ to supply hand-made shields or visors made with acetate material to…
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On September 6, 2020, volunteers from the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Colombo organized a medical camp in the village of Moratuwa that had been adopted under the Sathya Sai Village Integrated Program in 2018. Volunteers from the western and southern regions which included two…
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In July 2020, the Sathya Sai International Organization (SSIO) of New South Wales (NSW) Region East and NSW Region West organized a service project called “Love in Action”. Volunteers provided food and books to people in need, donated blood, wrote inspiring letters to cheer up…
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On 2 March 2020, the Sathya Sai Community Centre in Iztapalapa, a municipality of Mexico City, organised a Coronavirus information session by Dr. Rocio Sanchez, a specialist in epidemiology in Mexico’s Public Health Department. The goal was to educate the community about COVID-19, and address…
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On 1st February 2020, a mega Medical Camp was organised by the SSIO of Nepal at Thulakhet in Pokhara. A team of 125 volunteers including 19 doctors, 26 paramedics and around 90 SSIO volunteers provided loving care to more than 735 patients. Sri Sathya Sai…
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SSIO volunteers in Myanmar lovingly serve the underprivileged year-round. In December 2019, 23 volunteers prepared and served warm meals to more than 900 needy people in three locations in Myanmar. YGW Home, a school and orphanage in Swar, in southern Myanmar, provides loving care to…
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On 16th November 2019, 40 healthcare professionals and nearly 70 SSIO members, including SSE children from the Sathya Sai Centre of Charlotte, North Carolina served 156 residents of low-income neighbourhoods at a medical camp at the Bethlehem Center of Charlotte. Services included health screenings, paediatric…
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As part of the Sathya Sai Village Improvement Program (SSVIP), the Sathya Sai Centre in Colombo has adopted Moratuwa village, a community lacking essential services that is located in Western Sri Lanka. On 29th December 2019, SSIO volunteers from Colombo screened over 200 patients at…
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Based on the positive feedback received from participants of a Cognitive Therapy Workshop in December 2018, the Medical Wing of the SSIO of Canada organised workshops between 28th April and 23rd June 2019 to help people with life challenges and self-management. In the first workshop…
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In early August 2019, 132 volunteers from USA, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and UK took part in an international volunteer camp in the northwest region of Russia. Organised about 240 km from St. Petersburg, the camp included activities in medical services, repair and construction, social services…
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