On 24 January 2020, SSIO volunteers in Veeramuani, a rural village in Sri Lanka, organised a workshop for teenage students and their parents on raising awareness of the ill-effects of drug and alcohol consumption. Attended by 55 students and 16 parents, the event was organised…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
On 7 March 2020, the SSIO of Sri Lanka inaugurated a water purification project that serves about 1,200 people in the Marungoda, Mahauswewa, Anamaduwa villages. The construction work started in August 2019 and ended with the installation of a water purification system in the Siri…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
On 5 January 2020, members from the Sathya Sai Center of Veeramunai opened a preschool in the Ampara district. The preschool had earlier ceased operations due to various reasons, but the Sathya Sai Center of Veeramunai restarted it. Sathya Sai Education in Human Values is…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
On 25th January 2020, SSE children and Young Adults (YAs) of the Colombo Sathya Sai Center celebrated the harvest festival of Pongal with 22 residents of the Sri Sathya Sai Suva Sevana Cancer Hospital, which serves needy cancer patients. The YAs decorated the hospital with…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
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…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
Every year, patients from the Sai Suva Sevana Cancer Hospice and residents from the Sai Home for Elders come together to celebrate Christmas at the Sathya Sai Centre in Colombo. This year, the Young Adults (YAs) and Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) children from the centre…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
Torrential rainfall in December 2019 triggered widespread flooding in several villages in the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka, displacing more than 30,000 people. About 45 SSIO volunteers in the eastern region of Sri Lanka, including 15 young adults, jumped into action to provide…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
On 13th September 2019, as a part of Sathya Sai Village Integrated Project (SSVIP) in Kathaliyar, Samalankulam, and Oddusuddan, SSIO volunteers in Sri Lanka initiated a new water purification project to provide safe drinking water for 2,500 local residents. The project, assisted by the Vision…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
On 13th September 2019, volunteers from the Sathya Sai Center of Jaffna conducted a medical camp in the remote village of Malligaitheevu in Northern Sri Lanka. Seven doctors, 2 medical students, 1 pharmacist, 3 nursing staff, and 11 volunteers provided loving care to more than…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
Every year during the Esala festival, thousands of devotees visit the holy land of Lord Skanda in Katharagama on the South-East side of Sri Lanka. These pilgrims make the arduous journey by walking, and then set up camp along the banks of the river adjoining…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
You must be logged in to post a comment.