November 2020, as part of the 95th Birthday celebrations of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, volunteers from the Sri Sathya Sai Centre Bhavan, Suriname, went house-to-house, distributing food and clothing hampers to senior citizens in the districts of Saramacca and Wanica. The volunteers followed Covid-19…
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Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) children and young adults from the Sri Sathya Sai Center Bhavan celebrated Children’s Day by offering a plant to every member of the Center. In preparation for this event, a volunteer had started growing plants, such as Bel, Neem, Peepal, and…
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In September 2020, SSIO of Suriname distributed school supplies to 140 children in Saramacca, Wanica, Paramaribo and Commewijne districts. The volunteers adhered to the prescribed safety protocols and prayed to Sri Sathya Sai Baba to bless the children with their studies.
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On 16 February 2020, 20 SSIO volunteers visited with 25 children at the Zout Der Aarde Children’s Home in the district of Saramacca, where they sang, shared stories and served snacks. Then they headed to the Maho Children’s Home in the capital city of Paramaribo,…
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On 8 March 2020, over 600 people, including SSIO volunteers, participated in a joyous celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi. The SSIO members set up a stand with pictures and banners of Sathya Sai Baba and His teachings in order to share them with…
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SSIO volunteers in Suriname celebrated Christmas by bringing holiday cheer to the underprivileged. On 14th and 24th December 2019, volunteers from the Sathya Sai Centre in Bhavan distributed 30 hampers containing milk, sugar, potato, garlic, oil, peanut and onions to needy families, seniors and the…
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In commemoration of Sathya Sai Baba’s 94th Birthday, SSIO volunteers from the Sathya Sai Center Bhavan travelled to a remote village in Suriname at Coppenamepunt in the Saramacca district. This remote fishing village is home to 20 families, where the men often stay at sea…
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On 4th September 2019, SSIO volunteers from the Sathya Sai Centres of Bhavan and Govindstraat packed and distributed 138 packages containing school supplies to children in need in various districts. The children were extremely happy, and even received valuable lessons on Sai values and their…
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As a part of Id-ul-Adha festival service activity, volunteers from the Sathya Sai Center Bhavan in Suriname lovingly packed food packages and distributed to the needy on 9th August 2019. Each package consisted of milk, oil, brown sugar, flour, yellow peas, garlic, peanut butter, kidney…
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Kroonenburg is a small village of about 67 families in a former coffee plantation in the Commewigne district of Suriname. On 21st July 2019, 19 SSIO volunteers including 11 Young Adults organised a medical camp in Kroonenburg. A doctor, with the help of the volunteers,…
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