Articles about community service
On 22nd August 2015, the Ladies Wing organised a Skill Development Exhibition at the Sathya Sai Centre in Kathmandu. More than 500 people visited the exhibition to view the display of beads, cotton wicks, pickles, shopping bags, woollen socks, caps, sweaters and homemade sweets,
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A national volunteer camp in Baranovichi district has been held every year since 2009. On 22nd August 2015, 17 SSIO members attended the camp and cleaned and repaired the facilities of a home for the elderly and the disabled.
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On 14th August 2015, a Ladies’ Retreat, based on the theme, “Dancing in the Light,” was held at the beautiful and serene Chenrezig Buddhist Temple at Eudlo on the Sunshine Coast. A wonderful and diverse programme kept the participants fully engaged for three days,
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Traditionally, the SSIO of Germany organises a summer camp for children every year. In the first week of August 2015, 45 Sathya Sai devotees – children, female youth and teachers – came together at the youth hostel of Linsengericht, a beautiful village in the Spessart…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇThe SSIO of New South Wales celebrated Guru Poornima with service. The youth conducted many projects, including a nursing home visit, food drive, tree planting, and organising a Life Skills programme for refugees and needy people. In July and August of 2015, Sathya Sai followers…
ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇOver the past two years, Sathya Sai Youth in Western Australia have volunteered regularly at Native Arc, a volunteer-operated wildlife rescue sanctuary in the protected wetlands of Bibra Lake. The sanctuary rescues and rehabilitates injured Australian native animals in the region. Every three months, the…
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Tree planting is popular among Australians in July, not only because the National Tree Planting Day falls in this period, but also because of school holidays, cooler winter weather, and soil conditions. In 2015, SSIO members in the states of Western Australia, Victoria, New South…
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The river Bagmati, which flows past the Pashupati temple, is believed to be a sacred river, and many people bathe in it every day. Unfortunately, the river is very polluted and unhygienic. To address this issue,
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In commemoration of the holy month of Ramadan, SSIO volunteers at the Riyadh Sathya Sai Centre distributed 108 packets of rice, oil, sugar, vermicelli, fruit, juice, dates, and water on 3rd July 2015. On 31st July 2015, in observance of Guru Poornima, 30 SSIO members…
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As previously reported, in November 2013, the Philippines was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan, in which the area near Tacloban was destroyed. The SSIO began offering humanitarian relief to the victims within days, and disaster relief efforts have continued up to the present date, including…
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