Articles about community service
On 12th January 2020, the Taal volcano in Batangas province in Philippines erupted, causing widespread destruction to life and property. About 57,000 people were displaced from their homes and sought refuge in over 255 evacuation centres in safer parts of the province. The SSIO of…
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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…
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Inspired by the message of environmental conservation from the Go Green conference held in Prasanthi Nilayam in 2018, SSIO volunteers in the Czech Republic celebrated Avatar Declaration Day by planting trees in the town of Sedmihorky. Volunteers began the day singing soulful devotional songs. Then…
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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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In mid-January 2020, SSIO volunteers visited children at a home for the disabled. They distributed 70 gift bags filled with sweets, cookies and fruits. The children were happy and excited to spend time with the volunteers, who narrated stories and sang New Year’s songs with…
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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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From 4th to 11th August 2019, SSIO volunteers in Austria participated in the annual Go-Green Summer Course in picturesque Jutel, located on Lake Attersee in the Austrian Alps. Drawing inspiration from Sathya Sai Baba’s writings from the Vahini Series, and using stories, dances and songs…
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To commemorate the 94th year of the Advent of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, young adults (YAs) from the Sai Study Group in Mataram cleaned up the Senggigi beach in Lombok on 29th September 2019. The YAs also freed birds that were held in captivity, which…
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More than 80 people gathered at the beautiful Cathedral Ridge Retreat Centre in Woodland Park, Colorado for the annual Southwest Regional Retreat held from 31st August to 2nd September 2019. The retreat theme was Living in God – Day to Day with Sai. As part…
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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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