Articles about community service
On 28th April 2019, Group 3 and 4 Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) students in the Sathya Sai Baba Centre of South Bethesda in Maryland served tofu burritos, yogurt, juice, and fruit, along with other foods, to residents of the Helping Hands, a centre for homeless…
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Two veterinarians and 17 volunteers from the SSIO in Nepal provided loving care to 112 cows, 16 bulls, 69 calves, and 4 goats at a veterinary camp in Shivasatasi Dham region of Nepal on 16th August 2019. In addition, all wounds were cleaned and treated….
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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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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…
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On 27th April 2019, SSIO volunteers from the Greater Hartford Sathya Sai Center in Hartford, Connecticut partnered with Grace Lutheran Church and Wheeler Clinic to offer free health screening in the neighbourhood. The Grace Lutheran Church which hosts a free dinner every Friday night serves…
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National Tree Day is a nationwide community tree planting event with emphasis on the planting of trees and shrubs to beautify and restore the environment and to increase wildlife habitat and biodiversity. Over the past few years, the SSIO of Australia has been actively taking…
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On 16th June 2019, SSIO volunteers from Singapore travelled to Batam, the largest city in the province of Riau Islands in Indonesia, to organise a medical health screening camp at the Sathya Sai Centre in Batam. SSIO volunteers from Medan and Young Adult volunteers from…
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In the summer of 2019, SSEHV teachers organised two five-day morning camps for over 40 local students of the Fu-Sing Elementary School (Hsingchu County) and Chi-Shien Elementary School (I-Lan County). The focus of these camps was to bridge the gap in educational resources offered to…
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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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On 15th August 2019, more than 20 SSIO volunteers in Thailand began conducting English-speaking classes by telephone for teachers at the Sathya Sai School. The program, called “Phone Your Friend” (PYF), will help the teachers communicate in English and encourage their students to speak English….
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