Articles about community service
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected thousands of people through the loss of jobs, lack of medical care and food. The outbreak has had significant impact on the most vulnerable populations, including the elderly, children and daily wage earners. The loss of jobs in the cities…
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In mid-March 2020, SSIO volunteers in Kyrgyzstan lovingly served vegetarian pilaf (rice with vegetables and spices) and vegetable salad to 20 people at a local shelter for the homeless. The volunteers also read spiritual verses to lift up the spirits of those who were sick….
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On 2 March 2020, the Sathya Sai Community Centre in Iztapalapa, a municipality of Mexico City, organised a Coronavirus information session by Dr. Rocio Sanchez, a specialist in epidemiology in Mexico’s Public Health Department. The goal was to educate the community about COVID-19, and address…
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Since January 2019, SSIO volunteers from the Sathya Sai Centre of West Palm Beach in Florida, have been cleaning the Okeeheelee Park, a 1700-acre waterside park. Once a month, ten to fifteen Sai volunteers, including Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) children, walk around the lakes in…
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Led by Young Adults, SSIO volunteers from Sathya Sai Centres in the Pacific Northwest region decorated, assembled, and donated 135 Welcome Boxes to Embrace Oregon, a non-profit organisation which serves foster children. The Welcome Box contains essentials like toothpaste, toothbrushes, flashlights, and night lights, as…
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For the last eight years, SSIO Young Adults in the Dominican Republic, who were inspired by Sai Baba’s teachings on loving service, have enthusiastically served underprivileged children through an annual Give a Toy project. The event, hosted at the Centro Educativo Eugenio Genao, located in…
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On 18 and 19 March 2020, SSIO volunteers including four doctors and two medical students in the northern region of Sri Lanka organised a COVID-19 preventive educational programme in the villages of Selvapuram, Bharathinagar and Inbasolai – which had been earlier adopted under the Sathya…
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On 14 December 2019, 30 Young Adults distributed 94 care kits containing essential supplies to the homeless community in San Francisco. The project commenced with the adoption of a neighbourhood as part of the Sathya Sai International Leadership Project for Young Adults. The young volunteers…
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Ten Young Adult (YA) volunteers from two Victorian Regions of Australia undertook a novel service project to help the seniors. Based on research on the benefits of plants on mental health, they converted plastic bottles into clear, enclosed plastic terrariums (containers) for housing plants. Then,…
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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…
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