Articles about community service
SSIO volunteers in Croatia have served the impoverished in the village of Letovanic on the banks of the river Kupa since 2014. On 17th February 2018, they served food and distributed warm blankets, duvets and hygiene kits to various disadvantaged families. In addition, SSIO members…
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Since October 2016, volunteers from the Sathya Sai Centre of Detroit have been tutoring ten at-risk first grade children at the Harms Elementary School, in a disadvantaged, predominantly Hispanic neighbourhood. The children lack English-speaking adults at home to help them with homework. In addition, the parents often…
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The St. Louis County Pet Adoption Center in Olivette, Missouri, requested the SSIO to help meet a growing need for supplies to take care of more than 75 animals. SSIO members in the USA Mid-Central Region, from the states of Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi…
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From 26th January to 1st February 2018, the SSIO organised several human values-based events, including training of instructors and parenting workshops led by Dr. Pal Dhall, Co-Chair of the SSIO Education Committee. Facilitators at the Sathya Sai Institute of Human Values received
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On 10th June 2018, 25 SSIO volunteers organised semi-annual service activities at the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Home, which caters to about 70 at-risk young girls. The evening began with devotional singing, followed by a Thai dance programme by the residents. The residents, nuns, staff and…
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On 1st April 2018, 16 SSIO volunteers from the towns of Mestre, Udine, Verona and Bolzano, along with volunteers from the Amici di (Friends of) Paolo Favale Association, worked tirelessly to cook and serve a traditional Easter lunch to more than 50 needy people in…
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Members of the SSIO in Thailand organised village service as part of a village adoption programme. Volunteers packed and distributed care packages of rice, oil, sugar, noodles, milk, cookies and diapers to 18 families and needy people in the village. SSIO members visited four former employees of the…
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On 17th April 2018, as part of Aradhana Mahotsavam Day (April 24th) observances, honouring the sacred memory of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the Service Wing and Ladies Wing of the SSIO of Canada, Region 1, organised a region-wide blood donation drive in Mississauga, Ontario. Despite…
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Twice a year, SSIO volunteers from Russia and nearby countries join to serve the needy as part of a massive coordinated project. In March 2018, 195 volunteers from Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Russia served food collectively to more than
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The SSIO has a long history of involvement in post-disaster relief efforts around the world, which has led in the past few years to a concerted effort to establish disaster relief work as a key component of service activities both at
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