“Serve the Planet” is a day of service to commemorate October 20, 1940 when Sathya Sai Baba declared His mission
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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On 27 April 2019, in honour of Earth Day, 50 SSIO volunteers including young adults and children from the Sathya Sai Centre of Toronto-York planted trees at Milliken Park, as part of an event organised by the City of Toronto. SSIO volunteers learnt about tree-planting…
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Many SSIO volunteers participate in Clean-Up Australia Day, a nation-wide annual event organised to clear trash and pollutants on the first Sunday of March. Young Adults from Victoria, a state devastated by recent wildfires, removed invasive plant species that were infiltrating unburnt sections of parkland….
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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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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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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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On 21st September 2019, three Sathya Sai Schools in Brazil celebrated “Tree Day”, which coincided with the International Day of Peace. Sathya Sai Schools of Vila Isabel and Goias planted Brazilian native species of redwood, yellow ipe and white ipe trees. In Goias, several planting…
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Commemorating Avatar Declaration Day, 20th October 2019, SSIO volunteers, including several YAs from the Western Cape Region, South Africa, served freshly cooked meals to more than 150 needy people. The volunteers were mindful of reducing their carbon footprint during the service by conserving water, reducing…
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As part of the 95 Communities project, the SSIO of the Mid-Central Region of the USA adopted the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri. The Sanctuary provides refuge to eagles that are permanently injured and cannot be released back to the wild. Its mission…
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The town of Funza is located approximately 25 km northwest of Bogota. On 29th September 2019, the children and parents from the community of El Hato near the Sathya Sai school, Funza came together to share ideas about protecting the planet. The children suggested ideas…
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