Maria, a category 4 hurricane, struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. It is regarded as one of the worst natural disasters on record, causing catastrophic damage and a major humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico. Officially, at least 51 people
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Volunteer with the SSIO-USA’s National Disaster Relief Team (NDRT): Register here: https://tinyurl.com/SaiNDRT Email us: ndrt.us@gmail.com Within a span of two weeks, the southern United States, several countries in Central America and adjacent Caribbean islands were hit by two hurricanes that
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August, 2017 An unprecedented Category 4 hurricane (Hurricane Harvey) has devastated much of the coastal and eastern areas in Texas, USA, with catastrophic flooding conditions and 54 counties impacted. As of now, eight fatalities have been reported, an estimated 8,000
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After hurricane Matthew ravaged the eastern peninsula of Haiti where about 1.4 million people live–most of them farmers–the SSIO initiated relief activities. The efforts began with a helicopter reconnaissance mission to the town of Jeramie–one of the farthest and most
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Since our last report dated December 13th, 2016, the SSIO-Indonesia deployed a second team of volunteers to visit and work with children. Given the traumatic events of December 7th, when an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude struck the island of Sumatra
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On October 4th , 2016 Hurricane Matthew hit the western coast of Haiti. Recorded as one of the most powerful Caribbean storms in a decade with a death toll of over 1,000. Among the many areas affected by the hurricane
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An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude struck the northern part of Aceh on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia on 7th December 2016, killing at least 100 people and causing destruction. Early reports indicate that there are 22,729 internally displaced people across
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Months after the devastating earthquake, Sathya Sai International Organisation Nepal (SSION) continues to be engaged in relief work and distribution of supplies. A typical relief package contained one tent, one tarpaulin, one mattress, one blanket, and one solar torch light.
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Over the last six months, the Sathya Sai International Organisation (SSIO) has continued to support various relief and rehabilitation service projects in Bahia De Caraquez, Ecuador, with focus on the following areas: home re-construction, medical camps, local school repairs, community
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On 24th August 2016, Italy was affected by a series of major earthquakes, followed by aftershocks. The original 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck a cluster of mountain communities about 140 km east of Rome bringing down whole villages and causing multiple
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