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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Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti’s southern peninsula on 5th October 2016 with winds of over 225 kilometres per hour, leaving over 900 dead. All crops which sustained the country’s population of 11 million were wiped out. Even the presidential election which
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On 8th November 2013, a Category 5 typhoon, named Haiyan, (also known as Super Typhoon Yolanda) made landfall in Guiuan, a small town in the Eastern Samar province of the Philippines. The storm affected an estimated 15 million people, with
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As we all know, central Italy was struck by a major earthquake on Wednesday, 24th August 2016. The 6.2 magnitude quake struck a cluster of mountain communities 140 km (85 miles) east of Rome as people slept, causing hundreds of
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