Healthcare workers including physicians together with non-medical volunteers, continued their daily service to patients and families of victims of the January earthquake. These continuing efforts are now into their fifth month. In addition to the ongoing medical work, non-medical work consisted of visiting and teaching in local schools, Narayan seva (food preparation and distribution), street clean-up projects, a painting project with a local school and yoga and meditation sessions with Youth.
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The teams participated in activities with children at the orphanage. The children were very enthusiastic and loved the company of Sathya Sai volunteers. The local Delmas youth group joined our teams in these activities which included talking with the children, playing soccer, playing musical instruments and doing art work.
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Teams along with local youth visited three schools in the area.
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They conducted health awareness sessions on hygiene and sanitation, environmental protection, human values and also answered questions on post earthquake stress relief.
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A street clean-up project was done at the Jacobs school. About 100 students, the principal, and teachers participated in cleaning up.
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In one of the schools, they painted some of the walls that needed it. There was so much enthusiasm among the local youth that they decided to take up more of such projects in the future.
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Sathya Sai youth have also started working with local youth to assist them in enrolling children in schools starting in the new academic year.
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Local youth arranged for one of the teams to talk on Human values to the local community. About 50 people attended the talk and Mr. John Behner also presented a small video about Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s service projects in India.
Narayan Seva (food preparation and distribution) continues daily in the Delmas area and the Big Church. During the month of May about 17,000 meals were served.
Medical Service: The medical team members saw a total of about 3,000 patients during the month. As patients were being seen at the big church, food was also provided for them. The cumulative number of patients treated since this earthquake relief service began in January, is now about 30,000.
Providing 'Smiles' to children: The teams also visited the general hospital and delivered stuffed animals and hand-made quilts to children at the general hospital. Stuffed animals and toys were also given to children waiting to see doctors at both the churches.
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