Activities in Zone 3Region 31

Australia, Papua New GuineaRegion 32

New Zealand, Fiji, Philippines

Australia – EnvirocareSai Young Adults conduct Eco-spirituality

retreat; significant take up of environment and spirituality by youth. Youth join national Sai Envirocare team.

Australia – Unity of FaithsAll-Faith Musical Festival attracts adherents

of other faiths to interact on Unity of Faiths principles with music.

Fiji – EHV in SchoolsSchools are requesting

in-school-workshops on EHV

Continued support from the Government agencies has created a an excellent response to the program.

Three Sai Members conduct the program.

The program is now compulsory for all the teachers to attend

Fiji – Flood Relief

Flooding at River Road at Narere, 25 February

35 grocery food parcels distributed on Sat 1st March

Further 75 parcels were distributed in conjunction with another group.

Fiji – Medical Camp in SuvaAs part of the

Samadhi Day celebrations Central Division held a Free Medical Camp on 26/4/12 at Tamavua Primary School from 9.00am to 3pm.

Fiji – Medical Camp by NZDates: 5/5 to 10/5/14, Venues: 5 separate

locations.Team: 60 persons from New Zealand, 1

from Australia, 30 from Fiji, including Medical, Paramedical and Seva Dal participated.

No of patients served: 3069 No of Prescriptions: 1575 (free)Eye Patients: 894

NZ Medical Team at Vatukoula

Fiji – Sai School Solar PanelsThis project has been funded by ESSA, a group of Ex-

Fiji Sai devotees living in Sydney. Project is complete. The panels on a normal sunny day provides total requirements for the school. Surplus, if any, is sold on the Grid.

New Zealand - ISSEThe Director of ISSE in New Zealand and the Central

Council Chair invited the Australian ISSE to provide training for the senior educators and key faculty members of the NZ ISSE for Intermediate Course Certificate.

NZ – Youth Mentoring ProgramA Community Youth Mentoring Program is being planned

and full training will begin in July. This follows from the visit to New Zealand by Suresh Govind who encouraged the Sai youth to become more responsive to the issues of youth depression and suicide in the local communities. The program will be overseen by a professional counselor.

NZ – Mangakino Youth Sai Young Adults visit to assist youth identified “at

risk”Conduct teamwork activities, challenges, self-reliance

development activities, for self-confidence and inspiration of Mangakino youth

New Zealand – Community Adoption Program2014 National Conference targets three

areas for attentionRongomai Community (South Auckland)

targeted for Educare, Sociocare, MedicareEducare: Values Club / SSEHV, Study Care -

foundation /school home work help, Good Parenting, Good Role Models

Socio-care: Budgeting, School Lunches, Dry Food, etc

Medicare: Health Awareness, Medical Clinics, Counselling, Mentoring, Nutrition, Medical Advice

NZ – Rongomai Educare

NZ – School Garden bed, OtaraSchool is in a low social-economic area and

was in need of more garden beds used for growing vegetables for the school children & staff with the children actively gardening and cooking meals at the school.

Philippines – Serving Food Narayana seva six days each

week Started serving Barangay #61

with about 60 meals in January 2014,

February - added Barangay #60 with approximately 25-40 more meals

Early March, added Barangay # 31 with an additional 50 meals

Mid-March, another Barangay # 52 with additional 50 meals approximately.

Rizal Central School reopens in June - add 300 meals once per week.

Philippines – Serving Food (2)The feeding program will

continue 6 days a week, 2 days in the coastal Barangays close to the Sai Home - Monday and Saturdays, 2 days at San Isidro school and 2 days at Rizal Central Primary. The number of meals will increase feeding up to 1500 persons a week.

Philippines – Mid MarchBassey Medical

Camp, March 2014. This was in Barangay Burgos about 45 minutes boat ride downstream, via deep waters.

Philippines – Dulag Medical Camp

Philippines – Dulag Medical CampA five day

Medical Camp Held in the

Municipality of Dulag

Poor rural districtEye of Yolanda

passed over the town.

Philippines – Dulag Medical Camp International team12 people from 6

nations, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Austria, Italy and Germany

5 medical practitioners

1 dentist 1 nurse/psychologist 5 general volunteers

Philippines – Dulag Medical CampServiced a

different area daily

Total of 2095 patients seen,

179 dental patients

All patients received free medical and/or dental care and free medication.

Philippines – Dulag Medical CampSome 300 people engaged in a Stress

Alleviation Intervention (S.A.I.) training program to help patients with hypertension reduce stress. The S.A.I. protocol was followed by a general health promotion session.

Philippines – School AdoptionSan Isidro

Elementary School, Palo District

Being repaired by UNICEF

Scope of the UNICEF work is limited to mount the trusses and roofing and does not include other work needed

Philippines – San Isidro School Other work is needed: repair of windows/ grillsputting up of ceilingsputting up of classroom

partitions / blackboardselectrical wiring /

connectionsrepainting of school

buildingsrepair of the covered

walk

Philippines – San Isidro SchoolDraft MOU has been

discussed with the principal and with the regional supervisor, the Department of Education and the Mayor of the Municipality of Palo for the reconstruction of this School.

Philippines – San Isidro SchoolNarayana Seva is

ongoing for school children. Requests are being received for more of this to be extended to other schools.

Currently awaiting sign off on MOU by DepEd, Palo Municipality and SSIO