Satsang Seva Journal

With an intense heat wave beating down on the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, volunteers of the Satsang Seva Mission (SSM) reached out to the common folk selling their wares, working in construction sites, driving autos, taking the bus or metro, or just walking to their destinations with refreshing buttermilk on 4 May 2024. The minty, summer drink was lovingly prepared in the homes of the volunteers and offered at four different locations: Gudimalkapur and Sriram Nagar in Hyderabad; West Marredpally and Jubilee Bus Station Metro entrance in Secunderabad. Huge sighs of relief and smiles of gratitude greeted the volunteers as the cool buttermilk soothed the parched wayfarers. To volunteer for such seasonal sevas and experience the joy of giving and sharing, please write to us at connect@satsang-foundation.org .

During the Seva Utsav Week held to commemorate Sri M's birthday, blankets were offered to senior citizens at the Karunaradham Old Age Home in Chengicherla, East Hyderabad and to pavement dwellers in Gachibowli, West Hyderabad and West Marredpally, Secunderabad between the 12th and 16th of November 2022.   Karunaradham provides shelter to elders who have been abandoned by their families or are homeless. Fifty-five blankets were lovingly offered to the 52 residents and 3 care personnel at this home. Smiles of gratitude lit up their faces as they received their bundles of warmth.   A second group of SSM team members reached out to the pavement dwellers living in make-shift huts near the GPRA Complex, in Indira Nagar, Gachibowli. Lacking basic amenities, the residents of this community resort to menial jobs to survive. As they gathered up the 25 blankets offered to them within seconds, their pitiable situation was truly heartrending.      While in Secunderabad, youn...

Team SSM Hyderabad has been associated with the Government High School in Balamrai, Secunderabad since 2018. Presently, the school provides education to 300 students and is steadily expanding its capacity to take in more students. The Head Mistress recently reached out to the team members requesting help with the servicing of the existing water purifier and the possibility of installing a new one to cater to the increasing need of the students and teaching staff for safe drinking water.     On the 18th of November 2022, as part of the Seva Utsav Week commemorating Founder's Day (6th November), an Aquaguard water purifier was installed and the existing purifier was serviced much to the delight of the children and the management. The ecstatic children posed proudly with the young volunteers in front of the water purifier and expressed their gratitude with loud shouts of 'thank you!' To support Team SSM Hyderabad in its initiatives and experience the joy of giving and sharing,...