Sathya Sai Institute Of Education In Human Values Of Colombia (ISSEVHCO)

The legalization and registration of the Institute are in process. The Director is Mrs. Esther Cristina Puentes de Leal. 

The following are the main activities that the Sathya Sai Institute of Human Values of Colombia is carrying on: 

1. Training for professional teachers: 

City of Bogota

1. We finished last December with the First level training on the SSEHVP with the group of 28 teachers of different schools of the city.

2. We are giving a new training course in the First Level for the SSEVHP to 26 teachers. We programmed 17 sessions of 3 hours each. Last Thursday we already gave the 7th lecture. 

3. We are planning to open a group for training on Level II for the second semester of 2003. 

City of Cali

We gave 4 sessions of 6 on the PEHVSS for Nuestra Señora de la Gracia. 30 teachers and directives of the institution participated in this process. 

City of Medellin

We plan to include Medellin in the training for 2003. 

2. Training for Sai Volunteer Speakers:

A group of 5 volunteers is being trained in the 5 techniques, 5 values, and the main concepts of character, coherence and excellence, in order to prepare them to give lectures and manage workshops. Up to now they were trained in: how to manage themselves during a presentation, how to establish a valid relationship from heart to heart with every participant, how to organize the contents using mind mapping techniques, how to select different methodologies to reach the planned goals, how to structure visual assisting to assure the comprehension of the theme developed. We will continue this training until the complete presentation with the higher possible standards is achieved. 3 of these persons are going lecture the teachers that are being trained in Level I. 

3. Training for other Institute Volunteers:

A group of 20 persons is being trained in human values. Some of them will support the volunteer Sai teachers in giving Direct Method classes in the adopted schools, some of them will support teachers in collecting material for their classes, and some of them will help us with the professional teachers that are using these techniques with their students. 

4. We hope to have our first Sathya Sai School this year, even if we do not have a plan designed for this purpose yet, since this will depend upon the number of volunteers and the money obtained for this work. 

5. Supervision of Adopted School 

The above-mentioned activities are the main ones we are performing in the Institute of Colombia.

Diagonal 113. No. 55-19, Bogota, Colombia