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Paramount King Molefe, traditional king of the Batlokwa Nation, was introduced to the Volunteer Ministers program at the Church of Scientology of Johannesburg.

Paramount King Molefe, traditional king of the Batlokwa Nation, introduced the Scientology Volunteer Ministers program to scores of chiefs and kings and some 5,000 tribal members from across South Africa at this year’s Mampuru Day celebration in the village of Mamone, in Limpopo, the northernmost province of the country. Dubbed the country’s first freedom fighter by Nelson Mandela, King Mampuru refused to submit his people to virtual slavery in British and Boer mines and farms and was hanged by the colonial South African government in 1883.

A Scientology Volunteer Minister conducting a workshop in Study Technology at the Tenavatu Primary School in Guadalcanal

Scientology Volunteer Ministers bring seminars to Solomon Islands schools.

The Scientology Volunteer Ministers have begun delivery of workshops to educators throughout the island of Guadalcanal at the request of the Chief Education Officer of the Guadalcanal Education Authority, following the success of training provided to executives and staff of that agency in Honiara, Capital of the Solomon Islands.

Scientology Volunteer Ministers from the Church of Scientology & Celebrity Centre Nashville were joined by volunteers from across the United States to help Alabamans recover from a series of tornadoes that devastated neighborhoods throughout the state.

The Scientology Volunteer Ministers Corps is a program of the Church of Scientology providing disaster relief and emergency response. Created more than 30 years ago by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard, the program has expanded to an estimated 350,000 trained in Volunteer Ministers technology worldwide. Many have served at worst-case disaster sites.

Volunteer Ministers from the Church of Scientology of Tampa, Florida, set up their bright yellow tent as part of the 65th annual Fiesta Day Celebration in Ybor City, Florida.

Tampa, March 2012 - Volunteer Ministers of the Church of Scientology of Tampa participated in the 65th annual Fiesta Day Celebration in Ybor City, Florida, a historic neighborhood in Tampa northeast of downtown.

Seventh Avenue was closed to traffic and booths and kiosks lined both sides of the street.

Ayal Lindeman (center) training first responders on Scientology Volunteer Minister technology in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Chihuahua, Mexico—Scientology Volunteer Ministers team up with fire fighters and search and rescue specialists to provide training February 20-25.  Civil protection units and representatives of 16 local fire departments are participating in the program, organized by the 911 Fund.Ayal Lindeman, Scientology Volunteer Minister, emergency medical technician and nurse said,

No matter the difficulties you may be facing in life, Scientology offers answers. It provides an exact technology with step-by-step procedures you can use to handle problems and better your life and the lives of those around you. The Scientology Online Courses are based on the principles from the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Handbook.

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Scientologist Ayal Lindeman in the yellow Volunteer Minister T-shirt after one of the recent seminars provided in Haiti.

Scientology Volunteer Minister Ayal Lindeman commemorated the second anniversary of the January 2010 earthquake by returning to Haiti to conduct a series of seminars on first aid and Scientology assist technology.

Scientology assists are techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard that speed recovery from illness, injury stress and trauma.

Scientologist Judy Fagerman, Volunteer Minister Coordinator of the Church of Scientology Tampa

For the past 10 years, Scientologist Judy Fagerman has been coordinating the Scientology Volunteer Ministers of Tampa Bay, Florida.  This is her story.