ACTIVITIES : MEDICAL SERVICES : 2014-15
Specialised Medical Treatments: The following special treatments were provided by some of our centres through their hospitals, dispensaries, special programmes, camps, etc.
Eye treatment was rendered by our centres at Belagavi, Bhopal, Garbeta, Kamarpukur, Patna, Porbandar, Rajkot, Halasuru (Ulsoor), and so on, and at the hospitals in Lucknow, Muzaffarpur, Vrindaban, etc. Besides, many centres have separate eye-department attached to their dispensaries.
Leprosy case detection and treatment was done by our centres at Belur Math, Chennai (Math), Kamarpukur, Lucknow, etc.
Maternity and child welfare services were provided by our hospitals in Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram and Vrindaban and also by some dispensaries.
Neurology department functioned at the hospitals in Itanagar, Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Lucknow, Varanasi, etc.
Physiotherapy treatment was provided by our centres in Belur Math, New Delhi, Indore, Itanagar, Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Lucknow, Nagpur, Shillong, Varanasi, etc. The centres at Rajkot and Visakhapatnam have special clinics for providing physiotherapy treatment to cerebral palsied children.
Psychiatry treatment was provided in our Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Vrindaban and Lucknow hospitals and also by some dispensaries.
Tuberculosis cases were treated at the 150-bed sanatorium in Ranchi, the TB Clinic attached to Delhi centre as also by our centres at Belur Math, Chennai Math, Ichapur, Kamarpukur, Lucknow, Narainpur, Patna, etc.
Besides, many centres had special departments for dental surgery, ENT, cardiology, pediatrics, acupressure, acupuncture, etc. Many centres provided ayurvedic treatment also.
Medical Camps : In the eye camps, 7,986 patients were operated on for cataract and 2,294 of them were given spectacles free of all charges. Besides, 4232 units of blood were collected from voluntary blood donors through 77 blood donation camps.
The total expenditure incurred for medical work in 2014-15 was Rs. 167.08 crore.
ACTIVITIES : EDUCATIONAL SERVICES : 2014-15
The Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission centres lived up to their reputation in the field of education. Apart from excellent academic performance, the students won laurels in sports and other extracurricular activities. The educational work of the twin organizations is summarized in the following table.
ACTIVITIES : RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES : 2014-15
The centres in Aalo (Along), Antpur, Bankura, Chapra, Cherrapunjee, Coimbatore (Mission), Hatamuniguda, Ichapur, Jayrambati, Kamarpukur, Kalady, Malliankaranai (Tamil Nadu), Manasadwip (West Bengal), Mysuru, Naora (West Bengal), Narainpur (Chhattisgarh), Narottam Nagar, Nattarampalli, Ramharipur, Sargachhi, Sarisha, Shivanahalli (Bengaluru), Viveknagar (Agartala), Thrissur, etc, directly catered to the needs of rural and tribal folk in a big way, and a number of rural units were run by the centres at Belur (Saradapitha), Contai, Narendrapur, Ranchi (Morabadi), etc.
Of these, special mention may be made of the numerous village units started for educating the hill tribes in Meghalaya, various village development programmes conducted by Narendrapur (Kolkata) centre catering the needs for all-round village development, as well as the agricultural training and development centre in Ranchi, specially meant for people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
The tribal development project of our centre at Narainpur (Abujhmarh, Bastar District) has made a significant contribution towards the all-round development of the local tribes. Our educational, medical and cultural activities in Arunachal Pradesh have proved to be very useful and popular.
ACTIVITIES : RELIEF SERVICES : 2014 – 2015
Relief Work: The Ramakrishna Mission and Ramakrishna Math conducted several relief and rehabilitation operations during the year 2014-15. The total expenditure incurred on these was Rs. 6.34 crore (Rs. 6.23 crore in cash, and Rs. 0.11 crore in kind). Details of the operations are given below.
ACTIVITIES : WELFARE WORK : 2014 – 2015
Both the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission conducted welfare work in the year 2014-15 by providing the following to needy persons.
1 Ration Kits contained rice, pulses, salt, cooking oil, condiments, sugar, tea, etc
2 Milk made from 75,651 kg of milk powder
3 Hygiene Kits contained toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, soap bars, antiseptics, nail-cutters, etc
4 Educational Kits contained books, notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers, geometry boxes, rulers, uniforms, etc
The Math and the Mission spent Rs. 11.74 crore and 4.80 crore respectively for these purposes. This was in addition to the huge sums spent by our educational institutions for the benefit of poor students, and by our hospitals and dispensaries for the treatment of poor patients.
ACTIVITIES : PALLIMANGAL (INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT) : 2014-15
The activities under Pallimangal (Integrated Rural Development, a project initiated in 1980 by the Headquarters) continued in the villages in and around Kamarpukur and Jayrambati in West Bengal. The major service programmes conducted under this project during the year are given below.
(A) Medical Activities: (a) 6,900 patients were treated by the mobile medical unit. Special medical programmes and camps, and health care and awareness programmes were conducted at Kamarpukur, benefiting several thousand villagers. (b) Under National Leprosy Elimination Programme, 28 persons were given treatment. (c) A programme on Control of Tuberculosis through Community Based Directly Observed Treatment with Short-Course-Therapy (DOTS) under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) continued, under which 63 cases were treated during the year. (d) Nutritious diet was provided to 150 children under Child Nutrition Programme.
(B) Educational and Cultural Activities: (a) 23 non-formal education centres and 34 free coaching centres benefited 2045 students. (b) A number of students were given textbooks, uniforms, etc. Scholarships and financial assistance were given to a good number of students. (c) Cultural programmes, competitions in sports and games, etc were organized.
(C) Training Programmes: 8 poor men and 174 destitute women were trained in weaving, jute-spinning, jute handicraft, dhoop-making, food-processing and tailoring. Besides, 29 boys and 15 girls were trained in basic computer operations.
The statistics relating to the institutions furnished in this section form part of the figures already mentioned under ‘Welfare Work’, ‘Medical Services’ and ‘Educational Services’.
Activities : Pallimangal (Integrated Rural Development) : 2014-15
ACTIVITIES : WOMEN WELFARE PROGRAMMES : 2014-15
Both the Ramakrishna Mission and the Ramakrishna Math have permanent programmes for service to women, the most important of which are mentioned below.
Care for pregnant and lactating women through the maternity departments of our hospitals in Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Vrindaban, Thiruvananthapuram and also through other hospitals and clinics run by us.
Old Age Home for women in Varanasi.
Educational service to girls:
A large educational complex, exclusively for girls, run by Ramakrishna Mission Sarada Vidyalaya, Chennai, offering education to girls from the primary to the higher secondary level.
Higher secondary schools for girls run by Chennai Math and Chengalpattu centres.
High schools for girls run by Jamshedpur and Sarisha centres.
Apart from the above, there are co-educational schools of different grades under our centres in Aalo (Along), Coimbatore Mission, Chennai (T.Nagar), Kalady, Jayrambati, Bhubaneswar, etc. Besides, a Sanskrit co-educational school is functioning at Kalady.
4. Nurses’ Training Institutes attached to our hospitals in Itanagar, Kolkata (Seva Pratishthan), Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram and Vrindaban.
5. Programmes for enhancing women empowerment by forming self-help groups, imparting vocational training and the like for making them self-reliant.
ACTIVITIES : YOUTH WELFARE PROGRAMMES
Apart from the educational and cultural programmes for students conducted by our educational centres, some of our Mission and Math centres have separate recreational and cultural centres called Balak Sanghas (for children) and Yuvak Sanghas (for youths) in Bengaluru, Belagavi, Chennai (Math), Halasur (Ulsoor), Hyderabad, Indore, Kankurgachhi, Malda, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Ponnampet, Pune, Rajkot, Ranchi (Morabadi), Salem, Shivanahalli, Vijayawada, and a few other places. In these centres, children are provided with supplementary nutrition and guidance in the practice of social, moral and spiritual values, and are also taught the basics of scriptures, chanting, devotional music, etc.
ACTIVITIES : SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL SERVICES : 2014-15
Both the Math and the Mission centres lay emphasis on the dissemination of the spiritual and cultural ideals of India. Through various types of activities, they try to give a practical shape to the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, especially that all religions are true. The centres establish real points of contact among people of different faiths through a large number of libraries, lectures, seminars, symposiums, youth camps, Balak Sanghas, regular classes, public celebrations, occasional exhibitions, screening films on religious and cultural values, etc. During the year, the Math and Mission centres organized several classes / lectures, the details of which are given below :
Preaching / Lecture No. of Classes Participants
Classes / Lectures 24,512 21,11,036
Retreats 934 1,01,448
Celebrations / Public Meetings 1,303 10,59,384
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Besides, many of our centres served rural folks by spreading spiritual and cultural ideas among them through mobile units like ‘Jnana Vahini’, ‘Viveka Vahini’, etc. Educative and religious film shows, lectures, exhibitions, guided meditation, personality development classes, book-sales, etc were organized in the interior parts of the country. Many centres such as Belagavi, Chennai Math, Hyderabad, Kadapa, Mysuru, Rajkot, Ranchi (Morabadi), Vijayawada, etc have started institutions like ‘VIVEC’ (Vivekananda Institute of Value Education and Culture) to impart values education to people in general.
During the year, 3,46,922 people participated in various programmes conducted by 2743 Cultural Units of the Math and Mission such as Balak Sanghas, Youth Sanghas, Jnana Vahini, Viveka Murasu, VIDYA (Vivekananda’s Inspiration for Development of Youth Auakening), Institute of Human Excellence, etc.
Apart from this, 234 libraries were run by our Math & Mission centres; most of these libraries had attached reading rooms also.
Centres of the Math and Mission published several books and 22 journals in different languages. The Math centres at Mayavati, Baghbazar (Kolkata), Chennai, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Mysuru, Rajkot, Thrissur and Bhubaneswar, in particular, have to their credit a considerable number of publications. A sum of Rs. 25.32 crore was spent on publication work during the year. Some of our centres in other countries are also publishing valuable books.
The Math and the Mission centres maintained temples and prayer halls, and organized lectures, retreats and devotees’ meets. Thousands of people were inspired to accept higher values of life by coming into contact with the different centres.
It is noteworthy that the member Ashramas of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Bhav Prachar Parishads in different parts of the country also, under the guidance of Ramakrishna Math, spread moral values and culture.
Most of the Math and Mission centres celebrated the birthdays of great saints and prophets, popular Hindu festivals and Christmas Eve. The general features of the celebrations of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda were: special worship, homa, chanting from scriptural texts, bhajan and sankirtan, distribution of prasad to devotees, feeding of the poor in large numbers, and lectures by the sannyasins of the Order and other eminent speakers. Through all these activities the message of Sri Ramakrishna and his direct associates was spread steadily. Many ardent souls came in close touch with the ideals of the Math and Mission.
ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE INDIA : 2014-15
In the 3 Mission centres and 11 combined Math and Mission centres in Bangladesh; other Mission centres in Fiji, France, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Switzerland and 23 Math centres in other countries, our Swamis gave lectures at the centres and also in colleges, universities, etc, conducted religious classes, observed religious festivals with special worship, organized seminars, and held retreats. Some of them also brought out publications on philosophical subjects and spiritual teachings. Some of the activities undertaken by these centres during the year are enumerated below.
Information Courtesy: www.belurmath.org
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