Service Activities Outside India : 2016-17


In the 4 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, Switzerland and Zambia and 24 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.

Relief

The details of the relief operations conducted is given below.

Sl. Type of Relief Country Conducted through (centre)
1 Cyclone Relief Fiji Fiji
2 Disturbance/ Distress Relief Bangladesh Baliati, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Habiganj, Mymensingh
3 Earthquake Relief Nepal Kathmandu
4 Flood Relief Bangladesh Dhaka, Jessore
Nepal Kathmandu
5 Winter Relief Bangladesh Chandpur, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Jessore, Mymensingh

Medical 

 

During the year the following medical and allied units provided their services to the poor and the needy.

Units No. of Units Break-up of Total Patients
Male Female Child
Dispensaries (Allopathic) 18 83,794 73,451 28,106
-do- (Homeopathic) 18 20,520 30,570 9,772
-do- (Ayurvedic) 1,000 1,000 843
Eye Camp 1 500 300 --
General Medical Camps 31 5,050 5,660 908
Total 53 1,11,023 1,10,981 39,629
Moreover, 57 units of blood were also collected from 57 voluntary blood donors through 3 camps

Educational

In the year under review, the following institutions provided educational services.

Institutions No. of Units No. of Students
Boys Girls Total
Higher Secondary Schools 1 450 552 1002
Chatuspathi (Sanskrit Pathshala) 1 138 -- 138
Secondary Schools 1 310 -- 310
Junior High / Middle Schools (VI-VIII) 1 102 93 195
Jr. Basic / UP/ LP Schools (I-V) 7 250 175 425
Pre-Basic / KG/ Nursery Schools/Crèches 5 436 281 717
Hostels / Students' Homes 16 752 -- 752
Orphanages 4 107 70 177
Computer Training Centres 6 382 219 601
Vocational Training Centres 3 163 29 192
Coaching classes 203 4,343 3,535 7,878
Total 248 7,433 4,954 12,387

Vocational Training

Details of various types of training provided are given below:

Vocational Courses Batches Trained No. of Students
Trained Boys Girls Total
Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, etc 1 51 -- 51
Food-processing 1 28 2 30
Automotive Servicing & Repairing 2 14 6 20
Basic Computer Operations 1 60 -- 60
Commercial Art & Painting 2 10 21 31
Total 7 163 29 192

Rural Welfare Work

Details of the various types of rural welfare services provided are given below:

Types of Services Units No. of Beneficiaries
Male Female Child Total
Rice/Wheat etc.(kg) 65 3,000 5,000 806 8,806
Meals (Annadanam) - - - - 3,500
Hygienic Kits1 6 - 60 - 60
Educational Kits2 5 100 100 80 280
Clothes - 3,233 5,975 1,410 10,618
Pecuniary Help - 126 138 13 277
Medical Help - 3,059 3,736 2 6,797
Educational Help - 147 158 74 379
Others - 10,000 3,513 - 13,513


1 Hygienic Kits contained toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, soap bars, antiseptics, nail-cutters, etc.
2 Educational Kits contained textbooks, notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers, geometry boxes, rulers, uniforms, etc.

Spreading Moral, Cultural and Spiritual Ideas 


This was accomplished through a number of libraries, lectures, regular classes, public celebrations, etc.

Cultural Units / Programmes No. of Units / Programmes No. of Participants / Delegates
Cultural Units (Balak Sangha, Jnana Vahini, etc.) 8 1,411
Cultural Camps :
Yoga, Meditation, etc 4 1,274
Camps for Children 1 250
Total 13 2,935

 


During the year, the centres organized several classes / lectures, the details of which are given below.

Preaching / Lectures No. of Classes, etc Attendance
Classes / Lectures 1,684 3,89,885
Retreats 50 24,764
Celebrations / Public Meetings 92 6,02,520


Eleven periodicals were published by 7 Math centres and 4 Mission centres in 5 languages.


 

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