Relief Work
Sl. | Type of Relief | Country | Conducted through (centre) |
1 | Disturbance/ Distress Relief | Bangladesh | Baliati, Chittagong, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Sylhet |
Zambia | Lusaka | ||
2 | Fire Relief | Fiji | Nadi |
Sri Lanka | Colombo | ||
3 | Winter Relief | Bangladesh | Chittagong, Comilla, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Faridpur, Jessore, Mymensingh |
Medical Units
Units | No. of Units | Break-up of Total Patients | ||
Male | Female | Child | ||
Dispensaries (incl. mobile units) | 22 | 97,573 | 1,15,583 | 31,970 |
Eye Camps | 2 | 745 | 745 | – |
General Medical Camps | 13 | 4,400 | 4,495 | 1,033 |
Total | 37 | 1,02,718 | 1,20,823 | 33,003 |
Educational Units
Institutions | No. of Units | No. of Students | ||
Boys | Girls | Total | ||
Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools | 2 | 592 | 501 | 1,093 |
Jr. Basic / UP / LP Schools (I-V) | 6 | 220 | 220 | 440 |
Pre-Basic / KG / Nursery Schools / Crèches | 3 | 390 | 270 | 660 |
Hostels / Students’ Homes | 15 | 640 | – | 640 |
Orphanages | 4 | 116 | 67 | 183 |
Computer Training Centres | 6 | 397 | 123 | 520 |
Vocational Training Centres | 2 | 137 | 12 | 149 |
Chatuspathi | 1 | 120 | – | 120 |
Coaching Classes | 187 | 4,117 | 3,085 | 7,202 |
Total | 226 | 6,729 | 4,278 | 11,007 |
Vocational Training
Vocational Courses | Batches
Trained |
No. of Students | ||
Boys | Girls | Total | ||
Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, etc | 3 | 91 | 12 | 103 |
Basic Computer Operations | 1 | 46 | – | 46 |
Total | 4 | 137 | 12 | 149 |
Welfare Work
Items / Help Given | Quantity Distributed | No. of Beneficiaries | |||
Male | Female | Child | Total | ||
Rice / Wheat etc (kg) | – | 12,370 | 18,250 | – | 30,620 |
Ration Bags1 | – | 1,191 | 974 | 984 | 3,149 |
Clothes | – | 3,014 | 4,022 | 1,462 | 8,498 |
Pecuniary Help for | |||||
– Medical needs | – | 29 | 84 | – | 113 |
– Educational needs | – | 175 | 195 | 6 | 448 |
– Miscellaneous needs | – | 327 | 320 | – | 647 |
Others | – | 515 | 515 | – | 1,030 |
Spreading of Moral, Cultural and Spiritual Ideas
This was accomplished through a number of libraries, lectures, regular classes, public celebrations, etc.
Units | No. of units | Films Screened | Villages covered | Beneficiaries |
Audio-visual | 2 | 10 | 15 | 6000 |
Libraries & Reading Rooms | No.
of Units |
No.
of Books |
Newspapers | Periodicals | Attendance |
Public / Schools / Colleges | 34 | 96,723 | 46 | 526 | 44,150 |
Our centres also published valuable books and 12 periodicals in 6 languages.
During the year, 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. A summary of the figures is given below.
Preaching / Lectures | No. of Classes, etc | Attendance |
Classes / Lectures | 1,519 | 3,79,865 |
Retreats | 58 | 26,164 |
Celebrations / Public Meetings | 131 | 4,26,745 |