Rural Develepment - Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur

SPOTLIGHT

The Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math. It was founded by Swami Lokeswarananda in 1956. Prior to its inception, he was in-charge of a “Students’ Home” run by the Mission in North Kolkata. Accordingly, with 12 students from there he first established a similar Home in tents at Narendrapur. Next year, i.e. in 1957, he opened another Home for the visually handicapped children which afterward took the shape of the Blind Boys’ Academy.

Rural Development Activities as Conceived By the Government

The Project was started on July 1, 1972, particularly to help the small and marginal farmers. The following are its activities:

Education and Training of Farmers’ Children:
This is being done by extending the Book Bank facilities. They are helped with text books and other reading aids, such as dictionaries, note-books, instrument-boxes, laboratory note-books, loose sheets, development fees, coaching fees, etc.

Craft Training-cum-Production (Tailoring):
To meet the essential and emergent needs of the residential institutions and the inmates of the Ashrama, a tailoring section operates to impart training to them.