Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sakwar

Ramakrishna Mission, Mumbai, started a rural development unit in 1974 at Sakwar, a village 86 km away from Mumbai. In 2023, the unit was upgraded to the status of a full-fledged branch.

Activities:

1. A dispensary serving tribal people.

2. Eye camps, general medical camps, and blood donation camps.

3. A vocational training centre offering training in automobile mechanic, carpentry, community health worker, driving-cum-mechanic, electrical wiring, tailoring, welding, computer operations, and construction-supervising.

4. Values education programmes for students.

5. Agriculture demonstration camps for farmers.

6. Religious activities: Religious discourses, occasional spiritual retreats, and celebration of the birth anniversaries of the Holy Trio.