Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sarisha

Started in 1921, this ashrama has reconstructed Sarisha village, mainly by providing education to villagers.

Activities:

  1. A boys’ higher secondary school, and a hostel.
  2. A girls’ secondary school, and a hostel. A technical section attached to school trained girls in tailoring.
  3. Four junior basic schools.
  4. Two primary teachers’ training institutes for women.
  5. A coaching centre for upper primary students.
  6. A study circle and values education programmes for students.
  7. Two public libraries with 26,023 books and 6 periodicals and newspapers.
  8. Medical service for rural people in collaboration with Seva Pratishthan, Kolkata, and a homeopathic dispensary.
  9. Two units of Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa and a unit of Vivekananda Abhyudaya Prakalpa.
  10. Under Vivekananda Child Empowerment programme, children were given one-to-one teacher’s guidance, educational aids and nutritients.
  11. Vocational training in food processing, tailoring and fish culture.
  12. A community centre for women.
  13. Welfare work by way of distribution of clothes, blankets, serving milk to poor children, providing educational aids and pecuniary help to the needy.
  14. Religious activities: Daily worship, discourses, celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other religious personalities.
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Boys (Sikshamandir) HS School
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Saradamandir Girls - Madhyamik School