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14 August is celebrated as Kanyashree Day to promote the scheme throughout the state. On August 14, 2013 state wide events were held to publicize the scheme. In Kolkata the event was presided over by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. Awareness campaigns were organized by the government in districts.
Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Sargachi is located in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. It was founded by Swami Akhandananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna in August, 1897. It is a spiritual and philanthropic centre under Belur Math, the headquarters of Ramakrishna Order. It started with an orphanage and later undertook many ...
Zonal Welfare Council's main working area is Kolkata and South 24 Parganas districts, Zonal Welfare Council is maintaining and running a free orphanage in South 24 Parganas. [6] Zonal Welfare Council, partnered with LetzChange Foundation, Global Stop TB Team, and Human and Child Trafficking movement in India. [7] [8] [9] [10]
The Math and Mission run 748 educational institutions (including 12 colleges, 22 higher secondary schools, 41 secondary schools, 135 schools of other grades, 4 polytechnics, 48 vocational training centres, 118 hostels, 7 orphanages, etc.) with a total student population of more than 2,00,000.
It all began in 1947, when Robert (Bob) Pierce began supporting White Jade, a little girl in an orphanage in China, who was abandoned by her parents. Bob gave the warden, Tena Hoelkedoer, his last five dollars and agreed to send the same amount each month to help care for the girl. In 1950, Bob Pierce started World Vision.
Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) is a Government of India scheme for model residential school, specifically for Scheduled Tribes across India. It is one of the flagship interventions of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India and was introduced in the year 1997-98 [1] to ensure tribal students get access to quality education in the remote tribal areas.
A couple in Australia have been accused of faking their young son's cancer diagnosis "It will be alleged that the accused shaved their 6-year-old child’s head, eyebrows, placed him in a ...
The Sangha has responded to natural calamities in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa states, the Bengal famine of 1943, the Bhopal disaster, the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. [5] At times of political unrest such as the Partition of India , the Sangha has set up refugee camps and war evacuee camps in the border areas.