Pravrajika Ajayaprana meets His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI

The Catholic Church's World Youth Day Festival took place in Sydney from July 15th to 20th, 2008. The Ramakrishna Sarada Vedanta Society was invited to participate in several activities connected with this important event. Among other programmes, on July 17th there was an Interfaith Forum which was attended by about 1000 people from all over the World. There were speeches by representatives of different religions among whom Pravrajika Ajayaprana, Head of our Sydney Centre spoke on Hinduism. A question-answer session followed in which the youth panel took active part. On July 18th, Pravrajika Ajayaprana along with a group of 40 invitees attended an Interfaith Meeting with His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI. Each invitee met the Pope, one by one, and was presented with a medallion as a token of this great event.

Branch Centers:

194 candidates of Sri Sarada Girls' School at Thrissur appeared at the Secondary Examination (S.S.L.C.) 2008 of whom 190 passed, while 166 students appeared at the Higher Secondary Examination 2008 and 161 passed.

 

Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Matri Bhavan Community Health Project,

Medical Out Reach Camps

	Children Camp on 7th July, 2008	Women’s Camp on 21st July,2008
Attended by:	3 Pediatricians 1 nurse 1 Project Co-ordinator & 10 health workers Project Assistant 2 nuns from Matribhavan	2 Gynaecologists 1 nurse 1 Project Co-ordinator & 10 health workers Project Assistant 2 nuns from Matribhavan
Service rendered:	Medica Advice - 67 Children Medicine given - 66 Children	Medical Advice - 65 Women Medicine given - 61 Women
Total Cost of Medicines distributed	Rs.1025.00/-	Rs.316.00/-

2. School Health Camp & distribution of medicine (free of cost), for Children was arranged at Taracharan Aranya Kumari Vidyapith, 6B, Sadhu Taracharan Road , Kolkata – 26.

School Health Camp on 26th July, 2008

 

Attended by:	4 Pediatricians 1 nurse 1 Project Co-ordinator & 10 health workers 1 Project Assistant (Data Supervisor) 2 nuns from Matribhavan
Service rendered:	Medical Advice - 128 Students Medicine given - 121 Students
Total Cost of Medicines distributed	Rs.940.00/-
Special Attraction for the School Students	Chocolates were distributed among the Students

3. Antenatal Clinic started for the Community Pregnant Mothers once in each week for six slums.

4. Day to day home vigil is made by the health workers in the Community.