Patharmura School

These images are of the classes at Patharmura school with newly bought furniture etc using the fund donated by Johanna Wild

Progress

Progress on the library at the school in Purulia, funded by FoRVM

Mission update

New Year cake distribution by Swami Nityarupananda

Samir with Secretary R V Mission

Proposed library building in Purulia, at present residence of children

Tube well at Leprosy Village in Purulia donated by Broughton Catholic Charitable Society

Repaired solar street light funded by the Order of St Lazarus

Cake distribution in Purulia school

Two Monks, Tilak Maharaj and Swami Nityarupananda learning computer at Purulia centre of R V Mission

New school in Mondarmoni, Digha sea resort

Samir with Swami ( Monk in charge ) and teacher  at Mondarmoni Centre

Friends of R V Mission secretary’s annual visit to R V Mission; 2013 

Samir Ghosh visits the Mission every year and in January and February  this year he has spent several weeks meeting all our sponsored children at different centres of the Mission including Purulia, Joyrambati, Dweepa and many other places.  He has distributed New Year cakes to all children at the Mission funded by Helen Cruickshank, Johanna Wild, Sharmin Panna, Gill Robinson, Ann Roberts, Mrs Anderton and also himself. Samir has also donated on behalf of Johanna Wild £380 to purchase books and equipments for Patharmura school of R V Mission.

He had two meetings with the Secretary Swami Nityananda discussing different programmes including a small unit building project proposal for children of leprosy sufferers  to Order of St Lazarus in Purulia.  He had  several meetings with Swami Nityarupananda and also met the volunteers and workers at R V Mission and its branches.  Samir donated full cost for the library for the school founded by Friends of R V Mission at the Purulia branch using contribution  donated by few  kind donors, to purchase books and equipments,  around £1600  from his personal resources, total around £2500.  He went to few  places in Purulia to organize purchase of  library  building materials,  which is now  started and ongoing.

He also visited new centre of the Mission at Mandermoni in Digha sea resort and offered help towards building a library with computer facilities at the new school.

Samir has also visited Leprosy Village in Purulia to inspect repaired street solar light, repair cost was donated by the Order of St Lazarus Lancs., including several solar lights already purchased funded by them.  He personally donated fund to repair water pump at the Leprosy Village and met all leprosy sufferers with Asst Secretary of R V Mission and explained to them  about  regular healthcare programme offered by the Order of St Lazarus through Leprosy Mission Hospital and R V Mission in Purulia.

Samir has donated on behalf of all sponsors £4510 as  maintenance cost for six months,  towards sponsorship of 92 Children in different centres of R V Mission.

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St Lazarus visit to the Mission

With Swami Nityarupananda and the St Lazarus sponsored children

Meeting Swami Nityananda 

Presenting gifts of pencils and geometry sets to Swami Nityananda 

Hearing impaired girls at the School for hearing and sight impaired  girls

Computer studies

At the Leprosy Village with the St Lazarus sponsored Solar Lights

At the Leprosy Colony in Purulia 

Kitchens and lunch at Purulia

The location for the new library in Purulia

At Joyrambati

Edna Green with Surita her newly sponsored child

Children of Leprosy sufferers needing sponsors

On mother and child support training

Posting on the Blog from Joyrambati

An electrical engineering vocational course at Joyrambati

Nurses at the medical facility in Barrackpore

The RV Mission printing press at Barrackpore 

Some destitute boys in the care of the Mission at Barrackpore 

Distribution of Solar Lights

Distribution of Solar Lanterns sponsored by the John of Gaunt Commandery
of the Order of St Lazarus

New children at the R V Mission Purulia branch  India

The Friends of R V Mission  UK has started  funding for sponsoship of four new children from the families of leprosy sufferers at Purulia District of West Bengal,  India,  at the Purulia centre of Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission, starting from the 1st September 2012.

Dr Samir Kumar Ghosh
Secretary  Friends of R V Mission

Donation Received

Our dedicated supporter Pat Scott from Scotland has donated £300 towards our objective by saving coins in a glass jar.  She has also donated £500 last year towards our water project and sponsoring an orphan child at the Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission, West Bengal, India.

Our sincere  thanks and  endless gratitude to our friend Pat.

Samir Ghosh
Secretary  Friends of R V Mission

Secretary of RV Mission

I would like to let you know that our Secretary of R V Mission Swami Nityananda has improved and his health is better now.  We all hope his complete recovery as soon as possible.