Announcements 14-05-2022
Gurupurnima Shibir 2022 (15 – 17 Jul, 2022):
- Pujya Gurudevshri will grace North America for the Gurupurnima Shibir 2022 during His USA-Canada Dharmayatra 2022.
- The 3-day-shibir, in Parsippany, New Jersey, is designed to ignite the mind, nourish the heart, and elevate the soul.
- Inch closer to your true nature through invigorating discourses.
- Absorb your being in devotional expressions through bhakti.
- Experience the divine force through the auspicious Gurupujan.
- Kindle your compassion through a special humanitarian initiative.
- Please click here to register for the limited capacity event.
UK Dharmayatra (20 – 31 May, 2022):
- Pujya Gurudevshri will embark on the UK Dharmayatra from Fri, 20 May, 2022 – Tue, 31 May, 2022.
- Please click here for details.
Special Retreat for Students of Dharampur at Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram (8 – 9 Jun, 2022):
- After witnessing the moral, educational, value-filled, summer Spiritualtouch Retreat, various school officials from the Dharampur district approached Shrimad Rajchandra Mission to host a similar event for their students.
- A special retreat will be held for students from standards 5 to 12
- It will be a two-day summer camp filled with learning sessions, games, cultural celebrations, tours of the Jinmandir and the new Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital.
- There will also be a session by Atmarpit Nemiji.
Latest Updates from Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care (SRLC):
- Educational Care:
- Shrimad Rajchandra Gurukul Tops Std. 12 Exams with 93% Passing Percentage:
- Due to COVID-19 lockdown, students had very little time to prepare for the standard 12 board exams in 2021-2022.
- In addition, issues with broadband connectivity and electricity made studying even more difficult for the students.
- In order to assist students in passing their exams, sevarpits and volunteers stepped up to tutor them, based on their requirements.
- The efforts led to outstanding results; with Shrimad Rajchandra Gurukul students achieving a 93% passing rate, compared to 72% passing in Gujarat, 58% passing in Valsad and 57% in Dharampur.
- Shrimad Rajchandra Gurukul’s percentage is the highest amongst 240 areas in and around Dharampur and is the top amongst private schools in Valsad.
- Tie-up with the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED):
- The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) is a premier organisation of the Government of Gujarat engaged in entrepreneurship development training since 1979 and skill development since 2009, the first of this kind in the country.
- The concept behind CED is to develop entrepreneurs in the urban as well as rural areas of the state, who can establish their own enterprise (trading/service/manufacturing)
- Due to lack of guidance and information, rural people often take loans but are unable to repay them due to the losses they incur in business.
- Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care and CED entered into an MOU whereby it shall be an empanelment agency for entrepreneurship training programme in South Gujarat.
- This MOU will help develop entrepreneurial talent across different groups of people over 18 years – comprising students, dropouts, women, farmers or people wishing to gain skills for any other industry.
- This partnership will benefit the entire rural community in developing their overall standard of living by providing opportunities of self-employment by way of imparting entrepreneurial skills.
- Expert-level training will be given to village-level entrepreneurs in fields like production, pricing, accounting, marketing, legal permissions, recruitment, customer care for manufacturing and services sectors.
- The introductory programme under this joint initiative witnessed participation from over 200 students from Shrimad Rajchandra Vidyapeeth and Shrimad Rajchandra Skill Development Centre.
- A 15-day entrepreneurship development programme was conducted for 80 students from Shrimad Rajchandra Skill Development Centre.
- In the long term, ‘Special Entrepreneurship Training with 360 Approach’ shall also be organised.
- The youth of Dharampur and Kaprada Talukas show resistance to migrating to other towns/cities for lucrative employment opportunities. They have a tendency to remain within their comfort zone.
- The two organisations will also work on a scheme for skill development which provides financial support to skill drop out youth of the Dharampur and surrounding areas.
- Shrimad Rajchandra Gurukul Tops Std. 12 Exams with 93% Passing Percentage:
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Woman Care:
- Women of Raj Uphaar win the ‘Social Entrepreneurship with Heart’ award
- Raj Uphaar received the “Social Entrepreneurship with Heart” award on the occasion of International Women’s Day in an event organised by Santé Spa Cuisine and the Style Planner.
- Raj Uphaar was recognised amongst the 10 startups out of 160 total applicants with high growth potential.
- The award was bestowed considering the products of Raj Uphaar and the enthusiasm of the women running it.
- On this occasion, the women of Raj Uphaar interacted with all the women, shared their experience, and also taught agarbatti-making to the attendees.
- Women of Raj Uphaar win the ‘Social Entrepreneurship with Heart’ award
Forthcoming Pravachan:
- The next Pravachan at Yogi Sabhagruh will be held on Sat, 4 Jun, 2022, in the evening from 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm.