What we have portrayed below, therefore, is the philanthrophic/charitable activities conducted by this center as submitted in their annual report to the Ramakrishna Mission Headquarters.

As should be obvious, all philanthrophic/charitable activities of Ramakrishna Mission are supported through contributions from kind hearted folks and/or institutions.

The Ashrama was started in 1916 on a hillock at Nettayam, 9 km. away from the town.

The town centre, whereto the focus of activity was shitfted later, conducts the following:

• A 275-bed hospital (106 free beds) with paediatrics, surgical, ENT, dentistry, ophthalmology, maternity, psychiatry, dermatology and venerology departments that treats about 10,860 in-patients and 1,64,161 out-patients annually.
• A residential school of nursing for general nursing-cum-midwifery training with 77 trainees.
• Daily worship, religious discourses and birth anniversaries of religious celebrities

• Mini health centres in 6 villages of Thiruvananthapuram district and a rural health centre at Nettayam treating about 19225 patients annually with the help of the mobile unit,
• Youth programmes, personality development classes etc. are held,
• Pecuniary help is given to poor people for buying medicines,
• 284 children given school uniforms and 206 poor students given text books
• 3 medical camps are conducted treating about 525 cases annually.

• Daily worship,
• Celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, the Holy Mother and Swami Vivekananda as also some festivals, and
• Regular classes and discourses.