History of Kalyan Ashram

Residing in our country's faraway villages , remote and sometimes unreachable hills and forests , are eight crore Vanvasi brethren , divided into 425 tribes speaking more than 150 dialects. The selfless sacrifice of this section of our Hindu Society to preserve the unity and sovereignty of our motherland has been immense. Their contribution to indian history has been lettered in gold but today unfortunately , they are leading a neglected and exploited life. They are still unaware of the present pace of development and lack even the Basic amenities like Health Care and Education .

Consequent to complete isolation from mainstream society, foreign conspirators have unleashed a vicious cycle of conversions in the name of service to humanity. It is due to these conversions that our entire tribal belt has become a burning national issue .

In order to find a solution to this scathing national problem , Late Vanyogi Balasaheb Deshpande founded the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram in 1952 at Jashpur Nagar ( Chattisgarh ) . Kalyan Ashram is dedicated to the all round development of the Vanvasi and is the world's largest organisation working for their Well being , Education , Health Care , Self-Dependency, Preservation of their Rich Cultural Heritage and Unity. Presently Kalyan Ashram has a dedicated workforce of over 1044 Full Time Workers and thousands of part time workers and volunteers.

Realising the serious challenges posed by these Tribal Regions, we ought to increase the magnitude as well as Pace of the work to develop the Vanvasi folk and their heritage. Its is our national duty to particiapte in this noble endeavour and dedicate all our possible resources for the nation's developement.

Our Aims & Objectives

• To homogenize with our Vanvasi brethren and to make them realise that they are an integral part of the mainstream Society.
• To reconstruct their faith in their own tradition and beliefs.
• To enable them to protect their identity, pride and self-respect.
• To make them fully aware of the anti-national conspiracy prevalent in their society in the name of social service and to arouse a national sentiment amongst them.
• To encourage the tribal society to work for their own all round development.
• To create awareness in the society of the problems faced by the Vanvasi and to build an environment of unity, fraternity and equilibrium between the Vanvasi and Nagarvasi.
• To co-ordinate various development activities and projects among the Vanvasi folks with the help of dedicated volunteers and the society as whole.