Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot has been serving the people of Gujarat in its own humble way through various relief and rehabilitation services from the very beginning of its inception in 1927. Sri Ramakrishna, Ma Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda themselves served people in their sufferings with their own hands. Keeping this Ideal and Example as inspiration, the monks, devotees and volunteers plunge into relief services whether it is devastating earthquake, yearlong droughts, cyclones, floods or any other natural disaster.

Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot has the unique characteristic of being besides the afflicted during such disasters at the earliest instance, being inspired by the spirit of service of ‘God in Man’, which is their motto. The service may be sometimes appearing like a drop in the ocean in the face of the massive disaster, but the inner-lying belief is that each act of service, however humble is an act of worship of the Divine in All.

Under the guidance of the monks of the Ashrama, the devotees and the volunteers organize the relief work, dividing the huge amount of work among them. Some devotees and volunteers stay in the ashrama for long hours doing the work of packing the relief materials like dry food kits etc. while others go to the site of the disaster along with the monks to distribute the materials to the needy with their own hands.