The Mission funds and manages Hariharananda Balshram, a free residential school affiliated to the CBSE for the destitute children of the state of Odisha. Every year the school takes in 40 such students at the entry level and in the year 2015-16, the school will have 480 students on its rolls studying from Nursery class to Std. X.
Prospective students should be 3 ½ – 4 ½ years of age and of sound physical and mental health. During the final selection process, preference is given to Orissa orphans and single-parent children dependent upon destitute guardians, and children of extremely poor parents who have little means of livelihood. Not more than one child per family is admitted.
On July 29, 2004, Hariharananda Balashram was founded with the support of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, whose love for children and education has translated the educators’ dream into a reality. This nonsectarian school is named after his beloved master, Paramahamsa Hariharananda, who educated and cared for many poor children during his life.
The school is located on 9.9 acres in the beautiful little village of Arua, surrounded by lush green paddy land, mud huts and picturesque rural villages. Arua is in the Kendrapara District of Odisha, India.
