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Vol. 7  2004

 

Fransalian International

 

 

 

 

 

Mission at Kolli-Hills

 

 

 

 

 

MSFS

Global News

 

In 2001, the MSFS reached the Kolli-Hills, a tribal area, responding to the invitation of the Local Ordinary, Most Rev. Dr. Singaroyan, the Bishop of Salem, to develop this new mission. After a few initial struggles, land was purchased for residence. In the beginning our ministry7 was limited to the Catholics only. Later, it was extended to all by way of tuitions and yoga classes. In May 2004, the Fransalian Centre for Education and Employment was inaugurated by Dr. Thomas Perumalil, the Provincial of Visakhapatnam.

 

The Centre, in collaboration with the local Panchayat and district administration, helps the rural students in their education, especially the school-dropouts giving them free tuitions, free note-books and writing materials using the local resources. Summer courses are conducted for the students on English, career guidance, computer basics and yoga. In this way, the poor students are empowered to find employment for themselves. Unemployed youths are also helped to get bank loans to start their own business. Telephone-calls, internet-services, advertisements in magazines, recommendations of Parish Priests, local leaders, and NGOs are solicited towards this end. So far we have helped 490 people to get employment.

 

The Centre also looks towards the establishing of a Herbal Library for the medical research workers and student community, a Green Revolution Movement in Kolli-Hills, a nursery of spices, a formation centre, and a computer centre.

 

(Fr. S. Tony msfs)

 

               

Fransalian International,  Vol. 7 (2004)

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