Report

Annual Report of Marsal Sadan Project

(2021-2022)

Dear loving Sponsors, 

Cordial greetings and prayerful wishes from Marsal Sadan!

Indeed we are so much grateful to you for the continuous support and encouragement that you have rendered during the academic year of 2021-22 for the holistic growth of our tribal hostel children. Indeed I am very delighted to write down about the performance of St. Claret Hostels, Sahanagar. 

Introduction

“CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS THE ONLY FUTURE THE HUMAN RACE HAS”

Every new born baby is a blessing and a clear cut sign that God still loves the human race, but the reciprocity of this love has to be seen in each of us by loving, caring, educating and helping the children of God. Santhals in this area need special attention because; the lack of education has made them the most neglected community in this society. Mostly they are uneducated and daily labors therefore, they find difficult to educate their children. Santhals are culturally, physically and emotionally very strong comparing to other community. Unfortunately, they are paralyzed by their poor education and economical condition. As a result, they are not able to come up in the lives and so considered to be the most neglected group in the society. 

At present, they try harder to educate their children but their poor economical conditions fail their efforts and desires. Therefore, to encourage and empower this section of santhal people, St. Claret Hotel, Sahanagar was started since.  The unique purpose of the hostel is to bring social change in the Santhal tribal through qualitative English Education and holistic formation. Thus hostel provides the Santhal Children not only proper education but also motivates them in all ways possible. There are two hostels in the campus. It is functioning under the guidance of Fr. Alex Marandi CMF and the superior of the mission and the hostel in charge. We also have four priests and brothers who render their service in various ways to form the children. 

The List of the Staff in the Hostels:

Wardens (Boys)                      :           Mr. Jisu Murmu and Mr. Abinash Marandi

(Full Time)

Mr. Dasu Soren and Mr. Arun Tirkey

(Part Time)

Wardens (Girls)                      :           Sr. Molina Mandi, Sr. Lucy Hansda, Ms. Leoni

Teaching Staff (Boys)             :           Mr. Alphonse, Mr. Glenn and Mr. Rajesh

Teaching Staff (Girls)             :           Ms. Geeta Das, Sr. Molina Mandi, and Sr. Lucy Hansda

For the smooth running of the hostel we have the non-teaching staffs:  Mugli Murmu, Sumita Soren, Mary Murmu, lukhi

Daily Activities of the Hostel

Prayer, Meditation and Mass:

To deepen our intimacy with God and grow in strong faith in Him, Our students are given the special opportunity for daily prayer, meditation and mass. The students by themselves prepare and conduct the prayers with the assistance of the wardens. In order to make Eucharist celebration meaningful, students are given special practice of singing and readings. These means really help the students to be highly motivated and to grow in deep faith in God. Every Wednesdays and Saturdays our students are given special meditation and yoga, in order to enhance their concentration and self awareness. 

Study Time

The students are given enough time to study in the morning, afternoon, evening and night. They are very well monitored and guided by the wardens and the teaching staff of the Hostels.  The teachers are willing and ready to clarify the doubts of the students. Adding to this, weaker students are given special care and time to excel in their studies.

Special test and examination

 Every week, class test is being conducted from different subjects, which really help the students to revise what they have studied. Before every major examination, revision test is being conducted in order to write the exam well.

Games and other Recreations

The students are given sufficient time to play different games like Football, Basket ball, Volley ball, Kho-kho and Ludo etc. The students are given opportunity to participate in the inter-hostel and inter-school sports.  Every day after dinner they watch TV news to be aware of the daily happenings of the world.  They are given two types of English news papers to update themselves and improve their English knowledge. 

Special Activities

Tuition

In order to concentrate on the weaker students, special tuition classes are being arranged for them. The students who are weak in mathematics were helped by Mathematics teacher of St. Claret School, Sahanagar. It really helps the weak students to study better.  

Grammar and writing skill Classes

In order to help the students to learn the language, we arrange special grammar, reading and writing classes. Hostel in charges help the students to embellish their language in writing and reading.  

Book Fare and Science Exhibition

The book fare and the science exhibition are arranged in the January 2021. The Students are accompanied by the hostel in charges with the wardens. Our students perform some cultural programmes on the same day. This gives them the opportunity to know about different authors of the books. 

Sports day

The students are given the opportunity to play every day and to remain healthy.  In order to encourage them in their sportsmanship, we conduct sports day for the children before annual holidays. The purpose of this day is to encourage the students to grow physically and mentally strong and to grow in sportsmanship.

Christmas Celebration

We celebrate the anticipated Christmas celebration on 21^th December, 2021 before the students go for their Christmas holidays. We give Christmas gifts to the students which they receive with lot of happiness. We arrange cultural program and meals for the students in ordered to enjoy the celebration. 

Local festival celebration (Sankranthi)

Our hostel children celebrate the local festival of Sankranti (Harvest festival) on 14^thJanuary 2021-22; the meaning of this festival was showing gratitude towards God for the good crop. On that day we prepare the food with new crop and share with all the hostel children as a sign of sharing each one’s happiness and joy. 

Hostel day Celebration

It is indeed a great celebration with different competitions for the students. The competitions are namely Football, Kho-kho, Basketball, Music Chair, Biscuit biting and literary competitions such as Solo Song, Group Song, Skit, Mono Act, Drawing, Elocution, Memory Test etc. The students indeed participate in all the games and literary competitions with great enthusiasm and competitive spirit to win the prize. We invite chief guest for the hostel day celebration. The chief guest encourages the students to come up in life. Followed by we have cultural programmes and appreciating the students for their exhibition of the talents during the year. Santhal students share their own experiences of cultures, challenges and difficulties. At the end we distribute the prizes to the winners and end the celebration with the festive meal. 

Hostel Time Table

The Daily Time Table of the Hostel

Evening time table for small children 

Evening time table for big children

Sunday’s time table 

Conclusion

I take this opportunity to thank the numerous hands that are involved in shaping our children to become efficient personalities of the world. A special vote of thanks is expressed to all the Marsal Project Sponsors and the Parish of St. Patricks for the generous contribution and support to St. Claret Tribal Hostels, Sahanagar. It is your generosity and support that our children are able to duly receive their education and other basic needs. They all remember you a lot in their prayers. Expecting your prayers and Blessings on our children we remain in gratitude. 

Warm greetings sent to all of you from all the children of Marsal Project, Sahanagar.

Thanking you 

Yours sincerely in Christ, 

Fr. Alex Marandi CMF

Hostel In charge