Binnaguri in West Bengal
For 40 years Holy Cross Sisters have been teaching the children of such families who spend their entire lives in the tea gardens and the tea factory.
The majority of families are migrants from different states with their own culture and religion. Accordingly, in everyday life, many languages are spoken and customs are observed.
In the school, there are 1835 students.
Dalkhola in West Bengal
In Dalkhola the sisters live in the midst of people with different cultural and religious backgrounds, belonging to different castes. This is evident by their own customs, rituals and languages. There is great poverty in these remote villages and settlements.
Since 2003, the sisters are engaged in providing a good education for young people. In the meantime the school has developed, ranging from pre-school to high school.
Tinconma in Bihar
A very remote village and a population with little hope for any development. Already 30 years ago, some Evangelization was attempted in the villages of this area and efforts were made to explain parents the necessity of schooling and education.
Today, the sisters are engaged as teachers in school and also in socio – pastoral activities.
Most people live by the produce of their fields and the keeping of some animals. Social life is marked by the Caste System. Child marriage, alcohol as well as superstition, in addition to this, poor health and low average age, are the great concerns of the sisters.
