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SUNDERBAN ADIBASHI MUNDA MOHILA SOMOBAY SOMITI Ltd.

Year: 01 SSSAAAMMMMMMSSSSSS NNNEEEWWWSSSLLLEEETTTTTTEEERRR Number: 12

Place: Jisur Nam Ashram Date: 31-12-2014

Dear readers,

Starting from January, in the Year 2014 we maintained

our promise to publish a SAMMSS Newsletter every

month. We thank our readers and F r . L u i g i P a g g i for

encouraging us to regularly supply information about

what happens at the Jusur Nam Ashram.

We are committed to try even harder in the future!

This is the 12th Newsletter of SAMMS, and we conclude

our first year of publication with the following news:

1. Arrival of six new girls.

2. Urmila, another new bride who has broken ‘tradition’ .

3. Munjuri: our first future nurse.

4. Minoti: our future civil engineer.

5. The flowers in the garden.

6. The new TV dish.

1. New girls

We try to bring some girls at this place every year. So this year four new

girls have come: three will be in class six: they are Lipika, Srabonti and

Konika Munda. The fourth Munda girl who will be in class nine is

Komola Munda.

Also two Christian girls have asked to be kept here as they are from very

poor families. They are Bengali girls coming from the Rishi people,

former Hindu outcaste group. Their names are Shompa and Ripa: let’s see

if they can adjust themselves with our Munda group!

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From left to right: Konika, Komola, Lipika, Srabonti

The two Christian girls, from left to right: Shompa and Ripa

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2. Urmila

Urmila is a Munda young lady who stayed at Jisur Nam Ashram for five

years. She got married a few months ago. She was supposed to stay with

her parents in law but she could not get along with them properly. So her

husband has allowed her to come back to Jisur Nam Ashram and to

continue her college studies. Along with her college studies she will be a

teacher in a nearby Munda village and she will look after a poultry farm.

She is quite good at raising hens.

She also can sing very well and she can play harmonium.

We are very happy to have her with us again.

So we have two new brides staying with us: Urmila and Nilima: we hope

that they will not start producing babies so early otherwise we’ll have to

turn our ashram into a kindergarten!

From left to right: Nilima and Urmila

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3. Munjuri

Munjuri went to Jessore for getting nursing training three years ago. It will

take two more years to complete this course. She will be a good nurse in

the future. She stayed with us a few days during her Christmas holidays.

Munjuri

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4. Minoti

Minoti also stayed with us a few days the last week of December. She

studies engineering in Satkhira. She wants to be an engineer. We hope she

will fulfill her dreams. Through her the tribal Munda people of the

Sunderban Forest may be able to have a nice brick built house sooner or

later.

Minoti

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5. The flowers in the garden

We planted many flowers in our garden some days ago. We water them

every day… let’s see how long they will last !

6. The new dish TV

Nilima who was in charge of this place during Fr. Luigi’s absence made

arrangements for a new dish TV which has replaced the old one which

was not working properly.

Now we can watch several Bangladeshi and Indian channels.

We hope this dish TV won’t disturb our studies too much…!

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The g ir ls s taying at J isur Nam Ashram

wish our readers a Joyful Year 2015!

Comments, advice and suggestions about our Newsletter are welcome and can be sent to these e-mail addresses:

chandonamunda@gmail.com

champamunda@gmail.com

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