In Memory

Although we have lost you, you are not forgotten, you are always in our heart. With love from all of us ...

Mr. Anil Monohar Marandi was born in Konardi village, Gola block Ramgarh, the only son in a poor illiterate farmers family. Anil is one of the first Santhal graduate in Hazaribagh district. He mainly did development work among the Santhals. He joined the organization full time in 1982 and became one of the founders and eventually to become the first president of the organization CASS jointly founded.

Because of him, today the Santhals have an identity. He was a simple man, always smiling and people oriented. His heart was filled with empathy and compassion which brought him to organize the first football matches for the Santhal youth. Being leader, he was invited to chair many social events. He was known as an intellectual man, skilled, simple yet very profound. He was gifted in conflict resolution and also empowered people to resolve their issues. He was a loved by the community but most of all by his family.

Ms. Domonica Tirkey was the daughter of a Bahadur Tirkey, born on April 30th, 1936 in a village Bagmaria in Gumla district. She was the youngest of the three sisters. She did her education in Gumla Mission School. Since 1981, she was in Hazaribagh. She taught mainly in the village government school and gave education to the children. Her contribution to the children of Kasiadih will never be forgotten by the people. She will remain an inspiration for her hard work which is reflected in the present youth that are employed due to her teaching and mentoring. The children miss her even today.

Germaine Alphonse a “Poona girl” travelled many a path to find the one she sort – relevance. She moved into the forests of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand where she finally settled to work and be one with the Santhals. Stubbornly determined she stuck deep there to serve the people being dispossessed and pauperized by the outside world. To empower them, she built a school, a boarding, a chain of health workers, a clinic and micro credit groups for women.

In Memory

-JOHAR-