Purpose:
To create a new society of happy individuals, families & communities to promote compassionate love to all; especially to the underprivileged by educating, empowering, organizing & supporting the people for their holistic development. Through socio-pastoral, educational & health ministry.
Vision : Creating a new society with compassionate love
Mission : To create a new society of happy individuals, families & communities to promote compassionate love to all; especially to the underprivileged by educating, empowering, organizing & supporting the people for their holistic development.
Motto : Love made fruitful in service
Social-cultural background:
Mainalli is a remote village. We are working with Siddis, Gowlies, Muslims, vadders, Marathas, Dongricrasi & Lamanies. Siddies are people of African origin who were deported, victims of slave trade settled in the North Karnataka forest since 16th century. With our intervention and working with likeminded groups, the Siddis are being helped to get Scheduled Tribe status in 2005. Gowlies are engaged in cattle rearing as well as farmers. Vadders are stone cutters and farmers. Lamanies are another wandering tribe engaged largely in construction and road building work. People lack decent houses to live, sustaining food, basic health facilities, economic resources, self- esteem, identity, and social standing. Most of these people go away in summer to Goa, Mangalore, Kerala or to some other towns to earn their livelihood.
Convent Services
The sisters actively engage in outreach programs, reaching out to the marginalized and underprivileged. They organize and manage welfare activities, empowering communities through compassion and care.
Dedicated to spiritual guidance, the sisters support faith formation and personal growth. They lead prayer services, retreats, and provide emotional and moral support to those in need.
OUR GALLERY
We warmly welcome you to reach out to us. Whether you have questions, need support, or seek spiritual guidance, our doors are always open. At our Convent, we are dedicated to serving with love and compassion, inspired by faith and a commitment to the community. Let us walk together in the light of Christ's teachings.
Holy Cross Convent Mainalli post, Mundgod-581349, North Karanataka
mainalliholycrosssisters@gmail.com
Social Work
Service 1
We have 34 SHG’s for women & 6 SHG’s for men & youth. In addition to encouraging women for self-employment and giving them handholding support to get subsidy loans & revolving funds for SHG’s, we train them on various thematic issues such as Health, Sanitation and Education. Lately we have been able to sensitize them about front line and burning issues of Human Trafficking, Migration, Substance Abuse, Addictions to Social Media, Legal Awareness on the Right to Protection and Safety of Women in the context of rise in violence against women, Mental Health Issue like Depression, its causes, symptoms and treatment, Impact of Parenting Style on Children’s Holistic Growth, Importance of Expressing Emotions, Understanding Love Languages in Enhancing Marital satisfaction, Understanding Love Languages to Better Adaptability.
2.Lokmanch work:
It was started in 2015. Lokmanch is a platform for the people. With the collaboration of Jesuit priests in Mundgod we work together to strengthen the dignity & expand the rights of the tribals, women, minorities & other marginalized communities, by capacitating them to become informed citizens, using access to government entitlements as a tool. Through this project we have created 60 village leaders in 30 villages to work for the welfare of their communities especially to tap the schemes which are available from the govt. We have stepped into 4th Phase of Lokmanch project titled Ensuring Social Protection & Building Climate Resilient Communities. We work for 3 campaigns namely-
1.Mother & Child Nutrition
2.Strengthening the School Development & Monitoring Committee
3.Health Campaign under which demand for a Government Primary Health Centre is plac
3.Counselling Centre:
We have 18 students in our hostel from the surrounding villages. We give basic education and try to tend to their overall development. We counsel the students and their parent’s on a regular basis for the healthy and holistic growth of the family. We also help the families resolve their disputes and couples enhance their marital bond in the neighbourhood.
4.Siddi women Quilt group:
started in 2005, We have a group of Christian & Muslim siddi women who prepare quilts in order to earn some income. Using many vibrant colors from clothing fabrics, this creative art includes all the colors of life in different hues and shades. Siddi quilts are highly individualistic and creative art, yet the quilters share many clear and precise opinions about quality and beauty. These quilts are exported to abroad. They utilize their income to educate their children. Our quilters now own Artisan ID Cards called Pehachan Cards which helps them avail government schemes and trainings.
5.Sponsorship programmes & supporting higher education of the youth:
We are supporting 41 children under Afro- Indian Alliance from USA among whom 12 are helped in professional studies, 19 are helped pursue primary & higher primary education. Seven tuition centres in the surrounding villages of Mainalli and 10 staff are supported by AIA.