Prerana School - the place

Board announcing Prerana's mission in Marathi

The main gate to the school has the board of Prerana in the local language Marathi. As we walk inside, we see the foundation stone laid long back in 2002 by the saintly Theodosius Thirumeni and also the inscription bearing the innauguration by the saintly Osthathios Thirumeni, both of whom have now  finished their earthly race and are with the Lord. We pass the main office of Prerana, pass the play yard for the children before we come to the main building and the class room and living area of the children.

The main assembly hall is on the ground floor where the assembly of the children are held. This area, as I learnt, also doubles up as the sleeping area for the boys.

Currently there are 42 students of Prerana who also live in Prerana. Out of these the boys have to sleep in the main assembly hall because of a problem in their living quarters, which I explain here.

The kitchen and dining areas for the children are adjacent to the main assembly hall. On the first floor there are living quarters, one of which is used by Fr. Yohannan and his family. Apart from these there are a couple of guest rooms in this area. Besides these there are a few more guest rooms in the adjacent building, (which were used by the German students who had been on a project work there and were leaving when I had arrived)



play area

On the first floor also is the way to the adjacent building which is the living quarters for the children. Currently this building hosts the living area for the girls only.

Outside there is a beautiful orange orchard.  There are several classrooms where the individual classes are held during the day. According to the aptitude of the children, they are placed in different classes.

There is a bus that takes the children who are day scholars to school in the morning and back to their homes after the classes. The play area has a slide, and other equipments that the kids use in recreation.



A section of the girls' dorm