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1st Phase

MONTFORT BROTHERS OF ST.GABRIEL,CENTRAL INDIA, entered in the tribal belt of Seetampetta Mandal, Srikakulam Dt of Andhra in India in 1983 under the leadership of Br.M.K.Mathew and Sebastian Kurvanmakkal.

They chose Manapuram village as their place of residence. At that time there was 60 families in Manapuram all belonging to Savara tribe.

Later on many Brothers joined them namely C.D.Varghese,Chinnappa Reddy,Monson Kuriakose,Benny,Pius,Bala Basker,Hruday Kumar,Ravi Kumar, K.K.Thomas,Anthony Reddy, Bala Showry.

They inserted themselves in to the life of the tribals by living a simple life. In course of time Brothers were the centre of all activity in the village. The people of Manapuram and neighbouring villages accepted us, as one among them. We mainly concentrated in the areas of health, education and developmental activities.

After 8 years of our mission, as per our original plan and ideology, also to help the people to stand on their feet we shifted to Mamidi mana guda in Kurupam Mandal of Vizanagaram Dt.in 1991.

2nd Phase

Mamidimanaguda or M M Guda is 30 KM from manapuram inhabited by the same Savara tribe.Once again Br.Mathew led the team. Many brothers worked in this place. They include Bros.Augustine,Suresh Reddy,Monson,A.Anthony Reddy,Benny,Arogyam,K.K.Thomas,Sebatian Kuruvanmakkil,B.Joseph.We continued with the mission with same objectives and method.

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