CCO Profile - Prerna Samaj Kendra, Dongri

Director: Fr. Peter D'cunha

Fr. Peter D'cunha is the Parish Priest and Director of Prerana Samaj Kendra, Dongri. He has been associated with social work for the past 15 years and is a catholic priest for the past 20 years. He has worked with various sections of the poor and marginalized in parishes that he has served and promoted their issues through the various CCOs he has been associated with. 

Prerana Samaj Kendra - Dongri CCO Staff Profile: 

Justina Rinkoo Naik has completed her SSC from the secondary school at Bhayander. Soon after her schooling, she worked as domestic worker at Mumbai and Israel. At present she was working with the Dongri CCO as a community animator at Prerna Social Centre at Dongri. These communities were focused on the issues related to women, children and senior citizens. She is very fluent in Hindi, English, Marathi, Hebrew and the local Marathi dialect of Dharavi Island. She is very much interested to work with women and elderly people and her hobby is dancing and cooking.

Manisha Joseph Kharjia has completed her TYBA in arts from St. Ghonsalo Garica College at Vasai and she also completed her diploma in Social Work from College of Social Work Nirmala Niketan. At present she is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Indhra Gandhi National Open University. 

She has been working at Prerna Social Centre at Dongri as a Community Animator from the last one and half years. These communities have focused their interventions on issues related to women, children, and senior citizens. She is very much likes to work with the women and children. She is fluent in Hindi, English, Marathi and the local Marathi dialect of Dharavi Island and her hobbies are dancing and interacting with new people.