GTSSS believes education is a birthright of every child. GTSSS has established three Primary schools, three High Schools, two Junior Colleges, two Vocational Colleges, and a General Nursing School. A Technical School is in the process of opening. GTSSS provides a quality education to orphans and needy children totally free of cost – at the same time, provides employment to qualified teaching and non-teaching staff who are serving in these educational institutions. All of our educational institutions are recognized by the Government.
GRACE MISSION SCHOOL:
Grace Mission School at Manuguru was opened on 9th of June 2004. At the present time, 500 children are receiving quality English Medium Education in this school. 30 people work in the school and provide education.
Per month, we need $4285 /£3529/ €3749 to pay salaries and expenses.
GRACE CHILDREN SCHOOL - THANIKELLA:
Grace Children’s School was opened in June 2007, at Grace Premises Tanikella of Khammam District. Currently, 1296 children are studying in this school and receiving quality education. 40 people work in the school, which includes both teaching and non-teaching positions.
Per month, we need $5714 /£4705/ €5000 to pay salaries and expenses.
GRACE CHILDREN SCHOOL - HYDERABAD:
Grace Children’s School was opened in June 2015, at Koheda village of Hyderabad. At the present time, 1178 children are studying in this school and receiving quality education. 40 people work in the school, which includes both teaching and non-teaching.
Per month, we need $5714 /£4705/ €5000 to pay salaries and expenses.
GRACE JUNIOR COLLEGES - THANIKELLA:
Grace Junior College was opened in June 2011, at GTSSS Grace Campus, Thanikella village of Khammam. Here, we provide Junior College Education to the boys and girls who have finished 10th Level Education on the same campus. Some students come from the community. Here, we provide Groups as M.P.C., Bi.P.C., C.E.C., H.E.C… It is recognized by the Board of Intermediate Education. About 600 students study in this Junior college.
GRACE VOCATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGES - THANIKELLA:
Grace Vocational Junior College was opened in February 2010, at GTSSS Grace Campus, Thanikella village of Khammam. Here we provide a Basic Nursing two year program (M.P.H.W (F)) and a Basic Lab Technician Training program (MLT). It is recognized by the Board of Intermediate Education. About 300 students study in this Junior College. We are very thankful to the Hakala family for providing us with this beautiful facility.
GENERAL NURSING:
Abhyudaya School of Nursing is one of the wings of GTSSS, located at Grace Campus, Thanikella village of Konijerla Mandal, Khammam District. Through this school, we provide 3 ½ years General Nursing Program to the orphans and needy girls who are interested in this profession. On 29th of January 2017, we opened a beautiful and spacious building facility for this purpose. Local Parliament Member was present as our guest for this program. We have well trained and dedicated staff working at this Nursing school. About 150 students study in the Nursing School.
GRACE TECHNICAL SCHOOL (ITI):
Grace Technical School is officially known as Grace Industrial Training Institute. Since 2016, we have been working on the process of opening this Technical School. Finally Government approved with affiliation. Grace Technical School admissions are in the process and classes will be started from August 2019. We are approved by the Government to run 4 Trades i.e., Electrician, Fitter, Diesel Mechanic and Welder. Total of 18 Units. In the future We will continually develop this Technical School to provide them with professional Skills. Currently Students Hostel Building facility is under construction.
Water wells:
Water wells project started in the year 2001 to provide backward tribal villages with fresh and clean drinking water in the Name of Jesus Christ. So far, we have made about 1300 water wells in poorer and rural villages. Poor people are very thankful for the clean water.
GTSSS invites local officials for the opening of each water well and maintains a record of every water well dug from the very beginning. Local people take the responsibility of future repairs and maintenance of the water wells. Still many villages and colonies request us to come and help them with water wells.
To make water well: Cost $1000 /£750 /€900.
Elderly people Care:
GTSSS is currently running two homes for elderly people – one is at Yettapaka village of Yettapaka Mandal of East Godavari District, and second one is at Hemachandrapuram. Leprosy colony is in Bhadradri Kothagudem District. In two places, we love and care for 45 elderly people. In the first home, elderly people live on the campus with a dedicated team which helps them around the clock. In the second location, since we do not have building facilities enough, elderly people return to their communities for night stay.
GTSSS invites local officials for the opening of each water well and maintains a record of every water well dug from the very beginning. Local people take the responsibility of future repairs and maintenance of the water wells. Still many villages and colonies request us to come and help them with water wells.
Approximate cost for each elderly people’s home per month: $1500 /£1235 /€1312.
Care for Leprosy Sufferers:
GTSSS work started in the Leprosy colonies on 26th January 1997. We provide them with rice, provisions, medical care, and distribution of clothes. GTSSS also built homes for leprosy sufferers. Currently, we are working in 46 leprosy colonies and trying to help them as much as our resources allow.
Per month it cost $1000 /£642/ €750 per each colony to help them with rice, medicine and provisions.
Tanugula Leprosy Colony:
We have helped 22 leprosy families with RCC roofed building facilities for each family which opened in April 2015. These families are now living safely. They are so thankful.
Medical Aid:
GTSSS has a Mobile Medical Clinic Project which consists of a medical doctor, two nurses, a supervisor, a driver, and an ambulance. This project was launched on January 19, 2008. This medical team constantly helps the leper colonies and poor villages by providing free medical help.
Apart from this, we also organize Mega Medical Camps with the cooperation of government officials and provide medical help to thousands of needy people. We also provided artificial limbs to poor men and women who have lost their limbs in accidents or for other reasons. The people are so thankful for free medical assistance.
Future Plans:
We are praying and planning to start a 20 bed hospital with four doctors. Gradually, we plan to develop this project as a General Hospital with 700 Beds and all needful departments
Bible School:
The founder of GTSSS, Brother Jacob Marineni, started first Bible Training program under a mango tree with 15 students in November 1994. From that humble beginning, so far 1568 students have been trained in our Grace Burning Heart Bible School from which 1052 are working in full time ministry and planting churches.
GTSSS is training local men and women and equipping them through Bible Training and sending them into the mission field to places where the message of Jesus is yet unknown.
How can you partner with us?
- To provide food for a month for a Bible college student, the cost is RS2500 (US $50/£32 /€40)
- To support a group of 100 students for one month course RS.250,000 (US $5000/£3125 /€3571
- To support a group of 100 students for 10 Month course Rs.2,500,000 (US $ 50,000/ £31,250 /€35,710)
- When newly graduated pastors go out into the mission field to establish a church, there are no believers and no church. Therefore, they have to start a new work. We provide support to these new pastors for four to five years, or until they are able to derive enough support from the newly established church.
Our Future plans:
We are praying and planning to establish a Theological Seminary at Hyderabad with five year Divinity program, to train men and women from all over India and Asia.
Church Planting:
GTSSS is training, equipping, sending, providing tools and establishing local churches. Since 1994, GTSSS has trained 1568 students in the Grace Burning Heart Bible School from which 1052 are fulltime local missionaries and another 200 evangelists spreading the Gospel. As result, 1508 church and local branches have been planted in the past 24 years.
GTSSS is providing bicycles, motor bikes, hand microphones, gospel vans (Automobiles) to the local missionaries. We also provide building village mission projects, such as church building, pastor’s family quarters, toilet, bathroom and water well.
By financial support:
Prayer support and financial support is needed for the Local Missionaries – those who are working in the poorer areas and developing new churches.
(1) To support a missionary family per month $100 or any support.
(2) To support a Bicycle – $80 /£50 /€70.
(3) To support a Motor Bike – $1000 /£800 /€900.
(4) To support a Hand Mike $150 /£100 /€120.
(5) To support a Gospel Van $5500 /£4500 /€5000.
(6) To Build Village Mission Project – $16500/£13600 /€14500.
Sustainability:
GTSSS is a faith based organization totally dependent on contributions – without any financial support from the Government. Growing work is constantly demanding much time and more resources. As growing work is demanding more time and resources, GTSSS team prayerfully planned some self sustainable projects such as Rice Fields and Layer (Eggs) Chicken farm to create work and support the ministry. This is only the beginning, but in the future we will be searching better business opportunities to support the work from local support.
Rice Fields: Per day we need about 2400 kilos of rice to feed orphan children and staff. If we are able to purchase rice fields, we can feed our children and those that we minister to and provide work.
GTSSS has established a Broiler Chicken Farm where we are raising Chicken for meats also operating Layer (Eggs) poultry farm. By running these chicken farms, a number of people got jobs. Thereby, farm also provides eggs to the children living under GTSSS care and supporting some of the needs of GTSSS through the income.
Future Plans:
We are sincerely praying and putting vision of establishing 700 Beds Hospital, training college for Medical professionals and helping thousands of people every day with medical needs. It is a big vision that we have in our hearts for the future. To start this project, it will cost huge financial resources; however, it will pay off in long run. Such project will impact thousands of people every day for many decades and bring great influence of medical professionals in the country. We request all dear ones to contribute your suggestions and guidance for this future project.