Għaqda Storika

Kulturali Marsa

Marsa

Cultural &

Historical

Society

The Marsa Cultural and Historical Society was founded in 2001 by Michael Saliba and Walter Glynn - the main scope was to set up a committee of volunteers to safeguard the Town, Culture and History. Eventually they set up this NGO - they started working on recording and preserving the history of this town and its people. They also saw the need to act as vigilant about all that is of historical value and also to promote culture in general within the people of Marsa.

The main activities of the committee are:

Organizing talks about important historical events.
Organizing Cultural Tours.
Cleaning up historical artifacts and zones within the area.
Gathering recording and preserving first hand information from senior citizens about past events.
Building up our own archives which will include not only our own documentation but also information about all the other social cultural societies in Marsa.

Throughout the years Marsa has been the hub of industrialization - our sea shores were turned into a main Port and other areas into industrial areas. Our main aim as an NGO is to see that while respecting the walks of progress our home town does not suffer. Marsa is very rich in history but unfortunately our riches have been ignored and are now buried under buildings in the name of progress!!!!!

Our dream is to set up a museum to house and preserve all this important history under one roof - for us and for the rest of Malta.

As a team we are constantly striving to promote culture in general - we take part in activities organized by other Marsa Social groups, regularly attend meetings with the local council and publish all our works in a leaflet to update all members.

The twinning of our home town - Marsa - is with Bridgewater in the UK

L-Għaqda Storika Kulturali Marsa ġiet imwaqqfa fl-2001 mill-fundaturi Michael Saliba u Walter Glynn. L-iskop aħħari tagħhom kien u għadu li fil-Marsa tinbet għaqda li tibda tieħu interess bis-serjeta fl-istorja, il-kultura u l-ambjent tal-Marsa u kien għalhekk li dawn iffurmaw statut u kumitat li ilu għaddej għal dawn is-snin kollha, jaħdem u jistinka biex iġib l-istorja tal-Marsa, niesha u ġrajjietha l-quddiem.

Fis-sena 2012 l-Għaqda ħtiegilha li tkun miżmuma bħalha NGO sabiex tkompli, kif ukoll tkun rikonoxxuta f'ħidmitha. L-iskop tal-Għaqda hu li torganizza taħdidiet fuq temi differenti fosthom l-istorja tal-Marsa u anki ta' Malta, torganiżża ħarġiet edukattivi u kulturali, kif ukoll tindif u ħarsien ta' żoni storiċi madwar il-Marsa. L-Għaqda tiġbor ukoll rakkonti u ġrajjiet mingħand anzjani Marsin sabiex iż-żgħażagħ tal-ġejjieni jkunu jafu ħajjiet l-imgħoddi. Jinġabru wkoll dokumenti ta' storja konnessi mal-Marsa, kif ukoll kull materjal mis-Soċjetajiet u l-Għaqdiet kollha tal-Marsa, biex dawn ikunu parti minn arkivju li qed jinbena għal benefiċju tal-Marsin tal-ġejjieni.

Għanijiet u skopijiet hemm ħafna iktar pero' biex tagħmel dan mhux flus biss trid, imma wkoll ħila, xogħol u determinajzzoni. Għandna ħafna ħolm sabiħ jistenniena, u nemmnu li dan jista' jsir realtà. Nemmnu wkoll li wara li il-Marsa għaddiet minn trawma tal-progress li seħħ matul is-snin, peress li l-ekonomija ta' pajjiżna użat id-daħliet tal-Marsa bħala port u żoni industrijali, filwaqt ftit li xejn ingħata każ tal-wirt storiku Marsi, bħal fdalijiet ta' żmien ir-Rumani u l-Feniċi, il-Marsa spiċċat raħal fejn il-patrimonju arkeoloġiku ġie minsi u midfun.