Salesian Province of Bangalore Launches DREAM Project

Bangalore, 2021 Nov 22 To raise awareness among youngsters and children on the consequences of drug abuse and digital addiction, BREADS (Bangalore Rural Education And Development Society), the development office of the Salesian Province of Bangalore, launched the DREAM (Drug Rehabilitation Education And Mentoring) project on November 20, 2021, at Don Bosco Vaduthala, the Valdocco of Bangalore Province. The DREAM Project was inaugurated and launched by Nelson, Joint Excise Commissioner of Crime Branch, Ernakulam. FatherJose Koyickal, Provincial, Bangalore Province, released the logo.  Read More »
Bastin Nellissery

Salesian News Asia-Pacific YouTube Version Launched
Kolkata, 2021 Sep 21 Salesian News Asia Pacific, which started as a podcast during the first wave of Covid-19 on May 24, 2020, has launched its first YouTube version on September 19, 2021, marking its 70th uninterrupted episode.  Read More »
Paul CHERUTHOTTUPURAM

Bosco Shramika Mitra, Don Bosco Navajeevan Organise Free Vaccination Drive
Hyderabad, 2021 Sep 13 In the wake of the alarming pandemic, a free vaccination drive is materialised for the poor on September 11-12, 2021. The vaccines were administered at three places in Hyderabad: AGI Glass Factory - Motinagar, St Theresa's Church - Sanathnagar, and Don Bosco Human Resource Development Centre - Gagillapur.  Read More »
Yerramaneni Baly

Salesian Intervention Sees Eye Surgery Miracle After 33 Months
Kolkata, Siliguri, 2021 Aug 20 ''If it was not for Father U P Sebastian and Father Mathew George, and the kindness of Madam Petra, the miracle of the restoration of my eyesight would never have happened,'' said Darshan Oraon, a 21-year-old youngster after the eye surgery. Darshan hailing from Oodlabari tea gardens in North Bengal had to undergo surgery for his eye for an injury of 33 months old. His insatiable desire to learn to ride a motorbike ended in a tragedy when a speeding motorbike hit him from behind, throwing him off the road and causing severe injury to his face and eye on that ill-fated day in December 2018.  Read More »
C.M. Paul

Salesians Reach Out to Tribal Families on Don Bosco's Birthday
Hyderabad, 2021 Aug 16 On the Birthday of Don Bosco, August 16, the Don Bosco Navajeevan administrator and the collaborators reached out to the tribal families in a remote village, Mettapalem, in Visakhapatnam and distributed provisions, masks, and awareness materials on Covid.  Read More »
YERRAMANENI Baly

Don Bosco Navajeevan (DBNJ) Releases Poster on Migrants at Hyderabad
Hyderabad, 2021 Aug 11 An initiative of Don Bosco Organization, supported by the SPCSA and Bosconet, to work for the safety, security and well being of Migrants was started on July 01, 2021 under the banner ''Bosco Shramika Mitra'' at Don Bosco Navajeevan, Bhoiguda, Hyderabad. Recording the profile of a migrant worker and building a healthy rapport with them is the sole aim of this endeavour.  Read More »
YERRAMANENI Baly

Youth Centre Turns into Corona Care Centre, Run by Salesian Family
Shillong, 2021 Jul 08 Don Bosco Youth Centre, the educational-recreational hub in Shillong, has turned into a Corona Care Centre for those infected by Covid-19. The Centre became functional on May 6, 2021, under the leadership of its director Father Michael Makri, and assisted by five lay collaborators and the members of the Salesian Family, the Salesian Sisters (FMA) and the MSMHC Sisters. The Centre provides essential services to the post-Covid-19 patients who have completed the Covid-19 treatment from different hospitals.  Read More »
Michael Makri

Lessons on Covid-19 Precautions to Migrants in Visakhapatnam
Hyderabad, 2021 Jun 10 Don Bosco Navajeevan, Visakhapatnam, organised an awareness camp on 'Covid-19 precautions' for the migrant workers in Thatichetlapalem. Father Salibindla Balashowry, the Director, spoke to the migrants on the need for wearing the mask, regular hand wash, and social distancing. He further explained the symptoms of Covid-19, home quarantine and vaccination using posters published by Navajeevan.  Read More »
YERRAMANENI Baly

COVID Care for Children at Don Bosco Shelter Goa
Panjim, 2021 May 31 Various child-focused organisations such as Margaret Bosco Bal Sadan (MBBS), Catalyst for Social Action, Human Touch Foundation, Children's Right in Goa, Childline Goa and Konkan Development Society have joined hands in caring for children during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Goa.  Read More »
Francis Xavier