Don Bosco Anbu Illam, Salem reunites a former bonded child labourer with parents after 11 years |
| 10/12/2020. INM #N.9544 Posted by ROSARIO Ernest , Chennai News in BOSCO Out Reach, Education, Social Ministry, Success Story, Youth, Youth at Risk
Tears of joy rolled down the eyes of the mother Vijaya and father Thangaraja 48 as they took back their son Meganathan 22 whom they left with a locally powerful debtor along with his younger brother when they were barely ten and nine years of age.
The emotional reunion took place in Don Bosco Anbu Illam (DBAI), Salem on Wednesday, formally in the presence of Ms. Uma Maheswari, District Child Protection Officer, Mr. Dass, Chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, and Fr. Dr.Casimir Raj Director, DBAI, Salem.
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Bangalore Province Releases Child Safeguarding Policies |
| 18/10/2020. INK #N.9506 Posted by Bastin Nellissery, Bangalore News in BOSCO Out Reach, ChildEducare, Counselling, Education, Education Higher , Education School, Rector Major, Salesian Society, SPCSA
The Planning and Development Organisation (PDO; BREADS Bangalore) of the Province of Bangalore, to provide clarity through relevant policies to accomplish its goals, has drafted and released the Child Safeguarding Policies (CSPs) as supportive references for child-related sectors in the Province. The CSPs are for various sectors in the Province like childcare institutions, social work centres, schools, colleges, skill training centres, parishes, aspirantates, pre-novitiate, novitiate, philosophates, and the theologate.. Read More »
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BLESSING AND INAUGURATION OF DON BOSCO CENTRE, KANPUR |
| 12/10/2020. INN #N.9502 Posted by Thoombalan Babu Varghese, New Delhi News in BOSCO Out Reach, Agencies, BOSCO, DBYES, Development Office, Marginalized, Procure, Projects, Skills Training, Social Development, Youth at Risk
On 10th October, 2020, the Salesian Province of New Delhi inaugurated the new Don Bosco Centre at Maharajpur Nagar in Kanpur, the commercial capital of Uttar Pradesh. The centre will facilitate training of poor boys and girls and organize activities such as Personality Building, Social & Self Awareness programmes, Critical & Creative Thinking, Skill Development, Group Building, Basic Health Care and Psycho Social support.. Read More »
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Don Bosco Network South Asia-BOSCONET Annual Provincial Development Offices (PDO) Meet to Chalk Out Roadmap |
| 22/08/2020. INB #N.9457 Posted by Chris Valentino, Mumbai News in BOSCO Out Reach, Agencies, BOSCO, Development Office
The Don Bosco Network-BOSCONET Annual Provincial Development Office (PDO) Meet was held on 20 August 2020. The online video conference saw the participation of 11 PDO offices, alongwith BOSCONET Provincial In-charge Father Agilan Sarprasadam [INT] and BOSCONET staff. The meeting began with BOSCONET DIrector Father Noel Maddhichetty and Asst. Director Father Santhan Ubagram welcoming all the participants and inviting Father Jayaprakash-Director, Bosco Reach Out, to lead the prayer. Father Sarprasadam extended appreciation to BOSCONET for raising funds to facilitate Don Bosco India's relief operations during the pandemic. The PDOs were lauded for carrying out COVID-19 emergency relief work on a massive scale across India. . Read More »
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Hyderabad Salesians Reach Out to Rain-Affected in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana |
| 21/08/2020. INH #N.9454 Posted by YERRAMANENI Baly, Hyderabad News in BOSCO Out Reach, BOSCO, Development Office, Disasters, Ecology, Life and Health, Projects, Social Life
Don Bosco institutions at Warangal and Ravulapalem, with assistance from Bosco Seva Kendra [BSK] are reaching put to the people who have been severely affected due to the rains, especially in Warangal District, which includes Hanumankonda, Kazipet and Warangal towns. The Salesian communities which have been in existence for the past 25 years in Warangal and East Godavari districts, are engaged in the relief work for 1000 flood victims and their families.
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New Shillong Province Development Office Building Inaugurated |
| 13/08/2020. INS #N.9445 Posted by Michael Makri, Shillong News in BOSCO Out Reach, Administration, Agencies, BOSCO, Bosco Training , ChildEducare, Development Office, Marginalized, Procure, Projects, Self Help Groups, Skills Training, Social Ministry, Youth, Youth at Risk, Youth Groups
The new Province Development Office (PDO) building of the Salesian Province of Shillong or commonly known as the Bosco Integrated Development Society (BIDS) was finally inaugurated on 12 August 2020 by Shri Charles Pyngrope, MLA Nongthymmai Constituency, and was blessed by Shillong Salesian Provincial Father Paul Olphindro Lyngkot.. Read More »
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Don Bosco Network-South Asia COVID-19 Solidarity Relief Sustains 1.59 Million Across India |
| 03/07/2020. INB #N.9418 Posted by Chris Valentino, Mumbai News in BOSCO Out Reach, Administration, Agencies, BOSCO, Development Office, Disasters, Procure, Projects, Social Ministry, SPCSA, The Regional
India has 220,114 active cases of COVID-19 and 17400 deaths as of 01 July 2020 (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI). News flashes and ambulance sirens cause stress levels to rise. Few states in the country continue to impose lockdowns to control the escalating cases of infection, while most others have lifted restrictions.
Though people can now come out into public and are free to move around, things are no longer the same. Livelihoods have vanished for a huge population of daily wagers across the country, affecting their very survival. For most middle-class people, incomes have been affected. Regular commodities are more expensive and petrol prices soaring.
In the midst of this very volatile situation, the Don Bosco Network through its 11 Don Bosco planning and development partners (PDOs) across various states, geographies, cultures and economies, is keeping its ear to the ground, listening carefully to conversations for indications coming from the people. To be effectively helpful in the current context, we require to understand and formulate responses to various situations. The Don Bosco Network across India is doing just that.. Read More »
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BEADS Don Bosco Lucknow Relief Aid for Marginalised Snake Charmers |
| 12/06/2020. INN #N.9398 Posted by Thoombalan Babu Varghese, New Delhi News in BOSCO Out Reach, Agencies, Development Office, Disasters, Ecology, Justice and Human Rights, Lifestyle, Marginalized, Social Development, Social Life, Social Ministry, Youth at Risk
Bosco Educational and Development Society (BEADS) team from Don Bosco Technical Institute, Mohanlalganj-Lucknow District in Uttar Pradesh, distributed food 06 kilometres away from its premises, in Sausiran village under the Banthra Police Station jurisdiction.
Sausiran village long considered as the 'village of snake charmers'is presently pushed to the brink of marginalisation, with a total loss of sustained livelihood and cultural articulation. COVID-19 and its disastrous aftermath has added to the misery of the semi-nomadic people whose survival is at stake. . Read More »
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Chennai Salesians 'Relief With Dignity' Sustains Migrants |
| 05/06/2020. INB #N.9390 Posted by Chris Valentino, Mumbai News in BOSCO Out Reach, Agronomy/Agrotech, Development Office, Disasters, Marginalized, Projects, Social Development, Social Ministry
The devastating COVID-19 gobal pandemic triggered off a humanitarian criss of unprecedented proportions across the globe. It was more severe in India, where people migrate in search of jobs and livelihood almsot on a daily basis. These were left stranded, distressed and desolate in the wake of the COVID-19. In this deplorable scenario, the Chennai Salesians [INM], through theier Province Planning and Development Office [PDO], conceived of a novel idea to sustain these vulnerable stranded. . Read More »
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Don Bosco Childline Organises COVID-19 Awareness on Delhi Streets |
| 30/05/2020. INN #N.9383 Posted by Thoombalan Babu Varghese, New Delhi News in BOSCO Out Reach, Agencies, BOSCO, Disasters, Life and Health, Lifestyle, Marginalized, Social Development, Social Life, Social Ministry, Youth at Risk
Don Bosco Childline, New Delhi organized a social awareness programme on COVID-19 on the streets of Delhi on 29 May, 2020. The resource persons informed the local people about the origin, transmission, symptoms and prevention of COVID-19.. Read More »
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