BREADS Facilitates Public-Private Partnerships for an Addiction-Free Kerala

7 March 2024

Agencies, Life and Health, Youth,

BREADS (Bangalore Rural Education And Development Society) and Kerala State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) jointly organised a State-level Stakeholders’ Workshop on February 29 in Thiruvananthapuram to discuss the status of substance use among the youth in Kerala and the measures needed to address the issue. The Workshop facilitated the active participation of 178 stakeholders from government departments and NGOs.

- BREADS, Bangalore

Job Fair for Differently-abled

9 May 2022

Agencies, BOSCO Out Reach, Social Development,

Don Bosco Job Placement Network (JPN), in collaboration with Bangalore Rural Education and Development Society (BREADS), organised a unique service for the community of differently-abled job seekers in Bangalore on April 29, 2022. Together with Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, JPN organised an exclusive job fair in Bell Hotel – Majestic for more than 100 candidates with varying levels of disability.

- Cheryl Bartholomeus

YESS Forum to be held on Earth Day

14 April 2022

Agencies, BOSCO Out Reach, Development Office, Youth,

The YESS Forum 2022 [Youth Empowerment for Sustainability and Social Impact], a hybrid summit, will be held on Earth Day, April 22, 2022. The Forum launched by Bosconet will unfold the sustainability landscape of Don Bosco Network along with its CSR partners. It will showcase innovative models and initiatives undertaken by non-profits, start-ups, corporate CSR teams, and other stakeholders in education, sustainable livelihoods, environment, and women empowerment. The discussions from this Forum will guide actors in the development sector to incorporate proven models and innovative ideas in their interventions aimed at marginalized youth.

- Bastin

Salesian Parish Reaches Relief to Sundarban Village People

10 November 2021

Agencies, BOSCO Out Reach, Disasters, Marginalized, Parish / Church, Self Help Groups, Social Development, Social Life, Social Ministry,

The Salesians and Missionaries of Charity Sisters from Boys Town Gangarampur, West Bengal, distributed relief materials at Sundarbans some 75 km from Diamond Harbour on November 8, 2021. The materials consist of rice, dal, oil, blankets and medicines given to 90 families.

- Fr Sunil Lakra

Salesian Intervention Sees Eye Surgery Miracle After 33 Months

20 August 2021

Agencies, Disasters, Life and Health, Marginalized, Projects, Success Story, Young at Risk, Youth,

``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.

- C.M. Paul

AIDA Dimapur and SBI Sanjeevani Provides Free Medical Care in Rural Areas

26 July 2021

Agencies, BOSCO Out Reach, Development Office, Disasters, Justice and Human Rights, Life and Health, Marginalized, Media, Missions, Procure, Projects, Salesian Family, Self Help Groups, Social Development, Social Life, Social Ministry, Success Story, The Regional,

AIDA Dimapur and SBI Sanjeevani, a Mobile Medical Van which was launched on July 1, has visited nine villages and provided free check-up and medicine from July 12 - 24.

- Madathiparambil Jose Thomas

Don Bosco Alumnus from India Judge Invention Convention US Nationals

28 May 2021

Agencies, Appointments, BOSCO Out Reach, Curricula Development, Development Office, Education Dept, Education School, Education Technical, Formation, Projects, Skills Training, Success Story, Youth,

Dr George Panicker, an Alumnus of Don Bosco Kolkata and Capt. Shaji Sebastian are the two Judges from India presently judging the 6th Annual Raytheon Technologies Invention Convention US Nationals concluded on May 28, 2021. The Convention is powered by The Henry Ford Competition, with more than 400 finalists from across the United States showcasing their inventions.

- C.M. Paul

Meals on Wheels by BOSCO Delhi

26 May 2021

Agencies, BOSCO, BOSCO Out Reach, Development Office, Job Placement, Life and Health, Marginalized,

The Covid-19 pandemic lockdown has made the poor in Delhi struggle for food. Nutritious and decent meals are a distant reality for them. Often those admitted in the hospitals and the bystanders go hungry. Meals on wheels by BOSCO Delhi is a respite for these ordinary people who have gone cashless.

- Fr. Babu Varghese SDB

Alumni Association Social Network to Fight Against COVID

23 May 2021

Agencies, BOSCO, BOSCO Out Reach, DB Alumni, Development Office, Education, Education Dept, Education School, Education and Culture, Job Placement, Marginalized, Salesian Family, Volunteering, Youth,

Besides the unstinting service of India`s medical professionals and other frontline warriors in the fight against the deadly virus, the networks of friends, family and colleagues mobilized to share resources and combat misinformation have contributed to mitigating the situation. Social media and messaging apps also have facilitated this process, allowing relative strangers to lend a hand. Following this cue, the social media groups and networks established by the Alumni Association of Don Bosco School, Alaknanda, proved invaluable to its members and others.

- Fr. Babu Varghese SDB

Don Bosco Navjeevan Reaches out to Migrants

21 May 2021

Agencies, BOSCO, BOSCO Out Reach, Development Office, Job Placement, Marginalized, Procure, Self Help Groups, Young at Risk,

Don Bosco Navjeevan, Chandigarh, has been working for the migrant communities of Chandigarh for the last five years and has made various interventions to enhance the lives of the migrants living in the slums and colonies. The centre runs the Intervenes Drug Users project, Street Children project, Self Help Groups for women empowerment, remedial classes for school dropouts and coaching classes for economically backward children.

- Fr. Babu Varghese SDB

BOSCO Delhi Responds to COVID-19 Surging Situation

8 May 2021

Agencies, BOSCO, BOSCO Out Reach, Development Office, Disasters, Job Placement,

Delhi is in the spotlight as it struggles with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite various challenges of Covid-19, Don Bosco Organisation for Social Concern and Operation of the Salesian Province of New Delhi (BOSCO Delhi) is out there to support the Delhiites with courage and fearlessness.

- Fr. Babu Varghese SDB

FEEDING CHILDREN IN BRICK KILNS

22 March 2021

Agencies, BOSCO Out Reach, Development Office, Job Placement, Marginalized, Salesian Family, Young at Risk,

On 20 March 2021, twenty-four Salesian Co-operators of Holy Child Auxilium, Vasant Vihar - New Delhi, organized a social outreach programme at Jhajjar for children working in brick kilns where Salesians are involved in working for them.

- Fr. Babu Varghese SDB

DON BOSCO SCHOOL, JAMTOLI - KOLEBIRA : BLESSING AND INAUGURATION

15 January 2021

Agencies, BOSCO, Development Office, Education, Education Dept, Education School, Education and Culture, Projects, Salesian Society,

On 10th January, 2021 Rev. Fr. Jose Mathew, the Provincial of Salesian Province of New Delhi blessed and inaugurated the new Don Bosco School building at Jamtoli - Kolebira in Jharkhand, in the presence of esteemed guests Mr. Naman Vixal Kongari - MLA Kolebira, Mr. Pratap Minj - CO, Kolebira, Mr. Gerald Ekka - Mukhiya Lachragarh, Fr. Naresh Kujur - Vice Provincial, and Fr. Biju Abraham - Provincial Economer.

- Fr. Babu Varghese SDB

INK-Bangalore Blessed with 12 New Priests

12 January 2021

Agencies, Rector Major, SPCSA, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, The Regional, Vocational Guidance,

The call of Jesus, to be fishers of men (Mathew 4:19) in the Don Bosco way, were heeded by four from Karnataka and eight from Kerala for the Province of Bangalore this year. The Sacred Heart Province of Bangalore (INK) is blessed with 12 new priests in the latter half of 2020 and at the beginning of 2021. Though the current pandemic protocol laid down restrictions, the ordination to the priesthood of these deacons was solemnized in the best way possible, attended by Salesians, relatives and well-wishers.

- Bastin Nellissery

Salesian college selected to study higher education in post Covid times

27 October 2020

Agencies, Education Dept, Education and Culture, Media, Projects, Volunteering, Young at Risk,

Darjeeling: Salesian College Sonada/Siliguri was among ten Christian colleges around the world selected for a study on Digital Policy framing in post covid world, 26 October 2020. New York based ``United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia`` Office which has some 600 affiliate colleges and universities facilitated the study.

- C.M. Paul

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