College Students Build `Snehaveedu` (House of Love) for Homeless

8 January 2022

Education Higher, Social Development, Volunteering,

The National Service Scheme (NSS) Volunteers of Don Bosco Arts and Science College, Angadikadavu, Kerala, built and handed over `Snehaveedu` (the house of love) to the most deserving family in the neighbourhood. The recipient of the house is a mother with two young children.

- Bastin Nellissery

Kerala rains unleash havoc, deaths; KISMAT showers solace to affected

19 October 2021

Disasters, Job Placement, Volunteering,

The heavy rainfall and the consequent floods have devastated the state of Kerala, claiming the lives of many and displacing thousands since last week. Rescue efforts are in full swing with the help of local administrators everywhere. The rainfall has partially subsided in central Kerala, but the threat of landslides and severe waterlogging across multiple districts persists. Kerala has seen a series of natural disasters in the past four years, causing loss of lives and property. The residents of the Kottayam district have witnessed a tragedy of such magnitude for the first time.

- Rubin Panthackal Sdb

A Gift to Facilitate Sporting Spirit in Young Minds

7 September 2021

Marginalized, Volunteering, Youth,

Accomplishing the words of Vern Gambetta, a conditioning coach, who said, `Create an environment where champions are inevitable`, The HCL Foundation has gifted a Hi-Tech Multi-purpose Sports Bus to Don Bosco Anbu Illam Social Service Society. The supporting act of HCL will reach the talents in the slum communities of Chennai and encourage and motivate the marginalized and underprivileged young minds in sports.

- Fr. James Raj sdb

Greater Chennai Corporation Lauds Don Bosco Anbu Illam for Covid-19 Community Intervention Programme

5 July 2021

Life and Health, Social Development, Social Ministry, Volunteering,

The unconditional and daring community intervention programme by Don Bosco Anbu Illam (DBAI) in the wake of the debilitating pandemic situation, who have partnered with Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), has brought laurel to the organization. The Greater Chennai Corporation has awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for its support in addressing health emergencies.

- Fr James

104-bed Facility at Don Bosco School Egmore for COVID Care

20 May 2021

DB Alumni, Disasters, Don Bosco Plus, Education, Social Development, Social Ministry, Volunteering,

The DB Egmore GCC COVID Care Centre is a joint initiative of Don Bosco School Egmore, DB Past Pupil doctors, Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), DBPPA Egmore, and various past pupil batches of DB Egmore. With collaboration from various sectors, the team set up a 104-bed (with oxygen concentrators) COVID Care Centre at Don Bosco School, Egmore, to supplement the ever-increasing demand for oxygen beds in the city.

- Fr Mathews Dominic

`Angels` Receive Gifts from Youth Volunteers

13 May 2021

Life and Health, Volunteering, Youth, Youth Groups,

A day before International Nurses Day, on Tuesday, May 11, Soumya Santhosh, a home nurse hailing from Kerala, was killed in a mortar shell attack in Israel. The statistics released by the Trained Nurses Association of India indicates that 90 nurses have lost their lives in the fight against COVID-19 across India. The loss could be much more on a global count. We bow our heads before your selfless, restless, dedicated service rendered for humanity, more so in this war against the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is fitting to honour and thank the `Angels on earth` on May 12, International Nurses Day.

- Bastin Nellissery sdb

Salesian Leads Youth to be Covid Warriors in Hospitals

2 May 2021

Life and Health, Volunteering, Youth, Youth Groups,

Fr Anil D`sa, a Salesian of the Province of Bangalore and the Director of ICYM (Indian Catholic Youth Movement) Bangalore, brought together young volunteers in collaboration with the Sneha Charitable Trust (Camellian Fathers) to be Covid Warriors in hospitals in Bangalore city. Fifty volunteers, including religious brothers and sisters, are working in different batches in the hospitals.

- Joy Nedumparambil sdb

`Food to Your Doorstep` with Love; an initiative of Don Bosco BREADS

30 April 2021

Life and Health, Marginalized, Social Ministry, Volunteering,

With an unprecedented spike in corona cases in Bangalore, `Food to Your Doorstep` an initiative by Don Bosco BREADS (Bangalore Rural Educational and Development Society) and four other non-profit organizations (The Good Quest Foundation, Project Vision, AIFO and ECHO), reaches out to Covid-infected patients under quarantine by serving vegetarian food.

- Panthackal Rubin SDB

Salesian Family Spirituality Days 2021

14 January 2021

Rector Major, SPCSA, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Spirituality, Volunteering, Youth, Youth Groups,

The Spirituality Days of the Salesian Family take place online from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 January. To date, more than 5,000 registrations have already been made among the 12 regional-linguistic coordination centers.

- BIS Correspondent

Don Bosco Shrine Distributes Partitions For Auto Drivers

9 December 2020

Development Office, Disasters, Marginalized, Social Development, Volunteering,

Bengaluru: Don Bosco (DB) Shrine Lingarajapuram, near here, in association with Lions Club Bangalore (LCB) Pyramid distributed 15 auto partitions to help the drivers protect themselves and their customers from spreading COVID infections while they continue with their everyday business during these difficult times to support their families.

- BIS Correspondent

Chennai & Tiruchy Youth Ministry Departments Listen to Young Voices on International Day of Youth

15 August 2020

Lifestyle, Social Life, Spirituality, Success Story, Volunteering, Youth, Youth Groups,

In view of the International Day of Youth, on 12 August 2020, from 6pm-9pm, the Salesian Provinces of Chennai [INM] and Tiruchy [INT] organized an online listening forum, to listen to 23 young people from different walks of life in the State of Tamil Nadu. The young people voiced out in 06 minutes each, their varied experiences, during the pandemic months, of actively demonstrating love for God, love for neighbour and love for nature

- Fathers John Wilson & John Christy

300 Mumbai Salesians` PPDS Corona Warriors Feed 01 Million in 100 Days at 65 Locations

13 July 2020

Disasters, Justice and Human Rights, Life and Health, Lifestyle, Marginalized, Media, Social Life, Social Ministry, Success Story, Volunteering, Young at Risk, Youth, Youth Groups,

Mumbai Salesians` Dominic Savio Andheri-Mumbai Alumni [Past Pupils], scored a century [100 days] of relentless COVID-19 Food Relief, reaching out to 01 million at 65 locations in Mumbai, as part of the `Feed My Mumbai` campaign. With the intention to ensure that no one sleeps hungry, freshly cooked nutritious meals to the disadvantaged needy were distributed by these past-pupils, volunteers and Salesians, stepping out of their homes bravely for a noble cause. The significant milestone was reached on 12 July 2020, by 300 PPDS (Past Pupils of St Dominic Savio)Corona Warriors.

- BISMumbai Correspondent

Rector Major Appoints New Salesian Family Delegates

5 June 2020

Appointments, Brothers Congress, DB Alumni, Evangelization, Formation, Parish / Church, Profiles, Rector Major, Religion, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Spirituality, Vocational Guidance, Volunteering, Youth Groups,

The Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Father �ngel Fern�ndez Artime,released an official statement on 05 June 2020, naming the new Delegates of the Rector Major for the groups that are spiritually mentored by the Sons of Don Bosco. The newly appointed Delegates are: Father Joan Llu�s Play�, Delegate of the Rector Major for the Secretariat of the Salesian Family;Ecclesiastical Assistant of the VDB (Volunteers of Don Bosco) and CDB (Volunteers with Don Bosco) Bro. Duc (Dominic) Nam Nguyen, Vietnamese Salesian Brother, Delegate of the Rector Major for the Association of the Salesian Cooperators and the Delegate of the Rector Major for the Past Pupils of Don Bosco. Father Alejandro Guevara, Delegate of the Rector Major as Spiritual Animator of the Association of Mary Help of Christians [ADMA]. Father Pier Luigi Cameroni, Postulator General for the Causes of Saints, will also be part of the team of the Secretariat.

- BIS Correspondent-Courtesy: InfoANS

Don Bosco Green Alliance Launches `Rethink, Reconnect, Renew` Campaign

5 June 2020

Agencies, Ecology, Education, Education Dept, Education Higher, Education School, Education and Culture, Employment, Justice and Human Rights, Language and Cultures, Lifestyle, Profiles, Projects, Rector Major, SPCSA, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Social Development, Social Life, Social Ministry, Spirituality, The Regional, Vocational Guidance, Volunteering, Youth, Youth Groups,

On 05 June 2020, 46th World Environment Day, Don Bosco Green Alliance, an international collective of young people from the Salesian Family institutions, who contribute to global environmental action, thought and policy, launched a new campaign `Rethink, Reconnect, Renew`. This campaign will be run throughout the ongoing Laudato S�` Year. Father Savio Silveira-Convener Don Bosco Green Alliance addressed a letter on the launch of the new campaign to the Alliance Members.

- BIS Correspondent

IT`S VALDOCCO IN NEPAL - A Salesian response to the earthquake`s aftermath

11 May 2015

Administration, DB Alumni, DB-Bicentenary, Development Office, Disasters, Ecology, Lifestyle, Marginalized, Salesian Family, Salesian Society, Social Development, Social Ministry, The Regional, Volunteering, Young at Risk, Youth,

. KATHMANDU : In the face of the enormous human tragedy that resulted from the 7.8 earthquake that flattened much of Nepal on 25 April, the sons and daughters of Don Bosco rose valiantly to the occasion, keeping alive his legacy of compassionate response to the afflicted, a` la Turin`s cholera epidemic of 1854, translating their characteristic pastoral charity into speedy and wide-ranging humanitarian assistance.

- Jude Sebastian SDB

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