18
Sep
Community Awareness
BOSCO
In order to help reduce the fear of crime within the community by promoting a proactive and informed approach to safety, to provide residents with information about the types of crime, crime trends in the area, and how to identify potential risks and to teach community members practical strategies to prevent crime, such as securing […]
18
Sep
Life Skill Session on Me and My body
BOSCO
BOSCO Yuvakendra conducted a life skill session on ‘Me and My Body’ for the youths residing in the centre on September 13, 2024. Sr. Celine D’Souza, UNICEF team conducted the session. As part of self-awareness she asked names, favorite food and taught an action song, Good Morning to You. She explained in detail about child […]
17
Sep
Group Guidance Session
BOSCO
Children attending tuition classes in BOSCO Nilaya participated in a session on ‘Group Guidance’ conducted by a MSW student volunteer from Christ University on September 12, 2024. They learnt about self-esteem, kindness, building healthy relationships, boundary setting, self-advocacy and exploring career options. An activity was conducted to explain mental health. Fifteen children participated in the […]
17
Sep
Awareness Programme for Pourakarmikas
BOSCO
The outreach team working in Gandhi Nagar area conducted an awareness on child rights and child protection mechanisms for the Pourakarmikas on September 12, 2024. The team comprising KM Basavaraj, Coordinator and Priyanka, Team Member enlightened the group of the child laws and Acts, issues related to children, child helpline, enrolling and re-enrolling the school […]
17
Sep
Distribution of Course Completion Certificates at Yuvaspandana Computer Centre
BOSCO
The students of Yuvaspandana Computer Centre were awarded the course completion certificates on September 11, 2024. Fr. Varghese Pallipuram, Executive Director, BOSCO Bengaluru, in his introductory speech, explained about the skill training courses available at BOSCO. Addressing the children, Fr. Deepu, Director, BOSCO Yuvaspandana wished best of luck for the future and exhorted them to make the best use […]
17
Sep
Celebration of Gowri Ganesha Festival
BOSCO
Gowri Ganesha Festival was celebrated with pomp and grandeur in BOSCO Yuvakendra, Yuvodaya, Rainbow Home and Vatsalya Bhavan on September 7, 2024. The importance of the festival was narrated to inmates of the centres. The children were told that Lord Ganesha is the God of new beginnings, fresh starts, remover of obstacles, and a patron […]
14
Sep
Children Visit Police Station
BOSCO
BOSCO Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU) team organized an exposure visit of the children of BOSCO Vikas to VV Puram Police Station on September 12, 2024. Children got information on the structure of the police station, procedures, different acts and legal procedures. They were familiarized with the daily operations, duties, and responsibilities of police officers. […]
14
Sep
Awareness at BMTC Subway
BOSCO
An awareness programme was conducted for the public and the shopkeepers in the BMTC subway by the BOSCO outreach team working in BMTC Bus Stand on September 6, 2024. The team imparted information on runaway children, missing children, child labour, child trafficking, children into begging in and around the bus stand area. They sought the […]
14
Sep
Orientation Programme
BOSCO
Social Work Students from Germany, The Netherlands and Norway studying in CHRIST College, Bengaluru, visited BOSCO Yuvodaya on September 6, 2024. Fr. Varghese Pallipuram, Executive Director, BOSCO Bengaluru orientated the students on BOSCO and its activities. He briefed about the history of BOSCO, its vision and mission, programs and projects. Students were shown videos on […]
14
Sep
Teacher’s Day Celebrations
BOSCO
Children from BOSCO Sumanahalli, Rainbow Home, Nivas, Nilaya, Vikas, Mane, Vatsalya Bhavan, and Yuvakendra areas celebrated Teacher’s Day at the respective centres on September 5 and 6, 2024. Children performed skits, dances, and songs, and did drawings and paintings. Children and youth spoke about the importance of Teacher’s Day and about Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. Children […]
Ravindra
Ravindra came under the care of Bosco as he was going through difficult situations. After his education he joined the organization as a staff member in 2009. Since then he has worked in various capacities in the organization – as CHILDLINE night receptionist, as a team member in CHILDLINE, Extended Street Presence in Railway Station, […]
Murugaraj
Rescued as a child, from Pune, by Don Bosco, Murugaraj was brought to Bengaluru in search of his family. Unable to locate his family in Bengaluru, he was admitted in BOSCO Yuvodaya. Later, he was sent to BOSCO Mane. Since he expressed his desire to study, he was enrolled in Don Bosco Ajjanahalli to take […]
Sumithra
21 year old Sumithra was born to Yellappa and Kasthuri in Halasuru, Bengaluru, on March 3rd, 2000. Sumithra has two elder sisters and one younger sister. Her father used to work in the graveyard and her mother was a housewife. But after her mother’s death, Sumithra had to be sent to a hostel for her […]
Tulasi
Tulasi, now 23 years old, came to BOSCO in July 2015. She belonged to a dysfunctional family, and was sent by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) to BOSCO Rainbow Home for care and protection After completing her schooling from there, she was shifted to Vatsalya Bhavan, another home for girl children, where she did her […]
Vereesh KM
Vereesh KM, lost his mother when he was just one year old. His father could not raise him as he was mentally ill. So Veersh was entrusted to the care of his aunt who enrolled him in a boarding school. He completed his 9th standard in the boarding school, scoring good marks, but he always […]
Parimala
Parimala aka Pari, from Bengaluru, who acted in the 2016 award-winning docudrama, ‘Railway Children’, is an alumni of BOSCO Vatsalya Bhavan. Pari had dropped out of school in class 1, as she was not interested in studies. Her parents are coolie workers, and soon Pari also started working as a domestic help. Pari was later […]
Sonia
Sonia is 23 years old and works as a beautician. She has no parents. She has two brothers- one is differently abled and Sonia does not know the whereabouts of her other brother. Rescued from the streets by a social worker, Sonia was initially placed in the Government Girls Home. After a few years, her […]
Neela. M
Neela. M, 23 years old, is an orphan. Her mother was doing odd jobs to make a living, and as a child, Neela used to accompany her mother wherever she went. Neela was rescued by a social worker on one of those occasions, when she was spotted standing alone on the road at night. She […]
Shalini
Growing up, Shalini had a wonderful start to her childhood under the protection and care of her grandmother. She grew up with her cousins and aunts, and studied in a private English medium school. But when Shalini was in class 5, her grandmother died, and her whole world changed. Everyone and everything at home changed […]
Durgamala
Durgamala is 24 years old and works as a beautician in a beauty parlour. She was sent to BOSCO Rainbow Home by Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in April 2012. After completing her schooling from Rainbow Home, she was transferred to BOSCO Vatsalya Bhavan for further studies. In Vatsalya Bhavan, she expressed her desire to join […]
