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Shivashankar

Shivashankar, was rescued from the railway station by the BOSCO team working in the railway station, in 2014. He was given counseling and admitted in BOSCO Yuvakendra. Shivashankar comes from a dysfunctional family where none of the family members have any contact with each other. He says that he understood the love and affection of a family only after coming to BOSCO. For the first time in his life, he felt safe and secure. After completing his school education and vocational training in BOSCO, he moved out to stay in a room independently. Currently he is employed in Metro (Super Market) as a housekeeping staff. He says BOSCO is a home for the homeless and is ever grateful to the organization for showing him the right path and making him a responsible citizen. He wants to do whatever he can to serve children in need whenever there is an opportunity.

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Anniversary Celebrations at BOSCO Yuvakendra

Anniversary Celebration at BOSCO Nilaya

BOSCO Nilaya celebrated the fifth anniversary on September 21, 2021. Fr. Regi Jacob, Director, BOSCO Nilaya, in his keynote address highlighted the achievements of Nilaya and thanked the staff, management, partners, stakeholders, well-wishers and above all, the children, for the success of the centre. Fr. Varghese Pallipuram, Executive Director, BOSCO Bengaluru enumerated the activities of […]

Adolescent Girls’ Meeting at Nehrupuram

Submitted by bosconrd on Sep 27, 2021 BOSCO Nivas organized adolescents’ meeting at Nehrupuram, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru on September 23, 2021. Priya Malini, Coordinator, BOSCO Nivas educated the girls about proper use of internet on the mobile phone, usage of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Advantages and disadvantages of social media was discussed. Misuse of data shared in the social […]

Youth Group Meeting

 BOSCO Nivas organized youth group meeting for the college students at Shivajinagar Bus Stand on September 23, 2021. The purpose of the meeting was to create awareness about COVID 19 protocols and discuss about offline and online classes. COVID 19 protocols such as sanitizing hands frequently, wearing masks, and maintaining social distance were explained in […]

Parents meetings Organized

A meeting was organized for the parents of children attending tuition classes at Vyayam Shaale and Cement Huts on September 13, 2021. Fr. Regi Jacob, Director, BOSCO Nilaya and Nivas gave an introduction about BOSCO and its services. He motivated the parents to send their children to the tuition classes. Ms. Kalaivani, Social Activist, BOSCO […]

State level Staff Training

 BOSCO CREAM Project attended the State Level Staff Training and Meeting organized by BREADS Bengaluru at Don Bosco Provincial House, Bengaluru on September 14 and 15, 2021. Fr. Sebastian, Rector, Provincial House and Fr. Deepu, Assistant Director, BREADS, Bengaluru formally inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp. Fr. Rubin Mathew, Executive Director, BREADS, Bengaluru introduced […]

Session on Relationship Skills

A session on ‘Relationship Skills’ was organized by BOSCO Rainbow Home for the children residing in the centre, on September 15, 2021. The purpose of the session was to guide children to have healthy relationships in life and to communicate effectively, evolve, grow and collaborate well with their peers. Sr. Mary Shamala, Counselor, BOSCO Rainbow […]

Session on Importance of Moral Education

Submitted by bosconrd on Sep 22, 2021 BOSCO Rainbow Home organized a Value Education session on the ‘Importance of Moral Education’ to the inmates of the centre on September 16, 2021. Sr. Mary Shamala, Counselor, BOSCO Rainbow Home, conducted an activity-based session to help children to distinguish between right and wrong attitudes and behaviors and to get rid […]

Success Stories

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 […]

Shivashankar

Shivashankar, was rescued from the railway station by the BOSCO team working in the railway station, in 2014. He was given counseling and admitted in BOSCO Yuvakendra. Shivashankar comes from a dysfunctional family where none of the family members have any contact with each other. He says that he understood the love and affection of […]

Eresha

Eresha was rescued by BOSCO staff and brought to BOSCO Mane at the young age of 7. He w as motivated to join school and he was sent to Don Bosco Ajjanahalli to do his schooling. He completed his 10th standard in Ajjanahalli and was then moved to BOSCO Yuvakendra in 2017. To make a […]

Abhisurya

As a child of 8 or 9 years Abhisurya ran away from his grandmother’s house and ended up at the Majestic bus stand. He was rescued from the bus stand and brought to Yuvodaya in 2005. When he underwent counseling in Yuvodaya, he expressed his desire to study. He said that he was not able […]

Anand

Anand begging in the Majestic Bus Stand and Railway Station used to be a common sight till one day in 1994, he was picked up by BOSCO. He was brought to BOSCO Yuvodaya located in Gandhinagar, Bengaluru, and given a bath, clean clothes, and food. Fr. Varghese Pallipuram regularly counseled and motivated him to join […]

Lokesh

“My native place is Shivagange, Tumkuru, Karnataka. That is the only fact I am sure of, because, actually I grew up in BOSCO. BOSCO is my home. When I was around six years old, I boarded a red bus from my village and reached Bengaluru and I have never gone back to my native place […]

Ruben

The story of Ruben is one story of grit and hard work.Ruben does not remember anything about his family. He was rescued from the street by sisters from the congregation of Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (SMMI). He did his schooling till class 7in the (SMMI) convent school in Hassan. Later, as he expressed his […]

Vinod Kumar

Vinod Kumar, alumnus of BOSCO, fondly known as ‘Goa’, hails from Lingarajapuram in Bengaluru. Before coming to Bengaluru, he was living with his grandparents in Goa for a while, and hence he was nicknamed, ‘Goa’ by his friends. Vinod shot to fame when he received the Best Defender Award in the National Floorball Championship held […]

Manjunath P

Manjunath P came into contact with BOSCO in the year 2001.He was rescued from the railway station where he was found as a child labourer. He was abandoned by his father at the age of 11, after his mother’s death. Since then he has been staying in his maternal aunt’s house in Srirampura, Bengaluru. A […]

Kiran Kumar

A native of Bengaluru, 21 year old Kiran Kumar was the only child of his parents. But he never got to experience the love of his parents. He lost his father soon after birth. His mother, unable to take care of him, placed him in a hostel where he studied till class 9. Owing to […]

Rohit

Rohit had spent most of his childhood with his grandmother’s sister, but because he had a habit of stealing and was short tempered, he was enrolled in a hostel near Kanakapura, Bengaluru. Rohit however quickly adjusted to his life in the hostel. When he was in class 7, one day he got a message that […]

Dinesh

The greatest achievements in life often come after the greatest challenges. I am Dinesh Kumar hailing from Bengaluru. I lost my parents

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