Bosco Boys Home

The 27 th of April, 2019, Saturday morning commenced enthusiastically for the boys of Bosco Boys Home, (BBH), Borivali with a Storytelling cum Puppetry Session by Mrs. Vanessa Essaki who is presently pursing her Diploma in Storytelling from Kathalaya- Home for Stories . It began as an organization which was child-centric has now grown into an academy of storytelling which believes in “Thinking, Linking and Telling.” In all 30 boys participated in the programme ranging from standard 5 th to standard 9 th . The session began with each boy sharing his name and identifying what he is good at. Some shared playing football, cricket, kabbadi, drawing, painting and singing. The boys were then led to a song and dance session and they boogied to the action song “Mere Jaisa Koi Nahi, Tere Jaisa Koi Nahi”...reinforcing their uniqueness while appreciating the same in others. The crisp of the session consisted of the Stories told in Hindi using props & glove puppets, which was foll...

The boys of Bosco Boys Home, (BBH) Borivali were treated to a 3 day session on craftopia by Ms. Eleesha D’souza, a Fashion stylist, who has worked with production houses like Sharp Pencils, Fantom Films, Good Fellas, Wise Guy and Excel Media and Entertainment from 25 th May to 27 th May, 2019.   Craftopia is a brainchild of Ms. Larrisa and Ms. Eleesha The two have completed their Masters in Home Science. Ms. D'souza. is currently a Lecturer at The Synthetic and Art Silk Mills’ Research Association (Sasmira)   and guest lecturer at various Fashion design colleges; as well a full time hobbyist. "Maid of Honor" is a bridal wear brand conceptualized by her which offers gowns, gift articles and wedding accessories. Whereas Ms. D'mello has been part of an NGO that trains teachers for the past 4 years and actively conducts Camps for kids during vacations. The Day 1 theme was Vegetable printing on Cloth bags. Day 2 the boys learned how to make Pop-up Cards and on th...