Bosco Boys Home

“Yoga is an invaluable gift from our ancient tradition. Yoga embodies unity of mind and body, thought and action. It is a holistic approach and is valuable to our health and our well-being. Yoga is not just about exercise; it is a way to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature.” Keeping these words of Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi in mind, the children of Bosco Boys Home, (BBH) Borivali celebrated the International Yoga Day on 22 th June, 2019 at V. K. Krishna Menon, Academy, Borivali (W) with the group Yoga Hut. Around 100 Yoga enthusiastic participants attended this event. The chief dignitaries who graced the occasion were Mr. Gopal Shetty, Member of the Parliament and Mr. Shivanand Shetty, Elected Coporator for R-Central Ward. The children of BBH were invited for this Interantional Yoga Day by the group Yoga Hut based at Shimpoli, Borivali. Yoga Hut is a Yoga studio run by Neha Shetty, “Yoga is a way of life. It is a complete life style w...

On the 13 th of June, 2019 the management and staff of Bosco Boys Home had organised a Parents meeting. The main objective of the meeting was to announce and explain to the parents about the concept of Home schooling and NIOS. Also to inform them about the progress of their child and new projects been prepared for the betterment of the children. Fr. Corlis Gonsalves, the Director of the Institute, welcomed the parents and briefed them about the Open schooling programme and been started in BBH from the month of June. The parents were also informed about the various Child Welfare Committee (CWC) rules like opening of bank accounts, limited period of home holidays, etc. Ms. Caroline D’Souza, who has worked for 27 years in the NIOS sphere in collaboration with Don Bosco Borivali and Wadala for NIOS and Home schooling project introduced the parents to the concept of National Institue of Open Schooling (NIOS). She explained to them the advantages along with the importance of ...

On 12 th of June, 2019 the WACKER CHEMI INDIA and ASTARC Group collaborated with BOSCO BOYS HOME, (BBH) Borivali to train the students and the masons of Palghar district. The session comprised of giving some practical fieldwork experience in the sector of thin bed tiles application keeping in mind the upgraded quality of real estate projects and continual growing need for skilled and quality labour. In all there were 25 participants for the training programme comprising of students, masons and contractors. The main objective of this programme was to introducing semi-skilled masons to better skilled methods of laying tiles using Polymer-modified thin bed tile adhesive. It is one of the many C.S.R activities carried by WACKER CHEMI INDIA and ASTARC Group to increase market awareness by collecting market data so as to come up with advanced tiling technique. The coordinator for the programme were Mr. Varish Cardozo and Mr. Somnath Ghosh from WACKER CHEMI INDIA and Mr. Dhananjay S...

MUMBAI, JUNE 10, 2019: Bosco Boys Home, Borivali (BBH) in collaboration with the youth of Don Bosco Parish, Borivali organised a 2-day football tournament for the children and youth of the neighbourhood on the 8 th and 9 th of June, 2019. The event was from dawn to dusk (9am to 6pm) divided into two categories namely: Under 16 and Open category at Don Bosco Parish and School ground.           Teams from all over Borivali, Gorai, Malad and Kandivali joined for this fun filled extravaganza. In all 16 teams participated in each of the two categories. Bosco Boys put up two teams in the under 16 category and one team for the open category.           The tournament was inaugurated and blessed by Fr. Corlis Gonsalves sdb, the Rector of BBH. Fr. Solomon Rapol sdb, the Rector of Don Bosco School, Borivali also graced the occasion with his presence. The tournament was one of the many initiativ...