Bosco Boys Home

          The students from Mary Immaculate, Borivali came to Bosco Boys’ Home (BBH) respectively on the 19 th and 20 th of December with celebrate and spread the spirit of Christmas to the boys of the orphanage. The trip was organised by the Management and staff of Mary Immaculate Primary and High School section. It was divided into two batches on the 19 th the Primary section and on the next day the Secondary section. The students were accompanied by Sr. Payal, MSA and the other staffs from the school. The students started with an introduction by playing an icebreaker game wherein they got to know the names of the boys. Then the programme started with the pictorial description, carol singing and a skit beautifully enacting the Nativity of the Lord explaining to the boys about the real meaning of Christmas. After which the boys of BBH also melodiously sang for them a Hindi and a Marathi Christmas Carols. Shardha Jain, one o...

Bosco Boys Home Technical Institute, Borivali ‘believes in the Best and for the Best’ for the students and tries to provide the best of the infrastructure and Instructors for them. Keeping in sync with the goal to provide the latest facilities for the education of the students and to help them to grow into well skilled trainers; the institute renovated the workshops, washrooms and also constructed a state of art conference hall for the better growth and development of the students in their respective trades of Electrical, Two-wheeler (Yahama), Auto-mobiles and RAC and Hotel Management training programmes. The conference hall was named ‘Don Bosco Conference Hall.’ It was inaugurated by Mr. Hans-Jürgen Dörrich, the Head of the Corporate Cooperation, Don Bosco Mondo, Germany and blessed by Fr. Corlis Gonsalves SDB, the Rector of Bosco Boys Home, Borivali. The ceremony began with the lighting of the lamp followed by the felicitation programme, the inauguration of the hall and the...

Every year 26 th of November is being observed as National Milk Day (NMD) to mark the birth anniversary of the Father of the White Revolution in India, Dr.Verghese Kurien. To commemorate this beautiful moment the Management and the staff of Bosco Boys Home decided to take the boys to the Amul’s Virar Dairy for an educational cum exposure visit on 24 th November, 2018. Amul Dairy has setup a state of art dairy near Virar. It covers 11 acres of lush green land surrounded by the mountains and jungles of Virar. The Dairy is set up at a total cost of Rs. 180 crore, processing an installed capacity of 1 million litres milk per day with a provision to expand upto 2 million litres in the near future. The main work carried by this plant is to serve the consumers of Mumbai City and its suburbs with fresh milk and milk products. The purpose of this visit was to show to the boys the various new techniques used in the production and marketing of the milk used today and to make them awar...

The NGO Committed Communities Development Trust (CCDT) which runs the Childline program in Mumbai from Dahisar to Andheri as part of their “Child Rights Week” celebration participated with the children of Bosco Boys Home on 22 th of November, 2018 in the programme called “Childline se Dosti.” Childline (dial 1098), is a 24 hour toll free national emergency phone outreach service committed to responding to children in need of care and protection. Childline reaches out to any child who has been deprived of his or her right to a safe childhood. As part of the Children Day festivity, the group kept “Child Rights Week” from 14 th to the 21 th of November with an aim to meet different stake holders, allied systems and civilians and making them aware about Childline services and sensitize them towards child protection issues. As part of this initiative, they conducted a “Childline se Dosti” programme for the boys of Bosco Boys Home. Fr. Corlis Gonsalves the Director of Boso Boys H...

The boys of Bosco Boys’ Home (BBH) in Borivali celebrated the Diwali vacation this year with an outing to the hill station of Lonavala from the 12 th to the 20 th of November. The trip was organised by the Salesians keeping in mind the positive change and the therapeutic healing brought by the peaceful and hygienic climate of Lonavala. It was a 9 day trip, in which the boys heartily participated and were dedicatedly accompanied by the staff. For all the days the boys were hosted by the house of Maria Ashiana, Lonavala. The trip comprised of outings, activities, sessions, games and housie. The boys started their outing with an educational tour of Don Bosco School, Lonavala, which was added with visits to Tungarli Dam, Valvan Dam and Garden where  one of the highlights was to see the conservation technique of the mighty Mahseer, a breed of fish breeding only in Lonavala. In between the boys also had animated tournaments such as Malaysian cricket with the Maria Ashiana b...

On the 5 th of November, 2018 the management and staff of Bosco Boys Home had organised a Parents meeting.   As the Diwali holiday came near the children of Bosco Boys Home were in happier mood as they were informed that they would be allowed to go home for few days for the Diwali celebration. Taking his opportunity, the staff decided to have a brief meeting of the children along with their parents informing 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 upcoming programmes been planned for the children and the new rules applied by the Child Welfare Committee for the children regarding the holidays. The Director shared, “Dear parents we at Bosco Boys Home from the month of April onwards are opening National Institute of Open Schooling for the children (NIOS) through which the children would get the Central Gover...

An awareness session on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) was conducted by Mrs. Tejashri Shinde and Mr. Kshir Sagar, the Police Sub Inspectors (PSI) of MHB Colony, Police Station, Borivali West for the children and staff of Bosco Boys Home, Borivali on 03 th November 2018 from 10.00 am to 11.30 am which was organised by Deacon. Romero D’Souza and the CWC staff. Fr. Corlis Gonsalves, the Director of the Institute, welcomed them and thanked them for their kind initiative and service offered to the institute. The session was organised to make the children and the staff aware of the help offered to them by the Law to make the children feel free, happy and secure. The Director , while introducing the resource persons, Mrs. Tejashree Shinde and Mr. Kshirsagar said “They have not come to this place to scare us, but have come here to share their knowledge on the sensitive topic related to ‘Good touch and bad touch’ and in coming years they will give th...