Bosco Boys Home

Work for GOD and Work for Society It was a dream come true when we the parishioners of Nativity of Our Lord Church Kandivli East stepped out after our Sunday School class and visited Bosco Boys Home (BBH), Borivali on Sunday, 22 nd September 2019. We were a group of children from class 7 th , 8 th and 9 th not knowing what we were expected to see here. Of course our teachers, parents and a few from the youth group were with us. Cl. Jittin Mathew sdb took us on a tour of the technical skills training section explaining the courses offered by the 5 skills training departments (4 wheeler light vehicle mechanics, 2wheeler mechanics, Electrical, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning and Hotel Management). The training courses are offered to the poorest of poor youth and school dropouts (age group 8years and above) to help them learn an employment generating skill and be able to alleviate the income level in their homes. We then met with the children (street, orphan and single...

  “We love you…Teachers” was the theme that the students chose to celebrate here at Bosco Bosco Home & Technical Training Institute, Borivali - Mumbai.  The day started with welcoming and greeting the teachers with bouquets and cards from their students in their respective classes (Hotel Management, Technical, and NIOS). They began the meticulous preparation way back and diligently practised during the last few days. The program was rich with culture and tradition.  The universally accepted World Teacher’s Day is 5th October. In India, the Teacher’s Day is celebrated on 5th September as a ‘token of gratitude’ for all the teachers. In tune with this, the boys of Bosco Boys Home and the students of the Technical Institute, Borivali articulated their gratitude and appreciation for their affectionate teachers on this auspicious day by celebrating the Teacher’s Day. Followed by the welcome; the teachers spend quality time talking and sharing their vocation as...

On 31st August 2019 YaR National Day, we celebrated at Bosco Boys Home (BBH), Borivali. In all 70 boys participated in this grand event. The management and staff planned and executed this day along with the volunteers from the Rotaract Club of Thakur College, Kandivali. The theme for the day was ‘All Rights to All Children.’ The program was inaugurated by Fr. Corlis Gonsalves sdb, Director of BBH, who expressed his concern over the rise in the incidents of violence against children and urged that this program is a good initiative in conveying the message of protection and propagation of the rights of children. For the session, the boys were divided into 2 groups: one group comprising of the Junior boys belonging to the age group of 10 to 14 years and the other comprised of the Senior boys been from 15 to 17 years. The Junior boys were animated by Cls. Agnel Dias sdb and Jittin Mathew sdb along with the staff and the volunteers and the Senior boys were animated by Dn. Xavier Band...

On 25 th August, 2019 Mumbai Annual Half Marathon was planned by IDBI Federal Life Insurance at BKC. The Brand ambassador for this important occasion was Indian Legend and Cricketer ‘Master Blaster Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.’ 26 boys from Bosco Boys home accompanied by Romero Dsouza and Datta Gade participated in this Marathon. Bosco boys got opportunity to showcase their talents on this bigger platform and they were happy to be part of this sporting event. The marathon is an event where people from all walks of life participate including Bollywood celebrities, sports personalities, business tycoons and amateur athletes. The purpose of conducting this event was to promote running in the city and encourage a fit and healthy lifestyle.  Minimum age for this event for this event was 18 age. The event was categories were: Timed:   21 K, 10 K, 5 K and fun Run for new runners. This was a 4 th edition of Mumbai Half Marathon. Mumbai boasted the highest number of full...

The Management and the Staff of Bosco Boys Home and Technical Institute invited the government licence agency of Ronak Fire Industries, an ISO 9001: 2008 certified company to conduct an awareness programme for the students and boys regarding the use of fire extinguisher on 17 August, 2019 at 10am. Considering present scenario in Metro politician city of Mumbai, Fire policy has not been taken as a serious issue. The institute of Bosco Boys are more focused in empowering children and youth at vulnerable situation. In our academic study we have added a subject and practical session on safety and prevention of fire. Mr. Bruno D’Mello a resource person gave an orientation with a live demonstration and trained the students and boys regarding the use of fire extinguisher. The session was divided into six demo programmes each   for Mechanical section , Two wheeler, Four wheeler, Electrican, Air Condition Department, Hotel Management and Social sector children. For the training ...

*Dance India Dance at Bosco Boys' Home* 8th August, 2019. Thursday.  A team from *Dance India Dance* (DID) of ZeeTV visited Bosco Boys' Home to interact with the kids. The programme was organised by the N.G.O U&I. The session started with the crew members and participants introducing themselves to the kids. Then had a dance act by the choreographer Mukund, whose performance was thoroughly enjoyed by all the kids.  The next performance was by the 10 year old DID partcipant Richika, whose energetic dance act was truly splendid.  After loud and enthusiastic cheers by the kids asking the two of them to perform together, they had a small performance and then introduced their team in DID, East Tigers. Both the performances were quite entertaining and the kids had a great time.  After this, Mukul and Richika distributed jerseys of East Tigers to all the kids and clicked several pictures with them.  After this, the kids were also ...

On the 21 st of July, 2019 the engineering students from Dwarkadas Jivanlal Sanghvi College of Engineering, Vile Parle visited Bosco Boys Home, (BBH), Borivali as part of their National Service Scheme (NSS) programme under their NSS Program Officers Prof. Rahul Taware and Prof. Vyenkatesh Bagal. In all 60 students came to BBH and took part actively in animating the 70 children of BBH. Keeping in mind the core values of spreading love and joy. The NSS unit of the college organises an orphanage visit every year. Rajas Joshi, one of the volunteer shared, “we feel that no child should be deprived of unconditional love. As part of this motto we decided to spend these quality time with the children of BBH and share with them some precious moments of smiles and laughter.” In animating the boys, the volunteers performed a skit highlighting the virtue of true friendship followed by a creative activity where the volunteers dressed up the children as superheroes. Through which they...