Don Bosco Development Society - DBDS Mumbai, INDIA

DBDS - Mumbai

Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS) is a Resource, Consultancy and Training Organization that focuses on the development of the poor and disadvantaged sections of society, especially youth. It presently operates across Western India, partnering 34 development organizations. Included in its current programmes are promotion of primary education, supporting self-help groups, launching watershed development programmes and enabling the start-up of small enterprises.

SPECIAL KIDS TO GET CARE AT NAIR
August 20, 2008: For the first time in the state, a government-run hospital has set up a treatment centre-cum school for autistic children. The centre at Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central was opened on Tuesday. Hospital authorities stated the rationale behind such a centre was that most poor people mistake autism for mental retardation and send such children to mental asylums. While there are three-four private schools in the city for autistic children, their monthly fees are as high as Rs 25,000 per month, which the poor can illafford. Nair will offer similar care at a MORE

VOLTAS ENTERS INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH BOSCO BOYS
BORIVLI, AUGUST 20, 2008: A new chapter began at Bosco Boys’ Training Institute with the inauguration of the ‘Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Servicing Department’, on Tuesday, August 19, 2008. This latest addition to the training institute is being supported by the Voltas Company. The Chief Guest for the inaugural function was Mr. Anil Gole, Voltas Vice President HR and Head of Corporate Sustainability. MORE

MISSION NATIONAL FLAG!
LONAVLA, AUGUST 19, 2008: Maria Ashiana De-Addiction and Therapeutic Centre, a branch of Shelter Don Bosco co-ordinated and organized “Mission National Flag” in order to pick up the Indian Flags discarded by the public immediately following the Independence Day. Three local NGOs, Manshakti, Antar Barathi Balgram and Bal Anand Gram participated in this noble mission, along with the boys and staff of Maria Ashiana. MORE

DBIHMCT INAUGURATED AT KURLA
KURLA, AUGUST 18, 2008: It was a grey Monday morning that 11th of August, with sheets of rain lashing Kurla. However come rain or high water, nothing seemed to dissuade the enthusiastic band of young students assembled at the Don Bosco Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (DBIHMCT) to inaugurate their institute and begin their professional training.