25 years

Silver Jubilee Celebration

Don Bosco Veedu Society celebrated its Silver Jubilee on 5h of February 2016, at the Bishop Pereira hall, Nanadavanam. Fr P.D Thomas Director Don Bosco Veedu Society welcomed the gathering. His Grace Most Rev. Dr Soosa Pakiam M, the Archbishop of Trivandrum Archdiocese blessed the occasion and conveyed his words of grace. Rev Fr Joyce Thonikkuzhiyil, SDB, the Provincial of Don Bosco, Bangalore presided over the function. Smt. Shobha Koshy, the Chairperson Kerala Child Rights Commission was the Special Guest at the Function.    

Representatives from the Social Justice Department, the Labour Department, the Railways and the Police Department graced the occasion and were specially honored for the 25 years of help and support towards the work for the children at risk.

In Collaboratio with the labour Department of Kerala, the Society has initiated a help desk for the young migrant labourers who reach the city. The launching of the project also took place at the occasion. 

The Silver Jubilee Souvenir was released by Smt. Shobha Koshi, the Chairperson of Child Rights Commission of Kerala. 

The Previous Directors of the Society were also honoured on the occasion for their dedicated and meritorious work of leading from the front. 

The cultural programmes by children of the Sree Chithra Home, Vinoba Niketan, Namaste Wings to Fly, Shalom and Students of the Don Bosco Tuition Centre entertained the audience with their spectacular performances. 

Yar national Seminar

REACHING THE UNREACHED

The Trivandrum Don Bosco Veedu Society organized two days National Seminar on the 4^th and 5^th of February 2016 on the theme “Reaching the Unreached”   focus on the 18+ age group young at Risk categories (Young Prsioners, Senior Children of Juvenile Homes and Migrant Young labourers) . The Seminar was inaugurated by Adv R.V Rajesh, the Chairperson of Kerala Youth Commission, in the esteemed presence of Rev Fr. Stephen Mukkattil, the Rector of Don Bosco Veedu Society, Trivandrum, and Rev Fr Thomas Koshy, Fr Maria Charles, Fr Mathew Thomas and Fr Thomas P.D.

122 delegates and speakers from different parts of the country participated in the seminar. The five sessions were: Migrant youth in unorganized sectors by Mr. Kshithij Urs, Action Aid India; Young prisoners – Leading them to freedom and dignity by Mr. Vikas Kadam, Prayas, TISS; Social Integration of senior children in Juvenile Homes and special homes by Ms Arlene Manoharan, Programme Co-ordinator - Juvenile Justice, CCL, NLSIU; Human Rights Education in schools by Fr Thomas Pallithanam SDB; and Skilling as strategy to empower the target groups by Fr A.M Hose, ED, Don Bosco Tech, India.

The National YaR Seminar 2016 witnessed the prestigious YaR awards under various categories to celebrate outstanding organizations and personalities that have rendered their services to the Young at risk across India.