by Brother Jittin Mathew and Lydia Dsa MUMBAI, SEP 22, 2018: Borivli-based Bosco Boys Home (BBH) was honoured with the 'Best Node of Homelink Network' award on September 13, which recognised the work done by the Institution in the service of the Young at Risk (YaR) in the Mumbai province.  BBH and Nitika Don Bosco, Kolkata were chosen out of 22 centers that made the final at the Don Bosco National Forum for the Young at Risk 13 thAnnual National Seminar 2018 held at the Provincial House. The award was a mark of appreciation given to the Institution for its meticulous effort in updating documentation and registers on a regular basis. Father Corlis Gonsalves, the Director and Datta Gade, Node Coordinator of CHILD MISS of the Bosco Boys Home accepted the award. Bosco Boys Home was set up in 1976 with the sole purpose of transforming the lives of underprivileged youth, school dropouts, and street orphans through education and vocational training to help them acquire a skill for a decent livelihood. The award ceremony was part of the 13 th Annual National YaR Seminar on 'Building resilience in children'. Nearly 150 participants from all the Don Bosco institutions in India attended the two-day seminar.  "Every YaR centre reaches out to the deprived, marginalised and vulnerable children/youth such as children on the streets, child labourers, runaway and untracked children, abandoned and orphaned children, victims of all kinds of abuses, rag pickers, child beggars. Bosco Boys Home ensures that every child at the Institute grows in a secure and enabling environment by building resilience in them and helping them to grow into good and honest members of the society," Gade, said. |