by Brother Jittin Mathew
MUMBAI, FEB 18, 2019: Bosco Boys Home (BBH) received a special invitation to re-stage their musical, ‘Armaan Sab Ka’ on February 16 at Malad in Mumbai, by Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA), a non-governmental organization (NGO) working with the marginalised, as part of their ComplexCity: Connecting Experiences programme, which is a celebration of the city in all its diversity, inviting every urban inhabitant to share their experiences of the city with one another.
YUVA witnessed BBH’S musical, ‘Armaan Sab Ka’, staged for their benefactors, volunteers, and well-wishers, as a sign of gratitude for their unstinting love and support on January 26 at Don Bosco School, Borivli.
The story centres on the life of an orphan, who grew up on the streets, encounters many helping hands in his life, and after landing in BBH, fulfills his dream (armaan) of attaining happiness and overcoming his inner struggles. The performance of the boys has moved so many to swing into action and offer their time, talent, and mite to help the lesser privileged but extremely-talents boys of the Home.
Also at YUVA’s ComplexCity programme were other NGO’s from the city of Mumbai, who presented different songs, dance, skits, and musicals. ComplexCity aims to further the dialogue on urban values, history, culture, and socio-economic realities; to create awareness about the current situation of Mumbai city and how to make it better. YUVA as a voluntary development organisation aims to empower the oppressed by concentrating on human rights.
“We aim to organise a series of cultural expressions across the ComplexCity festival, showcasing unique local traditions, music, dance performances, poetry recitations to expose people to existing narratives of the city, they may have not explored before. We thank Bosco Boys Home for being part of our event by putting up such a wonderful musical play and helping us to highlight the issues of children belonging to the category of the poor and abandoned,” Sachin Nachnekar, the event coordinator for YUVA said.“I was very happy to do the play one more time. It means the people really liked it and hope they call us again. I was also impressed by the various items performed by other groups. I thank YUVA for giving this platform to display our talent,” Prince Chavda, a boy from BBH said.
Deacon Romero D’Souza, the Prefect of Studies who accompanied the boys to the event, thanked and congratulated YUVA for their good work towards society.