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C O N T E N T SEditorialParents Meetings in Villages... ........................... 2Students Helping Students ................................ 2D.B. Junior College Celebrates 68th

Independence Day ............................................. 2Academic Inauguration - Prathiba Awardsand Gratitude Day ............................................ 3A man of undying zeal to save thesouls of the young ............................................ 3100 Seasons with the Dalit Bahujans ................. 4Head Masters’ & Principal’s Meet ...................... 5Freshers’ Day Celebrations ................................ 5Annual Province Secretaries Meeting .................. 6The Children’s Parliament “MINISTERS” Training ... 6Abide in me as I abide in you .............................. 7Past Pupil’s Re-union ........................................ 8‘Youth for Change’ ............................................ 9GE (General Electronics)Donates Dance Super Station ............................. 9Crossing New Frontiers for Youth ...................... 10Independence Day Celebrations atDB Mariapuram ............................................. 10BPO Batch Inauguration at DB Tech, Sabbavaram 11Mrs. Mary Beatrice - Reflection of ateacher on the day of her Retirement ................ 12Celebrations of Inauguration of theBi-Centenary Year of the Birth of DON BOSCO.... 12Awareness Programme on“Child Rights & Related Legislations .................. 13Wedding Bells ................................................ 14School Children's Meet .................................... 14We Celebrate Don Bosco for ever ...................... 15Inauguration of the Houses in Don Bosco School .. 15Teachers’ Day Celebrations in D.B. E/M School .. 16Be with us Mary, along the way ....................... 16

All power is within you and you cando anything and everything ............................... 17Teacher’s Day Celebrations @DB School, Bandlaguda .................................... 17The Feast of Assumption & Independence Day ..... 18Bicentenary Celebrations of theBirth of Don Bosco ......................................... 18Inter Novitiates Get-Together ........................... 19Technical Training – Policies,Challenges & Forward ...................................... 19Church Feast & Jubilee Bells ............................ 20The Exaltation of the Cross .............................. 21From Here My Glory Shall Flow ........................ 21Salesian Pedagogy and FormingYouth Animating Teams .................................... 22Teacher's Day @ DB High School, Mothinagar .... 23Teachers were Honoured at Academy ................. 23Inauguration of the Bicentenary Birth Year ofSt John Bosco ............................................... 24Let’s Begin With Love and End With Love ............ 25Inter School Football Tournament @ Mothinagar . 25The Re-Union of 1985 BatchStudents at D.B. School .................................. 26Don Bosco Junior College CelebratesDasara Dhamaka ............................................ 27Educational visit of PG Students ....................... 27Administrators go ‘online’ ................................ 28RO Technician Training @ Gagillapuram ............. 29Blessing and Inauguration of New Primary School 29Grand Success of DB Tech Hotel Management .... 30Computer Lab Equipped and Blessed................... 30A memorable GURUPUJOTSAVAM ..................... 30S.I. of Police, Thallada unveils the Tri-colour Flag 31Viva Don Bosco .............................................. 31Promoting Equity and Safe Environment forWomen and Girl Child ...................................... 32

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Kollapur; 4 August: St. Mary’s High School,organized a parents’ meeting in view ofconscientizing parents about the changingpatterns in the education system, value basededucation and preventive system of Don Bosco.

Speaking to parents on the occasion thePrincipal of the school, Fr. Jayaraj Alex,emphasized on the mode of education that ischanging continuously. Standard and qualityeducation should be made accessible to all thestudents of our locality. This is the main objective of the St.Mary’s High School, he said.The Parents expressed their happiness regarding the new changes that are brought in theschool regarding the innovative activities conducted by the Salesians through tuition Centre’s.

– BIS Correspondent

Parents Meetings in Villages...

Kollapur; 6 August: Action speaks louderthan words. The students of St. Mary’s HighSchool, have once again proved theirgenerosity by the innovative and inspiringact of distributing notebooks, pens and othermaterials to the poor children of variousvillages, through the savings from theirpocket money.

The school management inspired andmotivated the students to continue to do suchnoble acts in reaching many more.


Students Helping Students

Chandur; 15 August: The 68th IndependenceDay celebrated in a grand manner at the Don

Bosco Junior college. Thecorrespondent, Fr. K.K.Joseph who unfurled theNational flag by stressingon the need to imbibe thequalities of our greatleaders. The day markedwith many programmesand also variouscompetitions wereconducted.


D.B. Junior College Celebrates68th Independence Day

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Chandur; 12 August: Academic Inaugura-tion for this year with a Prathiba Awards,Freshers’ Day, Birthday of Fr. Nali Anthaiahthe administrator of the house and GratitudeDay. The jubilation of the entire college wasabove the skies. The Principal, staff and thestudents expressed their joy of being part ofsuch an awesome gathering. During thecelebrations the students who scored highest marks were awarded with PrathibaAwards and followed by the gratitude to theformer Principal Fr. Narisetti Sagar wherehe encouraged students to make use of theircollege days in a fruitful manner. During thecelebrations the senior students welcomedthe fresher’s withwell-prepared programs.


Academic Inauguration - PrathibaAwards and Gratitude Day

Chandur; 16 August: Don Bosco JuniorCollege, inaugurated the Bicentenarycelebrations of Don Bosco. The Parish PriestFr. Varghese Cheparath, with the CollegeManagement, Staff, Students and SalesianCo-operators took part in the celebrations.The birth of Don Bosco was emphasized inthe form of Skits, Power Point presentations,songs, etc. The way Don Bosco was broughtin life and how he succeeded in his life wasan inspiring source for many students totake him as their role model.The variousprogrammes were planned in honour of ourFather and Founder Don Bosco as wecommemorate his Bicentenary Year.

Don Bosco Junior CollegeCelebrates the Bi-Centenary inaugurationin a fitting manner. ThePrincipal of Little FlowerSchool, Mr. Sleevareddywas invited as a chiefguest.

The Rector Fr. K.K Joseph, has hoisted DonBosco Flag as a sign of respect and beginningof Bi-centenary year. The Principal, Fr.Pasala Bhaskar has briefed the history ofDon Bosco and the importance of the Bi-centenary celebrations. He enlisted thenumber of programmes to be celebrated inhonour of Bi-centenary in Chandur town tomake known Don Bosco and its institutionat large. – BIS Correspondent

A man of undying zeal tosave the souls of the young


Ravulapalem; 16 August: With the Blessingand Inauguration of ‘Surakshita’, the Homefor Women in Distress by the ProvincialFr.Raminedi Balaraju and flagging of theState level campaign by Prof.MadabhushiSridhar, to the celebrations of PARA’s OneHundred Seasons of Journey with DalitBahujans drew to a close.

100 Seasons with the Dalit Bahujans

On that far off day people came streamingin to Don Bosco Mission in fear andapprehension. But now, they came joyouslyto relive a memory, celebrate a journey thatthey and Don Bosco Ravulapalem made overthe years and institutionalized it as People’s

Action For Rural Awakening. On the previousday many of the past colleagues of PARAhad gathered for a “Mutchatla Sayam-kalam” to recall the past. The Blessing andInauguration of “Surakshita” took place inthe presence of Fr. Sebastian .M, the manbehind the relief and rehabilitation effort in1986.

The public meeting at Ekalavya set thetrajectory for the future. The release of theSouvenir –where the children who would nowbe the main protagonists of changes thatPARA intends to strive for, in line with whatchildren are asserting ‘we are today’scitizens’.



Provincial House; Hyderabad 17 August:The Headmaster sand Principals gatheredto discuss on CHILD PROTECTION POLICY,which is the burning issue of the time. In theintroductory talk Fr. Sojan, the Economerand Fr. Vijaya Bhaskar, the Vice-Provincialenlightened all the participants on the topicChild Protection Policy.

Many suggestions and concerns expressedin the meeting in running of the schools andcolleges, and also the Headmasters andPrincipals shared few ideas with regard tothe well running and improving of theinstitutions in the Province in implementingthe Don Bosco’s Preventive System in thisBicentenary year.


Head Masters’ & Principal’s Meet

Freshers’ Day CelebrationsPedabodepalli; 18 August:“Shine like the Sun, beradiant like a diamond”.With this theme IntermediateStudents have welcomedtheir juniors into the collegeas well as into their midst.Now it’s the time for thecelebrations; so they all

enjoyed by being togetherand sharing their joy. Andalso Degree students hadtheir Freshers’ Daycelebrations, with the theme“Be the Best”. All thestudents were very happythat they are studying in theprestigious college of Don

Bosco. The goal of ourinstitution is to give theholistic growth to all thestudents who study in ourcollege.



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Hyderabad; 23–24 August: Bosco SevaKendra (BSK) organized the training for the“Child ministers’of the“Neighbourhoodc h i l d r e npar l iaments” .These ministerscame from“Tuition centerscum Children’s’P a r l i a m e n t ”project. This is a“felt need” of theparent’s. They are willing to send the childrento the tuition centers. They may notunderstand or give importance to the “right

Tiruchy; 22 August: Province Secretariesfrom all the Salesian Provinces of the SouthAsia Region gathered for their AnnualMeeting in Don Bosco Provincial House. Thesecretary of Salesian Provincial Conferenceof South Asia, Fr. Noel Maddhichettycoordinated the meeting. The Secretary tothe Regional, Fr. Maria Lawrence and theWeb Master of BIS Fr. Cleophas Braganza,participated in the meeting. The animationsand discussions were geared towardscreating crisis management system in theprovinces and updating and revamping thesecretarial system in the Provinces.

The Director of the development office, Fr.Vincent Thamburaj welcomed the gatheringon behalf of the provincial and the provincialcommunity. A group of Lawyers animatedthe gathering with a panel discussion on thetheme ‘creating crisis management system’.

Annual Province Secretaries Meeting

Fr. Irudhayaraj SJ animated the gatheringon handling mass media at the time ofemergency.

The next day’s discussions were focused onupdating and revamping the secretarialsystem in the provinces and the Informationmanagement system at the South AsiaRegional level.


to participation” of the children on which the“Neighborhood children’s’ parliaments” are

based. Thoughthis is not a feltneed of theparent, it is animportant aspectin thedevelopment ofchildren. When agroup of childrenare givenopportunity toexpress their

opinion about their neighborhood and gettheir ‘consensus opinion’ to be implementedby the local authority they participate in the

The Children’s Parliament “MINISTERS” TrainingThe Children’s Parliament “MINISTERS” Training


Hyderabad; 24–30 August: The firstannual retreat of this year of Salesianprovince of St. Joseph was organized in theProvincial House. Salesian, Fr. SwamiVikrant from Chennai province, animatedthe retreat, with the participation of 26Salesians from different communities of theprovince.

The talks were well prepared andinformative; it really exhorted one totransform oneself to experience the Divine.Self-Transformation leads one toexperience God. Starting from happiness tothe meaningful community living thepreacher covered a vast area of topicsassociated to the fruitful Salesian living. Itwas a wonderful opportunity for all theparticipants to prepare themselves for thebicentenary celebrations of the birth of DonBosco. The availability and the sharing ofdifferent mission and apostolic experiences of the conference during the Eucharisticcelebrations and the Good Nights did enrich the experience of the retreat.


“Governance” of the neighborhood. Theybring about significant improvement not onlyto the neighborhood but also to thepersonality of the child. Children celebratetheir success and become more concernedabout the neighborhoods and people aroundthem. It is training to citizenship.

The project implemented by BSK,organizing 40 tuition centers in thepoorer neighborhood slums of thecity of Hyderabad. Afterimplementing the tuition centersto the satisfaction of the parents,BSK is now integrating theChildren’s Parliament activity into

the tuition centers. The teachers were alsogiven training on the concept and theimportance of Children’s parliament. Mostof the learning was done in groups. The childministers were invited to exercise their rightto participation by expressing their opinionon the two days of training.


"Abide in me as I abide in you"


Ramanthapur; 31August: Past Pupils ofDon Bosco Navajeevan(DBNJ), 45 of themgathered at Don BoscoRehabilitation CentreR a m a n t h a p u r ,Hyderabad premises fora day long get togetherand sharing.

The Director of DBNJ, FrSudhakar said, “PastPupils are the face of theDon Bosco’s Values in theSociety. They carry theValues of Don Bosco asthey move around”. Hecalled on everyone to keep up Don Bosco’sideals wherever they live.

The whole morning filled with laughter asthe comedy team of “Gabbarsingh” movieentertained everyone with their jokes,dialogues, dances and funny comments. Thebest part of the programme was the sharingof their own life stories which were inspiringfor our children. It was surprising to knowthat none of them had passed class X andabout the types of works they had taken upfor their survival before they were introducedinto the movies. Each of them emphasizedthat, the children should make use of theopportunities provided for them at DBNJ andbe ambassadors of DBNJ in the society toencourage those who can support this noblecause.

The founding director of DBNJ,Fr.Maddichetty Noel animated them bysharing his experience as the nationaldelegate for the Salesian Family. He asked

them to keep in mind three things as theylive in the society, namely, to grow up as Godfearing and honest citizens, to give identityto Don Bosco in ones profession and placesof work, and to promote Social Solidarity.He informed that there are about 30 groupswho form the Salesian Family and about 11of them are working in India. He challengedall to make impossible into i’m possible.

They were very enthusiastic in planning forthe coming year especially as the bicentenarycelebrations of the birth of Don Bosco andCrystal Anniversary of DBNJ, are going tobe celebrated. It was also decided that theoffice bearers would meet at least four timesin a year.

The Director of DBNJ exhorted everyone tospeak well of others and not to engage ingossip. He said, would be the best tributethey could give to Don Bosco during thisbicentenary year.


Past Pupil’s Re-union


Karunapuram; 31 August: As part of itsannual progamme, but with the addedfervour of the bicentenary celebrations of thebirth of Don Bosco, the Salesian communityof Don Bosco Philosophate organized aYouth Fest with 143 young participants fromthe neighbouring Parishes who treated to arich animation programme on the theme‘Youth for Change’, by the Assistant YouthDirector, Fr. Benny Joseph, of the SalesianProvince of Hyderabad.

All along the day, the animator inspired theyoungsters to be catalysts of change ratherthan mere grumblers and ‘no-doers’ in themodern society, by witnessing the youngpeople offer viable and challenging proposalsto themselves, to address issues likeunemployment, corruption, divisions in the

‘Youth for Change’

Parish community, marginalization in thesociety, civil and ecclesial scandal in theParishes, lack of faith and misunder-standings in the family. They had identifiedthemselves prioritized issues that plaguetheir respective parish communities and theneighbourhood.

The youth were invited not only to theinstitution and the programme but also tojourney with the Salesians towards thebicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco. Thebicentenary flag unveiled and a shortpresentation made before the Holy Mass.This Youth Fest planned to involve the youththemselves in identifying and trying outvaried options for issues they face in theirday-to-day life. – BIS Correspondent

Ramanthapur; 7 September:Don Bosco Navajeevan (DBNJ)ever grateful to GeneralElectronics GE employees fortheir generosity and thoughtfulness to donate Dance SuperStation (DSS) on this day andalso for their timely visits and support thatthey extend to DBNJ Homes. This dayremains in the history of DBNJ homes as theManager and Quality Specialist inauguratedDSS.

The Director of DBNJ Homes, Fr Bellam-

konda Sudhakar, took thisopportunity to felicitateMrs.Lakshmi Neti who liaisonbetween GE and DBNJ Homes.The boys expressed that throughthe dance three things can bedevelop, namely to get relaxed,

to have healthy body and to have focus inour studies as we concentrate on the stepsdisplayed on the screen. The managementand the boys thanked the GE Company fortheir generosity on behalf of theManagement, staff and students of DBNJhomes. – BIS Correspondent

GE (General Electronics) Donates Dance Super Station


Mariapuram; 15 August: The day beganwith flag hosting ceremony. The Director ofthe House, Fr. George Jacob was invited asthe chief guest of the day. The group leadersinvited him with police parade followed byMarch Past held according to the group wise.Well prepared speeches on three languagesdelivered on the topic Independence. The flaghosting ceremony concluded with chiefguest’s speech which inspired all. Soon afterhonoring the National flag there heldParents’ and teachers’ Association, PTAmeeting. Parents’ active participationsurprised the management.

Kollapur; The community of Don BoscoMission has begun its mission for the youngin various villages. They have startedcrossing new frontiers for meetingyoungsters and motivating them to formnew groups in their own villages. Under theleadership of Fr Alex and Br Suresh youthmeeting held at Machinenipalli. Almost 40to 50 youngsters were present along withtheir village President and other prominent elders. It was an initiative taken by the localyouth in organizing fraternal meal for all who gathered, with their own contribution. Themeeting was concluded with a volleyball tournament. – BIS Correspondent

Crossing New Frontiers for Youth

Independence Day Celebrations at DB Mariapuram

Children showed their patriotic spirittowards their mother India through variousdances, speeches, skits and songs. ThePrincipal, Fr Arogya encouraged thestudents how to foresee the future with aslogan “Never give up for any cause in thelife”.

During the Eucharistic celebration Fr. Rectorintroduced Bi-centenary celebrations andsaid we are fortunate to celebrate our fatherand founder’s birth throughout the year.



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Visakhapatnam: The young are fledging toBosco Tech in Sabbavaram, AndhraPradesh, it has opened its doors to a freshbatch of Business Process outsourcing(BPO) students. This is the second batch ofstudents at Bosco Tech, after the institutehaving commenced operation. The Directorof the institute, Fr. Thomas Thottiyilwelcomed all the students.

The ProvincialSr.Annie and theVice ProvincialSr. Valasammaof MMM werechief guests atthe event tograce theoccasion. Theproceedings for the daystarted with the new studentstaking a pledge of conduct, value and dignity,both personal and those of the institution.

Fr. Thomas Thottiyil speaking on theoccasion stressed the importance of BoscoTech in empowering the youth. He cited theexamples of Don Bosco and few actors likeSharukhan who used to borrow Rs.20/- every

BPO Batch Inauguration at DB Tech, Sabbavaramday to appear for auditions, has become afamous actor now. Amitabh Bachan whofailed in the audition test conducted by AllIndia Radio never gave up. After many fallsand failures and over the years he has notonly grown bigger and more iconic with eachpassing year but he has become aninstitution that is inseparable from the lore

of Indian cinema. Now Amitabhenjoys the waves of the

popularity. He advisedthe students to investtheir hard work inorder to climb theladder of successand Bosco Tech

provides ampleopportunities for that.

Sr. Annie advised thestudents to develop and challenged

the students to welcome failures into ourlives and that’s how we grow. What mattersis not that you failed, but that you recovered.She expressed her great happiness in seeingmany young boys and girls in Bosco Techpremises.

Vennela and Vijaya Laxmi students of BPOsummarized the work of BoscoTech in the form a song andunderlined the presenteducation system whereineducation is not available topoor who can’t pay thousandsof rupees. But expressed theirjoy and appreciated Don Boscoorganization for providing freeskill training for their betterfuture.



Sanathnagar: I startedmy teaching career in thisschool in1983, since thenthere was no turning back.I did feel lost for some timebut I quickly fell into thegroove mainly because ofmy Principals, colleaguesand students. As I grewstronger and proved myacademic excellence, daysbecome more memorable in school. Thisstrength come from my students, the tiny lotswho entered my class made me responsiblepatient and inculcated many virtues in me.

The right mélange of play work, the trueblend of my passion for my profession inimparting education paved the path for meto realize the work and important ofimparting true education. After serving as ateacher for 30years, I truly believe that

Mrs. Mary Beatrice - Reflection of a teacher on the day of her Retirementteachers areinfluential.When a personis educated he or she nomore remains a mirror butbecomes a window,through which he or shecan see the outside world.

Past pupils coming back tome is the best feeling evercoz of feel, which cannotbe bought but I will cherish

every moment in this school, the innocentlooks in my Kindergarten kids molded mecompletely and created a new personalitywith me

All my students will always be special forme and I will remember them in my prayers.My happiness and cares would be meaningwithout all “My Students” you complete me.


Vijayawada; 16 August: Commemorating the bi-centenary year of the birth of St. John Bosco(1815-2015) a special prayer service was organizedfor the family of Navajeevan Bala Bhavan. Pair ofdoves were released as a mark of the beginning ofthis great event.

D u r i n gt h i sp r a y e rservice,video clippings portraying the life, vision andmission of St. John Bosco were screened. TheRector, Fr. Balashowry addressed the gathering byemphasizing the importance of this great event.‘Don Bosco, with the young and for the young’.


Celebrations of Inauguration of the Bi-Centenary Year of the Birth of DON BOSCO


APPA-Hyderabad; 6 August: An AwarenessProgramme on “CHILD RIGHTS &RELATED LEGISLATIONS” for over 350Women Police Constables in training atAndhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA)was organized by Juvenile Justice (JJ) AP&Telangana Desk, Navajeevan Bala Bhavan,Vijayawada in collaboration with APPA.

The Executive Director of Navajeevan BalaBhavan, Fr. S. Balashowry, along with StateCoordinator (JJ AP & Telangana Desk)Mr.M.Krishna Prasad Das and Coordinator-Child Rights Monitoring Committee (CRMC)Mr. V. Krishna Mohan, also participated inthis prestigious event at APPA.

The inauguration of the programme alsoincluded the release of “Balala Rakshana”,a booklet specially compiled forthe Police Personnel in addressingthe child rights violations in aneffective manner. The bookletwas released by IPS officerSriK.R.M. Kishore Kumar,Special Director and the JointDirector Sri K. Venkateswara RaoIPS of APPA.

Navajeevan Bala Bhavan’sJuvenile Justice Desk (Andhra

Pradesh and Telangana) alsoorganized an awarenessprogramme on Child Rightsand related Legislations forPolice Constables in trainingat District Training Centre,Chidruppa Village, SangaReddy Mandal, MedakDistrict, on 27 August 2014.The awareness session was

conducted as part of Juvenile Justice Desk’sinitiative for capacity building of PolicePersonnel in Child Rights and relatedlegislations.

With guidance from the Vice-Principal ofDistrict Training Centre (DTC),Mr.Venkateswarlu, DSP and other personnelof DTC, the session was conducted for 120trainees in the premises of DTC. Mr. KrishnaPrasad Das (JJ AP & Telangana DESK) andKrishna Mohan (Coordinator-Fact Findings)organized the session at DTC and elucidatedthe participants on Child Rights, JuvenileJustice (Care & Protection) Act, 2000 &2006 along with provisions of The Protectionof Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.


Awareness Programme on“Child Rights & Related Legislations


DBNJ-Vijayawada; 20 August:Navajeevan Bala Bhavan,had immense pleasure tocelebrate the marriage ofMs. Saraswathi, anorphan girl ofNavajeevan BalaBhavan at MandadamVillage, Guntur district,Andhra Pradesh. Ms.Saraswathi was rescued,educated, brought up and acquiredvocational skills by DBNJ. Mr. BellamkondaNarendra, the bridegroom, has his own Photo

Studio in Mancherial Town,Adilabad district who came

forward to marry her withno dowry.

The grand cere-monious wedding

celebration waswitnessed by the rector

of DBNJ Fr. Balashowry,the volunteers from Austria

& Germany, the Navajeevan Staffand other dignitaries.


Wedding Bells

Ponnur; 29 August: The School ChildrenMeet was animated by FMA sister, NirmalaRodda – from Yeleswaram. The mainobjective of the camp was on Love for Christand knowledge of Christ. The VocationPromoter Fr. Yeruva Joji was the maincelebrant of the Holy Eucharist whoemphasized on the Sunday mass, confession& Communion. There were 80 children fromvarious substations of our parish, who tookpart in the camp. The magic show and the

School Children's MeetSchool Children's Meetquiz competition were the center ofattraction during the camp,which attractedchildren to take part actively. The winnersof the quiz competition were given prize andthe Identity cards were given to them.

The children remarked the day as amemorable event in their life and have givencourage and encouragement to be in touchwith Don Bosco Centre.



Ravulapalem; Don Bosco Mission: Bornto serve the young is the central theme ofour celebrations on the eve of the bi-centenary of the birth of Don Bosco ourfather and founder. The celebrationsenumerated its roots as our constitutionsrightly tell us that our society was purely bythe initiative of God than by any humanventure. Keeping this in mind the communityof Don Bosco mission Ravulapalem startedits celebration by the Holy Eucharistic

We Celebrate Don Bosco for ever

preceded by the Provincial of St. Josephprovince of Hyderabad Fr. RaminediBalaraju. He emphasized the significance ofthis great event and he urged the faithful tointercede to him to get more blessings fromGod. After which he spoke in the schoolassembly where he explained to the studentsabout the Don Bosco’s life and how he longedto serve the young who are abandoned.


Ravulapalem; 8 August: The inaugurationof the houses in Don Bosco School was takenplace for this academic year. The mainpurpose of this event was to reinforce thezeal and the thirst in the minds of studentsto inculcate talents and to bring out thehidden talents which were in them. Theinaugural function took its shape by

Inauguration of the Houses in Don Bosco School

introducing the houses through marching intheir respective houses. After inducing theirown houses students put up beautifulprogrammes and the correspondentFr.Balaraju infused in the hearts of studentsthe value of togetherness.



Ravulapalem; 5 September: How good itis when hand and hand meets together tocelebrate the life-giving day. Yes, we say thatthe teachers’ are more than mother andfriend to the students. It was true and hadits shapes here in our school. The day wasstarted with the welcoming of the teachers’by the students in their respectiveclassrooms and the whole programme wasorganized by the 10th class students. It wasa memorable day for both teachers’ and forthe students because of such lively event.There were games conducted for theteachers’. And most of the teachers’expressed their feelings on the event andsaid they had gone back to their school days.

Manoharabad: The community of SacredHeart Novitiate, inaugurated the month ofMary in a solemn way with this theme.Fr.Master inaugurated the Marian month &the tournaments in which the Novicesparticipated in all the activities of the Marianmonth and they have grown in knowing moreabout Mary through well prepared talks,

Teachers’ Day Celebrations in D.B. E/M School

All the teachers were present for the games,cultural programme and the meal preparedby the students. It was the day reminded tothe students that teacher is the third parentof the student.


Be with us Mary, along the way

rosary services etc. And lots of talents werediscovered through the participation insinging, drawing, dancing, Marian nite etc.during this Marian month they have built upa good relationship. The whole month wasfull of joy filled days, and various activitiesmade the month something special.



All power is within you and you can do anything and everything

Bandlaguda; 15August: On the occasionof the 68th Independenceday Celebration the guestof honor was cornelAlexander with theCorrespondent andPrincipal who hoist theNational Flag, followedby the march pastpresented by variousgroups of the school.

Cornel Alexander quoted the saying ofSwami Vivekananda,”All power is within youand you can do anything and everything”,which helped the students and instilled inthem the power and willingness to do better

in every field. Through cultural programmethe students spread the awareness ofpatriotism and the need to be united togetherto overcome and face challenges in our life.Our correspondent Fr. K.T. Jose quoted thesaying of Gandhi, “Be the change, you wishto see in the world”


Teacher’s Day Celebrations @ DB School, BandlagudaBandlaguda; 5 September: Birthdayof Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna isbeing celebrated in a grand way in DonBosco School Bandlaguda. He is ournations pride and an eminent teacherwhom all the teachers need to imitateand imbibe his great values of honest,sincerity and self-sacrificing to mouldthe life of millions of students.

All the teachers were felicitated andhonoured by the students for theirindustrious and enthusiastic service renderedto them. The student teacher act where allthe senior students strived to imitate theirfavorite teachers,the teachers felt happy tomirror themselves and an opportunity tomould for better.

It was indeed glad to see all teachers turned

as students who ran, jumped and played likethem. At the end of the day, studentsdistributed their token of love to the principal,staff and non-teaching staff for their endlesseffort and cheerful attitude which makesthem bloom into a beautiful flower as lovingchild and responsible citizen.



Manoharabad; 15 August: It was indeed amemorable day as we had the solemncelebration of the Holy Eucharistic atPresentation Community joining of threecommunities, where in which we honored ourBlessed Mother and also our ‘Bhumatha’.We joined with the school children ofGollagadda station for the flag hoisting andthe novices had given a small programmealong with the school programs. We had thegrand Volleyball match with the youngsters

The Feast of Assumption & Independence Dayof Gollagadda followed by Marian academyin which our novices exhibited their talentsin making the programme to a grand levelthrough their skit on theme “Assumed tointercede”, dances and message programme.The other two communities too joined forthe celebration. “Remember that one of thesurest way to salvation is spreading devotionto Mary” – DON BOSCO


Manoharabad; 16 August: At communitylevel we had the celebrations of the Birth ofDon Bosco with the solemn Holy Eucharisticcelebration. The other two communities toojoin for the celebrations and expressed theirjoy by their presence on this great event.Fr.Master celebrated the Holy Eucharist andhe explained about the significance of thebicentenary celebration and its importancein the congregation.


Bicentenary Celebrations of the Birth of Don Bosco


Manoharabad; 2–6September: “We justcame for learning, itbecame anexperience, and itfinally led us to berooted in the love ofChrist, for theintegration of theworld to cometogether in peace,joy and harmony”. It was a five-dayprogramme for the 6 Novitiates ofHyderabad Arch-diocese on the Theme,“Indian Christian Spirituality” held atJeevan Jyothi CRI. The resource person forthe programme was Fr. Moses KorkoniyasSJ an experienced person in conductingyoga and meditations. All together 51novices participated in this course. It was a

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w o n d e r f u lexperience for allto come to knowabout the differentways of meditation.He dealt on veryimportant topics ofself-mastering ofone’s discipline withmeditation. The

important aspect ofreligious life is that of contemplation(meditation). Thus all the novices spent fivedays in complete silence and in recitation of‘nama-japa’ on the name of Jesus.Everything took place in the Indian style -the yoga Asanas, Holy Eucharist andSatsangh.


Don Bosco ITI Principals’ Meet;Delhi 8–9 September: DonBosco Tech organized DonBosco ITI Principals’ Meet atProvincial House. Thirty-Seven ITI Principals and DBTech Province In-chargespartici-pated in the event. DBTech Executive Director, Fr. A.M.Joseph welcomed the participants andthe Delhi Provincial Fr.Michael Peedikayil,inaugurated the meeting and said, DB Techis doing a great work of nation building byreaching out to neglected rural needy youth.Principal of Don Bosco Technical SchoolDelhi Fr. Noble presented the Latest NCVT

Technical Training – Policies, Challenges & Forward

Orders and Directives to the participants.Fr.Adolph Futtado, Director, Don BoscoMarine Academy, Kurla, Mumbai facilitatedthe Groups discussion on the concerns ofITIs.


Pezzonipet; 15 August: The feastof the Assumption of Mary and theAssumption Church feast werecelebrated in grand scale. Indeedit is also co incident that ourmotherland India also celebratesthe Independence Day also thewhole Salesian congregationcelebrates the bicentenary birth ofDon Bosco. The celebration ismarked by Bishop Govindu (theadministrator of Vijayawadadiocese and the bishop ofNalgonda) with the solemn

Fr. A.M. Joseph presented to the membersthe challenges and concerns of DB Tech.Director NABET Mr. Vipin Sahni, explainedthe Accreditation process and proceduresafter which we had interactive session onRecent Changes in Technical sector. TheMember of QCI (Quality Council of India)had clarified all the doubts raised by themembers and explained the stages in

preparation for QCI Accreditation. The DonBosco ITI Federation assured all the ITIPrincipals that all the help will be providedin the process of getting Accreditation.

From Hyderabad Province DB Tech InchargeFr. P. Arul Das and three more participatedin Don Bosco ITI Principals Meet at Delhi.


Church Feast & Jubilee Bells

Eucharistic celebration. Itwas a joyous and colorfulday for the whole parish.Nine days of preparation andconfessions before the feastwere organized.

This year we also celebratethe diamond jubilee of ourParish. Lots of upcomingevents were planned thisyear to celebrate this jubileebells.



Pezzonipet; 14 Septem-ber: ‘No salvation withoutthe cross and no crosswithout the salvation’,says St. Ambrose. Thefeast of the exaltation ofthe cross is celebratedmeaningfully in ourParish.

The exaltation of thecross is celebrated withgreat reverence to the cross in the morningwith the procession led by the Parish PriestFr. Mariadas, followed by a solemn massduring which the value of the cross were

highlighted during homily.The sign of the cross is‘victory over satan, deathand sin’. We honour crossbecause it brought salva-tion for whole humanity.Let every knee bow downat the name of Jesus andhis cross so that all mayrise to God and share inhis glory. We erected big

cross in the center of the campus with welldecoration by our church youth. The wholeparish participated in this celebration withreverence and devotion.


The Exaltation of the Cross

Nalgonda; It was a red-letter day in thediocese as we had the inaugurationand the consecration of the Churchof Mary Help of Christians andthe blessing and inaugu-ration of the Grotto of OurLady of Lourdes. TheBishop of Nalgonda,Msgr. Govindu Joji, theProvincial of St. JosephProvince of Hyderabad Fr.Raminedi Balaraju andSalesians from differentcommunities and priests,sisters, Catholic families,Parents and laycollaborators who hadwitnessed this grace-filledevent. They were alltogether 2000 faithfulwitnessed the blessings ofGod in the Diocese

through the instrumentality of theSalesians of Don Bosco. The Rector

of Don Bosco Academy Fr. Anand,was builder and backbone of

the community in all actionsand animations thathappen in this massiveproject which servesthousands of youngpeople in the Diocese. Hewas immensely happyabout the celebration andhe thanked all thecommunity members whowere part of this greatmission in the diocese. Allthe Superiors andBenefactors wereremembered in a specialway.


From Here My Glory Shall Flow


Hyderabad; 13–14September: Don BoscoYouth Animation(DBYA) - South Asia(SA) Groups andMovements conducted atraining programme forYouth Animators andLeaders in SalesianPedagogy and Forming Youth AnimatingTeams. This Seminar was held at Don BoscoProvincial House, with the activeparticipation of 32 YouthLeaders and YouthAnimators from Tiruchy,Bangalore, Hyderabad,Mumbai and Kolkata.

The Vice Provincial ofthe St. Joseph’s Provinceof Hyderabad Fr.Thathireddy VijayBhaskar, welcomed every participant andenkindled in them the fire towards an activeparticipation of the two day programme.

Fr. Brian Moras, sdb,with his nonchalant yetprofessional bravura,presented the Salesianpedagogy to theparticipants. He stressedon the point that thePreventive System is thesynthesis of DonBosco’s Educative Ministry. That it isSpirituality, Pedagogy and a style of PastoralAction. He put forward the three pillars ofthe Salesian Preventive System, Reason,Religion and Loving Kindness with a personaltouch to it.

The presentation of the Handbook for Youth

Groups and Animators,titled YOUTH SPACES.It presents the Vision,Mission, Objectives andGuidelines for theSalesian Youth Groupsand Movements in India.The 4 step method of theDon Bosco Youth Groups

with 1.Experience, 2.Sharing, 3.Discernment, 4. Action is innovative and verypractical.

This tool, which is aimedat enhancing theinvolvement of youth inSalesian institutions andpresences, presents boththe theoretical and thepractical side ofanimating youth groups.

Fr Edwin Colaco alsopresented a short report on the whole groupsand movements scenario in South Asia, thewebsite www.donboscoyouthindia.org the

resources presenttherein. The follow up ofthe deliberations takenduring the DBYA – SAGroups and Movementsmeet held at Bangalorethe previous year.

These two days ofexperience and training,

is a seed which is carried back to theprovinces, wherein implanted and grow tobe a Vibrant Salesian Youth Movement. Thetraining enriched the participants in SalesianYouth Pedagogy and in forming vibrant YouthAnimating Teams and youth groups.


Salesian Pedagogy and Forming Youth Animating Teams


Hyderabad; 5 September: The Rector and Manager of the DonBosco School Fr. James, honoured teachers for their committedservice in the noble field of teaching. Speaking on the occasion,he highlighted the importance of teachers in inculcating valuesin children and in nation building.

“With your efforts you will be able to liberate students witheducation, so that they can contribute towards a prosperous,great and healthy nation like India.” He said. Two retiredteachers werefelicitated for theiruntiring zeal inteaching for manyyears. Teachersand studentsexpressed theirgratitude in theform of messagesand programmes. Students from all sections conducted various programmes on this day toexpress their love towards teachers. – BIS Correspondent

N a l g o n d a : T h eStudents of Don BoscoAcademy, CelebratedTeachers’ day as a dayof love and respect.The students fromLKG to PG honoredand respected theirteachers in ameaningful way. TheSPL, and all otherleaders of Don BoscoJunior, Degree and PGColleges, said it wastheir day to show theirlove, respect andgratitude to theirteachers who had been

Teacher's Day @ DB High School, Mothinagar

Teachers were Honoured at Academytheir source of energyto perform better in alltheir activities.

The Rector of DonBosco Academy Fr.Anand spoke on therole of a teacher in thelife of a student, andalso presented cashaward to the winners ofthe cricket match heldin the previous daybetween the schoolstaff and the students.



Nalgonda; 16 August: The Bicentenarybirth year of St John Bosco (1815-2015),was officially inaugurated at the newlyerected statue of St John Bosco. The Bishopof Nalgonda Msgr. Govindu Joji was the chiefguest of the occasion. Along with him therewere also many other dignitaries present.The ceremony was attended by over 2000students and almost 1500 students weregiven shoes freely on this occasion. Thecommunity considered it as an innovativeprogramme of the Bicentenary Celebration.

Honorable Chief Guest Msgr. Govindu Jojihoisted the Don Bosco Bicentenary Flag anddeclared open the festive year and alsoreleased the bicentenary year Calendar ofthe community. The Rector of Don BoscoAcademy Fr. Anand, spoke briefly on theBicentenary celebrations that are beingcelebrated all over the world, and alsodifferent innovative activities that thecommunity had taken up as a part of thesecelebrations. The Bishop highly appreciatedthe tremendous work that Salesians aredoing all over the word for the poor andmarginalized youth, in a very special way inthe diocese, through various forms such aseducating the young through schools and

colleges, skill training and job placement forthe unemployed, through DBTechprogramme, and providing safe drinkingwater to the fluoride affected villages of thevicinity. While appreciating the rector, theprincipal and other community members fortheir tremendous services, he urged thestudents to be partners in the mission andbecome responsible citizens of our belovedcountry. After this free shoe distribution took

place and around 1500 students were givenshoes freely as part of the celebration. TheRector advised the students to cultivate thesense of gratitude and generosity andbecome agents of transformation in thesociety.


Inauguration of the Bicentenary Birth Year of St John Bosco


Let’s Begin With Love and End With LoveNalgonda; 13 Sep-tember: Don BoscoDegree Collegestudents celebratedthe Freshers’ day asthey welcomed theirjuniors with thismotto. The Rector ofDon Bosco AcademyFr. Anand, praised allthe students andwelcomed to join the international family ofDon Bosco. He also thanked all the 1st yearsas they have chosen this college to continuetheir education. He invited all the studentsof new and old to bring the laurels to thecollege with their untapped talents. It wasalso time of grace for us as the Principal Fr.Bala welcomed and greeted all the students

especially the newcomers. He exhortedthem to be successfulpersons and be goodand disciplinedstudents. On thispleasant occasion hespoke highly aboutthe mission that wecarry for the youth ofNalgonda. He also

listed out the great achievements done byour past pupils who brought laurels to DonBosco Institutions. In his address he askedthe students to be hard working and to bepunctual so that they could becomeproductive citizens of tomorrow.


Mothinagar; 21-23 August: A healthy mindin a healthy body, Preventive education weresome of the traits of John Bosco, a greathumanitarian of the 19th century.

Don Bosco community isa huge, family spreadacross more than 133countries. Incommemoration of thisgreat educator, friendand a visionary of theyouth, programmes areorganized across theglobe. The Don BoscoSchool, commenceing the celebrations on 15August by an inter-school footballtournament organized by the past pupils.

Eight Schools participated under 14 and 16age groups. One of the chief refereesMr.Joseph, our past pupil was a state and anational football player. The tournament

concluded withmementos, medals andcups awards undervarious categories.Master Sohail of DonBosco High SchoolHyderabad, was given acash award by Mr. PapiReddy, the coach ofSt.Marks High School,Boys Town. These events

are just the beginning of the celebrations ofthe 200 years of the birth of a great andblessed son of the earth, St. John Bosco.


Inter School Football Tournament @ Mothinagar


Mothinagar; 5 September: Re-Union of1985 batch students of Don Bosco HighSchool had taken place on teacher’s day inDon Bosco School.

Past students Shravan and Dinesh came toschool and expressed their idea ofcelebrating teachers day and re-union of1985 batch students with correspondentFr.James Kudiyirippil and HeadmasterFr.Johny Joseph and requested them to bepresent on the occasion. Where on 1September they came to school with formalinvitation where they have invited allteachers who have taught them.

As the past students started coming into thecampus were surprised to see the changesin the campus after 1985. Out of 65 students,55 of them were able to come for theoccasion. One of them Mr. Max came all theway from Sharjah just to attend for theoccasion. Few of them came from U.S.A,others from Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai,Delhi and some other parts of India. Theywere so excited to see each other after 29years and to see their teachers.

After brief interaction among themselves andwith teachers they also had interaction withTV5. The program dress code wasimpressive, all were wearing specially madeT-Shirts, with a Logo DBHS 1985 at the backand name badge in front. Fr. James explainedabout the changes that have taken place inthe campus since 1985. Later he asked themto think about the Bicentenary BirthAnniversary year of Don Bosco and to dosome tangible in memory of the bi centenaryof Don Bosco.

All the past students rememberedFr.Benedict and his services as their HeadMaster. Chakradhar in his address said outof 62 students, 30 are graduates, 15Engineers and a Doctor and the remainingare in business. They honored each teacherinviting on to the stage. During the time offraternal meal lot of interaction took placeamong past students, their families andteachers.


The Re-Union of 1985 Batch Students at D.B. School


Chandur; 22 September: The Students ofDon Bosco Junior College, have experiencedthe joy to its heights as they celebrated‘DASARA DHAMAKA’ together as brothersand sisters. The whole campus wasbeautified with all the students out in the playground participating in the games.

Don Bosco Junior College Celebrates Dasara Dhamaka

The students were re-energized with happytones set in playing games with the tunes ofmusic. The music has brought the spirit ofDasara celebrations and made them toexperience the glimpse of Dasara in theCollege. The presence of the Principal Fr.Bhaskar and the lecturers added more colourand joy to the celebrations.


Nalgonda; 16 September:Keeping in mind the overallgrowth and above all theintellectual pursuit of thestudents, MA TeluguDepartment of PG collegearranged one day visit toall the historical places inNalgonda district. Therewere about 30 studentsvisited the places under theguidance of the Telugu Department faculty.The purpose of the visit is to ignite theknowledge in a different way. They visitedfour historical places namely Panagaluwhich is famous for Kakatiya monument,existing from 12 century. The second isChandubattlaMonument which is 25 kmaway from Nalgonda town, famous because

of the Kakatiya queen byname Rudramadevi died inthis place in the year1239a.c. The third is PillalaMari where big stone wassculptured into amagnanimous temple ofVishu. The fourth isPhanigiri, a place ofBuddhkshetram startedaround 6 Century and is

filled with statues, monuments and otherthings related to Budha’s life. The perfectknowledge is gained only when theory andpraxis is entwined. This is what Don BoscoDegree and PG College is offering to all thestudents, together with the management andthe faculty.


Educational visit of PG Students


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Hyderabad; 21-22September: TheA d m i n i s t r a t o r s ’gathered in Don BoscoProvincial House withthe scope of digitalizingand centralizing theadministration in theProvince. TheEconomer of theProvince Fr. Sojan,welcomed the administrators and theaccountants of our province and introducedthe upgraded accounting package (ACME-ERP). He did appreciate all the efforts putin the smooth functioning of our houses byall the administrators. The presence andactive participation of few lay accountantsadded variety to the meeting. The ProvincialFr. Balaraju, extended a warm welcome toall the participants and exhorted everyoneto be transparent and accountable in mattersconcerning finance and administration.

The Vice-Provincial Fr. Vijay Bhaskar,enlightened the participants on the ‘DonBosco Child Protection Policy’ as a relevantand known factor for every Salesian andthose working in the Salesian Institutions.It was followed by the introduction to thenewly updated accounting software, AcME

ERP, which is anupdated version of theexisting AcME+. Thetwo resource persons,Mr. Alexander andMr.Ramesh from BICS,Yellagiri, put us ininitiating and guidingall the participants inupdating themselveswith the revised version

of the new software. We could see all theadministrators engrossed in keeping

themselves up-to-date. All the participantswere provided with laptops and computersfor the online learning of the software. Theparticipants appreciated the new softwareand resolved to put into practice from thepresent financial year (April 2014 onwards)itself. The participants were givenknowledge on WALLMART and itsfunctioning by the HR Department of thecompany. The DB Tech In-charge of theProvince Fr. P. Arul Das presented the statusof the DB Tech and invited all the otherhouses to explore the possibilities of openingthe DB Tech centers in serving the poor andneedy youth.


Administrators go ‘online’


Gagilapuram; Hyderabad: Trainingfor youth on RO Technician for onemonth was held in collaboration withTata Projects Ltd., Hyderabad. Twentyyouth from five districts of AndhraPradesh and Telangana, took part inthe training. They were trained for onemonth by the technicians from TataProjects Ltd., They were trained atGagilapuram for one month followed bytwo months of on the job training withstipend given by Tata Project Ltd., intheir center at Medchal. Twelve of thetrainees who successfully completed the training were absorbed by Tata Project Ltd., asR.O. Technicians. We sincerely thank Tata Project Ltd., for their support and collaboration.


RO Technician Training @ Gagillapuram

Nalgonda; 17 September: The ViceProvincial of the Salesian Province ofHyderabad Fr. Thatireddy Vijaya Bhaskar,in the presence of the Rector of Don BoscoAcademy Fr. Gopu Anand and the principalof Don Bosco Degree and PG College Fr.Balashowry, Sisters, staff, and the students,blessed the new primary block of Don Bosco

Blessing and Inauguration of New Primary School

High School. There are six classrooms andabout 200 students could be accommodated.The chief guest and all other dignitaries werewelcomed and the students arranged a smallfelicitation programme. Fr. Vijaya Bhaskarurged the students to make use of everyopportunity, and infrastructure that isprovided in the campus for their betterment.



Kurnool; 7 September:DBTECH HotelManagement completed 8Batch of their trainingsuccessfully and foundtheir placement in citieslike Bangalore,Tirupathi, Hyderabadand Kurnool. Thetraining was of three

months craft course. The DBTECH staff under the guidance of the Director, Fr.Tom helpedthe young people by arranging various programmes, like spoken English, life skills, basicknowledge in computers, seminars and group Dynamics for their development. Withoutdoubt this short term training made an impact in the life of each student. Equipped themwith skills and made them to stand on their foot. – BIS Correspondent

Grand Success of DB Tech Hotel Management

Computer Lab Equippedand Blessed

Wyra: The Don Bosco’s School dreamfulfilled by obtaining new computers with thegenerous help of Fr. Provincial and BoscoSeva Kendra. 14 new systems were set upto impart Computer knowledge to thestudents. It is indeed a welcoming feature tostrengthen the needed computer skills to thefuture citizens of the locality.


Wyra; 5 September: Don Bosco Schoolcelebrate around teachers as it is the birthanniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.The students of Don Bosco School made theteachers feel important, honoured, loved andproud to be teachers. They paid floraltributes to the pictures of Dr. Sarvepalli andBl. Mother Theresa. The highlights of thecultural programmes were the dances, songsand flute performance by the teachersthemselves. Students did the role models ofTeachers, offered accolades and gifts. Thestudents also conducted games for teachers.


A memorable GURUPUJOTSAVAM


Wyra; 22 August: Bicentenarycelebrations of the birth of our belovedfather Don Bosco, was organized in ourDon Bosco School. The vocation promoterof the province Fr. YeruvaJoji, was the chiefguest who hoisted the flag of Don Boscomarking this great event and then led the

Wyra; 15 August: It had been a grace-filledday for the staff and students of Don Bosco,Wyra to celebrate the 68 Independence dayof our Mother India. The celebrations beganby welcoming the dignitary, sub-inspectorof Police Mr. Praveen Kumar,with atraditional Harathi and applyingThilakam and Gandham. He received themarch-past salute of four houses andhoisted the flag and addressed the staffandstudents on their responsibility towardsnation-building. Students received prizesfor the weeklong competitions. Amesmerizing cultural show, pyramids, freedom-fighters fashion show grabbed the attentionof the audience of the day. The message of the chief guest filled the minds of the studentswith real patriotic zeal. – BIS Correspondent

S.I. of Police, Thallada unveils the Tri-colour Flag

Viva Don Bosco

students to have a glimpse of the life andactivities of Don Bosco and the service thathis followers are doing. His enumerationabout the person and personality of DonBosco and the services of the Salesiansenthralled the staff and students.



Ramanthapur; 19–21 September: “GenderSensitivity Education (GSE) - Training ofTrainers, was organized at Don Bosco NavaJeevan, Hyderabad,by Salesian Familycommission (SFC) incollaboration withSalesian SocialForum (SFF) and YaRForum. This is thesecond of its kindorganized by SalesianFamily Commission, tomark the Bicentenaryof Don Bosco whochampioned the causeof rights of the youngpeople of his times andtook initiatives to provide safe ambient forthe young of both genders.

The fourty participants of the trainingprogramme were educators from theSalesian Family, schools, young at riskcenters, social workers and NGOrepresentatives from Andhra Pradesh and

Telangana. The Director of PARA,Fr.Thomas Pallithanam, with a team of

resource personsengaged theparticipants during theworkshop of GSE.

After eliciting theexpectations of theparticipants theresource personsclarified the conceptsof “Human Rightsand Equity“ throughvarious activitybased programmes.

The High CourtAdvocate Ms. Hemalalitha, dealt with theConstitution, Rights and Laws related toWomen. She highlighted the relevant articlesof the constitutions, types of Rights andissues of Child Marriage, love Marriage,Dowry demands and related matters. Hercrisp and clear presentation with the help ofconcrete examples was well appreciated by

the participants.

Fr. Thomas spoke about theneed to mobilize communitysupport in preventingviolence against women andthe need to accompany thevictims and witnesses invarious cases. He spoke ofthe need to network withother like minded organi-zations to address growingincidents of violence.


A National initiative for Bicentenary of Don Bosco by Salesian Family

Promoting Equity and Safe Environment for Women and Girl Child

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