DON BOSCO
Home Placement
Home Placement
The Vulnerable
Children in the
Cities
Reasons for
Leaving Home
Hotel boys,
Domestic
workers
Acute
Poverty
Death of
parents
Rag Pickers
Infirm
parents
Child sex
workers
Broken
Families
Child beggars,
hawkers
Scavengers
Alcoholism
of father or
mother or
both
Beaten by
Parents or
Teacher or
relatives
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
REHABILITATION
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
Carpentry
Welding
Driving
Trainees at DB Tech. School
Tailoring
T. Shirt Making
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
Welding
Driving
Carpentry
T. Shirt Making
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
Printing & Book Binding
Bakery
Electrical & Plumbing
Tailoring
Home Placement
Home Placement
Friends of DBNJ
International Street Children Day
Home Placement
DEFINITIONS BY ORGANIZATIONS
 “Children on the streets are those whose families support base has
become increasingly weakened, (who) must share in the
responsibility for family survival by working on the city streets and
market places.

Children of the street are a much smaller number of children who
daily
struggles for survival without family support, alone. While
often called
‘abandoned’, they too might also have abandoned
their
families, tired of insecurity and rejection and aged up with
violence…..(their) ties with
home now have been broken…..de
facto(they) are without families.” - UNICEF
The Vulnerable
Children in the
Cities
Reasons for
Leaving Home
Hotel
boys,
Domestic
workers
Acute
Poverty
Rag
Pickers
Death
of
parents
Infirm
parents
Child sex
workers
Broken
Families
Child
beggars,
hawkers
Scavengers
Alcoholism
of father or
mother or
both
Beaten by
Parents or
Teacher or
relatives
A minute about Us
 The Don Bosco Navajeevan Society, started in June 1998 in twin cities of
Hyderabad & Secunderabad for the welfare of street children and youth at risk.
 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, in May 2000 recognized
Don Bosco
Navajeevan as “Fit Institution” under Juvenile Act.
DBNJ is now authorized to
care for neglected juveniles.
 We have two shelters (Secunderabad & Nampally), a Home for School going
children and a rehabilitation centre with facilities like care homes and a vocational
training centre at Ramanthapur.
 In Don Bosco Navajeevan, so far 18,000 street children have benefited from
personal contact, out of whom 6,400 have been persuaded to return home. More
than 400 street children stay at Navajeevan centres where 200 of them are
provided an opportunity to go to school and the rest are undergoing Vocation
Training in our Technical School.
 Everyday they are provided three meals, medical care, cultural activities, counseling,
career guidance, recreation and other needs.
Acceptance of the child unconditionally for what he/she is.
Collaboration with the child in his/her own initiatives to overcome deprivations.
Educate the child to stand for his rights.
Train the children in skill trades to earn hood his lively.
Counselling the child to make positive and correct choice.
Motivating the child to go back home if there is a “Home” for him to go to.
Making every effort to rehabilitate the child.
Promoting networking with people of all walks of life and creating social
 supports that contributes towards the dignity of the child.
1.To instill in the children a sense of discipline
by following a regular time-table.
2.To slowly wean away the child from the street
by having interesting classes, conducting games
and seeing to their material needs.
3. To provide an atmosphere of affection and
RSTC
support for the child, so that he does not
need the freedom of the street anymore as
compensation.
4. To guide the child towards rehabilitation in
any form, education, vocational training etc. and
thereby rebuild his life.
5. To teach the child at least the basics of
education.
School going Street Kids
6. Providing opportunities for improvement and
learning of the outside world, through picnics,
outings etc.
REHABILITATION
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
Carpentry
Welding
Driving
Bakery
Trainees at DB Tech. School
Printing & Book Binding
Tailoring
T. Shirt Making
Electrical & Plumbing
OTHER INITIATIVES BY DBNJ
APSA SHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME
1. APSA – ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING SOCIAL ACTION
2. It is for building Happy, Healthy and Responsible Sexual Realities
for street and slum children.
EXPOSURE PROGRAMMES
E children
1. Create awareness about neglected/ abandoned
2. Exposing the students to the new way of understanding the street
children at risk in slums.
3. Motivate the students bringing into awareness about street child
sufferings.
CHILD RIGHTS & JUSTICE FORUM
1. DBNJ has taken initiative to form a forum with different NGOs who are Working for the
welfare of Street Children & Young at Risk.
2. At present, the Forum has 15 different NGOs working as Network.
HOME LINK
1. www.homlink.in is website specifically dedicated to
ensure the restoration of the children back Home.
2. Assist in tracing the Lost (or) Missing Children.
3. The missing child search network is open to all Don
Bosco organizations in India that serve the
unaccompanied youngster and is part of the Home Link
Network.
PEER LEADERS
1. A group of children go to the contact points
for street education.
2. They interact with children on street &
counsel them as a friend.
3. Give them the hope & future
PSYCHO-SOCIAL SERVICES
• To provide professional psychological support to the child.
• To conduct the Group therapy and group processes, including role Plays, play
back theatre, etc.
• To train the children in interpersonal relationships, dealing with peer pressure
and other life skills.
• To closely follow up children who have problems with addiction.
• Training programmes for Don Bosco and other NGOs staff in dealing with the
children.
• To conduct a seminars, workshops to like minded organizations on child
psychology and interpersonal skills.
PUBLIC RELATION
Rally
Staff Meet
Prison Ministry
Visit of MPs
from United
Kingdom
Area
Meeting
Collaboration
with other NGOs
JOB PLACEMENTS
SONU, Dance Master
M. Ramesh, Graduation
G. Ramesh, Multi Media
250 boys are
being job placed
in a Year
They are supported
and Guided
Follow up of the
job placed students
Venkatesh, Welder
DBNJ INITIATIVES IN SLUMS
1. RUNNING SPECIAL TRAINING CENTRES / DAY CARE CENTRES
2. PROVIDING BASIC LITERACY, CRAFT WORK & RECREATION TO THE
CHILDREN
3. ENROLLMENT OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS, ILLITERATES IN REGULAR
SCHOOLS
4. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
5. EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN & YOUTH AT SLUMS THROUGH
VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT etc.
CHILDHOOD REGAINED…