Don Bosco Development Society - DBDS Mumbai, INDIA

ABOUT US

Our Profile

Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS), Mumbai, is a branch of the International Don Bosco Society. DBDS was launched in January 2001 with the aim of initiating and furthering development programmes that would improve the situation of the poor and disadvantaged sections of society, especially poor and marginalized youngsters. DBDS works closely with 34 partner organizations located in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh.

These organizations are engaged in the following programmes.

1. Education

a. Formal Schools

b. National institute of Open Schooling

c. Hostels

2. Technical and Vocation Education

a. Formal Technical Training

b. Non Formal Vocational Training

3. Youth at Risk

a. Street Children

b. Childline

c. Children of CSWs

4. Natural Resource Regeneration and Management

a. Watershed Development

b. Associations and Community Based Organizations related to Watershed
Development

5. Income Generation Programmes

a. Group income Generation Programmes

b. Entrepreneurship Development Programmes –

6. Agriculture

a. Promotion of horticulture

b. Support for Input Supply

7. Integrated Rural Development

a. Adoption of Villages for sustainable Integrated Development

b. Networking with Government and Non Government Agencies for Integrated
Rural Development

8. Programmes in the Slums

a. Mobilising Communities in the slums towards their empowerment

b. Educational, Health and Civic issues

DBDS offers services in the areas of

1. Planning

2. Project formulation

3. Implementation

4. Monitoring

5. Reporting

Our Staff

Anaclete D’Mello

Director

Savio Silveira

Executive Director

Lourdes Baptista
CEO

Programme Coordinators

Melvin Pangya
Anand Raj
Lyra Pinto

Project Officers
Chandrakanth Parkhe
Pradeep Ghute
Subash Shirsath
Prakash Ahire
Dayanand Patil
Maganlal Tanchak
Sanjay Shinde
Surekha Pednekar

Administration

Valerian Henriques

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