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FEBRUARY - 2016 PAGES - 4e-NEWS LETTER

The 67th Republic Day at DBHRDC was a day of celebration with assertion. The day began with the hoisting of the national flag by the DB Hyderabad Provincial Fr. Ramineedi Bala Raju, followed by national anthem, prayer song by Aruna, a DB Tech student and inspiring messages by Fr. Provincial and Fr. Arul Das, Director BSK and Mr.JAR Paul.

The day gave a real sense of accomplishment for the DB Tech trainees as they received their course completion certificates, pronouncing them qualified for respectable jobs in the Hospitality industry.

Fr.Provincial in his message said that youth today have many negative influences – there are anti-social agencies such as the ISIS that are on the constant look-out to recruit vulnerable youth at an early age. It is therefore imperative that the youth fight such distractions that come in many seemingly harmless forms like the social media, etc. Instead the youth should focus on LOVE, PEACE and BROTHERHOOD.

Fr. P. Arul Das sdbExecutive Director

From the Director's Desk

So many flowers bloom, but how many of them get recognized? Don Bosco was one such flower who won great recognition not only in Italy but the whole world. The fragrance of such a flower could not be constrained in boundaries. It spread across the world in no time.

Don Bosco was a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. He is the Parton saint of the Youth. His vast knowledge of Scripture, and his spiritual insights made him all the more popular with spiritual and political leaders of the time.

Don Bosco's heart bled to see human suffering especially Youth. This led him to take up the cause of the needy youth and for the rest of his life he chose service to Youth as his mission on earth, which endeared him to all.

Don Bosco left the world his writings which serve as guide for the youth work. He served as a spiritual guide to many seekers. He founded Men Religious Congregation Salesians of Don Bosco which is the most outstanding religious organization in the world working in 132 countries serving the Poor and Needy Youth. He also founded the women congregation 'Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco” (FMA) and Salesian Cooperators for lay people.

His life and teachings are priceless pearls. Let us pay a tribute to him on his (January 31) Commemoration Day by emulating his teachings.

Don Bosco – Our Inspiration

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Child Ministers Light The Way!!

Nacharam & Erukulavada areas in Hyderabad suffer from the menace of mosquitoes in their area. The children's parliament members of these areas held a meeting and decided to do something about it.

The child ministers thought it would be a good idea to carry out a rally in order to gain the attention of the area's political leaders who were campaigning for the municipal elections. They got immediate approval and complete support and encouragement f rom the program co-ordinator Mr.S.Ambedkar and the tuition centre teachers Ms.N Anitha and Ms.K Sarojini.

Almost 60 children came together in a rally on 25th January, 2016 where they carried charts and placards with slogans on how to prevent and eradicate mosquitoes from the area, educating the people.

They encountered Ms.Anita Padma Reddy, an independent candidate campaigning for Corporator. The children presented a memorandum to her saying that in case she wins the elections, her priority should be to eliminate the menace of mosquitoes from the area. They also made a request to look into the issue of community halls so that they can use the same for conducting evening tuitions.

Parents of these children also joined the rally to add strength to their message. They felt proud of the initiative their children were taking for the welfare of neighborhood.

Former Corporator of the area, Mr.Tunga Tirupati was highly impressed with the children's initiative when he heard about it. As part of Republic Day celebrations on 26th Jan, he visited the Erukulavada TC and presented the students there with some token gifts as a mark of appreciation.

We wish the children best of luck with assurance of all our support and encouragement.

On 23rd Jan 2016, co-ordinators of the Micro Credit Program met at BIRD, Guntur for a review. The agenda for the meeting included issues related to Collections, Insurance claims, performance of field officers, and planning for the Women's Day program.

Fr.P Arul Das, BSK Director began the meeting with a prayer, followed by Ms.Sivakumari, Guntur Rural branch coordinator who recounted the minutes of the previous meeting held.

Coordinators presented the progress made in December 2016 in their respective Societies, and gave their opinion on how work can be improved. The Director reiterated the need to have weekly staff meetings to ensure close monitoring of the field activities.

Coordinators then discussed on the methodology to be followed for the village-level meetings. It was concurred that the common objective should be to strengthen the rapport with the members so as to instill confidence and empower them towards prudent decision making in their respective enterprises.

MACS Coordinators Plan for Progress

The new year 2016 started on a promising note for DB Tech Hyderabad Chapter is being invited by several Government Officers to replicate the skill training program in their respective areas / departments.

IG – Prisons for Andhra Pradesh in Hyderabad called for a meeting discuss about introducing DB Tech Skill Training Programme in Rajahmundry and Visakhapatnam central prisons. Mr. Stanley and Mr. Sridhar, National and State Coordinators for DB Tech respectively, attended the meeting. A written direction has been given to DB Tech to commence training programs with immediate effect.

In another positive development, District Collector of Nizamabad, Ms.Yogita Rana invited DB Tech, Hyderabad Chapter, to setting up training centres in her district. Ms.Rana was formerly posted in J & K, where she had experienced the tremendous impact of DB Tech

Training on the local youth. She is confident that we can bring about a similar impact on the marginalized youth of Nizamabad through quality training programs. Places have been identified in the Parishes of Kisan Nagar, Jadijamalpur, Dharmavaram and Bodhan to setup DB Tech Training Centres.

Fr. George Mathew, National DB Tech Asst. Director for Finance visited Rajahmundry and Narsipatnam to have a meeting with the Tribal Officer in order to start Skill Training project in Rajahmundry for tribal youth in areas like Paderu, Chintapalli, Lambasingi.

Y Sujata is a member of Chaitanya Self Help Group - BOSCO Swalambana MACS. A resident of Ambajipet in E.Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, her family consists of husband Jayababu and two sons studying in grades 3 and 5.

Empowered by her regular savings and membership in the group, she took a decision of starting a home-based enterprise. She started making wicker baskets, sieve and with the support of her husbad sold them in the market.

The new found independence has renewed her self-confidence and she swears by the idea of 'Savings'. She is instrumental in bringing more and more women into the system.

Weaving for a brighter future

DB Tech invited to replicate its 'Skilling Mission'NIZAMABAD DISTRICT MAP

Rajahmundry Central Prison

Paderu

Ms.Yogita Rana, IAS

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A Career Guidance program was held at Jesus Gurukul Parish for all the youth of different sub stations of Parigi Mandal. On 16th Jan, 2016 students of 9th, 10th Class, Intermediate and Degree Colleges gathered in the Parish Hall under the direction of Youth Director Rev. Fr. Vinay Kumar for a fu l l -day interact ive seminar conducted by Mr.Solomon of Dhisha. 47 young students found a platform to share and express their concerns about their future. Through the program they gained valuable insight into various career options and different approaches to follow for better success.

YOUTH IN PARIGI GAIN A CAREER PERSPECTIVE

Tuition Centres in Ongole are progressing into Children's Parliaments. Trainings were conducted for teachers and later for students of these tuition c e n t r e s o n t h e c o n c e p t , formation and implementation of Chi ldren's Parl iament. Ten Childrens Parliaments are now functioning effectively.

One of teachers left due to personal reasons and a new tuition centre was started in to substitute this change. This centre is located in Zilla Parishad Nagar.

Children's Parliamentsestablished in Ongole BSK Welcomes

New Provincial of

Hyderabad Province

BSK Thanks the Outgoing

Provincial for his constant

support & guidance

Rev Fr Thathireddy Vijay Bhaskar

Rev Fr Raminedi Balaraju

Feast of Don Bosco

The life and teachings of the Fo u n d e r D o n B o s c o w a s celebrated in a meaningful, solemn manner on 31st January at all the field programs of the province.