Bangalore Oniyavara Seva Coota

Aim To partner the street child in his daily struggle to grow off the street into an integrated, fulfilled and socially contributing person.

Constituency Served

street children, boys, up to 16 years


Details of Work

BOSCO works with boy street children in seven areas of the city. It has a booth at the city railway station, the BOSCO Makkala Ashraya, to identify children as they arrive in the city and prevent them from becoming street children. It runs three shelters, where it provides skill training. It offers medical aid and education on the street and at its centres, and assists children to go to schools. It promotes home placement so that children can grow in their families. It has conducted a drug prevention programme in partnership with the Bangalore Forum for Street and Working Children* and NIMHANS*, and a training programme on non-institutional strategies for working with children at risk, for government and NGO personnel. It has initiated research along with NIMHANS in the area of juvenile justice, and on the sexual behaviour of street children and HIV/AIDS.

Fact File

Bangalore Oniyavara Seva Coota

    Acronym

  • BOSCO

    • Status

  • Trust

    • Category

  • Child Development

    • Sub Category

  • Organisations

    • Level of Work of the Organization

  • Local

    • Establishment

  • 1985

    • Focus

  • street and working children, boys, shelter, research, training, substance abuse, non-formal education, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse

    • Resources

  • newsletter, training for street children from other NGOs

    • Help Welcome

  • volunteers, books, clothes, toys, medicines, donations, grass mats
Contact Information

Fr Edward Thomas , Executive Director , Mon-Sun 6.00-9.00
91, B street, 6th Cross, Gandhinagar Bangalore- 560009.
Ph : 65370114, 22286572 ,Email : edwardthomas27@gmail.com , Website :http://www.boscoban.org