Trivandrum DoN Bosco Veedu Society

Vision: Our Vision is to create a child friendly society by collectively acting as catalysts to transform people to think and act in favour of children especially those at risk.

Mission : Our Mission is to reach out and rescue children and youth at risk: to protect them; to restore them; to inspire them towards a dignified life protected from abusive situations, to advocate on their behalf, to restore their rights and to be catalysts in the formation of a woman and child friendly society.

History: Don Bosco’s work for street children in Trivandrum began in May, 1991. It started as a night shelter for street children and youth in rented facilities at Bishop Pereira Hall, Shankumugham, and later on in Chalai Market. A society was registered on 9th December 1991 under the name, ‘The Trivandrum Don Bosco Veedu Society’. In 1994, some land and a building were bought at Manacaud and the shelter home was shifted there with the name ‘Don Bosco Veedu’. Later on, in collaboration with Latin Arch Diocese of Trivandrum, Don Bosco Centre, Manacaud was constructed and in 1999 some land was bought near railway station, Thampanoor, to build and shift the shelter home to a more accessible place for children. Don Bosco Nivas was inaugurated on January 31st, 2002.

  Now We are running 7 different projects for women and children. They are : 1. CHILDLINE, 2. Child Help Desk at Railway Station 3. Open Shelter Home for Children and Youth at Risk, 4. DREAM - Drug Rehabilitation Education for  Children 5. WEDGE - Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Education 6. KEEN - Karimadom Education and Empowerment  Network (slum Development) 7. KISMAT- Kerala Interstate Migrant's Alliance for Transformation which is a project for the care and restoration of rights of interstate migrant population.