Don Bosco Research Centre put up stall no 17 from 6-9 November 2014 at the Don Bosco National Education Conference held in the premises of Don Bosco, Matunga. The purpose of the stall was to provide knowledge about the works at Don Bosco Research Centre.
  Teacher Training Programme on Substance Abuse at Wamanrao Muranjan High School |
| As a continuation in the series of teacher training programme, a half- day training programme for teachers in identification and prevention of substance abuse among school children was organized by Don Bosco Research Centre (DBRC) and Wamanrao Muranjan school, Mulund at the school hall on September 13, 2014. Teachers from both secondary and junior college sections of the Wamanrao school and also from the neighbourhood schools attended the programme. The session on the `Substance Abuse Prevention’ accompanied by short documentaries was presented by Mr. Swapnil Pange, counsellor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences and that on the `Role of Teachers in Prevention of Substance Abuse in Schools’ was delivered by Ms. Mayuri Jain, counsellor at the rehabilitation centre, KEM hospital. Pre and post evaluation forms of training were collected from the teachers at the end of the programme. |
 Ms. Mahrukh Adenwala speaks on New JJ Bill 2014 |
| A half -day workshop on the topic ‘Repeal and Re- Enactment of the JJ Act : Understanding the New Provisions’ was organised by the Don Bosco Research Centre in partnership with Shelter Don Bosco and Don Bosco Balprafulta on 12th Sept, 2014 at the Don Bosco Provincial House, Matunga. The programme was meant for the NGOs providing shelter services to children in need of care and protection and to engage them in a time of discussion around the new JJ Bill, 2014. It was pertinent that the NGOs aired their views on the Bill and brought to the notice of the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare before JJ Bill became the law. The programme was steered by Ms. Mahrukh Adenwala, a Child Rights activist and an advocate at the High Court of Mumbai. Some of the contentious points which Ms. Mahrukh highlighted and expected the audience to critically analyse were (a) lowering of age of juvenile offenders from 18-16 years (b) lack of clarity in terms of shelter home, Children’s Home and Open shelter (c) District Magistrate having authority over Child Welfare Committee (CWC) (d) removal of schemes for after care for post 18 years. Suggestions from the participants included (a) re-examination and revamping of the correctional and rehabilitation facilities that are integral to the reformation process (b) enabling children to acquire sufficient skills while under institutional care (c) maintain a list of children moving out of institutional care for planning aftercare programme. |
 Teacher Training Programme on Substance Abuse SNGHS |
| In order to gain a measure of control over the rapidly growing practice of substance abuse among school children and to sensistise the teachers on the issue, a series of teacher training progrmame was initiated by Don Bosco Research Centre across various schools in Mumbai since July 2014. The first one-day training programme in the series was held at the Sree Narayana Guru High School (SNGHS), Chembur on 31st July 2014. More than 40 teachers had participated in the programme including the Principal of the school. Session covering meaning of addiction; drugs of abuse, addictive behaviour, warning signs, risk factors, treatment methods, withdrawal symptoms and long term effects of substance on the brain was handled by Dr. Sunita Shanbaug, Professor, Dept of Community Medicine, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel. Sessions on the `Role of Teachers in Tackling Substance Abuse and `The Preventive Measures at School Level’ were dealt by Ms. Sonali Gupta, clinical psychologist and Mr. Swapnil Pange, counsellor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences respectively. In order to assess the understanding of teachers on substance abuse, pre and post training evaluation forms were filled up and based on the evaluation, a training module would be developed at the end of series of training programmes. |
Advocacy Workshop in Delhi, 2014
Don Bosco Research Centre, Matunga-Mumbai organised a 2-day National Training Workshop for #YaR (Youth@Risk) Directors in collaboration with YaRIndia Forum … … … based on the Rapid Assessment Survey across 16 Cities across India… … …
Fr Mathew Thomas (Secy. YaR India) says “the entire exercise of the project is oriented towards a change in outlook of Don Bosco ventures towards working with the young on the streets.” http://www.yarforum.org/
Don Bosco Research Centre in solidarity with Caritas India for ‘ one human family, food for all ‘ campaign and conducting a session on financial inclusion for Caritas India Jeevika partners in MP. Thanks to Caritas and Vinod Pandey for leading Jeevika so beautifully and building platforms for so many.
