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Youth at Risk (YaR) Directors’discuss the way forward

  • August 25, 2019

The YaR Directors of Don Bosco Navajeevans from Secunderabad, Kurnool, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam and PARA, with their coordinators together with Father Koshy sdb, Father Tony sdb, Father Thomas Aquinas sdb from National Don Bosco YaR team were present for this meeting.

A special representative from Government of Telnagana Mr Venkat, Programme Manager for ICPS (Integrated Child Protection Scheme) also participated in the session.

Father Thathireddy Vijaya Bhaskar, the Provincial of the Province of St Joseph Hyderabad, was present for the session. In his inaugural message, he denoted that every difficulty poses a challenge; and as leaders each one ought to face the challenges leading the young at risk to a safer network. He too hooked on ‘Safety and Education of the Migrant Children’, which is a need of the hour.

The chief theme of the session was ‘Perspective Planning for Imagine YaR Ministry – Joining Together into Tomorrow’. Mr Henry Rosario (former HoD, Social Work, Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu) was the resource person for the day. Twenty participants attended the meeting.

Mr Henry facilitated and led the members to look at the present reality of the YaR Ministry through Group Ministry. In addition, he focused on the SWOC (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges) analysis to lead towards Yar National Seminar in Mumbai.

The workshop concluded with a vote of Thanks from Father Rathna, the Director, Don Bosco Navajeevan, Vijayawada.