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Don Bosco National Forum for the Young at Risk (DB YaR Forum)

"Act today in such a way that you need not blush tomorrow." – St. Don Bosco

Don Bosco National Forum for the Young at Risk (DB YaR Forum)

Don Bosco National Forum for the Young at Risk (known as YaR Forum), India is an organization for reflection, sharing, and coordination among those involved in the youth ministry for the Young at Risk in South Asia, to network with likeminded persons and organizations, to influence policies related to the Young at Risk at the State, National and International levels.

Inspired by Don Bosco and challenged by the marginalization of people, especially of the young, we will strive by our attitudes, way of life and actions to empower the young at risk and create a just and humane society by joining hands with socially responsible citizens and groups.

We shall incarnate ourselves, as individuals and groups, in locations and communities where marginalization is more prevalent.
We shall accompany the Young at Risk in their struggle to grow to fullness in freedom and humaneness.
We shall provide positive environments that will prevent exploitation and will empower the Young at Risk to be agents of personal and social transformation.
We shall create newer spaces to grow, live and work together; especially giving priority to participatory, human and child rights perspectives.
With the Young at Risk at the forefront, we shall network with other socially responsible individuals and groups in building communities and movements.

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Testimonial

Words of Appreciation

Fr. Varghese Pallipuram

The In-contact services (children & youth in community getting benefit) are also documented so that we can project all our services. The snippets (Pictorial tool) presented during the staff meeting help our staff to have a better understanding of our services and ensuring the importance of collecting the data and entering it to the system.

Fr. James Paul, SDB

Homelink Child MISS (Child Management Information System & Services) is a tool designed to document all our activities like the presence of Children, Youth & Community activity of our YaR centers and YaR Services across the Nation through YaR forum, India.

Fr. Peter Singarayar

Child Miss is one of the beautiful, user-friendly web tools used for effective data management, monitoring and reporting. As we know the ultimate focus of Child Miss is to create a ‘Child Safety Net’, I am sure we were all able to build up this safety net very well for the past one year by protecting children from all kinds of abuses.

Fr. Selvadurai

Our entire organization relies on data for high-level decision-making, opting for a digital storage solution for our data is essential. One such digital storage solution for our YaR service is "Child MISS", which is an online comprehensive child tracking system for effective data management and monitoring.

Fr. Arvind Severes

By taking a professional and practical approach the HLK Network has helped to plug in the gaps in our system. It provides a deeper meaning to the whole exercise of documentation, and in that sense, documentation no longer remains a boring exercise of gathering information but moves on to a higher level of efficacy and usefulness in serving the YaR. Bringing all activities under one umbrella, HLK gives wholesome visibility to the YaR works in Salesian India.

Fr. George Miranda SDB

Homelink is a web-based service maintained by Don Bosco YaR Forum to facilitate their work for the young at risk, enabling them to maintain and share up-to-date information on child-related issues, across the country. The system helps to generate instant reports based on child profile, missing children, staff center, sub-center, and various analyses of reports at the local and national levels. Regardless of an organization’s size or purpose, documentation is very important.

Fr. Corlis Gonsalves

HOMELINK NETWORK, a creation of our own Salesians, aims to help us do precisely that. From keeping track of the growth and potential of each youngster entrusted to our care while they are with us and even beyond that, to being able to link more effectively to track and save missing children, to be able to identify the best fit for each child, to quickly put together reports with sufficient and accurate data, and on and on - the list is endless as to how a proper and intelligent use of HomeLink Network can enhance the work of all of us spread out across India.

Fr. Dr. C.J. George

In this context Child MISS (Management information Service and System) assists people who are interested in the promotion of children and their welfare to assist them. It is a web-based software tool to assist child friendly organizations with proper and adequate data management.

Fr. Tomey Anikhuzikattil

“In a word of internet and digital technologies, it has become a must to update oneself in every sphere of activity and life. Therefore, this publication helps us to know each other, to be conscious about the world situations to be aware of the needs and wants of every individual around us, to learn from each other and to capacitate ourselves in order to effectively contribute to the society in the best way possible.”

Fr. James Raj SDB

Child Management Information System & Service (Child MISS), a unified cloud-based management tool that has integrated our shelters in India. Data pertaining to a child is fed by the Nodes which has the end-to-end details of the child. This contributes to speed, process, structure, knowledge and services for the care, protection and development of children.

Fr. Ratna Neelam, Hub Director

We have moved a long way from papers, files and cabinets to a system of documentation where we can have ready access to information at the click of a button. There are those who consider all this just waste of time and money. There are others who have avoided trouble because of proper documentation and are now at the forefront, encouraging the use and development of the Child-MISS web application.

Hubs / Regions

Bangalore Hub

The Hub is consisting of entire state of Kerala and the state of Karnataka. The Hub is look after the province of Bangalore. It has more than 21 Don Bosco Salesian Centres and 11 Non Salesian Centres working for Young at Risk.

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Chennai Hub

The Chennai Hub, part of the Salesian Province of Chennai (INM), spans five districts in northern Tamil Nadu, working for the Young at Risk ministry. The Province focuses on the accompaniment and empowerment of orphans and semi-orphans, running specialized programs to support vulnerable youth. The Hub includes five Salesian Centers, one non-Salesian centre, and three YaR Service Centers. Through the Homelink web portal, data on 9,752 children and services for 13,544 children have been documented.

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Coimbatore Hub

Coimbatore Hub catering to the Trichy Province. The province comprises 22 civil districts in the southern part of the state of Tamil Nadu. Territorially, there are Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kottar, Kuzhithurai, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Palayamkottai, Salem, Sivagangai, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Tuticorin and Trivandrum.

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Delhi Hub

Established in August 2014, the Delhi Hub operates under the Salesian Province of New Delhi, dedicated to optimizing the documentation system for Youth at Risk (YaR) centres and services. Comprising five centres, one of which is non-Salesian, the hub engages in diverse YaR initiatives such as Balwadis, Non-Formal Education, Vocational Training Centers, Child Care Institutes, and Migrants Desks.

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Guwahati Hub

The Guwahati Hub operates from Snehalaya Don Bosco in Guwahati, serving three Salesian Provinces: Guwahati, Shillong, and Dimapur. Its scope extends across a broad range of areas, aiming to cover various aspects within its jurisdiction.

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Kolkata Hub

The Kolkata Hub represents the Salesian Province of Calcutta (INC), covering the state of West Bengal and focusing on aiding at-risk youth through data-driven childcare, precise documentation, and advocacy. Organizations Don Bosco Ashalayam, Howrah, and the Don Bosco Nitika, Kolkata, work to empower marginalized children, youth and women by promoting education, job training, and self-reliance, thereby supporting their socio-economic rehabilitation and development. Through the Homelink web tool, a total of 8,640 children were documented etc…

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Mumbai Hub

The Mumbai Hub includes two provinces – INB(Bombay) and INP(Panjim) Province. As of now, the Mumbai Hub has five active nodes and has been committedly working for the welfare of children in need of care and protection by providing them various services like education, counseling, medical, job placements, etc. The Mumbai Hub has its main office in Bosco Boys Home, Borivali- Mumbai.

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Hyderabad Hub

The Hyderabad Hub serves the Hyderabad province, with a significant presence in Andhra Pradesh (Rajahmundry, Kurnool, Vijayawada) and Telangana (Warangal, Hyderabad, Nalgonda). Operating across Telugu-speaking states, the Homelink Network facilitates data collection, monitoring, analysis, and data-driven solutions in the Hyderabad Hub. Activities include services such as shelter, education, counselling, medical care, and vocational training. The Hub offers valuable benefits, with the Coordinator supporting digital documentation and ensuring timely updates of children's records. Over time, 51,796 data entries have been recorded on the web portal.

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