DB90 Trust selected the DB Institution at Yelagiri to kickstart its social activities in March 2017. Our team visited the Institution and had a first round of discussion with the Principal to understand the needs of the school and who we could participate and contribute. We were glad that the first meeting with the school and students gave immediate results; 8 students were selected on the criteria of good academic performance but from a lower strata society. FOr these 8 students, scholarship was provided for the academic year. TrustDB90 has been reviewing the performance of these students the year on year and suppporting them.

This visit was followed up with a medical camp to evaluate the health of students and advice and provide medical treatment and medicines as well.

A medical camp was conducted in Yelagiri DB institution on February 2018. A team of Doctors with their assistants were driven down to the institution.

General Health check-up, Dental & Eye sight were tested.

The findings were quite alarming - most of the students were mal-nutritioned and needed more healthy food / supplements. Oral health care needed to be advocated. Being at higher altitude and due to cold climatic conditions, the studnets were falling ill due to common allergies and skin related ailments. As a result, DB90 decided to supply the necessary supplements and other items required from then.

The Trust also gave out scholarships to Don Bosco Egmore students on the Kamaraj Dhinam and during the Past Pupils AGM. Under privileged special Children from Don Bosco Special Schoool were sopnsored to a movie show, that gave enormous joy to the children.

 

 

As promised, DB90 trustees visited the DB Yelagiri institution for review and selection of further deserving students who needed financial assistance. It was happy to note that the earlier students had performed well and only a few of them would require assistance this year.

There were a fresh list of deserving students selected by the Principal based on our criteria. In all, the Trust ended up sponsoring the academic fees for 15 students. In our interactions, we found that the English speaking ability of the students had vastly improved and were at par with any other city bred students.

 

 

Brief Description of the Project

The Trust has now undertaken the modernisation of classrooms at Don Bosco Yelagiri, which is a current activity. Started in 2012, Don Bosco College, Yelagiri Hills has at present 1072 students (583 boys, 489 girls) studying in six departments – Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Application, English, Commerce and Business Administration. Focused and specialized training in spoken English, applied computer skills and character formation according to the pedagogy of Don Bosco are our unique strengths that attract students and employers. To enhance the learning experience of students and to offer technology blended-learning and online resources in the classrooms, the urgent need now is to equip all the 25 classrooms with projectors and internet facilities.

Target Group and Admission Criteria:

• Our students (18-22 years) come from rural, economically poor and socially disadvantaged (Dalits) background.
• 95% of the parents of our students are uneducated and daily-wage labourers earning a meager amount of INR 160-200 per day. Often these jobs are only seasonal.
• Our students are the first generation learners who aspire to have a University Degree and get good jobs.
• Our students are the first generation learners who aspire to have a University Degree and get good jobs.
• Students for the College are selected through personal family visits by Don Bosco fathers and brothers and through villages camps conducted by the college staff. Strictly, only students from very poor families are admitted in the college.
• Low and affordable college fee structure, and many students receive scholarships.

Project Budget

For further details, please contact :

Fr. John Alexander SDB, Ph.D
Rector & Secretary
Don Bosco College, Yelagiri Hills, Vellore Dt. India - 635 853
Email: rector.dbyelagiri@gmail.com
Tel. +91 9445 238 565.

Address by Ashwin Rajagopalan, President of DBPPA

Ashwin Rajagopalan welcomed the Delegates, Rev. Fr. Gerald Miranda, Rector & Correspondent, Rev. Fr. Gregory Devaraj, Sudhakar and Ajay of HowdyDo and the Executive Committee Members of the DBPPA.Ashwin discussed the activited undertaken by the DBPPA in the past one year including the Mentor's night / AGM, Crocker World Cup (he specifically thanked Sujith Tharakan and the '90 batch for bringing Vijay Amritraj as the Chief Guest and for the funds raised through auction). CSR at Don Bosco Javvadhu hills (he thanked Fr. Rector for recommending this deserving institution)CSR at Pope John Garden at Madhavaram on December 9 and January 12 (he thanked the Delegates for recommending this deserving institution and thanked 90 batch for contributing Rs. 25,000/- towards movie tickets) Crocker World Cup on February 17