HEALTH AND FITNESS
Here at Don Bosco Ashalayam, we work to improve the access to quality healthcare services for underprivileged children. By identifying the root causes of healthcare challenges, we work at the individual, community, and systemic levels to develop innovative solutions and help implement quality healthcare services. The ambit of our work includes improving the health and fitness of our children, providing them with proper nutrition, and early identification and treatment of communicable diseases. Also, we include sports and games like football, basketball, rugby, hockey, skating, cycling, karate, and swimming in our pedagogy to encourage our children to build values of teamwork and self-confidence.
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With the goal of enhancing access to high-quality healthcare services for children from poor and underprivileged communities, Don Bosco Ashalayam launched its health programme. We conduct Campaigns and regularly scheduled health camps to offer medical assistance, medication, and health screenings. The scope of our work includes enhancing child nutrition and health, focusing on our children's fitness activities, and early detection and treatment of communicable diseases.
Monthly Counseling and Therapy
We offer monthly counseling and therapy sessions for both individuals and groups of all ages, from 12 to 18. These include discussions on academic problems, habits, self-care, anger/ conflict management, stress management, identifying and accepting emotions, self-esteem, relationship issues, problem-solving, and team building. It also contains discussions on academic concerns. When necessary, online counseling is also suggested.
Medical Check-ups
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Group Activities
With younger children, group activities including memory games, mental math, reading comprehension, telephone whispering, and storytelling are done. Additionally, there are programmes for art therapy, sketching, mindfulness, relaxation techniques, and meditation. Till now we have had 575 sessions for our children.
Sports
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IMPACTS
Assisting 5000+ in slums/streets/railway stations
155,000+ children have been assisted since the inception
150+ children rescued
on a monthly basis
700 children assisted with education/training/residential care
145 orphan children built houses with a matching contribution
250+ have been placed for jobs in different sectors in 2017-22
