Some of Our Achievements and Awards
In November 2019, some of the pupils of Shelter Don Bosco participated in an
inter-school street play competition organized and held at St Theresa’s Institute of
Education, Santacruz.
The theme was ‘Recycling to make a difference’. The boys picked up the second prize in
the
competition and the first prize in audience entertainment.
On March 05, 2020 some of the Shelter Boys participated in an art exhibit cum painting
competition for children from Shelter homes, titled ‘An Aussie Dream’.
The exhibit displayed photographs of different locations in Australia clicked by Dr.
Batra of the leading homeopathic healthcare brand, Dr. Batra’s and the boys were
encouraged to recreate any photograph of their choice on a poster sized paper.
One of the boys Shelter Don Bosco, Wadala, named Joseph Cabral, aged 13yrs won the first
prize for his landscape painting. He was awarded by the hands
of Dr. Batra himself and Mr. Ameya Dabli who is a trained classical and light music
exponent of
high repute.
A few boys from Shelter Don Bosco were shortlisted and given the rare opportunity to
sing and perform with DJ Shaan, India’s #1 Most Followed DJ and the first Indian DJ to
play at the
prestigious ‘Tomorrowland’.
They performed a cover of A.R. Rahman’s ‘Vande Mataram’ to a
crowd of nearly 3OOO college students at the Pillai Allegria College Fest kickstarting
DJ Shaan’s India tour of 20 concerts in 20 locations in the year 2020.
Satyadev Bahadur of Shelter Don Bosco scored 79.20% in the SSC Board Exams of March
2020.
He is hopeful to get into engineering after completing HSC and has already begun studies
of XI Science on his own despite his admission in a college still pending.
The Department of Women and Children Development (DWCD) organizes a Sports Festival
called ‘Bal Mahotsav’ every year around December every year.
In Bal Mahotsav of Dec 2019, Shelter Don Bosco added several feathers to their cap by
winning in practically all categories both team and individual. The medal tally is as
follows: Individual category: 5 golds, 6 silvers, 4 bronze. Team: 1 st prize trophy in
three events.
