About The Charity
‘Navajeevan Bala Bhavan’ means ‘New Life Home for Children’.
The British Supporters of Navajeevan Bala Bhavan (BSNBB) raise funds for work with disadvantaged children in India.
The aims of BSNBB are to relieve poverty and to advance the education of children and young people at risk in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, by providing personal and financial support to the outstanding Indian charity Navajeevan Bala Bhavan (www.njbb.org). We first registered as a charity in September 2003 with the British Charity Commission (Charity number: 1098319).
We have 7 trustees and 4 volunteers, none of whom receive any remuneration.
For more financial information please refer to the Charity Commission website: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk
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Help Today. Change Tomorrow
While children at risk exist in most countries, children in India are particularly vulnerable, especially if they have lost their parents in a country like India, where the main support remains the family. The children at risk here have to be amongst the poorest of the poor in the world. We support the work of a particular charity which is based on the philosophy and work of a 19th century Italian educationalist called Don Bosco, who dedicated his life to educating street children abandoned by formal education. He developed teaching methods based on love and respect for the child’s rights, in contrast to that prevalent in most European state schools at the time, which were based on control through harsh punishment.
Relieve poverty and advance the education of children and young people at risk in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
Shelter
Sheltered homes for children at risk - on the street, destitute and or abused
Re-building Families
Re-integration with their families whenever possible
Fighting Addictions
De-addiction centres for young boys
Education
Bridge education to prepare children for full time schooling.
Thirty years ago, Canon Peter Goodridge from Truro Cathedral met Father Thomas Koshy in Vijayawada...
…Father Koshy was helping to create Navajeevan Bala Bhavan and Canon Peter was so impressed by their work with children that he undertook to find ways of supporting the charity in Britain. He personally sponsored the education of two boys and friends in Truro wanted to follow his example. The number of British Supporters started to grow and the organisation was registered as a UK charity in 2003. Sadly, Father Peter died in December 2005 but the trustees of the British Supporters decided that the most fitting memorial would be the successful continuation of his work.
This charity in India provides a wide range of social and educational services to the poorest communities in the state, including:
- Child and Youth Development
- sheltered homes for children at risk – on the street, destitute and or abused
- de-addiction centres for young boys
- bridge education to prepare children for full time schooling and placing them either in a free Don Bosco school or a state school
- ongoing care for academic children until they graduate and find work
- Career Guidance
- vocational training for non-academic children
- re-integration with their families whenever possible
It is also involved in Women’s Empowerment and Community Development schemes
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Haw are BSNBB helping Navajeevan Bala Bhavan?
Raising Money
We raise money to send to Navajeevan Bala Bhavan to assist them especially in their work with children
Sponsor Children's Education
Families in the UK are able to sponsor children’s education by paying some money to help ensure the child has the best available education and to communicate with them to provide a family link, sometimes for the first time in their lives (this used to be by letter, but now if an older student has a smart phone, by WhasApp or similar phone apps.
Volunteer English Language Teachers
In the past we have also sent volunteer English language teachers for the Navajeevan’s summer camp in their summer holidays
Post School or Graduate Volunteers
We are also asked if we could find post school or post graduate volunteers for one month to one year to help in their work with children. At present most volunteers are recruited from several European countries, largely from countries like Austria and the Netherlands with Bon Bosco mainstream schools. Anyone who contacts who is interested in this work, would be interviewed and sent the appropriate links to the main charity in India.
