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About Snehalaya
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Snehalaya Centre for Child Rights, Paltan Bazar - Guwahati
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A 'Salesians of Don Bosco' initiative to provide love, care and protection for children and build their lives through various supportive programmes and services. Taking forward the values of St. John Bosco, Snehalaya provides a home for children and enables them to become rightful and consciousness future citizens.
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OUR CORE VALUES & IMMUTABLE PRINCIPLES
- • Best Interest of the Child
- • Dignity and Worth of Persons
- • Being poor and being with the poor to serve the poor
- • Integrity and competence in Professional Practice
- • Family Responsibility
- • Reason, Faith in God, and Loving Kindness
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Our Legacy:
Our Vision, our Mission, and Core Values and Immutable Principles form our legacy.
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Our Culture:
Our Legacy’s living expression is our culture which characterizes the atmosphere in our Homes and in our outreach services, namely, child friendliness, hospitality, cheerfulness, family spirit, cordial relationship, prayerfulness, inclusiveness, creativity, discipline and dedication.
Five homes of Snehalaya:
Snehalaya Boys Home Dhirenpara
For boys aged 12-15 years
Auxilium Snehalaya
For girls aged 6-11 years
Jyoti Snehalaya
For girls aged 12-18 years
Ila Snehalaya
For boys aged 6-11 years
Snehalaya Centre for Child Rights
For children aged 16-18 years
Child Friendly Guwahati (CFG) +
In this outreach program of Snehalaya, about 2300 children in slum areas of Guwahati are helped by motivating and mainstreaming them into the schools in 32 centers.
After-Care Project +
This is a hand-holding project for young adults who grew up in the Snehalaya Homes. This project started in 2012 and has shaped the lives of 169 young adults so far.
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About Snehalaya
Snehalaya is a Registered Charitable Trust which runs 5 Child Care Institutions- CCIs (
Snehalaya Boys Home, Auxilium Snehalaya, Jyoti Snehalaya and Ila Snehalaya) in the city, and
an After Care Project and a major child rights project called Child Friendly Guwahati.
The first CCI of Snehalaya (Abode of love) for the children e in need of care and protection was officially launched by the Salesians of Don Bosco Guwahati, Province in Assam (India) on 16th August,2000 on the 185th Birth Anniversary of St. John Bosco. It was a millennium gift for the homeless and destitute children. However, Snehalaya became operational only on 1st January 2001. Snehalaya founded by Fr. Lukose Cheruvalel SDB at Dhirenpara in Guwahati, started as a small shelter home for boys; it has grown big with 5 Child Care Institution (CCI) for both boys & girls of all castes and creeds catering today to 125 children in its residential programme. It reaches nearly 2300 children in the slum areas, railway stations, streets etc. through its non-residential programme “Child Friendly Guwahati” and has shaped the lives of 169 young adults through its After Care Project.
Our Motto
To take Children off the street and to put them on their feet, our NGO is committed to providing shelter, education, and opportunities for underprivileged youth. We believe that every child deserves a safe and nurturing environment where they can grow, learn, and reach their full potential.
Mission
To ensure care and protection for children and young persons, especially the more deprived, excluded or vulnerable, fostering an enabling environment for them to realise their full potential, and to work, in collaboration with all stakeholders, towards building a society that has at heart the best interests of children and young persons.
Vision
A society where every child lives happy and secure and has access to all rights and opportunities for growth and development.
News and Events
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Jan 2024
Jan 2024
Snehalaya Day and Launching of Silver Jubilee
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Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Snehalaya celebrates Christmas with the children
Achievements
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