Don Bosco Development Society

Founded in 2001, Don Bosco Development Society is a non-governmental organisation based in Matunga, Mumbai, India working on community development, children & youth, employment & skills +6 more.

Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS) is a not-for-profit development organisation based in Mumbai, India. Registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and as a charitable trust under the Bombay Charitable Trust Act, 1950, it was founded in 2001. The society works with tribal, rural and urban communities in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Its work addresses issues affecting women, children, livelihoods, human rights and the environment. Its stated aims are to organise communities and mobilise resources so people can claim their rights and access entitlements, and to enable individuals and communities to find sustainable solutions to their problems. Its areas of activity include skills training for girls, financial literacy, health awareness and health camps, climate change awareness, self-help groups, water and sanitation, food security, elementary education and Bal Panchayats. It also ran COVID-19 relief work.