India - Salesian Province of Mumbai supported over 830,000 people during pandemic

09 July 2021

Mumbai, India - July 2021 - Since the beginning of the pandemic, the "Don Bosco Development Society" (DBDS), the Planning and Development Office of the Salesian Province of Mumbai (INB), has reached over 830,000 people, providing for essential and basic needs with numerous initiatives. The DBDS director, Fr Rolvin D'Mello, reported some of the latest made by the "DBDS": the supply of food for a month to another 100 migrants and families affected by Covid-19 in the slums of the areas of Wadala, Antop Hill and Sewri, thanks to the support of “Integreon Managed Solutions Private Limited”; a project in favor of 5,000 migrants, in association with “Bosco Gramin Vikas Kendra”, financially supported by “Misiones Salesianas” of Madrid; and the delivery of food kits and hygiene products to families in the slums of Pune and Chinchwad, financially supported by "AXA Business Services".

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