Organization Profile

Name of the Organization 

Don Bosco Sri Lanka (LKC)

 

 

General Information

Address

Don Bosco Provincial House,

No. 66, Dungalpitiya, Thalahena 11504, Negombo, Sri Lanka.

Head of the Org.

Rev. Fr. Nihal Liyanage, Provincial Superior

Tel

+94312228445/+94115862559 /+94115868081-2

Fax

+94312228449/+94 11 5378561

Email

dbdos@donbosco.lk

DS Division

Negombo

District

Gampaha

Province

Western

 

 

Profile 

Type of Organization

Approved Charity; Trust

Year Established

1956

Country of Origin

Italy

 

 

Registration Details 

Registrar

Don Bosco Trust

Place

Colombo

Year

1977

Registration No

Deed No.2291

 

 

Registrar

Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission

Place

Colombo

Year

1992

Registration No

01-0049-0343

 

 

Registrar

Ministry of Social Services

Place

Colombo

Year

1992

Registration No

G/48/92

 

 

Registrar

Approved Charity

Place

Colombo

Year

2008

Registration No

The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, The Inland Revenue Act, No. 10 of 2006 , Notice under section 34(2) (a), “Education and Technical Training Fund for the Under-privileged Children and Youth of Don Bosco Trust” No 03-475

 

 

Geographical Focus in Sri Lanka

Anuradhapura, Colombo, Galle, Gampaha, Hambantota, Kandy, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Mannar, Killinochchi, Monaragala. 

 

 

Contact Details 

Contact Person

Fr.Shiran Karawagodage, Provincial Economer & Project Director

Address

Don Bosco, No. 66, Dungalpitiya, Thalahena 11504, Negombo, Sri Lanka 

Telephone

+94 11 5862559 /+94 11 5868082 /+94 11 5868081

Fax

+94 11 5378561

Email

donshiran@yahoo.com /dbprojectoffice@gmail.com

 

 

Contact Person

Mr. George Panicker , CEO - dbdos

Address

Don Bosco, No. 66, Dungalpitiya, Thalahena 11504, Negombo, Sri Lanka 

Telephone

Tel: +94 11 5862559 /+94 11 5868082 /+94 11 5868081

Fax

+94 31 2228449 / +94 11 5378561

Email

georgepanicker@hotmail.com  / ceodbdos@donbosco.lk

 

 

Bank Details 

Name of the Bank

Hatton National Bank

Bank Address

No.18, Rajapakse Broadway, Negombo, Sri Lanka

Account Number

EURO  RFC 024810325667

USD      RFC 024810325676

Account Holders

Rev. Fr. Nihal Liyanage & Rev. Fr. Shiran Karawgodage

International Swift Code

HBLILKLX

 

 

Sectoral Priorities 

Education; Vocational Training ; Child care; Rehabilitation; Gender issues; Agriculture; Disaster Management-Relief-Peace Building; Integration- Resource

Activities Undertaken 

Education; Technical training; Child education and child care; Conflict area development; Counseling; HIV/AIDS; Housing/temporary shelter; Rehabilitation; kitchen gardening, appropriate technologies; Gender issues, Agriculture, Disaster Management-Relief-Peace Building; Integration- Resource

 

 

Organizational Network

 

Centre Name

Location

Don Bosco Technical Centre

Negombo – Western Province

Mama Margaret Training Centre and Youth Centre

Palliyawatte – Western Province

Bosco Sevana

Uswetakeiyawa – Western Province

Don Bosco Seminary

Dankotuwa – Western Province

Don Bosco Novitiate and Agro Training Centre

Kotadeniyawa – Western Province

Don Bosco Delegation House

Dungalpitiya – Western Province

Don Bosco Pattern Making and Fashion Designing School

Nugegoda – Western Province

Don Bosco Technical Centre and Boy s’ Home

Kandy – Centra Province

Don Bosco Institute,

Arambegama – Central Province

Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre

Ahungalla – Southern Province

Don Bosco Hotel School

Hungama – Southern Province

Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre

Nochchiyagama – North Central Province

Don Bosco Centre

Bibile – Uva Province

Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre

Metiyagane – North Western Province

Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre

Murunkan – Northern Province

Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre

Nachchikuda – Northern Province

Don Bosco Children’s Home

Vavuniya – Northern Province

Don Bosco English Academy

Kilinochchi – Northern Province

Don Bosco Centre Mathale - Central Province

 

Mission 

The Salesians of Don Bosco mission is the educational and broad human development of poor, disadvantaged, abandoned, orphaned children and youth, to earn a decent living for themselves and their families and become responsible, constructive citizens of their communities and the nation.

 

Background 

The society of St. Francis de Sales or Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), is a religious Congregation founded by St. John Bosco in 1859 in Turin, Italy for the purpose of helping, educating and training poor boys. To date, services of the Salesians have spread to 131 countries in the world. In Sri Lanka, the very first Don Bosco Centre was established in 1956 at Negombo. The Salesians of Don Bosco have, to date established 18 centres in different parts of the country. Don Bosco Salesian community with its non-discriminatory policy not only in Sri Lanka but all over the world, work towards educating and upholding the dignity of the young, especially the underprivileged.