Empowering the youth in Eastern Africa
Don Bosco Planning and Development  Office

Nairobi Eastern Africa






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  Who we are

Don Bosco planning and Development office (DBDON) is a salesian initiative empowering the young in East Africa .It was founded in 1996 with the primary role of linking activities, funding and support of grass root projects favouring the marginalize poor, street children, refugees, displaced youths and those orphaned by AIDS and victims of addiction in East Africa.


In the spirit of St.. John Bosco our founder, DBDON is committed towards empowering the young in East Africa through Educational, Social, Agricultural, primary Health care projects as well as youth animation programs. All aimed at improving the lives and addressing the felt needs and aspirations of individuals and communities.

Our key element being, working to maintain an environment which relationships amongst beneficiaries, benefactors and staff is characterized by love, peace and justice.

 Mandate

“…….to support SDB communities in promoting a planning mentality consequently, assisting them formulate & develop comprehensive development programmes for the socio-economic empowerment of the under privileged in East Africa.
 What we do

Salesians of Don Bosco in East Africa started in 1981.With its regional headquarters in Nairobi. DBDON focus is on small to medium sized projects mainly in the field of education, identified at the local level. As such, this office develops projects that are approved by legitimate authority in the province in collaboration with the communities, look for funding agencies interested in sponsoring the projects, monitor and report project to the funding agency consequently keeping communication between communities and donor agencies.
 
DBDON office Nairobi, facilitates implementation of projects and programmes through capacity building among Salesian community who are our grass root partners, local communities  and other NGO’s who are our  development partners in East Africa.
 
To this end, we build our proposals/programmes based on community values and aspirations; formulate comprehensive programmes for development. Both at micro and macro levels, assist in projects that focus on the integral development of each person aimed at building vocations.
 
The Salesians have been in Kenya for  around 30 years, and as a local organization, are committed to serving the needs of the at-risk and marginalized in Kenya for years to come.  In East Africa, the Salesians will continue to expand their association with other Government  departments,private sector businesses, NGO’s and the local community that actively supports our initiatives.  The Salesians train at-risk populations with skills that meet local market needs and coordinate with employers to ensure the gainful employment of students as they complete their training programs.
                             
Our Outreach
 
Through our projects and programmes, many youths have gained meaningfully by;
  1. Having a place to call home,receive education,basic human needs and spiritual nourishment,
  2. Gaining  a technical skill relevant to local labour market needs consequently becoming self reliant,
  3. Obtain employment in their technical/vocational field,
  4. Improved life style,self esteem through  medical and counseling services which aid in their reintegration into society.
Consequently this helps restore some degree of normalcy to the lives of our targeted beneficiaries, improving their standard of living. An integral part of this approach consists of job placement in real jobs and/or self employment through the promotion of micro-enterprises in skills and geographical areas that lend themselves to that possibility.

Our Vision

"Empowering the young in East Africa"

Our Mission

The mission of Don Bosco planning and Development office is to be a catalyst of change in the field of development,bring about socio-economic empowerment of the underpriveledged and marginalized members,especially street children,disadvantaged,displaced and those orphaned by AIDS and victims of addition in East Africa through education and value system.

Our   Purpose

The purpose of DBDON is to support Salesians and other Institutions in planning and developing programmes, based on community values, aspirations and human promotion, which bring about socio-economic empowerment of the marginalized in response to challenges facing Africa .
Brief History

Don Bosco Planning and Development Office initially started out as a Procure Office in 1992 under the auspices of the Provincial Office of the Salesian province of Eastern Africa. In 1996, with the assistance of DMOS – COMIDE of Belgium , the Project Office was founded. In 1999, the Project Office received its Charter from the Provincial Council as a semi autonomous institution and changed its name to ‘Development Office’.

In the early part of 2005, in a meeting organized at the head quarters of SDB by the Mission, Youth Pastoral & Finance department, and attended by over 159 delegates comprising of Directors of D.O’s, Provincial Economers and delegates of Youth Pastoral department; its mandate was broadened to include responsibility for the planning of strategic actions within the province, hence prompting a change of name to Planning and Development Office. It was also to bring synergy between different departments engaged in various Apostolates and facilitate the means to achieve it.

Initially, the Planning and Development Office offered its services only to the Salesian communities but later expanded its services to include other religious institutions.

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