Ashalayam - Mission

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	Mission of Ashalayam

	Created in 1985, Don Bosco Ashalayam is an Indian NGO run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, working with the street children in Calcutta, irrespective of race, religion or gender. Ashalayam gives them the means to build their own future, by allowing them the access to education or to vocational training. Ashalayam means “The Homes of Hope” in Sanskrit.


	Staff of Ashalayam

	Under the management of Director Father George since July 2008, the team constituted by 4 salesians work in association with 150 persons of different confessions and horizons, but who all are devoted to the cause of the upliftment of the lives of street children.


	Fr. George Chempakathinal
		Fr. George Chempakathinal, popularly known as Fr. C. J. George, was born on the 5th March 1960. He hails from South India, where he did his secondary schooling. In 1975, he joined the Don Bosco School in Bandel, Northern India, to complete his Higher Secondary Education. As part of the Salesian Priest’s training programme, he completed the Novitiate in Shillong (Meghlaya) and became a member of the Congregation on the 24th May 1979. Later he completed his B.A. and Bachelor of Philosophy studies in the Salesian College of Sonada, Darjeeling, and did a B.Ed. at St. Xavier’s College Kolkata. Then he completed his Bachelor of Theology at the Sacred Heart College in Shillong and was ordained Salesian Priest on the the 5th January 1989. Besides the above, his academic qualifications include a degree in M.A (Sociology) and a M.Ed.
	Father C. J. George joined Ashalayam for the first time in May 1989 as Asst Director and worked with Fr. T.V. Anthony, Founder Director of Don Bosco Ashalayam, during ten long years. After 9 years, Father George is back at Ashalayam as Director since July 30th 2008.