Friend of Youth
Don Bosco
Our Inspiration
Saint John Bosco, popularly known as Don Bosco, was born at Becchi, in Piedmont, Italy on August 16, 1815. At a very young age, he felt inspired to work with the poor and abandoned boys, educating them with total dedication and personal involvement in their lives and problems. He envisaged a unique educational philosophy, the preventive system of education, founded on Reason, Religion and Loving Kindness. He dedicated his whole life to the young as a caring father, with the sole purpose of making them ‘good Christians and honest citizens’. His legacy is today carried on by the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDBs).
Legal Holder
Bangalore Rural Educational and Development Society
A charitable trust with 26 years of experience, BREADS designs the strategy, mobilizes resources, and provides crucial monitoring and capacity building, ensuring the project’s success and sustainability across Kerala. They are the backbone that empowers local implementation.
Advanced Sports Hub
The premier AIFF-accredited academy trains 180 elite athletes with professional coaching and national-standard facilities, forging future stars for state and national leagues through intensive residential and non-residential programs.
Sports Hub
Six local centers provide daily professional football coaching and life skills to 250+ youth per hub, fostering talent and character development at the community level across Kerala.
Community Hubs
Twenty-five village centers use mobile coaching to bring sports to 1,250+ rural youth, preventing idleness and addiction while building grassroots participation and healthy community engagement.
Our story
Transforming Lives through Sports
Founded in 2016, the Don Bosco Vaduthala football academy quickly grew into an AIFF-accredited, three-star hub. Through rigorous training and mentorship, it has shaped skilled athletes for national leagues while instilling resilience and teamwork, empowering youth to build professional careers on and off the pitch.