Criteria for admission in Maria Ashiana:
Age: 18 to 25 years, unmarried, young men.
From: should be from economically weaker situations like, from the Streets, Slums, Migrants, Villages, or from Institutions.
Important condition: The candidate should be personally willing to join the 4 monthly Rehab programs without any parental or any external force.
Fees: Maria Ashiana is an Open House, i.e. even though the program cost is very high, yet there are NO fixed fees but the candidates are encouraged to contribute as per their ability. In reality, they can afford to pay the very minimum.
Duration of the program: Four months Residential program.
Unlike most of the Rehab programs, Maria Ashiana is an Open house i.e. the inmates are not kept forcefully under lock and key or against their will.The core of the Program: The entire program is based on Don Bosco’s educative principles of Reason, Spirituality, and Loving Kindness.