Snehalaya (House of love) is a social service program for the care and  rehabilitation of children in distress in the city of Guwahati. It is an out-reach program run by the Don Bosco Society. Snehalaya is committed to build  a child-friendly city where even the poorest of the poor children  enjoy their rights to survival, protection, development and participation. Officially launched on August 16, 2000,  Snehalaya was a millennium gift to the city of Guwahati, and a birthday-gift to St. John Bosco, the great educator saint of the 19^th century. 

Snehalaya program now gives total residential care to over 200 children in the age group of 3-18 in five Snehalaya Homes namely, Drop-In Centre at Fancy Bazaar,  Children’s Home at Dhirenpara, Auxilium Snehalaya at Noonmati, Jyoti Snehalaya at Beltola and Ila Snehalaya at Betkuchi. Its non-residential program consists in giving primary education to out-of-school children and mainstreaming them into regular schools. Over 350 children have benefited from this effort. 

Snehalaya builds up the capacity of the children by educating them and training them in income generating skills. Snehalaya homes are characterized by  a loving family atmosphere. 

Since its inception,  approximately 1000 children in need of care and protection  have been beneficiaries of the various programs run by Snehalaya.