1989 VIDES Japan opens Bosco Bakery School in Siem Reap
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VIDES Japan opens Bosco Bakery School in Siem Reap Cambodia
SIEM REAP: 24th November 2007 -- Siem Reap, 314 kms from
Phnom Penh, is the gateway to the famous Angkor Wat ('Angkor' literally
means 'capital city' or 'holy city' and refers to the capital city of
the Khmer Empire, ancient Cambodia from 9th to 12th century).
Saturday 24 November was a red-letter day for VIDES Japan. The Bosco Bakery School
opened at Siem Reap. Like the humble Bethlehem where the 'house of
bread' exists, so Por Kroam Village in Siem Reap is, likewise, a humble
village. The dirt road to BBS Siem Reap leads to nowhere except
rice paddies, plantations of bananas, coconuts, jackfruit and papayas -
and impoverished dwellings. Yet, very soon, out-of-school youth
and villagers generally will learn baking skills to prepare them for
worthwhile jobs.
Saturday 24 November 2007 was no ordinary day for
the villagers. Mr. Tap Poun Chhay, district officer of Siem Reap and Mr
Yokota, representative for VIDES International, Japan, made the day an
extraordinary one. Both came to honour the youth and the village
through the official opening of Bosco Bakery School. The school
is the brainchild of Sr Inagawa Paolo FMA and a group of Japanese VIDES
supporters who flew from Japan to join the opening ceremony. Fr
Leo Ochoa SDB, presided over the Eucharist and the blessing of the new
school building.
The purchase of the land, construction of the
2-storey building, provision of modern baking equipment, preparation of
personnel and presence of volunteer instructors are all gifts of the
Japanese people to the Cambodian people. Mr Tap Poun Chhay
thanked the donors and guests for supporting the
government-sustainable development policy through vocational and skills
training centres.
GLOSSARY
VIDES: an acronym for Volontariato
Internazionale Donna Educazione Sviluppo, in Italian, or International
Volunteer Agency for Women, Education, Development, an NGO run by the
Salesian Sisters worldwide. Its brother organisation is VIS. Both
have headquarters in Italy. _________________ AustraLasia is an
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