PORT
MORESBY/HONIARA: 16 October
2013
-- It
is worth highlighting what is happening in the PNG-SI
Delegation where
Social Communication is concerned, and the best way to do so
is to draw
attention to two 'products' which are more than products as
such - they
represent years of gradual devleopment and communal
involvement, while
at the same time undoubtedly reflecting the tireless efforts
of one man
in particular - Fr Ambrose Pereira, Rector of Don Bosco
Henderson, on
the outskits of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
TAVUR.
Tavur
is the newsletter of the PNG-SI Delegation. In the Tolai
language (one
of hundreds in the region - don't forget PNG-SI has 1/6 of the
world's
6-7 thousand languages within it) Tavur means a conch shell,
and is a
means of communication. the Salesian 'Tavur' does not always
carry an
identifying volume and number, so it is nto so clear how many
years it
has been in existence - perhaps 3? It aims at 4 editions a
year.
If you click on the Tavur image above it will take you to a
place where
you can access this year's editions and you will quickly gain
an
appreciation for the amount of work and the quality of
production
involved. In recent years, the African Salesian
newsletters (all PDF
varieties like Tavur) have 'taken the cake' for artistic and
aestthetic
quality, but also for the breadth of involvement from the
Salesian
community, and in many instances the entire Salesian Family.
Tavur
threatens that domination! The SC Commission aims at 6
editions a year
- or certainly for this year.
DBTI website
It took a long time in coming but it was obviously being
prepared well!
The Henderson Salesian Tech fianlly launched its website
on 4th
October, 2014 in the presence of Salesians, Principal and
staff in
their Audio visual Hall. It opens with the statue of Don Bosco
with
images of the young creatively and colourfully put
together.
‘Journeying with the Young’ is the slogan that appears on the
first
slide, while ‘Good Christians and Honest Citizens of Solomon
Islands’
appears with a photograph of the entire school, on the next
slide. And
given the considerable amount of work that the aforementioned
Fr
Pereira has put into communications in the Solomons and at
DBTI in
particular, the new website is not lacking in good articles
and a real
'communicative' feel. he has every reasons to be proud of this
achievement as his six year term as Rector comes to an end
there.
Behind all of this work however, lies a now established SC
Commission in the Delegation. They deserve congratulations.
