PORT MORESBY: 7 March 2011 -- Seventy-eight young men
and women took part in the Don Bosco Technological Institute
(DBTI) leadership camp in Port Moresby from 04-06 March
2011. Named “Wokabaut Wantaim 2011”, the three-day camp
aimed at forming a core group of leadership which would
journey together ('wokabaut wantaim' in Melanesian Pidgin)
to implement the school’s vision-mission and empower its
tertiary level students to be agents in their own formation.
The participants were organized into
eight bird-themed groups which competed with each other in
various fun activities during the three days. The camp
steering committee consisted of SDBs (Fr. John Cabrido and
Br. Martin Ngoyi), FMA (Sr. Pam Vecina), lay staff and
student facilitators. Speakers included both SDBs (Fr.
Charles Casper and Fr. John), FMAs (Sr. Alice Fulgencio and
Sr. Pam) and the institution’s staff, Mr. Noel Guillermo
(principal) and Ms. Dianne Lavi (Student Affairs
Coordinator).
In the camp’s 8 conferences and 6
workshops, the participants were introduced to the identity
of the Christian Leader, especially in the mould of the
Salesian Servant-Leader, and empowered with leadership
skills (e.g. “effective public speaking”, “management by
objectives”, etc.). A highlight of the camp was the election
of the seven members of the Students’ Representative Council
(SRC) led by the new president, Mr. Leslie Brown, a
sophomore. The camp ended with heartfelt singing of the camp
song “Youth serving Youth” and a warm hug and “sekan”
(PNG-style) as the campers bid each other good-bye — but
just for a while, for the journey of leadership and service
has just begun. Camper Robert Aribi, a freshman, expressed
well the common sentiment, “now we’re all fired up!” _________________ AustraLasia
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