austraLasia #2657 New Classrooms blessed: Don Bosco School, Andaung Chenh Village
BATTAMBANG: 9 June 2010 -- June
7, 2010 was a day of celebration and thanksgiving at Andaung Chenhh
village. Bishop Kike Figaredo SJ,
Apostolic Prefect of Battambang, Cambodia, came to bless the
classrooms in the
presence of 250 teachers and students in the morning.
Andaung Chenh is a village of 700 families where Don
Bosco Literacy
School is situated. The Salesian presence started out there in 1999 for
children of workers in the brick factories and paddy fields. Classes
were taught in classrooms under the shade of big trees and a
zinc-roofed building. Don Bosco’s concern and commitment for equal
opportunities attracted Salesian friends and kind donors from the
Netherlands who believe that school is the place for children and not
brick factories or paddy fields. They assisted in the construction of a
two-storey building of twelve classrooms.
Challenged by the words of the Apostolic Prefect,
the teachers met
in the afternoon for a 3-hour session to reflect on the rationale of
the centre: building a community one person at a time where the child’s
journey begins here and now; a journey of excellence.
The centre’s identity statement was
also explained
by Fr. Leo Ochoa SDB, “We build the
Don Bosco
Environment, home and family, wat (temple) and playground, where
F.I.S.H is lived and shared, or in other words, F for Friendliness,
I for Integrity, S for Solidarity and H for Harmony”. The day ended
with a family supper of
togetherness and cheerfulness.
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