by Joe Renesh sdb
(missionary in Cambodia but currently resident at SDB community,
Clifton Hill, Melbourne)
Sihanoukville: 11 October 2010 -- Over the past two decades
“Don Bosco” in Cambodia has responded to the growing needs and demands
of the young, through technical training. The few confreres in Cambodia
have achieved remarkable progress, for instance, the Social
Communication section begun by Fr Albeiro Rodas, a missionary from
Colombia, who celebrated his 40th birthday yesterday.
A couple of years back, Fr Albeiro began the Social
Communication Centre for local marginalised youth. Social communication
“is a significant field of activity which constitutes one of the
apostolic priorities of the Salesian mission” (C.43). The
devastating fire on May 9th 2009 ,which completely destroyed the
studio, did not put him down. After a few weeks, his passion
enabled him to begin again from scratch with help of benefactors, a
number of them from the Netherlands. Presently, the studio has been
rebuilt with more facilities than the previous entity consumed by the
fire.
Today, October 11th, the fourth group of twenty
young students are arriving from different parts of Cambodia to
commence the scholastic programme 2010-2012. Meanwhile, of the
previous groups of students, eighteen are promoted to second year for
further studies and projects. More interesting to note is that the past
pupils have all gained employment in fields that include:
newspaper reporters, web masters, audio visual editors, English
teachers and information technology teachers. The outgoing graduates
are very pleased with their training and expressed their gratitude to
Don Bosco Institute. Above all, the social communication mission
helped these young people to become socially competent and economically
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