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BOSCO BOYS VICTORY AT THE 84th EDITION OF THE KENYA MUSICAL FESTIVAL
13th August 2010 Bosco Boys and girls have made us once more proud in the 84th edition of the Kenya National Music Festival taking place in Kakamega . They won the first prize in the category folk dance from other countries by performing a Bagisu Folk Dance from Uganda. Bosco Boys represented Nairobi province in six categories and came 4th in all the other five categories.
Competition was tough with over 80 000 participants from all over the country taking part in various competitions, all hoping to walk away with the top prizes. We have been chosen to perform at the Final Gala which will take place on Sunday 15th August in Kakamega
Bosco Boys wishes to thank all who supported us in our effort to bring out the best in our students. Special work of thanks to Mr. Bimal Kanatira and Ms. Natasha Manji for their generous support.
Congratulations and thanks to all our trainers who spared no time and energy under the leadership of Ms. Rosemary Terry.
Fr. Sebastian Chirayath sdb
Director
GRAND OPENING OF TECHNO-EXPO 2010
16th & 17th July 2010 Techno-Expo 2010 was officially opened this morning at 09.00 AM by Prof Henry Moses Thairu, the V`ice chancellor of Inoorero University. Prof Henry Thairu was welcomed by the out-going director Fr. Babu
Augustine and the in-coming director Fr. Paul Felix and was given the guard of honour by the Don Bosco Town scouts.
In his speech Prof Henry Thairu arged the students to emulate the example of Mr. Kinuthia the founder of Nice& Lovely who started his business in a very humble way. He also spoke about 3 Ps in one’s life. Perspiration, Perseverance and Persuasion.
The response this year is excellent from several schools and colleges.
Several innovative items were exhibited by various departments. The machine shop had a home-made sanding machine and a lathe machine. The masonry/plumbing department constructed a beautiful house while the other departments had new dresses, furniture and other products. The secretarial department organized a fashion show too.
Sebastian Koladiyil Social Communications AFE
Train the Trainer-2010
Train the Train Trainer 2010 will take place from August 3rd 5.00 PM to 9th 9.00 AM at DBYES. Total cost of the package together with the Facilitators Manual, Student Handbook and certificate will be Ksh. 9000/- Kindly register by 24th July, 2010 Kindly book your seats, first come first served. Booking: dbyes@donbosco.or.ke
Sebastian Koladiyil Social Communications AFE
The World Summit on Media for Children and Youth Towards a New Global Vision for Children, Youth and Media Karlstad,
Sweden, 14th – 18th June 2010
July 1st 2010 The World Summit on Media for Children and Youth, towards a New Global Vision for Children, Youth and Media, in Karlstad, Sweden, began on 14th June 2010 in the evening with a presentation of rain dance by children followed by a stunning musical performance by the teenagers. This was followed by a welcome speech by the Mayor of Karlstad and the official opening by the Swedish minster for Culture, MS. Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth by signing in her facebook page. The important personalities who spoke at the opening ceremony of the 6th World Summit were Patricia Edgar, the founder of World Summit on Media for Children Foundation, Melbourne Australia; Alton Grizzle, Program Section specialist for Media and Civic Participation, Communication Development Division UNESCO HQ Paris, France; Mr. Per Lundgren, Director, World Summit on Media for Children and Youth Karlstad Sweden; Ms Ellen Wartella Chicago, USA and Mr. Hans Rosling, professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute who gave a very lively and informative presentation in which he pointed that China and India have more important plans and questions for the future than United States and the other developed countries. He challenged the audience with the question, “Are we ready for the future?” They were only few among the many prominent presenters of the evening. Read More
The Day of the African Child
June 28th 2010 the celebration of the day of the african child was held in tonj gathering the children of the town. together with the FMA and teachers of the government schools in town, a mass of 'blessing' was celebrated followed by cultural items. in the evening from 6-8.30 pm there was a live 'call-in' show on don bosco fm with 7 translators receiving calls and discussing issues on the children of sudan. Together with the members of the 'apostolic - group council' , the day's activities were bright not witstanding the initial rainfall in the morning which later served as a 'coolant' for the activities for the rest of the day. -- cyril
THE ANNUAL DON BOSCO BOYS TOWN SPORT MEET 2010
June 28th 2010The annual Don Bosco Boys' Town Sports Meet was held on 25th June 2010. Fr. George Kocholickal flagged off the marathon race on 24th June. Several boys and girls took part in it. The chief guest for the inauguration was Mr. Peter Odeng a well known economist and achiever. He was accompanied by Mr. Jeyapaul our friend. The staff and students did a wonderful job. The champion of the boys is Caleb Chiteva and of the girls is Dorothy Njeri who was also the champion last year. Ms. Rosa Dubost, our friend and benefactor gave away the prizes to the winners. It was so nice to see the staff too competing along with the students and giving their best.
The World Refugee Day
June 20th 2010 This year's World Refugee Day was celebrated at Nairobi
National Museums grounds on Saturday 19th, 2010. The day was graced by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of State for Immigration and registration of Persons Mr. Emmanuel M. Kisombe,CBS.
Don Bosco Planning and Development Office-Nairobi (DBDON) teamed up with refugee students from Don Bosco Kakuma V.T.C who also displayed some of their trade products within the tent that was exclusively marked as the Don Bosco stand.
This is the second time DBDON is actively taking part in this annual event, and this year we took the responsibility for providing Soft drinks (Mineral water and Sodas) to the guests,all participating agencies and present refugees.
The speeches given were all encouraging and the Government plans towards improving the wellfare of the refugees gave a rare hope as every statement was emanating from this year's well selected theme, "They took away my home but they cannot take my future"
Don Bosco stand stood to be the well organised and it attracted many visitors among them His Excellency the Ambassador for Sudan Mr. Majok, Country representative-UNHCR, Country Director- WFP,among many dignitaries.
Charles O. Lang'o (DBDON) --
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