austraLasia #3100
If you can't get to Colle, go to
Kep!
SIHANOUKVILLE: 15 July
2012 --
The Don Bosco Vocational Centre, Kep, now an offshoot of the
Salesian
community in Sihanoukville, has been in rapid development in
the past
few years, but what strikes the Salesian eye in particular, at
the
moment, is the latest idea - a little piece of Colle in Kep!
It
is really a garage wall, but cleverly painted and decorated to
give
young Cambodians who attend the centre an idea of where it all
began
and what Don Bosco's house looked life when he was a boy at
Colle.
Behind the wall there is a large photo of the original at The
Becchi, with explanations in Khmer and English.
The
Centre opened in 2000 with a small program of sewing, while
the campus
was dedicated to retreats and big gatherings from other
provinces. It
was run by Don Bosco Phnom Penh until 2011. In October 2011
The Don
Bosco Children Fund decided to develop this centre to cater
for young
people from the provinces of Kep, Kampot and Takeo which
provide many
students for Don Bosco Sihanoukville and Don Bosco Phnom Penh.
The
initial programs are social communication, sewing/housekeeping
and
front office. By October 2012 it will include fine arts,
representative
arts and electricity.