The Don Bosco Training Center is a

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in Comoro on the outskirts of

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. It is privately managed by the

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. The institution has short courses in

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and

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, for students aged 17–35.

History

When a dispute between the

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and a group of 600 sacked soldiers erupted into violence on 28 April 2006, thousands of people immediately began fleeing their homes for the safety of the building of the institution. In 2008 there were 170 students at Comoro, 40 of whom were girls. While most of the girls are learning

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, there are three specialising in

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. On February 11, 2010, the institution held a graduation in basic building skills of 106 previously unemployed young men. Most of these were school dropouts who used to spend their days sitting by the roadside. The basic building construction courses were in

masonry Masonry is the building of structures from individual units, which are often laid in and bound together by mortar; the term ''masonry'' can also refer to the units themselves. The common materials of masonry construction are bricks, building ...

electrical Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by ...

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(including

) and

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. At the graduation they were presented with a certificate and personal box of tools. The institution was initiated and largely financed by the South Australian Government's Austraining International and

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in partnership with Salesians in

, the Australian Salesian Mission Overseas Aid Fund and East Timor's SEFOPE – the government agency responsible for vocational training and employment. Brother Adriano de Jesus was the principal of the technical school in 2010. In 2016, the Centre offered Level 1 & 2 Certificates in General Construction including electricity, metal fabrication, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, automotive and office administration. The rector is Fr. Manuel Pinto. In 2019, an accredited course in Rural Road Construction was introduced to offer further career opportunities.Salesian Missions Newsletter 2019

References

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