brated by 12 priests and at-

tended by many staff and stu-

dents of Oyseterbay and mem-

bers of the Salesian Family the

Rector Major left for Mafinga.

We could really say with the

disciples on the way to Emmaus,

“were not our hearts burning

when he addressed us?”

The entire community of Don

Bosco Oysterbay stood still on

18th April 2017. That was the

day we welcomed Very Rev.Fr.

Angel Fernandez Artime SDB,

the Rector Major of the Sale-

sians of Don Bosco.

The Rector Major landed at

Julius Nyerere International

Airport and was received by

Rev. Fr. Gianni Rolandi SDB ,

the Provincial of Eastern Africa,

Rev. Fr. Simon Asira SDB, the

Vice-Provincial and the Provin-

cial designate , representatives

of the Salsians, Salesian family,

staff and students.

On arrival at Don Bosco

Oysterbay, he was received

with due solemnity by the entire

community led by the Salesians .

The entire staff and the students

of V.T.C. too were there. He

was received with singling and

clapping by everyone. He was

officially welcomed by Rev. Fr.

Provincial and then the Rector

Major spoke few words in Ital-ian and his words were ap-

plauded by our students.

Later in the evening he blessed

and opened the newly con-

structed office block of Don

Bosco Net (P.D.O.) sponsored

by Via Don Bosco of Belgium.

After the blessing of the office

block he spoke to the Salesians

and the Salesian Novices.

The day ended with the well

prepared dinner arranged under

the supervision of Bro. Jose.

On 19th April after the Holy

Eucharist presided over the

Rector Major and concele-

Were not our hearts burning?

A.T. C. make their presence felt

The A.T.C. (Apprenticeship

Training Course), the Govern-

ment of Tanzania sponsored

course finally began with the

orientation from 29th May 2017

to 2nd June 2017. The classes

began on 5th June 2017. These

students who fall in the age gap

of 18-35 have touched us all

with their great enthusiasm and involvement in the various ac-

tivities of the College. They

show a great sense of responsi-

bility and seriousness. Their

desire to know about Don

Bosco and friendliness have

captivated us all.

At Oysterbay we have a total of

730 ATC students including

those who will be joining us in

January 2018. Those taking the

short course of six months are coming to the college in two

shifts per day while the others

begin their programme at 2 pm

and end at 8 pm.

We are grateful to our staff for

having taken up seriously this

project which is very challeng-

ing. They have shown great

dedication. We thank Dr. John

Magufuli, the President of Tan-

zania for this initiative together

with the Ministry of Labour. Thanks to our Don Bosco Net

team under Fr. Celestine.

DON BOSCO

OYSTERBAY

P.O. BOX 32770

DAR ES SALAAM

July 2017 Volume 1 Issue 2

Don Bosco

Oysterbay News

Congratulations

to Rev.

Fr. Simon Asira

SDB, our new

Provincial

Superior

Inside this issue:

Hapa Kazi tu! 2

Via Don Bosco 2

The visits 2

Triple Birhdays 3

House System 3

Lions Club 3

Sterling Trust pf

Mzee Jasani

4

Hearty welcome Don Angel

The months of January to June

at Don Bosco Oysterbay could

be said just days of work only.

As we had a major job from

the University of Dar es Sa-

laam, everybody was involved

in this work without any dis-

crimination. Finally we have

reached the end of this work.

We are very grateful to the staff and the students for their

whole-hearted cooperation and

“ever ready attitude” to work

at any time of the day. Several

volunteered after school hours

and Saturdays to give a helping

hand. Thank you.

Finally we finished the work

of the University on 19th July 2017. Thanks to everyone

who gave a helping hand!

Rev. Fr. Simon Asira SDB, the Vice Provincial and the Pro-

vincial Designate chatting

with some of the ATC stu-

dents during one of his visits.

In the past months we were

blessed with the visit of several

Salesians starting with Rv. Fr.

Provincial , the Provincial desig-

nate, Economer , Youth Minis-

try delegate ,those who came

for the retreat and many more.

We are very grateful to all of

them for their visits, encourag-

ing words and the time they spent to visit our college and

workshops.

Bro. Baron Tyron, Bro. Jim Comino and Bro. Celestine

Nathan when they visited

Oysterbay in June 2017

Hapa Kazi tu (Here we just work)

THE VISIT OF SEVERAL SALESIANS

VIA DON BOSCO OFFICIALS VISIT

ties in our technical schools of

Tanzania.

Thank you Via Don Bosco for

sponsoring several of our ac-

tivities such as seminars for students and training for the

staff, purchase of training mate-

rial …… to mention a few!

Ms. Kat and Mr. Steven of Via

Don Bosco from Belgium vis-

ited our school in the month of

May when they came for the

launching workshop at Dar es

Salaam. We also had the visit of

those who are doing internship

in Belgium and many others.

We are grateful to Via Don

Bosco ( formerly known as Comide-Belgium) for their

support of all these years. It is

due to their support that we

are able to have several activi-

“YOU CANNOT

CHANGE YOUR

FUTURE, BUT

YOU CAN

CHANGE YOUR

HABITS, AND

SURELY YOUR

HABITS CAN

CHANGE YOUR

FUTURE”

- Dr. Abdul Kalam

Page 2 Don Bosco Oysterbay News

Rev. Fr. Matthew Puthu-

mana SDB, the first Sale-

sian to work at Don

Bosco Oysterbay more

than 25 years ago during

his visit to Oysterbay in

May 2017 addressed the

school and expressed his

happiness for the pro-

gress made so far.

12th death anniver-

sary of the late Fr. Manuel was on

23rd June 2017

All the three Salesians had their

birthdays celebrated in these

past three months. These cele-

brations were used to show

our appreciation to the cele-

brants for their contribution in

running the affairs of the com-

munity and also to show the

talents of the students in sing-

ing, acting and dancing.

The first batch of 10 Tailoring

students graduated on 28th

April 2017. Ten girls who

graduated on that day were full

of smile as they achieved some-

thing.

We are very grateful to Via

Don Bosco for sponsoring the

machines of Tailoring Depart-

ment and to the PDO office for

making it a reality.

Congratulations dear girls for

your determination and sim-

plicity!

The Lions Club of Panorama,

Dar es Salaam, under the lead-

ership of Mr. Prabh Singh

Bhatti gave training on Bajaj

engines to our fledging Motor

Vehicle Mechanics on Saturday,

8th July 2017. The MVM stu-

dents appreciated the training

given free of charge. They were

also provided with refreshment by the Lions. We are very

grateful to the Lions Club of

Panorama, especially to the

family of Mr. Prabh Singh for

this generous gesture.

TRIPLE BIRTHDAYS GRADUATION OF TAILORING

LIONS CLUB GIVES TRAINING

THE HOUSE SYSTEMS

to maintain discipline, academic

performance and developing

the talents of the students.

THE HOUSES IN ACTION

In Don Bosco Oysterbay, two

parallel House Systems are

going on at the same time. The

V.T.C. students have a House

System with four Houses

(Manyara, Mikumi, Ngorongor

and Serengeti ) and the A.T.C.

students have a House System

with six Houses (Kilimanjaro,

Longido, Meru, Nyasa, Tanga-nyika and Victoria). Both

groups are very enthusiastic

along with the teachers who

are their animators. These

House Systems have helped us

Page 3 Volume 1 Issue 2

A.T.C. STUDENTS

LEARNING THEIR

TRADES

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WORKERS’ DAY –2017

The Workers’ day of this year was very special as the families of our

staff too were invited to join the celebration. After the Holy Eucharist

presided over by Fr. Babu Augustine, we had games for the children

and for the staff. Finally the celebration ended with a sumptuous lunch

and matches.

DON BOSCO

OYSTERBAY

P.O. BOX 32770

DAR ES SALAAM

Mzee Jasani their own and

coming forward to assist Don

Bosco Oysterbay.

We are also very grateful to

Via Don Bosco for sponsoring

the equipments for the Motor

Vehicle Mechanics. The con-

struction work is going on well

and the classes for the MVM

students began on 3rd July

2017.

LONG LIVE

MZEE JASANI &

THE STERLING TRUST

The late Mzee

Jasani of happy

memory has

come to the aid

of Don Bosco

Oysterbay once

again through

the Sterling Trust

which he founded. The Sterling

Trust is sponsoring the con-struction of our new depart-

ment of Motor Vehicle Me-

chanics. Sterling Trust is also

co-financing the new toilet

block along with Via Don Bosco.

The equipments for the Motor

Vehicle Mechanics were already

sponsored by Via Don Bosco

last year.

We are very grateful to the

trustees of the Sterling Trust,

Mr. Bharat Thaker, Mr. Shashi

Shah, Ms. Gisela Hubling and

Mr. Patrice Good for making

alive the concern of the late of

THANK YOU

VIA DON BOSCO

MZEE JASANI DOES IT AGAIN THROUGH STERLING TRUST

Don Bosco Oysterbay.

THANK YOU

DEAR STAFF

FOR YOUR

DEDICATED

SERVICE TO

THE COMMU-

NITY OF

DON BOSCO

OYSTERBAY

We thank Rev. Fr. Gianni Rolandi SDB, the outgoing

Provincial for his support to

the community of Don Bosco

Oysterbay for the last six

years! We wish him God’s

blessing as he is leaving for

Rome to take up another

responsibility.