Dar es Salaam, 01 July, 2020 / 7:26 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) ministering in Tanzania are empowering young people with technical skills in renewable energy toward “sustainable development,” the leadership of the development arm of the Global Catholic Order has said in a report shared with ACI Africa.
“Students who are looking to make a career in renewable energy have an opportunity for education and advancement at Don Bosco Vocational Training Centers in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Iringa in Tanzania,” officials of Salesian Missions, the U.S.-based development arm of SDB, reported.
In the report, the Director of Salesian Missions, Fr. Gus Baek is quoted as saying that the training programs in the East African nation “provide a real opportunity for students to gain an education in a growing and much-needed field of study.”
Partnerships with other aid agencies including the German Catholic Bishops’ Organization for Development Cooperation, Misereor and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation have facilitated the rolling out of the training beyond the Dar es Salaam-based Don Bosco Oysterbay project to SDB facilities in the towns of Dodoma and Iringa.
These partnerships have facilitated the establishment of training laboratories and the remodeling of the solar and electronic classes and workshops at the SDB centers, installation of training equipment, and the training of instructors on the new syllabus.
