El Obeid
2001
It was the 24th of February 1999 that the governor of North Kordofan State at that time requestd Rt. Rev. Anthony Menegazao the Bishop of El Obedi for a meeting with him to talk about the Vocational Training Centre. In August 1999 the Salesian Provincial of Eastern Africa approved the project. In October 1999 the land was purchased from the government. It was on the 6th of March 2000 that the groundbreaking ceremony was done and where the Governor and manyother important dignitaries were present. The Salesian community was officially started at Don Bosco Vocational Training center, El Obeid, in the middle of January 2002. The official beginning of the Technical courses started on the 5th of September 200 with 4 trades namely; auto-mechanic, welding, masonry and plumbing with 94 students.
Activities
(MVM, Electrical, Welding, Machine Shop, Carpentry, Plumbing) Literacy Programme – Primary School for the poor children of the locality, Aspirants and Oratory
Contact
Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre
P.O. Box 125
El Obeid
Sudan
Phones:
+249 962839827/ 249 900043413 Rector
+249 969847121 Vice- rector
+249 9000 7919 w/s Coordinator
Emails:
Salesians
Fr. Mathew KJ: Rec. BP’palVTC
Fr. Papi Reddy B:VR.BP’pal Pr. Sch.
Fr. Peter Tam: Administrator
Cl. Mohammed Yousif Abbas: PT