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The Salesians of Don Bosco is constructing and new Secondary School in Mansa, the provincial town of Luapula province of Zambia. With the funding from the German Government through Don Bosco Mondo in Bonn and other cooperation partners, the building of the new school will add value to the education project that the Society have been carrying out in the out skirt of Mansa town for more than a decade. For the past years the Salesians have been running the St. James Catholic Parish and a lively youth centre for the young people of the thickly populated Chimese and Senama compounds. The need of a good education centre was felt and the establishment of the new Secondary School has come at the right time because many young people have to travel to faraway places for education or do not go to school at all.
Don Bosco Secondary School in Mansa is now completed. The School is set to welcome the fist groups of students in January 2014.
Don Bosco Secondary School is built and managed by the Salesians of Don Bosco, a religious congregation in the Catholic Church and registered as a society in Zambia. It is situated near St. James Catholic Church, off Kabunda Road at Chimese Village of Mansa District. The school is established with the aim to empower the youth of Luapula region by providing quality education to prepare them for a good future.
Don Bosco Secondary School, Mansa (DBSS), will start in 2014 to provide formal secondary school education to the young people of Luapula Region. We impart quality education with sound human formation based on Christian principles and the Preventive System of St. John Bosco.
The institution is equipped with spacious rooms and offices and there are plans to extend the current facilities in the near future. The School is intended to be a government aided mission school to offer Social Sciences but in the future to include Natural Science and Technology Career path curricula.
VISION
To create a just and humane society through empowerment of marginalized youth.
MISSION
The primary mission of Don Bosco Secondary School is to impart quality education to underprivileged youth so that they may achieve their full human potential.
We seek to create a conducive environment for all students and ensure that each student is a successful learner, is fully respected, and learns to respect others.
MOTTO
Education is a matter of the Heart.
OBJECTIVES
• To impart secondary school education with necessary skills for human development.
• To equip youth with life skills and self confidence.
• To facilitate higher education opportunities by net working with the government and other organisations.
• To address the educational needs of the youth, community and the society.
Don Bosco Secondary School is nearly completed. Most of the construction works have been done to perfection. At the moment some minor finishing works are going on like the setting up of the Science Laboratory, the fittings of notice boards, manufacturing of classrooms and office furniture and finishing touches in the sanitary building. The School is taking shape and will soon be ready to welcome students with the hope that it will provide quality education for the promotion of poor and marginalised youth in the outskirt of Mansa town and of Luapula region.
In the meantime, the process of getting the institution officially registered is slow much more we are anxiously waiting for the Government through the Ministry of Education to appoint teachers and staff who can run the school effectively.
Visit of Mr. Markus Koth
Mr. Markus Koth from Don Bosco Mondo, Germany visited Don Bosco Secondary School in Mansa to monitor and evaluated on the progress of the implementation of the project so far.Together with him Fr. Peter Gozdalski from the Salesian Economer General’s office in Rome and Fr. Louis Malama the Provincial E Economy and Provincial Development Office (PDO) Director too visited the project and the community in Mansa. This important visit coincided with the official provincial visitation of Fr. George Chalissery the provincial of ZMB Vice province who is making his annual visitation to the Salesian community.
The visitors were warmly welcomed by the Salesians, the Salesians Sisters, the Volunteers and people form the Parish, Project and Youth Centre. On Friday 27 of April the visitors spent the whole day touring the project site and holding discussion with people regarding the present activities and future plans, highlighting successes and challenges and exhorting those responsible for different works. They were very impressed with the current project and advised the Salesians to plan for sustainability of all the good projects going on in Mansa.
On a different note Fr. Michael Wzietek who has been the project Manager since 2011 and who as worked in Mansa since the beginning of the Salesian Mission in Mansa is leaving for his long holidays to Poland. Thanks to his hard work and dedication a lot have been achieved in Don Bosco, Mansa. He will be missed greatly by the young people and the community.
School Profile
The Salesians of Don Bosco is constructing and new Secondary School in Mansa, the provincial town of Luapula province of Zambia. With the funding from the German Government through Don Bosco Mondo in Bonn and other cooperation partners, the building of the new school will add value to the education project that the Society have been carrying out in the out skirt of Mansa town for more than a decade. For the past years the Salesians have been running the St. James Catholic Parish and a lively youth centre for the young people of the thickly populated Chimese and Senama compounds. The need of a good education centre was felt and the establishment of the new Secondary School has come at the right time because many young people have to travel to faraway places for education or do not go to school at all.
The building of the school campus which began about two years ago is near completion and is expected to open its doors to hundreds of young people in January 2014. Many poor young people will benefit from this project. The
Fr. Michael Wzietek has been the Project Manager for this new school that is aimed to completed by the middle of 2013. Since March 2013, Br. Walter has joined him to see to the setting up of the new School in collaboration with the Salesians Sisters who have been running the Don Bosco Primary School in the same mission for the past years.
The Government Education Department, Ministry of Education and the Local community are very supportive to this new development. All stake holders have high hopes that the School will be able to provide high quality and holistic education and training to the young people of the area. Let us hope the dreams of the young will be fulfilled and the plans of the Salesians in Mansa will be materialised.
