Don Bosco Educational Centre gives each child a basic education, that is to enable him or her to read and write, thus giving hope for self development.
Don Bosco Educational Centre Objectives
Restoring human dignity, fighting illiteracy, ignorance, poverty and hopelessness through education & skills development by:
• Re-addressing the problems created by the past policies applied in South Africa.
• Provide people with basic literacy & numeracy skills.
• Improve the technical skills pool in Johannesburg, Gauteng and the country.
• Equip young adults & youth with technical skills that can lead to gainful, formal employment
• Assist communities to ensure food security through sustainable agricultural programmes (permaculture gardening).
• Assist with establishing sustainable livelihoods.
• Provide an integrated life skills development programme to ensure the development of a complete person.
Don Bosco Educational Centre Location
- The centre is situated in Ennerdale, approximately 40 km south of the Johannesburg CBD. It is in a region which forms the southern edge of the city of Johannesburg’s municipal border.
- This area is far removed from the rest of the city and little development has taken place here.
- Ennerdale is a middle to low income residential area surrounded by a sea of settlements.
- The majority of informal settlement dwellers seek out a living by doing domestic work, gardening and other menial tasks in Ennerdale, Lenasia South & Lenasia. A small percentage of the population have formal employment in Johannesburg
- The land on which SMECD is situated belongs to the Archdiocese of Johannesburg
- The land on which DBEP and LVEC has been erected belongs to the Salesians of Don Bosco
Don Bosco Educational Centre Banking Details
Laura Vicunia
FNB
Account no.: 62024272512
Branch code : 254205
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Skills-Declan Collins
FNB
Account no.: 62607243889
Branch code : 254205
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Don Bosco Educational Projects
FNB
Account no.: 62089154985
Branch code : 254205
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Don Bosco Educational Centre Contact Details
Email: [email protected]
Tel/fax: 010 230 0962 / 010 230 0084