- The salesian school fosters the total development of the young person through the assimilation and critical re-elaboration of culture and education to the faith in view of the Christian transformation of society.
- The educational process, carried out in a salesian manner and with recognized technical and teaching ability, is founded on solid cultural values, and meets the needs of the young.
- Its programmes strive to harmonise intellectual and professional training activities with those of free time.
- Our province has 6 Vocational Centres, 13 schools and 1 higher institute.
What We do
Key Areas of Intervention
Our educational and pastoral works are manifested mainly in Technical and Vocational Training Centre’s. This is to answer the needs of countries in the process of industrial development (Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo) or in the phase of post-war reconstruction (Liberia and Sierra Leone) children at risk programmes (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone), rehabilitation programmes for former child soldiers (Liberia & Sierra Leone) and Parishes/ Youth Centre’s (all countries).
Education
Hostels and boarding schools
- Hostels and boarding schools are a service offered to youngsters who have no family or who are temporarily away from home.
- We encourage personal relationships, making young people responsible for organising their daily lives and giving them the opportunity to take part in group activities.
- We maintain contact with the young people’s families or carers, and build relationships with the schools or workplaces they attend.
- Our province has 5 Child Protection Centre and 5 Hostels for young pupils and learners.
Parishes
- We carry out our mission in parishes; in this way we respond to the pastoral needs of the particular Churches in those areas which offer us adequate scope for service to the young and to the poor.
- Our presence in parishes is one of the particular forms of collaboration with the local Church in evangelisation and education.
- In our province, we animate 17 parishes in the five countries.
The Oratory and the Youth Centre
- The oratory is an educational environment with a strong missionary slant, and open to all boys and young men. A wide range of activities are carried out: sport, theatre, dance, arts and crafts, etc. These activities always have an educational scope and should foster a healthy use of spare time.
- The youth centre is an environment intended for older boys with their different requirements. It preserves the characteristics of the Oratory, but the emphasis on group activity is more marked, and personal contacts are facilitated to a greater extent. Formative and apostolic activities play a more important role than those which are only recreational.
- Our province has 13 oratories and 7 youth centres.
