Financial aid for Don Bosco students

A total of 100 vocational technical (voc-tech) students of the Don Bosco Traning and Youth Center (DBTYC) in Pasil, Cebu City will get educational assistance from the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) over the next five years.

An agreement was signed last July 1 at the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Students Center for the project.

The signatories were RAFI chief operating officer Dominica Chua, Fr. Abundio Bacatan, Salesians of Don Bosco administrator and Fr. Adrian Mendoza, Don Bosco Parish priest.

The educational assistance worth P1.4 million will benefit 100 students starting this school year.

RAFI will shoulder the one-year training cost of 10 voc-tech students every year for five years in the amount of P22,565 per student and the six-month training cost of 10 garment technology students every year for five years in the amount of P6,700 per student.

“This assistance will have an immediate and long-term impact. This can go a long way because it will help keep our center going and will help the entire community as well,” said Fr. Bacatan.

The DBTYC is a training and oratory center for the children and youth from the depressed communities in Pasil.

The educational assistance program of Don Bosco caters to academically deserving children and youth from impoverished families. They also provide technical and academic trainings to children and youth in neighboring barangays such as Ermita, Sawang Calero and Mambaling.

RAFI has been assisting the center since it was established in 1967. RAFI provided Don Bosco the educational assistance through its grants program.

For more information about grants, contact 418-7234 loc. 205 and look for Jan Montilla.