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Visakhapatnam, 5 May 2015: The trainees of Vizag City visited the DB Tech Sabbavaram venture on 5th May, 2015. The day long animation programme was animated by Fr Puthussery Sojan, the Economer of the Province, Fr Thomas Thottiyil, the director, and Fr Neelam Ratna. The DB Tech staff of both Vizag City and Sabbavaram was present. The members felt greatly enriched by the interactive animation and the cordial fellowship.
The programme commenced with the lighting of the lamp. Fr Thomas, in his welcome speech, reiterated the dream of Don Bosco to empower youth, and through DB Tech provide employment opportunities to 20 million youth before 2020. Fr Sojan, stressed on the importance of learning good English and making the most of the opportunities offered during the 3-month training programme. He also spoke of the need for planning stating that ‘failing to plan is planning to fail’.
Fr Thomas and Fr Ratna, in an innovative manner, described the role of youth in family and society. Using video clips he enumerated the impact media creates in the lives of individuals and families. He exhorted the trainees to learn to understand the real ‘language of the movies’ and learn appropriate and healthy values from the same. Besides, he also spoke of relationships, family values, love, sacrifice, dignity and change. Fr Madanu Rayappa, from Narsipatnam too wished all the students for the future.
The post-lunch session was filled with games and activities which were enjoyed by the participants. At the end of the day, the members felt greatly enriched by the inspiring messages they heard and also by the friendly rapport that exists between all the DB Tech Students. The whole day with all its variety of activities and the location itself (Sabbavaram) was another icing on the cake!
