Tag Archives: BOVA

Images of the Developing World and the Risk of Disempowerment

By James Trewby | Published: 23/05/2011

One of the activities we do with BOVA volunteers during their training involves asking them to quickly jot down 5 words or phrases which “represent Africa to them” (and I’m using Africa here just as an example). Average responses include lions, elephants, vast skies, starvation, war, street children and so on.  We then read the [...]

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BOVA Return Volunteers Weekend

By Sarah Seymour | Published: 14/10/2010

After so many life-changing, inspiring and challenging experiences from all over the world, it seemed a shame to let that all slip by as we fell inevitably back into the rush and busyness of life. A ‘returned volunteers weekend’ was therefore arranged for us to revisit those experiences, to share them and to hear those [...]

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Educating Young People to Social Justice

By admin | Published: 12/10/2010

Over 150 educators from our Salesian Schools and Retreat Centres in Great Britain took part in a Salesian Education Conference on Saturday 9th October 2010. The theme of the day was Educating Young People to Social Justice. The conference, organised by the Salesian Youth Ministry Team and facilitated by YAT (the Youth Advisory Team), took [...]

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SOS 2: Kat’s Story

By admin | Published: 12/10/2010

10 ‘young’ people 10 days 5 service sites 1 Salesian community Journeying from a Mass of Commitment, to the Great Commissioning. Committed to make a difference. Committed to serve one another and the community. And so it began: The first SOS2.

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