Don Bosco Technical College was presented with a cheque of $35,000 to help with their youth development efforts.
Head of Corporate Affairs, Leaupepe Talai Lene, praised Fr. Chris Ford and Digicel Segavao’s Skipper, Vaimasenu’u Zita Martel, for continuing the unique programme for the young men of the Technical College.
“Our emphasis has always been for the strength and success of our youth – and programs such as Digicel’s Segavao is one that has consistently delivered results of inciting unity and harmony amongst the youth,” he said in a press release.
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“It’s one of the rare initiatives that reinstate the importance of striving for the best and that hard work pays off.”
Evidently, in the past three months alone Digicel has stirred enthusiasm and driven the movement of youth development through the sponsorship of the National Youth Awards, Samoa Youth Alive, Special Olympics Samoa and now Digicel Segavao.
This focus on the future generation and the pressing need to nurture productive values was a goal shared by both parties as was explained by Fr. Ford.
“Yes, even blisters can reshape the person you are and realign your vision of life”, commented Fr. Ford referring to the positive impact the training and participation in the Fautasi challenge has on the students of Don Bosco. Digicel and Don Bosco celebrate the 7 years of partnership to-date with the renewal of the Digicel Segavao sponsorship agreement – an accomplishment that Fr. Ford and Vaimasenu’u showed gratitude for.
The college’s principal maintained that the financial support they receive enables the school to facilitate a proper training camp for the young men of the team for the race preparations. He reiterated that the partnership with the telecommunications company was one that they treasured.
Vaimasenu’u predicted that there would be a lot work put in this year to train the boys.
It is a challenge that the Skipper says is posed every year with the enlisting of newbies – the year one students who’ve never raced before.
She concluded that much of the effort goes into training the first-time rowers not to give up so easily – it’s both mental and physical fitness that matters in this competition.
The Fautasi giants will again be an exciting feature in this year’s major celebrations during the Independence Day races and the Teuila Festival Fautasi Races that will coincide with the September S.I.D.S. Conference.
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