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Prompt response by Don
Bosco hailed in Solomon Island's national Daily
HONIARA: 17th April 2007 -- The prompt response by the Don Bosco Technical
Institute has been highly commended by the Rannoggah Simbo Disaster Committee
(RANSOSI) and reported in Solomon Island's national Daily The Solomon Star (17th
April). The institute last week chartered MV Isabella and headed to Simbo with a
shipload of relief supplies on the first weekend after the disaster. It was the
first group to provide relief supplies for the Simbo victims - an area hard hit
by the earthquake and tsunami disaster.
RANSOSI chairman
Reuben Lilo said the prompt response by the institute has saved many lives. “The
support you have rendered is much more than we could ever ask or hope for-words
can’t describe how thankful we are for your generous support and assistance
toward our people,” Mr Lilo said.
Mr Lilo said that such
offer to support their limited relief supplies and provision of transportation
was a direct answer to the prayers of their people. “Thank you so much Father
Luciano Capelli Rector of Don Bosco Technical Institute for being God’s Agent
when we needed him most. “Your help and assistance will forever be cherished in
our hearts especially those affected by the untimely disaster,” Mr Lilo
said.
Mr. Lilo said his committee is aware of the fact
that 90 per cent of the Institution’s total funding support was given to relief
supplies which covered all the people of Simbo who temporarily relocated onto
higher grounds.
The death toll from the tsunami has
already reached 52 with thousands remaining homeless, two weeks after the
disaster struck. In the full text of the speech given by Mr Lilo,
recognition is given of the fact that it was Don Bosco Tech with the combined
assistance of Don Bosco International (a composite of Salesian relief agencies
based in Europe) which enabled the quick mobilisation of
help.
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