Yearly Archives: 2015

The roof of the primary school Don Bosco Namugongo flew this night around 1. 00 AM. Some parts of the roof flew up to the entry of the Salesian community.  This was due to frequent  torrential rains shaking these deays Uganda in general and Kampala in particular. The heavy rain accompanied by  thunderstorms has made toggle the hope of the province of the AGL to open a Don Bosco primary school in January of next year 2016.The rain of the previous night had destroyed the angle of the top, from the west side, which supports the roof. The destroyed part has left a large hole through which the wind of this last night passed. The engineer was immediately alerted and together we decided to prevent the catastrophe by mobilizing workers not later than Monday 21/12/2015. Unfortunately, man sometimes decides and the nature decides otherwise. Now the catastrophe has occurred, and we are assuming its terrible consequences. By this time, the Engineer is at the place trying to calculate the costs of the damage.  And he promised to engage its workers this Sunday morning to try to prevent the whole building from falling down in case the same vigorous rain comes back tonight.

At the beginning of this year, we embarked on a mass training program of brass band playing for all the primary school going children from the Centre. This was so because of the serious need of having many brass band players within our community. Our youngsters acquire music skills from their early age and develop them little by little. Besides, we do all agree that these boys need entertainment and music is one of the best ways of creating joy among the young and in a Salesian community just as Don Bosco says that a Salesian house without music is like a body without a soul. The other reason for this campaign is that majority of the children who are already in brass band are completing their studies and are preparing themselves to build their own future and to live independently and for this reason we decided to train all the primary school going children. The children showed interest and portrayed a positive attitude towards this arrangement which made it quite easier for the trainer as he normally arrives and finds that the boys have set up everything just waiting for him.

Like St Don Bosco our founder welcomed people, Don Bosco CALM Namugongo is a welcoming home and every year we receive volunteers from Poland who came and stay, work, share, learn and pray with us. This year, we started receiving in them in July on 6th and first group consisted of Leen, Olo Wojtkowska and Agwieszke where by Ola was […]

Thomas’ father died in 2010 and left five children of whom three were boys. Consequently, the uncles sent a way Thomas’ mother and she went to her own parents who also sent her a way with a reason that she had three sons and they would disturb in the future asking for land. Thomas was sent to the paternal uncles […]

At Don Bosco Calm Namugongo, we look the past with gratitude and we live the present with patience and we look the future with hope.  

The Pope visited Uganda for three reasons. His visit was a pilgrimage, a pastoral obligation and a state visit. Pope Francis has been in Uganda to mark the 50th anniversary of the canonization of the Uganda Martyrs by Pope Paul VI in 1964. The 22 Catholic converts were executed by Kabaka  Mwanga after refusing to denounce their faith. Pope Paul […]

Don Bosco CALM a home that welcomes, a school that educates, a playground that recreates and a church that evangelizes  

    The afternoon the Holy father will travel to Entebbe, Uganda, where he will first meet with the president and political authorities. That evening, before retiring to the Nunciature, he will go to Munyonyo where he will greet catechists and teachers. The following day, Saturday,28 November, the Holy father will visit both the Anglican and Catholic Shrines of the […]