Don Bosco Technical College in Chingola teaches vocational courses such as carpentry, tailoring and computer skills to young people from disadvantaged communities, who gain excellent results in their ICDL exams every year.

Mary Musenge aged 25 was part of the 2008 intake which emerged one of the best in the history of the college. Coming from a humble background, she was encouraged to gain additional IT skills by her work-mate. Mary is now employed as an I.T Assistant at a local Internet Café and provides I.T services such as managing the server, typing and printing, card designing and database management. Above all she is also teaching others, and so far 16 students have graduated with various computer skills.

Mary says “Everything the ICDL program offers is applicable in the world of I.T and I am glad to be in a position to use almost every skill that I obtained. I am grateful to my boss for sponsoring me to take the exams, and I encourage anyone who has the passion for computers to do ICDL”. Her current appeal is for the Salesian community to introduce a diploma in the same field and she wished to be the first person to enroll.