{"id":3167,"date":"2018-09-04T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167"},"modified":"2018-09-04T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T12:00:33","slug":"aboutpdo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167","title":{"rendered":"About PDO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Salesians of Don Bosco is an international non-profit making, Religious Congregation within the Catholic Church, founded in Italy by St. John Bosco.\u00a0We are a community collaborating with the Church and the State in educating the youth to become responsible citizens and true believers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Project and Development Office, AFW Delegation, Nigeria, was officially established in August 2015 as result of the conclusions of the Planning and Development Office (PDO) Seminar held in Rome in April 2005, India 2011, Ethiopia 2014 and Ghana 2015. The PDO serves as a bridge between civil society and the mission of the Salesian Congregation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PDO \u2013 Nigeria is part of the Worldwide body of the Salesian of Don Bosco, which was established in line with NEW FRONTIERS, the fifth Nucleus of GC 26 (New models of managing works, guideline 17) \u2013 for more Systematic and Professional Management of resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Key Vision of the Project and Development Office &#8211; Salesians of Don Bosco<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We transform youths at risk into successful citizens.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We serve vulnerable children and youth at risk, regardless of religion, race, gender or nationality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We give them the skills they need to stay out of danger, find good jobs and lead happy lives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We promote impact oriented development projects, in line with the Organic Provincial Plan (OPP).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>MISSION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We educate, train, form, inspire, promote self-sufficiency among youths for a productive transition into adulthood and empower young people towards human, social and spiritual growth in line with the goals of the International Cooperation for Development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>VISION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our vision is to use the rich cultural and traditional values of Nigeria to enhance, through the principles of faith as lived by Don Bosco, the integral transformation of children and young people who are victims of ethnic and religious conflicts, widespread poverty and abuse of human rights into intellectual, knowledgeable and competent individuals, morally upright, socially committed and spiritually inspired citizens imbued with authentic Nigerian values at the service of Nigeria and the world today and tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>AIMS and OBJECTIVES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Educate Young People to become value based and productive Citizens for the Development of Nigeria.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Promote quality Education by enabling promising young men and women to become self-reliant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Provide Youth with Technical Training and Economic Support to promote Self-employment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Work for Social &amp; Human Development of Youth into the worldwide movement against poverty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Professionalise our Human Development work, meeting the needs of deprived youth in an adequate way and at the lowest cost.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Improve Sustainable Development and Human Promotion Projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>CORE VALUES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Transparency<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mutual respect for each other<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Honesty<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Accountability<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Collective responsibility<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Respect for the rights of the child\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>GOOD PRACTICES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Effective collaboration with development partners and Stakeholders<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Participating at local and international network activities\/programmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Partnering with other organizations on common objectives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Best management of donor resources to improve existing alarming situations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Accountable to donor\/partner funding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Strategic Plan developed for effective and efficient service delivery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Implementing projects which brings positive impact on targeted groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/volunteer\/\"><strong>VOLUNTEER WITH US TODAY<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Salesians of Don Bosco is an international non-profit making, Religious Congregation within the Catholic Church, founded in Italy by<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"more-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link button\" href=\"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167\">Continue reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3167","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About PDO - Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About PDO - Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Salesians of Don Bosco is an international non-profit making, Religious Congregation within the Catholic Church, founded in Italy byContinue reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/?page_id=3167\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/?page_id=3167\",\"name\":\"About PDO - Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-04T12:00:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/?page_id=3167#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/?page_id=3167\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/?page_id=3167#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About PDO\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco\",\"description\":\"ANN Province\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdosdbann.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About PDO - Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About PDO - Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco","og_description":"The Salesians of Don Bosco is an international non-profit making, Religious Congregation within the Catholic Church, founded in Italy byContinue reading","og_url":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167","og_site_name":"Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167","url":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167","name":"About PDO - Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-09-04T12:00:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?page_id=3167#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About PDO"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/","name":"Provincial Development Organism, Salesians of St. Don Bosco","description":"ANN Province","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdosdbann.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}