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St Joseph's School (Mzimpofu)

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students. The Ekululameni Vocational Rehabilitation Centre provides training for disabled adults. Formerly, the Embelekweni pre-school provided care for children aged 0 to 5, many of whom had severe and multiple disabilities. Programs were significantly financed by the German Development Organisation Christoffel Blindenmission. The Zama center provides services for students with severe intellectual disabilities. A resource center on campus provides
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The school has included a number of facilities that contribute to the education of disabled students as well as the community in general. The general educational programme integrates disabled students in the primary and secondary schools, with boarding facilities serving many of the disabled
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transcription services for blind students who are integrated in the primary and secondary schools. Some funding for the educational programs comes from the
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of the mission and supervised the development of its services for the disabled. In 2016, Ciccone was killed on a car accident.
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people in the community. In October 1914, Fr Mayr was murdered by Fanyana Mdluli, who was later ordered by
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Fr Angelo Ciccone OSM (1930–2016). Catholic Diocese of Manzini, Southern Africa website. 2016-02-24.
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St Joseph's mission on brink of closure. Swazi Observer. Vusi Ndlangamandla, 2015-09-06
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St Joseph's mission on brink of closure. Swazi Observer. Vusi Ndlangamandla, 2015-09-06
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St Joseph's: 100 Years! (1914–2014). Bhubesi (Bishop of the Diocese of Manzini)
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Catholic Priest Buys His Coffin. Times of Swaziland. Gcina Dlamini, 2015-01-10
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co-educational school, located in the rural settlement of Mzimpofu, in the
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For over fifty years, Fr Angelo 'Nkomiyahlaba' Ciccone served as the
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Father Ciccone Dies. Swazi Observer. Thembeka Dlamini, 2016-02-23
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St Joseph's School was founded in 1914 by an early Catholic
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government with significant additional funding coming from
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Public boarding school in Mzimpofu, Manzini, Eswatini
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Manzini
Coordinates
26°27′34″S 31°28′31″E / 26.459480°S 31.475265°E / -26.459480; 31.475265
Public
boarding
Catholicism
Servite Order
public
Catholic
Manzini
Eswatini
Catholic
mission
Servite Order
disabilities
missionary
disabled
underprivileged
Queen Labotsibeni
hanging
vicar
braille
Swazi
Kindernothilfe
St Joseph's mission on brink of closure. Swazi Observer. Vusi Ndlangamandla, 2015-09-06
St Joseph's: 100 Years! (1914–2014). Bhubesi (Bishop of the Diocese of Manzini)
Catholic Priest Buys His Coffin. Times of Swaziland. Gcina Dlamini, 2015-01-10
Fr Angelo Ciccone OSM (1930–2016). Catholic Diocese of Manzini, Southern Africa website. 2016-02-24.
Father Ciccone Dies. Swazi Observer. Thembeka Dlamini, 2016-02-23
St Joseph's mission on brink of closure. Swazi Observer. Vusi Ndlangamandla, 2015-09-06

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