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Sean Devereux
Sean Devereux was a pupil at Salesian College Farnborough between 1975 and 1982, when he was living in Yateley, near Camberley in Surrey. In his last year he was a very popular school captain and after graduating at Birmingham with combined honours in Geography and Sports Studies in 1985, he continued his studies, completing the PGCE at Exeter.
He then began teaching at the Salesian School in Chertsey, Surrey in 1986. During these years, Sean was a very active and enthusiastic member of the Salesian Cooperators and the Salesian Past Pupils’ Association. Sean took part in a wide range of activities with and for young people not only in England but also abroad, attending a number of European and international events. On one of these, he met Pope John Paul II in Rome.
In February 1989, Sean went to Liberia as a Lay Volunteer working with the Salesian community at St. Francis School in Tappita. When the school closed in 1990 as a result of the Civil War, Sean stayed to work with the United Nations in relief operations. After numerous adventures, he finally left Liberia in 1992 to begin working with UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) in Somalia in September 1992. Sean was shot dead on January 2nd 1993.
Our Sixth Form Centre here at Salesian College Farnborough is named in honour of Sean.
For further information on Sean Devereux and the Sean Devereux Children’s Fund, please click here.
This information has been re-produced with the kind permission of the Sean Devereux Children's Fund.
