Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring World AIDS Day celebrated each year on Dec. 1. The day is held to honor AIDS victims and focuses on prevention and treatment issues surrounding HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).
Salesian missionaries started a tutoring program at the Victoire Rasoamanarivo High School in Ankililoaka, Madagascar, in September 2024. Since inception, the program has strengthened the French and English language skills of 60 youth aged 11-17 who were struggling in school and beyond. Two thirds are students from poor families.
Communities now assured access to drinking water supply (MissionNewswire) Christof Hürlimann, a citizen of Switzerland, financed a water project in São Marcos, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. He visited the area with his wife Angela to meet his friend, Mariano Wadzerepruwē, Xavante chief of the Obra de Maria village. The
New Lakou Bosco Village supports youth to become self-sufficient adults (MissionNewswire) For almost five years, Salesian Lakou Bosco, based in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe - a French overseas region in the southern Caribbean - has been supporting youth and their families. Through educational and social activities, the goal is to help at-risk youth
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring World AIDS Day celebrated each year on Dec. 1. The day is held to honor AIDS victims and focuses on prevention and treatment issues surrounding HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).
[caption id="attachment_46805" align="alignright" width="248"] INDIA[/caption] 50 women start mushroom growing training to become entrepreneurs (MissionNewswire) Fifty women have embarked on a transformational journey towards economic independence and sustainable nutrition through the Nanma program launched by Don Bosco Veedu and Salesian Cooperators. The program is focused on mushroom cultivation training and is designed to
Project supports more than 400 students during physical education classes and afterschool activities (MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries with the Salesian Lyceum in Lviv, Ukraine were able to use donor funding to install a volleyball pitch thanks to funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring World Toilet Day. Celebrated each year on Nov. 19, the day brings the world’s attention to the global needs of sanitation and marks the founding of the World Toilet Organization on Nov. 19, 2001. The inaugural World Toilet Summit
Salesian Missions joins Catholic organizations around the globe in honoring World Day of the Poor. The day, celebrated on Nov. 16, will be the ninth celebration of the day. This day was established by Pope Francis in 2016 at the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in honor of
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty held on Oct. 17 each year. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the 35th anniversary of the World Day to