Don Bosco Fambul, located in Sierra Leone’s capital city of Freetown, is one of the country’s leading child-welfare organizations. It has been on the forefront of efforts to help save young women who have faced abuse and prostitution and to rehabilitate children living on the streets and reunite them with
The Don Bosco Child Protection Center, located in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, provides temporary alternative childcare and works to promote and defend children’s rights. The center provides accommodations and education for youth in vulnerable situations.
Salesian missionaries and youth who are part of the Salesian Youth Movement have mobilized to bring relief, comfort and hope to people most affected by the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela*. Two powerful earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, struck the north-central region and the capital, Caracas, causing widespread destruction.
Salesian sisters in Cuba* were able to install a photovoltaic solar power system and repair energy infrastructure in the communities they serve thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. This project addressed the severe energy crisis and structural decay across four targeted Salesian communities.
Salesian missionaries with Don Bosco Academy, located in Nalgonda, a city in Telangana, India, received donor funding to support 525 youth through education and career guidance. The donor funding came from Salesian Missions.
DISHA Don Bosco, located in Kawant in the state of Gujarat, India, recently held a two-day camp to help tribal residents from remote areas access critical government welfare services. The camp was held in the villages of Vagudan and Nanavanta. A total of 263 people from eight villages benefited from
The Salesian Vocational Training Center in Pamplona, Spain, hosted the "Technical Days on Mechanization", a two-day event held in June, which focused on the work that the "Cradles that Save Lives" project.
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. In 2013, United Nations member states adopted a resolution that designated July 30 as the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The day aims to raise awareness about the victims of human
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating World Youth Skills Day, celebrated on July 15 each year since 2014. The United Nations designated the day as a way to bring greater awareness of the importance of technical and vocational education and training, as well as the
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring World Refugee Day, held each year on June 20 since 2001. The day, which is coordinated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other international organizations, honors the plight of millions of refugees and internally displaced