The Supporting Alliance for African Mobility (SAAM) project, an Erasmus+ pilot project financed by the European Commission, tested educational mobility of students and professionals between Africa and Europe in the field of vocational education and training, specifically in the engineering and manufacturing, hospitality, and agriculture
Don Bosco Center (Don Bosco City) in Medellín, Colombia, has been CO2 neutral since 2022. It is the first Don Bosco facility in the world that has reduced its CO2 footprint to zero and works climate neutral. The first step in the process toward this
Don Bosco Training Center, located in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, India, has partnered with Schaeffler India for a new initiative to train disadvantaged youth in the field of electric vehicle (EV) maintenance, according to an article in Mobility Outlook. The program is part of the Schaeffler Technical
Dom Bosco Institute in Porto Alegre, Brazil, has been welcoming truck drivers bringing donations and volunteers from Rondonópolis in Mato Grosso and Lauro de Freitas in the state of Bahia. The donations are being supplied to those who have been impacted by the recent flooding
Salesian missionaries living and working in Haiti are doing their best to help vulnerable people as they too have faced the insecurity that is ravaging the country. The United Nations has noted that the first quarter of 2024 has been the deadliest for Haitians with
Salesian missionaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo*, led by Father Carlos Balezi Kabumba, recently concluded a series of educational sessions aimed at raising awareness of the rights of women and minors. The training was held for children at the Salesian House in Gahinja
Two Salesian camps in the United States, Camp Savio in Bellflower, Calif., and Camp Salesian in Los Angeles, recently collaborated to train 50 summer camp youth leaders on peer-to-peer trauma management. The training was held in response to the escalating mental health challenges faced by
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 Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and other international organizations, honors the plight of millions of refugees
Don Bosco Elk provides socio-sports school for 140 youth (MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries with Don Bosco Elk, located in the city of Elk, Poland, operate a socio-sports school thanks to a partnership with Real Madrid Foundation and the Salesian Mission Office in Madrid. More than 140 youth
Students from the Salesian Evrim School, located in Istanbul, Turkey, took part in the Marco Polo project, which was focused on “Dialogue with the East. Peace and Sustainability.” The art developed by the children for this project was exhibited at Palazzo Mocenigo in Venice, Italy,