The war in Ukraine, which started with a Russian invasion three years ago, has left more than 6.9 million refugees and 3.7 million displaced, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Today, 12.7 million people need humanitarian assistance, including nearly 2 million children.
FUSALMO, located in the municipality of Soyapango in the San Salvador department of El Salvador, recently celebrated the completion of the Office Automation training course for youth who are facing socioeconomic, migratory or disability-related challenges. The training provides youth with digital skills, equipping them with
Don Bosco Central School in Kattappana, India, has installed the Health ATM, which is a self-service kiosk that offers health check-ups and is available to students, parents and the local community. The Health ATM allows users to monitor vital health parameters such as blood pressure,
Don Bosco Utume Salesian Theological College, a center for learning for those who are becoming priests in Nairobi, Kenya, has new bathrooms for its multi-use field for the community thanks to funding from Salesian Missions. The project is part of the Salesian Missions “Clean Water
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating World Water Day. Led by U.N.-Water, the organization that coordinates the United Nations’ work on water and sanitation, the day has been honored on March 22 every year since 1993.
Don Bosco Academy, located in Nalgonda in the state of Telangana, India, is able to help youth access education through the purchase of a school bus thanks to Mission Don Bosco, the Salesian Mission Office in Turin, Italy. The bus has a significant impact on
Don Bosco Children's Project, located in León, Mexico, is targeting youth addiction through collaboration with the Salesian province’s planning and development office and Don Bosco Mondo on the “Social Rehabilitation of Systemically Vulnerable Young People” project. The project is aimed at teens aged 14-17 who
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Day of Happiness, which falls each year on March 20. In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that recognized happiness as a “fundamental human goal” and called for “a
Students at Don Bosco University in Assam, India, recently took part in the Campus Bird Count, a unique citizen science initiative aimed at documenting bird species found in educational institutions, research campuses, nongovernmental organizations’ premises and other green spaces. It is an integral part of
Salesian missionaries working in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya are providing education and social support for people who have been displaced. Kakuma Refugee Camp has more than 225,000 refugees from nine countries including South Sudan*, Sudan*, Rwanda and Burundi*. It is estimated that