(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco University in San Salvador, El Salvador, has inaugurated the Micro Macro Observatory, a scientific center dedicated to astronomy and natural sciences. The observatory is unique in Central America and will allow the public to view the smallest of particles that are impossible
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions has received donor support for the construction of a new chapel for resident students attending the Amalarakkini School for the Blind, which is located in the town of Tiruvannamalai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Currently, the students and teachers need
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Vocational Training Centers in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Iringa in Tanzania are working to increase the skills of students to work in the renewable energy sector. To date, 260 students are accessing renewable energy training at Don Bosco Vocational Training Centers
(MissionNewswire) More than 2,500 meals have been served at programs supported by the Don Bosco Foundation of Cambodia thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger, an international relief organization that provides food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable. The rice-meal
(MissionNewswire) The Rinaldi Foundation, the Salesian Planning and Development Office in Haiti, has been funded for a second year of a project to aid young adults—aged 18 to 27—to gain work experience and find employment. The project has been made possible through the support of
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing World Humanitarian Day. Celebrated every year on Aug. 19, World Humanitarian Day honors the humanitarian efforts worldwide that support people in crisis. The
(MissionNewswire) In 2018, Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, received funding from USAID’s American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program for its Raising Standards of Care for Spinal Cord Injury Patients project. The project will construct and equip Mexico’s
(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Vocational Training Center in Brazzaville, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Congo, educates close to 600 students. The students are overwhelmingly male but there are 26 girls in attendance. The center recently created a dressmaking workshop to help
(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Technical Institute Henderson, located in Honiara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands, launched a new project in 2019 to provide education to children living near the Ranadi dump site in a suburb east of Honiara. The families who live there experience high
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries working in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon, have purchased a 4x4 Toyota Hilux truck to provide Salesian staff better transportation and accessibility in the region. This purchase was made possible by funding Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians