Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, which is celebrated each year on April 6. The United Nations General Assembly designated the day in 2013, and it has been celebrated each year
Located in Sierra Leone’s capital city of Freetown, Don Bosco Fambul is one of the country’s leading child-welfare organizations and has been on the forefront of efforts to help rehabilitate street children and reunite them with their families. With the threat of COVID-19, Salesians are
The Rinaldi Foundation, the Salesian Planning and Development Office in Haiti, has started prevention and awareness activities to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. As soon as there was news of the virus's arrival, the Foundation contacted all local communities to address the situation,
Salesian missionaries in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, have launched a self-sustainability project through commercial activities in the building in front of the Don Bosco Technical & Hotel School. To date, 31 stores have been built, each about 60 square meters of space. Most have businesses already operating
Giovanni Hurtado has found a way to give back to youth and the Don Bosco Foundation long after his childhood in the Magdalena del Mar neighborhood in Lima, Peru. Hurtado spent considerable time with the Salesians who had a school, formation house and parish in
The Salesian Technical Institute Ricaldone in San Salvador, El Salvador, has received donations to help support educational programming thanks to Salesian Missions. The donations included musical instruments, laptops, tools and digital music mixing equipment. The 30 laptops were obtained through USAID’s Limited Excess Property Program.
Salesian missionaries in India and around the globe are working in their centers and communities to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The Don Bosco Center for Human Resources Development in Gagillapur took immediate action by producing more than 1,000 masks, which were distributed
Salesian missionaries with the Institution for Cultural and Rural Development (I-CARD) based at Jorhat, Assam, India, built individual household toilets thanks to funding from Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.” The project took place in 2018 and impacted 35 households in the villages of Bormukali and
Despite the ongoing difficulties in Venezuela, Salesian missionaries continue providing education and social support. On March 7, Salesian missionaries held a health day at the Domenic Savio Youth Center in Duaca. Twelve doctors from different specialties saw more than 600 people, providing medicine, check-ups, analysis
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, some Salesian schools are moving to distance learning when possible. Egypt, which as of March 23 had 366 cases and 19 deaths, closed schools in a measure to stop the spread of the virus. Don Bosco Cairo, with