Salesian missionaries in Onitsha, Nigeria, are establishing the Don Bosco Solar Energy Training Center thanks to donors from Salesian Missions. Donors provided the funding for the materials, labor and staff for the new center. The launch is the first of a four-step process to develop
Salesian missionaries with the Salesians of Social Welfare (SCS/CNOS Federation) launched a new vocational training center known as the “School of Doing” in Naples, Italy. The school is starting with 120 students who left conventional education and deserve a second chance at learning skills needed
Two new educational buildings were developed to meet the needs of poor youth living in Kuyuntsa, Peru. These buildings were made possible with the support of Don Bosco Mondo in Germany. The education provided ensures that the dreams of Father Bollo, one of the first
Salesian missionaries with the Anglophone West Africa Province offered a week-long training on greenhouse production technologies. The goal of the training was the promotion of the green economy and sustainable agriculture. The 30 participants from the Bono and Bono East regions were selected to attend
Close to 700 people taking part in Salesian-run Manzini Youth Care programs, located in the city of Manzini in Swaziland, have better nutrition thanks to an ongoing partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger. In the second quarter of 2019, the rice-meals were provided
The Salesian Institute in Ciudad Real, south of Madrid, was recently awarded the 2019 Educational Innovation Award in the Best Innovative Experience-Nursery and Primary School category at Simo Educación, an international exhibition of educational technology and innovation. The Salesian Institute was chosen for this honor
Jamtoli, India, is a tribal area lacking in social, educational, health and infrastructure opportunities. Here, every year, thousands of children aged 9-14 stop studying to work in the mines. Salesian missionaries bought 12 acres of land and have established some temporary housing for the Salesians
Salesian missionaries and Salesian sisters living and working in East Timor have three orphanages for poor and homeless youth in the country, as well as a medical clinic. In the wake of the devastating civil war that claimed countless lives, decimated entire communities and resulted
A camp in Juba for internally displaced people is currently home to more than 10,000, mostly women and children. Without this camp, people would be left destitute with nothing to eat, nowhere to go and no access to any form of education. To help ensure
Teachers make a difference in the lives of youth every day. Fatima, the daughter of a migrant worker and who earlier in her youth bounced back and forth between Morocco and Italy, is today a confident young woman thanks to the education and support she