Youth attending Salesian schools and youth centers in Timor-Leste had access to better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger. In the first quarter of 2023, Rise Against Hunger provided the funding that allowed the Don Bosco Foundation to buy
Salesian Missions launched its annual “Loaves and Fishes” fundraiser which raises funds to ship life-saving aid to more than 130 countries around the globe. Because the cost of shipping critical aid is far less than its value, donations are multiplied many times over. For every
Don Bosco Makululu Center, located near the town of Kabwe, Zambia, provides for youth whose families cannot meet their educational and basic needs because of extreme poverty. In 2022, the Salesian Missions Office in Turin, Italy, launched a project to provide food, hospitality, medical care
Salesian missionaries in Tikonko, in the Bo district of Sierra Leone, have transformed the economy of an entire village by employing 30 families in harvesting and drying the leaves of the Moringa oleifera plant. The plant, imported from India, is also called a miracle plant
Don Bosco Technical School in Gatenga, Rwanda, has launched a new project to teach youth how to practice modern agriculture that improves crop yields while not harming the environment. The project will teach organic and sustainable farming methods at the Don Bosco Youth Center and
Salesian Tijuana Project is committed to the most vulnerable people in the city of Tijuana, Mexico, especially migrants and refugees. The Salesian Center houses a refectory and other project activities. Since 1987, it has been providing services to migrants and poor youth living on the
Salesian missionaries in the Imo state of Nigeria had the funding to help local farmers thanks to donor support from Salesian Missions. The project “Post-COVID Empowerment through the Provision of Poultry and Farm Crops for Poor Young People and Women in Nigeria” supported four poor
The Don Bosco Project in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, protects the rights of children and older youth who are at high social risk. Mónica Fernández de Bobadilla Aya, a volunteer from the Salesian Mission Office in Madrid, spent six months as a volunteer
Don Bosco School, located in Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India, recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with a 5K run, which was held on April 1. The event had the theme “Run against drug abuse, run to stop violence against women.”
In Syria, Salesians have resumed activities for 1,100 youth at the Salesian youth center and stepped up to help those impacted by the earthquake. Salesians are dealing with the emergency, distributing food and fuel vouchers, and offering free technical assistance to monitor structural damage to