Salesians for Social, which coordinates the Universal Civil Service in Italy, will engage 1,250 youth between the ages of 18 and 29 in 2021 for volunteer positions in Italy and programs in Spain, France and Albania. This is the highest number of volunteers the Salesians
Thailand was hit with a strong typhoon at the end of November. The Salesian Saengthong Vitthaya School mobilized support from the Association of Past Pupils, the Parent-Teacher Association, and teachers and students to contribute more than 2,000 food bags and financial support to help villagers.
Salesian missionaries at the Salesian parish in San Benito Petén, Guatemala, are providing food aid to those who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 100 families have been provided food support.
Salesian missionaries with the Provincial Department for Education in Santiago, Chile, have been strengthening the skills of teachers throughout 2020 with more than a dozen new workshops and diploma-based courses. These workshops and courses have been made available to administration leaders and teaching teams from
Salesian missionaries in Yaupi, Ecuador, are finding innovative ways to make sure youth can continue their studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yaupi and the surrounding areas are remote, and there is no internet access and no television broadcasting signal. Missionaries have provided families in 20
Salesian missionaries have constructed and opened a new building for the Salesian secondary school in Mimboman, a district in the capital of Yaoundé, Cameroon. The school can expand its capacity is now able to accommodate 500 students who can take classes all the way through
Don Bosco Tech Society, in New Delhi, India, has partnered with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FICCI) and Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FISCI) for the Traditional Cluster Development: Virasat - The Heritage program. The program provides short-term online training
Salesian Youth Center in České Budějovice, Czech Republic, has a new Salesian Honey project that is providing another educational opportunity for youth. The project is also serving as an opportunity for the Salesian Youth Center to earn revenue, which will help to fund activities for
The Salesian Bakery is a historical institution in Bethlehem, located in the West Bank just south of Jerusalem. The bakery provides food assistance to those most in need through the free distribution of bread to the poorest families. The bakery produces close to 3,000 loaves
Salesian missionaries have been operating the Catholic mission station of Shuwuu, Mongolia, for the past four years, but families who live in this district have been accessing water from the Catholic mission since 1998. Throughout the year, people from the countryside come to the well