Don Bosco Vocational Center, operating inside Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp in Uganda, offers education and vocational training to help young refugees prepare for employment. There are courses in mechanics, sewing, construction, agriculture, hairdressing, and solar energy. The center provides support for 56,000 refugees and 11,000
Five hundred students from the senior class at Don Bosco School Kokar, located in Ranchi, the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand, planted 500 rose plants. They participated in the program under the supervision and guidance of Father Babu Varghese, principal of the school,
Students attending the Salesian-run Timkatec schools in Pétion-Ville, Haiti, had access to better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Feed My Starving Children. A rice-meal shipment was sent to Timkatec in 2020. It was distributed among the boarding school and the canteens
The Salesian-run Cité des Jeunes School in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, had the roof blown off its boarding building due to strong winds and torrential rain. Youth have been evacuated, and no one was hurt during the incident. The boarding school welcomes 100
Salesian Missions facilitates the “Salesian Solidarity with Italy: the Emergency Response to COVID-19” project. The project is made possible with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Government’s main development agency operating in more than 100 countries worldwide. The project aimed
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. A 2020 shipment provided donated rice-meals to ensure students and rural community members had healthy nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dom Bosco Catholic University (UCDB) in Campo Grande, Brazil, has been hosting a drive-in vaccination center since mid-2021. It was the first and only one in the city’s northern region. In just five months of operation, the center administered 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring Human Rights Day, celebrated each year on Dec. 10. Human Rights Day commemorates the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Salesian Pontifical University in Rome recently launched an energy efficiency plan for the entire university campus. A presentation was held to inform members of the academic community on Nov. 22. During the presentation, the university officially joined the “Laudato Si' Initiative Platform” promoted by
Students, parents and staff of the Salesian Mons. Luiz Lasagna Institute and the Salesian University UniSALESIANO, both based in Araçatuba, Brazil, planted 100 ipê, which is a flowering plant of the Bignoniaceae family. The goal of the initiative was to promote integration, education and environmental