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Students attending the Sacred Heart of Jesus Salesian school in Asunción, Paraguay, won first place in the public services category at the Municipal Prize for Student Initiative on Human Rights organized by the Municipal Council of Asunción. Their winning project, “The world of Derni,” is

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Italy, Europe’s third-largest economy, has close to 2 million children living in poverty, according to UNICEF. Young people who are unemployed and not in school or training programs represent 20 percent of the population. Salesian programs across Italy help youth who are unable to attend school and

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Lebanon is facing country-wide, non-sectarian protests, bringing hundreds of thousands of people into the streets in response to what they feel is the Lebanese government's failure to find solutions to the country’s economic crisis. Salesian missionaries living and working in Lebanon report that the country

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The Salesian-run Tan Tien Intermediate Vocational Training School, located in Bao Loc, Vietnam, was selected as a model school for 2019 for its development and academic performance in the province of Lam Dong. More than 300 students each year gain an education at the school.

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Salesian Missions celebrates Universal Children’s Day on Nov. 20. The theme of Universal Children’s Day 2019 is a continuation of the 2018 theme, “Children are taking over and turning the world blue.” This theme focuses on building a world where every child is in school,

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Salesian Missions honors World Toilet Day on Nov. 19, which brings the world’s attention to the global needs of sanitation and marks the founding of the World Toilet Organization which started on Nov. 19, 2001. The World Toilet Organization notes that 4.2 billion people live

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Assam Don Bosco University, India's first Catholic university, is highlighted in a documentary produced by the BBC through StoryWorks, its commercial productions division. The “Aiming Higher” project conveys the important role universities play in the transformation of the world. The series spotlights how the people

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