(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Youth Network and the Salesian-run International Volunteer Service for Development (VIS) are promoting the green economy and sustainable agriculture as part of a project for Local Economic Empowerment for Women, Youth and Vulnerable Groups. The Don Bosco Youth Network of the
(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Center, located in the town of Thecho, Nepal, held a one-day camp for the “Future Helpers” program. The camp, facilitated by six Salesian staff, brought together 70 youth between the ages of 15 and 25 years old. The participants, mostly seniors
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Vazhikaatti Educational and Charitable Society, which operates in 50 schools in five districts of Tamil Nadu, India, launched a new project to provide career counseling and job placement services to poor students thanks to funding through Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm
(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Project, started by Salesian Father Ottavio Sabbadin, was launched in 1991 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz and the largest city in Bolivia, to provide programs for at-risk children and older youth. Many of these youth
(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Development Society organized a free health camp in Mumbai, India to provide medical checkups and eye exams for women and children living in the slum of Islampura in Wadala. During the health camp, 131 patients were examined by field doctors. In
(MissionNewswire) Ten communities in Nigeria have clean water access thanks to donor funding through Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.” The borehole projects have been completed in Ibadan, Akure, Ijebu Ode, Ondo, Onitsha, Abuja, Koko and three poor communities in the state of Benue. All of
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Literacy Day. Celebrated each year on Sept. 8, the day was launched in 1967 to “remind the public of the importance
(MissionNewswire) The Fernández family from León, Spain have been in Ecuador for 30 days, volunteering at different programs in the country. The family, Javier Fernández and Diana Pérez and their two children Gerardo and Míriam, spent its time in Riobamba to give back in service
(MissionNewswire) More than 200 youth interested in entering technical skills training programs at Don Bosco Boys Town in Nairobi, Kenya, recently participated in interviews to test their skills. Each youth had to sit down for an interview with the director of the program. While there
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Zeitoun, located in Cairo, Egypt, has been providing programs for poor youth and their families since 1985. Youth have access to education, counseling, team sports, music classes, tailoring courses, rights awareness and medical referrals. Don Bosco Zeitoun has a youth center as well