Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating World Youth Skills Day, celebrated on July 15 each year since 2014. The United Nations designated the day as a way to bring greater awareness of the importance of technical and vocational education and
Salesian missionaries were able to establish a sick bay for children who are ill at Don Bosco CALM Nursery and Primary School in Uganda thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The sick bay will provide services to more than 700 children.
Students from the São João Batista Youth Center, a Salesian center located in the city of Poxoréu, Brazil, planted cashew seedlings, a fruit tree native to Brazil. Each class was given a seedling to plant, as a way of giving a gift to the Earth.
The St. John Bosco Center in Sikasso, Mali*, organized an “Open Day” to present the work and achievements of the institute to teachers, students, partners and guests. Visitors were able to admire original works, ranging from handicrafts to technical productions, all created by students as
Youth at Don Bosco Youth Center in Mandalay, Myanmar*, have a new building for bathrooms and showers thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The project is part of the Salesian Missions "Clean Water Initiative." Sixty boys were impacted by this donation.
Salesian missionaries were able to renovate the Zefferino Namuncura Hostel in the St. John Bosco Community of Ondo, Nigeria, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. Funding provided for structural repairs, and improvements to tiling, painting, plumbing, and the electrical system. The hostel was also
The Drug Rehabilitation Education and Mentoring Project (DREAM) released an impact study report related to the fight against drug abuse at the Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Since its launch in November 2021, the DREAM Project, an initiative by (Bangalore Rural Educational and Development Society (BREADS),
Salesian missionaries at the Don Bosco Technical Institute and hostel, located in Odumase, Sunyani, Ghana, were able to expand the Don Bosco Chapel thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The expansion allows the chapel to accommodate up to 400 people, an increase from 150
Representatives from the Opera Don Bosco Onlus Foundation in Milan, Italy, joined volunteers from International Volunteering for Development (VIS) to visit Salesian programs in Angola. The visit, which included Michela Vallarino, president of VIS, and Stefano Arosio, coordinator of the foundation, aimed to enhance the
Salesian graduates in vocational trades in Democratic Republic of the Congo* received professional starter kits for work in painting, masonry, tailoring, and plumbing at the completion of their training. An event to provide these graduates with the kits took place at the Provincial House of