Salesians per il Sociale (Salesians for Social) has opened 1,172 positions for youth to give back through civil service volunteering. Salesians for Social coordinates the Universal Civil Service in Italy and other countries, which enables youth to have life-changing volunteer experiences. The deadline to fill
A job fair organized by the Don Bosco Job Placement Network of India, held at Nirmala College for Women, was attended by 1,200 young adults. The job fair featured 36 companies who are hiring in Coimbatore, a city in the south Indian state of Tamil
The Don Bosco Center for the Development of Skills, known as CEDES Don Bosco in Costa Rica, has been awarded the Blue Award in the hygiene promotion category by the Ecological Blue Flag and Quality Healthcare Seal. The center has been promoting a culture of
Close to 2,000 people living in four villages in the Bono region of Ghana have access to clean water thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The project, part of the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative,” provided new boreholes and hand pumps to the villages
In celebration of the second anniversary of the Senior Salesian Missionary Group, young members visited the elderly from the Bolingo hospice, part of the Saint Achille Kiwanuka parish in the district of Kingabwa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. After a Catholic Mass, youth visited the
The Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival, the world’s first global Salesian film festival, was held at Salesian headquarters of the Province of Chennai by the Don Bosco Institute of Communication Arts and Don Bosco Arts and Science College on Dec. 11.
Don Bosco Technical College in Cebu City, Philippines, suffered severe damage from Typhoon Rai, which hit the region with winds of 121 miles per hour before making landfall on Dec. 16. Salesian missionaries live in the communities in which they work and are assessing the
The Don Bosco Reception Center, a new space dedicated to giving shelter to women with children, was launched in Tijuana, Mexico. The reception center was set up to help women at risk, especially migrants. Women can receive legal, psychological, medical and spiritual services.
Salesian missionaries and sisters brought together 600 youth from nine oratories in the Yaoundé, Cameroon region to celebrate Regional Oratory Day. There was an opening Catholic Mass, followed by a presentation, lunch, and friendly soccer, basketball and volleyball tournaments. The highlight of the day was
Salesian missionaries held an event at the Salesianum House of Spirituality in Bogotá, Colombia for a group of 85 people, including children and older youth along with their families. The Care from a Distance Program provides educational and material support through long-distance adoptions of children