Radio Salesian launched a Lepcha language program catering to the Lepcha tribe, an indigenous tribe in Sikkim and Darjeeling region, according to an article in The Northeast Today. The “Message to Lepcha Community” radio program features Lepcha personalities, folktales, and instruction on language and culture.
Salesian Missions has launched its Annual Food Distribution Appeal, enabling donors to multiply their gift many times over by turning a $1 donation into $20 of critical nutrition. Thanks to ongoing partnerships with international humanitarian aid organizations, life-saving meals are ready for those who need
Salesian missionaries with the Assumption of Mary Province of Central Africa, are supplying drinking water for distribution to the local population in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The water, which has been labeled Don Bosco Water, is bottled and distributed to the local population.
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing Universal Children’s Day on Nov. 20. Through education and social development programming, Salesian missionaries in more than 130 countries around the globe are working to break the cycle of poverty and bring a
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring World Toilet Day. Celebrated each year on Nov. 19, the day brings the world’s attention to the global needs of sanitation. This year’s theme “Sustainable sanitation and climate change” focuses on ensuring that everyone
Salesian missionaries have raised nearly 8 million euros to help support thousands of families around the globe who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent Catholic News Agency article. In the article, Rector Major of the Salesians Father Ángel Fernández Artime
Youth in Zambia had an opportunity for cultural exchange through arts programming thanks to funding Salesian Missions received from the U.S. Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia. The “Amplifying the Arts” project empowered vulnerable youth to tell their stories through American-inspired creative expression and to celebrate the
With U.S. Government support, Salesian Missions to help over 24,000 young people and vulnerable populations across Italy (MissionNewswire) With support from the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, has launched
Don Bosco Foundation, in collaboration with the Endesa Foundation and the Commissariat of Polígono Sur, a municipality in Seville, Spain, launched a new vocational training school. The school offers both traditional education and social support for youth who come from challenging backgrounds and need the
Don Bosco KISMAT, operated by BREADS, the Salesian planning and development office in Bangalore, India, is helping poor migrant youth in Kerala access online education during the pandemic. Payal Kumari is one young girl supported by the program. The program identified 314 migrant children and