Don Bosco High School Matunga, located in Mumbai, has been awarded the best “School in India in Sports and Recreational Education Activities” at the India Didactics Association (IDA) Education exhibition and awards program held in September 2019. IDA is the only exclusive membership association in
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
In response to growing calls in Chile for the government to bring about social and economic change, Salesian missionaries across the country are holding events to learn more from youth and give them an opportunity to have their voices heard. Youth with the Salesian Youth
Salesian missionaries launched a new project to train young media professionals in Cameroon. This project offers a nine-month audiovisual editing course and hosts about 20 youth per class. When they graduate, students will receive a certificate issued by the Don Bosco Center and a Diploma
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
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.
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,
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
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
Salesian missionaries in Rukago, Burundi, inaugurated a new building for the Maison Cana orphanage. The building is a large two-story structure. The work began in 2012 with the ground floor and continued in various stages based on the availability of funds from various benefactors, mainly