(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries operate the Don Bosco Educational Projects, located in Ennerdale, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Innocentia Vilakazi is a welding instructor at the school. She succeeds in a male-dominated occupation and has a message for all young South African women who, like
(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Technique, located in Fidar, Lebanon, is one of the area's few professional institutes and welcomes a large number of youth who have difficulties attending school. The goal is to provide them education and social supports so they remain in school and
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco University in San Salvador, El Salvador, has inaugurated the Micro Macro Observatory, a scientific center dedicated to astronomy and natural sciences. The observatory is unique in Central America and will allow the public to view the smallest of particles that are impossible
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions has received donor support for the construction of a new chapel for resident students attending the Amalarakkini School for the Blind, which is located in the town of Tiruvannamalai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Currently, the students and teachers need
(MissionNewswire) The Real Madrid Foundation’s international coaches recently traveled to Cameroon to provide a new training course for coaches at a Salesian socio-sporting program in Yaoundé, according to an article from the Real Madrid Foundation. The training initiative aimed to deepen the understanding for teaching sport
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Vocational Training Centers in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Iringa in Tanzania are working to increase the skills of students to work in the renewable energy sector. To date, 260 students are accessing renewable energy training at Don Bosco Vocational Training Centers
(MissionNewswire) More than 2,500 meals have been served at programs supported by the Don Bosco Foundation of Cambodia thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger, an international relief organization that provides food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable. The rice-meal
(MissionNewswire) The Rinaldi Foundation, the Salesian Planning and Development Office in Haiti, has been funded for a second year of a project to aid young adults—aged 18 to 27—to gain work experience and find employment. The project has been made possible through the support of
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing World Humanitarian Day. Celebrated every year on Aug. 19, World Humanitarian Day honors the humanitarian efforts worldwide that support people in crisis. The
(MissionNewswire) In 2018, Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, received funding from USAID’s American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program for its Raising Standards of Care for Spinal Cord Injury Patients project. The project will construct and equip Mexico’s