When Robert Ocan heard rebel gunfire in the city center, he organized his family's escape and that of almost 7,000 other people. Thanks to his mobile phone, he warned the schoolteachers to bring the children into the bush. Now at Palabek Refugee Settlement, he is
Students attending technical training programs supported by the Don Bosco Foundation of Cambodia had access to proper nutrition in the fourth quarter of 2019 thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger. The rice-meal donations were distributed to 650 students at Don
Don Bosco’s Prafulta Psychological Services, located in Mumbai, India, recently graduated 42 teachers who are now trained in basic skills in counseling. The teachers took the training course from June to November 2019. The Basic Skills in Counseling for Teachers program was launched in 2005
alesian programs in East Timor have new school furniture thanks to a donation made possible by an ongoing partnership between Salesian Missions and IRN (Institution Recycling Network). The donation, which was received in October 2019, included 295 tables and chairs. “Having tables and chairs and the proper
Don Bosco High School in Nkhotakota, Malawi, provides clean, fresh water to its students and staff thanks to funding from Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.” The funding was utilized to dig a borehole and install a solar pump, providing water to the school. Don Bosco
At the Don Bosco Technical School in Rango, Rwanda, Uwiringiyimana Grace decided to do away with the cultural beliefs that women can’t pursue technical studies, especially welding courses. Now in level three in her welding studies, Grace encourages other young women to look into
The village of Kami, nestled high in the Andes Mountains in Bolivia, faces extreme isolation from the rest of the country. A persistently cold climate, coupled with negative health effects faced by residents due to the tungsten mining industry that drives the local economy, make
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring Red Hand Day, also known as the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers. The day was started when the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement
Salesian missionaries in Italy are holding events to focus on their “Give more to those who have had less” initiative, which works with 3,000 youth. The goal of the initiative is to fight educational poverty by involving all members of the community. At the halfway
Berta André, an Angolan woman, has lived all her life in one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Luanda. She raised five children as a single mother after her husband, who was an alcoholic, left the family. When Salesian missionaries started their work