With 10 years of war, an ongoing pandemic, inflation and unemployment, Syria is faced with many challenges and difficulties, but Salesian missionaries recently saw a ray of hope when the community came together to support a young woman from the Salesian oratory in Aleppo with
Youth attending the Salesian-run Notre Dame de Clairvaux in Ivato, Madagascar, were provided nutritional support for two months thanks to funding received from donors through Salesian Missions. In addition to school and job training, more than 1,000 meals are provided each weekday.
Two new classrooms and a corridor have been added through a construction project at the Topater School in the city of El Alto, Bolivia. The project was part of the “Strengthening the Topater Educational Unit” initiative.
Don Bosco Vitthaya School in Udon Thani, Thailand, encourages students to explore different kinds of music in the classroom and in musical groups. Recently, a special event featured ethnic, traditional and modern music and included drums, percussion, flag wavers and more. It was attended by
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DonBoScuola, a Salesian oratory in Macerata, Italy, launched a new remote version of its services. Volunteers are taking time to connect digitally with younger children and help them with their homework, keep them company during recess, and organize games and
Father Joseph Nguyen Tuan Anh is one of 120 Vietnamese Salesian missionaries living in the Zambia-Malawi-Zimbabwe-Namibia (ZMB) Salesian Province. There he assists 90 boys who live at the Don Bosco Children Home.
Since the outbreak of civil war began in March 2011, Salesian missionaries have operated three centers in Syria. The centers are located in Kafroun and in the particularly high conflict areas of Aleppo and Damascus.
The Business Incubation Center at Don Bosco College of Engineering, located in Fatorda, a suburb of the city of Margao, India, has assisted 75 startups over the last two years. Of this number, 45 were recently identified to be incubated while 15 have been done
The Salesian-run St. Antonio da Padova House, located in city of Córdoba, in northern Argentina, has more than 1,200 children and older youth in its program. St. Antonio da Padova House provides ongoing support and education for these youth in need.
Don Bosco Pasil, in Cebu City, Philippines, launched the Mamma Margaret’s Garden last year. Pasil is one of the villages in Cebu City that is highly populated and the houses are densely packed. The availability of land for planting is very limited so the project