The Salesian Polytechnic University's Faculty of Bilingual Intercultural Education graduated 12 Achuar students, who are part of an Indigenous population in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This is the fifth graduation from the university of Achuar students who are from the Wasakentsa community in Ecuador.
Opera Don Bosco Onlus Foundation in Milan, Italy, is celebrating 10 years in operation bringing education and basic necessities to the most vulnerable. On its anniversary, the foundation has highlighted projects that have been made possible by its donors. A Salesian noted, “One of the
Youth from the Salesian Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, in Porto Velho, Brazil, collected toys for other youth and children who are in an orphanage at the Madre Mazzarello Social Center run by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. The Shrine of Our
Salesian missionaries have been serving in Sierra Leone since 2001, when they began working to rehabilitate former child soldiers. In the years since, Don Bosco Fambul, located in the capital city of Freetown, has become one of the country’s leading child welfare organizations. It offers
Don Bosco Green Alliance, an international collective of youth from Salesian institutions and organizations that contribute to global environmental action, thought, and policy, participated in a two-day conference titled “Back 2 Nature”, which was held in November 2023, in Bangalore, India.
The Salesian Silva Henríquez Catholic University (UCSH), located in the Lo Cañas district of La Florida, a suburb of Santiago, Chile, has created a medicinal garden and vermicompost bins in collaboration with students from the Laura Vicuña School in Valdivia. Nursing students worked with Daniela
Don Bosco Muhazi Technical-Vocational School, in the Gasabo district in the Kigali province of Rwanda, is celebrating the arrival of educational materials that will enhance the students' activities. The materials were financed by the ACTEC project, a development program co-financed by the Belgian Directorate-General for
Salesian missionaries with Salesian Redentore Amateur Sports Association, located in Bari, Italy, have won the “Sport of All Neighborhoods” competition under the “Sport and Health” category in a plan from the Ministry of the Economy. The “Redentore. The sport that regenerates smiles for life” project
Salesian missionaries are working to provide relief and repair their own buildings after an intense storm caused flooding and high wind in the coastal city of Bahía Blanca, Argentina. The storm left 13 people dead and caused destruction to homes and buildings. The wind reached
Students in 7th grade at the Salesian Agricultural School in Catemu, Chile, recently won first place in a bottle cap recycling contest to contribute to the care of the environment. The school's initiative also instilled the importance of social responsibility by contributing to waste reduction.