Magone Home Aftercare Program, located in Cebu, Philippines, received funding to pay for critical staff positions thanks to Salesian Missions donors. The funding helped support the work of two psychologists, two educators, two social workers and two houseparents for one month. The Magone Home Aftercare
The Kerala Interstate Migrants Alliance for Transformation project has been intervening in the lives of the interstate migrants across Kerala, India, by setting up migrant help desks in 11 districts. These help desks provide support services and legal assistance to migrant laborers, especially those who
Don Bosco University in Soyapango, El Salvador, held the Science Challenge for the second consecutive year in honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The event was organized by Don Bosco University’s Women's Empowerment Program “Promueve” and aims to empower women interested
Mountaintop villagers in Watzapampa and Shinua Jangas-Huaraz, Peru,were able to run 2,500 feet of piping to bring clean drinking water to their villages in 2016, improving the quality of life for more than 1,200 people thanks to donor funding through Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.”
Homeless children have support at the Foyer Don Bosco, a home for abused and abandoned children in Kandi, Benin, thanks to the support of Salesian Missions donors. Many of the children served have been abandoned by their families, victims of abuse and victims of forced
Salesian missionaries at Don Bosco Palabek, within the Palabek Refugee Settlement in Uganda, are providing much needed psycho-social support and pastoral care for thousands of Christian residents. They also operate four nursery schools that educated 743 students in 2019. Salesian missionaries also started the Child
Salesian missionaries in Europe have launched the DB Wave educational project in response to a growing need for more skills training to help youth find and retain employment. In the long-term, the project is expected to impact close to 60,000 students and 7,000 vocational education
On the outskirts of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, the Don Bosco Vocational Training Center recently created a dressmaking workshop to ensure that young women have the same access to education and skills training as young men. The training course is working to attract women,
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8. The day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women around the globe while focusing the world’s attention on areas requiring further action. Salesian missionaries living
The “Walking Anew!” project in San Salvador, El Salvador, which runs from March 2017 to March 2021, is expanding and upgrading the facilities at Don Bosco University’s School of Rehabilitation Science as well as the equipment used to train medical rehabilitation professionals. The project will