(MissionNewswire) Pius Sebastian Mutemi, a 26-year-old Salesian graduate of the Embu Salesian Seminary School, is a welding instructor at Don Bosco Boys Town, located in Nairobi, Kenya. The Salesian-run Bosco Boys program provides education and technical skills training to former street children and is currently
(MissionNewswire) A new Salesian elementary school was built in Les Cayes, Haiti, in 2018 to accommodate additional students. The school, built through the Rinaldi Foundation, welcomed its initial first grade class in September 2018. Featuring nine classrooms, student and teacher bathrooms, two computer rooms and
(MissionNewswire) More than 1,700 poor youth in Uganda in the first quarter of 2019 had access to better nutrition 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.
(MissionNewswire) The Salesian-run, FUSALMO, is offering an opportunity for youth to attend a new training course for call center employment. Held at the Don Bosco Youth Integral Program sports complex, operated by FUSALMO, in the municipality of Soyapango, El Salvador, the six-month course focuses on
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions has received funding though a donor’s estate to help with the cost of the purchase, transport and repair of a secondhand grand piano for the students of the Don Bosco Academy of Music and Fine Arts. The academy is a part 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 Day against Trafficking in Persons. In 2013, United Nations member states adopted a resolution that designated July 30 as the World Day
(MissionNewswire) Thanks to funding secured by Salesian Missions, 120 youth attending the Don Bosco Youth Center Dwarzak Project, located in Freetown, Sierra Leone, have participated in workshops, sports and other activities. In addition, the youth center has provided nutritional assistance to 50 youth three times
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries are currently developing a special project for single mothers living on the streets in Luanda, Angola. They are renovating a building for young women to live in and receive services with the goal of creating a safe shelter where participants are guaranteed
(MissionNewswire) This summer, seven youth from Syria and one from Spain are participating in an exchange that is part of the Salesian Suriya Project which aims to bring together youth from Salesian youth centers in both countries. In March 2017, Salesian youth centers in Spain
(MissionNewswire) Every year the Salesian Cagliero Project in Australia brings a group of young students to another country for an immersion experience. This year they traveled to Cambodia and spent their time at the Don Bosco Technical Center in Phnom Penh which provides technical education