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TURKEY: Salesian missionaries provide programs for refugee families, helping them adapt to their new homes

November 14, 2017

(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Center in Istanbul, Turkey, led by Salesian Father Andres Calleja Ruiz, provides special programs for young refugees from Syria, as well as a number of families who fled ISIS persecution in Iraq. Because most refugees do not speak the local language,

SENEGAL: Salesian missionaries provide vocational training so youth are able to find and retain stable employment

November 13, 2017

(MissionNewswire) In the industrial city of Thiès, Salesian missionaries operate the Don Bosco Center, a vocational training school that has been in operation for the last 30 years. Much of the population in the city works in the railway yards, manufacturing tapestries typical of the

ITALY: Salesian missionaries focus on education and social programs for at-risk and migrant youth

November 13, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries working in Italy with the Salesians of Social Welfare, also known as the SCS/CNOS Federation, have been working to promote a better quality of life for disadvantaged youth for 24 years. In 2016, close to 9,000 at-risk youth received educational and social

MOZAMBIQUE: Salesian centers provide poor youth vocational and technical training for future employment

November 13, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have been living and working in Mozambique for 110 years, providing education and social development programs for poor youth. The country gained its independence in 1975, but a civil war erupted in 1977 and lasted until peace treaties were signed in Rome

BOLIVIA: People’s Schools of Don Bosco educates more than 123,000 students

November 12, 2017

(MissionNewswire) With an investment of more than $1 million, the Bolivian government was able to extend the facility for the Convenio Don Bosco Institute in Potosí. The President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales, inaugurated the new building Nov. 3. Salesian Father Luis

GHANA: Salesian-run Child Protection Center provides shelter and education for youth at risk of trafficking and exploitation

November 11, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries recently celebrated 25 years in Ghana. The first missionaries arrived in 1992 in Sunyani and soon became known for their educational work, especially for at-risk children and victims of trafficking. Children face extensive hardships from being exploited in child labor to being

INDIA: Salesian Missions Clean Water Initiative brings water to village residents

November 9, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Gangabai Akolkar, a 55-year-old resident of Marathwadi village, is relieved she no longer has to search for water thanks to a well project supported by the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative” that is bringing water to her village. Three months ago, she had to

EGYPT: Salesian missionaries provide education and social development programs for Christian and Muslim youth

November 7, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have been working in Egypt for more than 100 years. Primary and secondary education, high-quality vocational and technical schools and youth centers are accessed by both Muslim and Christian youth, as well as refugees in need of services. In Alexandria in 1896, the

NIGERIA: Salesian programs provide education and social supports to aid poor and at-risk youth

November 6, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries wrapped up a summer full of youth-focused activities at the Salesian mission of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria. Salesian summer programs were attended by 272 youth and 25 young educators. Father Italo Spagnolo, who oversees the Salesian activities in the community, has spent the last

VENEZUELA: Salesian missionaries launch communal feeding programs for the elderly and at-risk youth

November 6, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries operate a feeding program at the “La Dolorita” Salesian Technical & Vocational School in the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. Known as the “Communal Pots & Pans” program, it provides meals to those most in need in the community, including the elderly, families