(MissionNewswire) The Salesian centers, María Auxiliadora in Santander and Salesianos Estrecho in Madrid, are two of only 12 centers in Spain recognized as Google Reference Schools. These Google Reference Schools are part of a select group of schools and colleges that show a strong commitment
(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Center, located in the city of Bukavu in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is supporting women who wish join women’s groups run by the Association Villageoise d'Epargne et Crédit (AVEC), an association for savings and credit
(MissionNewswire) The Salesian Diocesan Center of Arts and Trades in Les Cayes, Haiti, has a new back-up electricity system for the school thanks to Salesian Missions donors. The vocational school lost its back-up electrical system during Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 hurricane that pummeled Haiti
(MissionNewswire) The Confederation of Don Bosco Youth Centers in collaboration with Salesian missionaries and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians have launched, “Pasaporte 0,0,” a program to prevent the consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors in Spain. Alcohol is the most consumed and socially accepted
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have been working in Dilla, a town of nearly 90,000 people located in southern Ethiopia, since 1982. In January 2018, missionaries launched an elementary school which currently serves 554 students between the ages of 5 and 12, many of whom come from
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries with the Nepal Don Bosco Society have continued with a “Future Helpers” program that was launched as part of long-term reconstruction efforts after the devastating 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, 2015 and the second earthquake struck just after that on
(MissionNewswire) Hundreds of disadvantaged and out-of-school youth will benefit from a new technical-vocational training facility built on the grounds of the Don Bosco Training Center Mati which is located in Mati City within the Davao Oriental province on Mindanao, the second largest island in the
(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco oratory, located in the district of Cinecittà in Rome, Italy, has launched the XteStudio workshop as part of the IN.S.I.E.ME project which provides extra educational support for marginalized youth. IN.S.I.E.ME is active in 17 locations throughout Italy and aims to combat
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries in Ghana operate in more than 50 villages and communities with the number of inhabitants ranging from 70 to 3,500 in each. Most are small settlements cut off from the main cities that rely on streams or surface water courses for their
(MissionNewswire) In March 2017, Salesian youth centers in Spain launched a project called Suriya to support youth affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria. Given the number of refugees fleeing to European cities, youth in Salesian programs wanted to help those who had remained in