(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
(MissionNewswire) The Salesian Youth Ministry of the Province of Great Britain is developing a new project to offer young refugees and asylum seekers between the ages of 14 and 17 the opportunity to go on vacation. Called the Valdocco Project, it was created in response
(MissionNewswire) The Salesian-run Soggiorno Proposta Recovery Community in Ortona, a coastal town in the Abruzzo region of Italy, provides education, therapy and residential activities for youth who are trying to heal from addictions. The center has been active for 35 years and offers four different
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have been working in Eritrea since 1995 settling first in Dekemhare, a town roughly 40 km southeast of the capital city of Asmara. In 1996, the Eritrean government donated land to Salesian missionaries who brought education and social programs to the desert
(MissionNewswire) Students from the Salesian Institute of Verona, Italy are celebrating their recent win at the FIRST LEGO League World Championship which challenges young students to think like scientists and engineers. The Salesian students came in first place in the championship which was held on
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions has provided the funding for the Salesian-run St. Paul Chapel to build a retaining wall separating a canal from chapel grounds. The chapel is located in Cité Soleil, an extremely impoverished and densely populated commune in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. The canal
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries, in collaboration with Italian volunteers and Mary Help of Christians, and led by Italian Salesian missionary, Father Roberto Cappelletti, bring hope and education to those living in Iauaretê. The community is located in the deep western part of the Brazilian Amazon at
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have launched the new Don Bosco Bakery – Café in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The project is part of the Salesian-run Majcen Center Bistro, Restaurant and Vocation Training Center in the city. The new bakery is located in one of the
(MissionNewswire) 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 country’s capital city of Freetown, has become one of the Sierra Leone’s leading child welfare