Obesity rates are soaring—even in countries where people suffer from hunger. This year’s World Food Day on Oct. 16 is a call to action from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to make healthy diets accessible to everyone. Around the globe, Salesian
A new app in Santiago, Chile, provides intervention teams with important information to help street children. In the first four months of use, the app has helped Salesian staff reach and serve 10 percent more children. The app is being considered for use at the
A Salesian Missions donor is improving the medical care of children and families in some of the poorest slums in New Delhi, India, thanks to a donation sent to the Medical Care for the Street and Vulnerable Children in New Delhi project. A recent donation
Millions of young lives could be saved with access to bar soap and hygiene education, according to the World Health Organization. Together with the international community, Salesian Missions celebrates Global Handwashing Day 2019 on Oct. 15. Through its “Clean Water Initiative,” Salesian Missions is making
Salesian staff with Bosco Delhi, through the Don Bosco Ashalayam Center, operates Childline in the South West district of Delhi. Available 24 hours a day, the toll-free hotline ensures staff responds to the needs of street children in crisis situations. Once children connect with the
Rebuilding from a powerful earthquake that left tens of thousands homeless continues in Ecuador, long after other humanitarian aid has left. Around the country, Salesian missionaries continue to inaugurate new school buildings, care for homeless children and provide college-level education to indigenous students.
In honor of the International Day of the Girl on Oct. 11, Salesian Missions is proud to highlight its work to empower girls and young women through education. Young women with physical disabilities in rural Cambodia are given access to education. Girls living on the
More than 5,000 people visit Salesian oratories in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, every week. Many border towns like Ciudad Juárez feel the dire consequences of social and political tensions between the U.S. and Mexico. Salesian missionaries have increased cooperation between the Salesian Province of Mexico-Guadalajara and
In East Timor, students with an education are able to find work and contribute to their communities and families. Salesian programs in the country include agricultural education for 1,000 students, as well as short-term courses in motor mechanics, building, electrical wiring and IT. Many programs
Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative” makes building wells and supplying fresh, clean water a top priority for every community in every country in which Salesian missionaries work. Recently, a college in India struggling to provide a sufficient supply of water to its more than 300