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CAMBODIA: New changes at Don Bosco Kep help ensure that girls with physical disabilities have access to education

July 5, 2018

(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Technical School Kep/Hatrans, located in southern Cambodia, made changes to its school buildings and dormitories to ensure they are accessible for students with physical disabilities thanks to a grant provided to Salesian Missions from the Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA)

INDIA: Salesian missionaries offer elementary and middle school education to underprivileged tribal youth

July 5, 2018

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries operate the Don Bosco School in the town of Azimganj, in the district of Murshidabad, India. The school, which caters to 1,300 youth from local tribal families, offers elementary and middle school classes. Most of the students attending the school come from impoverished

CHILE: Salesian missionaries open new home – Nueva Luz – for homeless youth thanks to public-private partnerships

July 5, 2018

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries in Santiago, Chile inaugurated a new home for youth called, Nueva Luz (New Light). The home can accommodate eight people and was created thanks to a public-private collaboration between the Don Bosco Foundation of Chile, the construction company Sodimac and the Chilean government.

BRAZIL: Salesian Network of Brazil’s Northeast holds 33rd annual sports tournament to showcase youth athletic and team skills

July 4, 2018

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries recently held the 33rd edition of the Nordestão Salesiano, a student athletic tournament facilitated by the Salesian Network of Brazil's Northeast. The tournament brought together more than 1,200 youth during the last week of June. The event was held at the Henrique Castriciano

SIERRA LEONE: Salesian organizations hold event at United Nations in New York to give visibility to girls at risk of prostitution

June 28, 2018

(MissionNewswire) The Salesian Missions Office in Madrid, in collaboration with the International Mary Help of Christians Institute, VIDES International and Jugendhilfe Weltweit, organized an event at the United Nations in New York to give visibility to the most vulnerable youth who are forced to work as

TANZANIA: Salesian vocational schools are promoting education and workforce development for girls and young women

June 26, 2018

(MissionNewswire) Salesian vocational schools in Tanzania having been working to promote education for young women who are often left out of these advanced educational opportunities. Originally designed to provide training only for boys, Tanzanian vocational schools now have girls as 38 percent of the student

EL SALVADOR: Don Bosco University students join with other university students in San Salvador to design and present new water filtration project

June 25, 2018

(MissionNewswire) Strategic design students attending the Mónica Herrara School of Communication joined together with industrial and graphic design students from Don Bosco University to present their “Design for Vulnerability” water filtration project in New York in May 2018. Their project was presented at the International

SENEGAL: Youth start vegetable garden and small farm together as part of the Stop Human Trafficking Now campaign

June 24, 2018

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries operate an “Action to combat irregular migration through support of local development in the Tambacounda Region” project in Tambacounda, Senegal, a town of 80,000 people. This is part of the broader “Stop Human Trafficking” campaign Salesian missionaries are operating in several African countries. In

WORLD REFUGEE DAY: Salesian Missions highlights programs that provide technical skills training and social programs for refugees

June 20, 2018

(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions stands with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and other international organizations in honoring World Refugee Day, held each year since 2001 on June 20. The day, coordinated by UNHCR, honors the plight of millions of refugees and internally displaced people who

PERU: Salesian missionaries launch new short film competition for young filmmakers

June 20, 2018

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries in Peru have launched their first film competition called “Regálanos tu historia” (Give or gift us with your story). The competition was organized through the Salesian production house TVP. The national competition aims to stimulate creativity and increase critical skills. Above all,