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SAMOA: Salesian Missions Funds New Water Tank Project at Don Bosco College and Vocational Center

September 21, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco College and Vocational Center in Salelologa, a village district at the east end of Savai'i Island in Samoa, has a new water tank system thanks to funding provided by Salesian Missions, the U.S development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The

INDIA: Salesian Students Complete Innovative Sanitation Project Giving Back to Their Community

September 20, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Salesian students in their final year of their civil engineering technical degree with Don Bosco Self Employment Research Institute in Howrah, a municipal corporation in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India, recently completed a water project building and installing state-of-the-art toilets. The new

ZAMBIA: Salesian Distance Adoption Program Helps Poor Youth Attend School

September 15, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries at their community in Kazembe, a town in the Luapula Province of Zambia, operate a Distance Adoption program where donors help sponsor children to go to school. Missionaries have been working with poor youth and their families since 1982. Many families living

ECUADOR: Salesian Missionaries Provides Education, Workforce Development Services to Indigenous Youth Living in the Amazon

September 14, 2016

(MissionNewswire) More than 20 years ago, Salesian Father Silvio Broseghini developed the Salesian-run Chankaup Foundation to help educate and provide workforce development services for the Achuar, a group of indigenous people in the Amazon who possess a rich, ancient culture and preserve their environment and

SENEGAL: Don Bosco Center Graduates 30 Young Men Prepared to Join the Workforce

September 12, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Center in Dakar, the capital and largest city in Senegal, recently held a graduation for 30 young men finishing a two-year education program. These young men received a vocational education to prepare them for the workforce. Salesian missionaries, teachers and students all

SOUTH SUDAN: Salesian Missionaries Providing Shelter, Services to Those Facing Violence in Morobo

September 9, 2016

(MissionNewswire) The Salesian-run Don Bosco Mission Morobo in South Sudan has been working with local residents to keep safe and prepared in the event the violent clashes that have been happening across the country erupt in their local area. Morobo County is located in the

PHILIPPINES: Salesian Program Works to Reintegrate Young Offenders Back into Society

September 8, 2016

(MissionNewswire) In 2010, Salesian missionaries in the Southern Province of the Philippines started the Magone Home Aftercare Program, which is located in the Don Bosco Boys’ Home and Training Center on the island of Cebu. The program works to reintegrate youth who have been in

INDIA: Don Bosco Institute, Mercedes-Benz Launch Advanced Auto Body Repair Training Center

September 7, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Private Industrial Training Institute in Chinchwad, a part of Pune Metropolitan City in the state of Maharashtra, India, has recently developed a partnership with Mercedes-Benz to develop the Advanced Auto Body Repair Training Center. The center aims to help youth develop advanced

COSTA RICA: Salesian Programs Help At-Risk Youth Remain in School, Gain Skills for Employment

September 6, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have been working with at-risk youth in Costa Rica providing educational programs and services to decrease youth’s risk of incarceration, exploitation, and a life of criminal activity. Some youth turn to crime because they lack educational opportunities and are forced to live

ETHIOPIA: Salesian Missionaries Provide Educational Programs at Pugnido Refugee Camp

September 1, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries working at the Pugnido Refugee Camp, the oldest refugee camp in the Gambella Region of Western Ethiopia, having been working with poor youth and their families providing education and social development services. The camp is home to some 60,000 refugees, the majority