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THAILAND: Don Bosco Technological College develops partnership with BMW Group Thailand for service apprentice program

November 3, 2017

(MissionNewswire) BMW Group Thailand and Don Bosco Technological College in Bangkok recently announced a partnership to launch the BMW service apprentice program. The partnership will help foster the potential of vocational students in achieving automotive skills and knowledge at an international standard. The goal is

MEXICO: Salesian Refectory Padre Chava celebrates 18 years of service to migrants and those at-risk in Tijuana

November 3, 2017

(MissionNewswire) The Salesian Refectory Padre Chava located at the Salesian Center in Tijuana, Mexico, on the United States-Mexico border, recently celebrated 18 years of aid to the most vulnerable people. The refectory provides meals and other assistance to migrants from Mexico, Central America and Haiti,

HAITI: Salesian missionaries form new partnership to launch Haiti’s first vocational training for bakers

November 1, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries with the National School of Arts and Crafts (ENAM) have partnered with Les Cereales d'Haiti, S.A., a mid-sized organization in the grain industry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to develop a 10-month training course for young bakers. This partnership brings the first vocational training

EGYPT: Salesian Missions continues Sunrise Project to support refugees and vulnerable Egyptians thanks to external donor funding

October 30, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Thanks to the support of external donors, Salesian Missions has continued their work with the Instituto Don Bosco in Cairo to fund scholarships as part of the Sunrise Project, which launched in 2014. This skills training program assists refugees and vulnerable Egyptians in gaining

SYRIA: Salesian teacher faces own hardship as she helps Salesian community rebuild in Aleppo

October 30, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Rania Salouji, a 40-year-old Christian and Salesian catechism teacher in Aleppo, has remained in her Syrian city through the outbreak of civil war that has devastated much of the country. Salouji and her husband Grigor have two children 17-year-old Michael and 14-year-old Hovik. They

GERMANY: Salesian Programs Assist Young Refugees with Education and Integration

October 28, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have partnered with the Paribas Foundation in order to assist young refugees in centers in Munich and Nuremberg. The Paribas Foundation in Germany has donated 30,000 Euros to support Salesian missionaries work with refugee children. The funding is intended, among other things,

UGANDA: Salesian missionaries assist women and youth in Palabek Refugee Camp

October 28, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries are providing five chapels and working to set up a nursery and primary school in the Palabek Refugee Camp in northern Uganda. The refugee camp is currently hosting 34,000 South Sudanese refugees. The camp was officially set up in April 2016 to

WEST AFRICA: Salesian missionaries are bringing hope to 29,000 youth across Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone

October 27, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries in the West African Province are serving more than 29,000 youth across four countries including Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Both Christian and Muslim youth attend Salesian schools, vocational and technical training, youth centers and social development programs. The Salesian centers

INDIA: Salesian program helps provide safe haven and education for young girl being forced into child marriage

October 26, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Samkuru Vani escaped being a child bride and is now studying technology at Don Bosco Navajeevan in the city of Vijayawada, located in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to an Asia News article, Vani is the youngest of eight children whose

MYANMAR: Salesian programs provide hope and education for poor youth and their families

October 26, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian Father Giordano Piccinotti with the Opera Don Bosco Foundation recently made a trip to Myanmar to discover the country’s areas of vulnerability and visit the Salesian programs working to address these issues. One of the programs he visited was the Don Bosco Friend