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CAMBODIA: Donor funding helps launch new Don Bosco Hatrans Kindergarten

November 17, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Thanks to donor funding, through the Don Bosco Children’s Fund office in Kep, Salesian missionaries officially opened the Don Bosco Hatrans Kindergarten on Oct. 28. Donor funding was used to secure the location and for construction of the new building. Currently, 40 children are

VENEZUELA: Two Salesian programs provide support and education for street youth in Caracas

November 16, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries in Caracas have two programs that specifically work to aid street youth in Venezuela's capital city. Both Red de Casas Don Bosco and the Patio Abierto Don Bosco aim to improve the lives of street children by connecting them with shelter, meeting

ITALY: New Salesian partnership will train 500 youth to become high-tech truck drivers to fill employment needs across Italy

November 16, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have launched the Young Drivers Project to train youth as truck drivers to meet Italy’s demand for 180,000 drivers who have more specialized technical piloting skills for high-tech cockpits. The project is in collaboration with the Unione Nazionale Rappresentanti Autoveicoli Esteri (UNRAE/National

TURKEY: Salesian missionaries provide programs for refugee families, helping them adapt to their new homes

November 14, 2017

(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Center in Istanbul, Turkey, led by Salesian Father Andres Calleja Ruiz, provides special programs for young refugees from Syria, as well as a number of families who fled ISIS persecution in Iraq. Because most refugees do not speak the local language,

SENEGAL: Salesian missionaries provide vocational training so youth are able to find and retain stable employment

November 13, 2017

(MissionNewswire) In the industrial city of Thiès, Salesian missionaries operate the Don Bosco Center, a vocational training school that has been in operation for the last 30 years. Much of the population in the city works in the railway yards, manufacturing tapestries typical of the

ITALY: Salesian missionaries focus on education and social programs for at-risk and migrant youth

November 13, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries working in Italy with the Salesians of Social Welfare, also known as the SCS/CNOS Federation, have been working to promote a better quality of life for disadvantaged youth for 24 years. In 2016, close to 9,000 at-risk youth received educational and social

MOZAMBIQUE: Salesian centers provide poor youth vocational and technical training for future employment

November 13, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have been living and working in Mozambique for 110 years, providing education and social development programs for poor youth. The country gained its independence in 1975, but a civil war erupted in 1977 and lasted until peace treaties were signed in Rome

BOLIVIA: People’s Schools of Don Bosco educates more than 123,000 students

November 12, 2017

(MissionNewswire) With an investment of more than $1 million, the Bolivian government was able to extend the facility for the Convenio Don Bosco Institute in Potosí. The President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales, inaugurated the new building Nov. 3. Salesian Father Luis

GHANA: Salesian-run Child Protection Center provides shelter and education for youth at risk of trafficking and exploitation

November 11, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries recently celebrated 25 years in Ghana. The first missionaries arrived in 1992 in Sunyani and soon became known for their educational work, especially for at-risk children and victims of trafficking. Children face extensive hardships from being exploited in child labor to being

INDIA: Salesian Missions Clean Water Initiative brings water to village residents

November 9, 2017

(MissionNewswire) Gangabai Akolkar, a 55-year-old resident of Marathwadi village, is relieved she no longer has to search for water thanks to a well project supported by the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative” that is bringing water to her village. Three months ago, she had to