Don Bosco Technical Institute in Cairo, Egypt, has new bathrooms and access to clean, fresh water thanks to funding from Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.” Every year, Don Bosco Technical Institute welcomes more than 4,000 people who regularly attend classes and other activities, and they
Don Bosco University in Soyapango, El Salvador, has provided 33 students with academic scholarships which will allow them to continue their higher educational studies. The students selected have shown an attitude of commitment and responsibility to contributing to the country’s socio-economic and cultural development.
St. Don Bosco Parish in Lilongwe, Malawi, received funding from Salesian Missions donors to buy maize to help 382 families. At the Don Bosco Church, 280 families from 28 small Christian communities benefited along with families connected to Salesian centers in Mbunu, Kundi, Kangonoma, Chipeni
Hand-washing stations have been installed in Salesian educational centers in Bamako, Sikasso and Touba, Mali, where educational activities have resumed. Salesian missionaries are working to protect and support youth and the most vulnerable families in their programs and communities. Creating a culture of personal hygiene
The Salesian St. James Major Province in Spain recently coordinated a “Training Plan for the Development of Online Skills” project for educational centers. During the lockdown that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic, teachers had to quickly learn how to teach their lessons online. As a result
The Don Bosco College, located in Golaghat, Assam, India, has completed a water project to provide clean, fresh water for students and staff thanks to funding provided by Salesian Missions donors. The project is part of Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative” which funds and initiates projects
Four 18-year-old students, two of whom attend Salesian schools in Milan, Italy, have started a project to help families have access to computers at home for distance learning. The website PC4U.tech was set up to handle both donations and requests for a computer. The idea
Lockdown restrictions have brought vulnerable Syrian households closer to the brink of financial ruin. Tens of thousands of jobs have been eliminated. Meanwhile, the foreign support that sustained many Syrian households is drying up. Salesian missionaries operate three centers in Kafroun and the particularly high
Salesian missionaries in South Sudan are working with local populations as the effects of coronavirus spread across the country. There are five Salesian communities in the country. In Gumbo, there is a camp for internally displaced persons directly managed by the Salesians. The camp currently
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating World Youth Skills Day, which has been celebrated each year on July 15 since 2014. The United Nations designated the day as a