Salesian missionaries have remained active and engaged with the Achuar, an Indigenous population in the Ecuadorian Amazon, throughout the pandemic. At the request of parents with the support of the Salesian schools and the Wasakentsa mission, all students have returned to classes.
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian and international organizations around the globe in highlighting the plight of homeless children on the International Day for Street Children. Celebrated each year on April 12, the day was established by the United Nations to raise awareness of issues affecting youth
Salesian missionaries in Dili-Comoro, East Timor, have sheltered 3,000 people who fled from their homes because of floodwater. A flash flood caused by torrential rains crippled areas around the capital city of Dili as well as nearby islands in eastern Indonesia in the early morning
Don Bosco Fambul, located in Sierra Leone’s capital city of Freetown, is responding to the needs of more than 600 youth in its programs who were impacted by recent fires that broke out in the suburb of Susan Bay. The fires tore through 10 hectares
Forty students attending the Salesian oratory in the community of Santa Chiarra in Palermo, Italy, had access to school supplies, including tablets for online learning as well as pens, pencils and notebooks thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The funding also covered the costs
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian and other international organizations in honoring World Health Day 2021. The theme for World Health Day 2021 is “Building a fairer, healthier world” and highlights the inequalities in health and access to health services. These inequalities have been more apparent during
Salesian volunteers with Holy Child Auxilium School, operated by Salesian Sisters in New Delhi, India, organized a program for children who work in brick kilns. Funds were raised to buy food for more than 200 children. The Salesian community in Jhajjar provides education and help
Pedro Eduardo Valdés Sierra, a mechatronics engineering student at the Don Bosco Technological Institute in Saltillo, Mexico, earned an internship at Tesla in California. Sierra credits his education at the Don Bosco Technological Institute for his chance to work in the United States.
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, which is celebrated each year on April 6. In honor of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, Salesian Missions highlights sports programs
There are five students who are deaf attending and excelling at the Don Bosco Technical Institute in New Delhi, India. Despite challenges they may encounter, the students who are deaf are inspiration for other students by leading by example to show that anyone who dares