Since 1910, the Salesian Institute Youth Projects has been helping homeless, unemployed and impoverished youth in Cape Town, the second most populous city and legislative capital of South Africa. Salesians provide shelter, education and workforce development services, meeting the basic needs of the youth they
Don Bosco Technical Vocational Education and Training Center, located in Balamban, a municipality in Cebu, Philippines, recently harvested vegetables growing in its Laudato Si’ Garden. The garden is named after Pope Francis’ 2020 Laudato Si’, which had as its theme “Good Christians and Upright Citizens.”
The Salesian Institute Youth Projects’ Waves of Change program, located in Cape Town, South Africa, provides education to at least 200 youth each year. The program recently added a "Stitching Ahead" course to teach young women hand-sewing and machine-sewing techniques.
Don Bosco Youth Technical Institute in Lilongwe, Malawi, and Don Bosco Centers in Maputo and Inharrime, Mozambique, have partnered with Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation. An announcement made in Engineering News explained that Schneider Electric, under the
Don Bosco Technical School, located in Shillong, India, with the collaborative support of the Don Bosco Tech Society, inaugurated the first Toyota Technical Education Program in Meghalaya. Salesians are partnering with Toyota Kirloskar Motor with the support of the Automotive Skill Development Council as the
Salesian missionaries have been providing support for Ukrainian refugees who escaped to Poland. Mykola Skryminsky is a husband and father of eight children, who was forced to flee Ukraine in search of safety after the start of the war. He has been supported by the Salesians
Students from Don Bosco School, located in Mariapuram, Warangal, India, have launched a tree planting campaign. The goal is to plant 100,000 trees in the years ahead to reduce the carbon footprint and ensure a sustainable planet.
Don Bosco Tech ITI, located in Krishnanagar, West Bengal, India, has partnered with LTIMindtree Foundation for the “Skills for Dignity” project, which will provide skills training for 400 youth in West Bengal, Meghalaya, Arunachal, Mizoram and Assam.
Salesian missionaries at the St. Joseph Vocational Technical School in Khartoum, Sudan, have been forced to leave the school due to the advance of paramilitaries and the ongoing insecurity in the area. Salesians across the country have been responding and providing support for the most
Salesian missionaries with the East Delegation of the Central Africa Province, in collaboration with the Salesian-run International Volunteering for Development (VIS), have been focused on providing food rations and other support for those who have been displaced and are seeking shelter in the Democratic Republic