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CHILE: Students Spearhead Successful Fundraising Drive to Launch Youth Band

November 8, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Students at La Cisterna (“The Tank”) Youth House in Santiago, Chile spearheaded a fundraising effort in May 2016, to finance the equipment for a youth band. Thanks to their efforts and support of Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don

VIETNAM: New Bakery School Offers Educational Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities

October 31, 2016

(MissionNewswire) A Salesian program in Ho Chi Minh City, the capital of Vietnam, offers youth with disabilities a chance to learn a trade and an opportunity for self-sufficiency. The bakery school was started by Francis Van Hoi, a Salesian graduate from Vietnam who is now

HAITI: Missionaries Continue Relief Efforts After Hurricane, Plan for Long-term Recovery and Reconstruction

October 31, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries in Haiti are continuing their relief efforts and looking toward long-term recovery projects in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. Because Salesian missionaries are living and working in the communities they serve, they were able to respond immediately once they were cleared by

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ITALY: New Salesian Fabrication Laboratory Provides Technology Workshops for Unemployed Youth

October 26, 2016

(MissionNewswire) A new fabrication laboratory known as the “FabLab” has been built at the Don Bosco House in Taranto, Italy. The aim of the new lab is to enable youth to be able to access the most modern technological resources to develop their creativity and

MALAWI: Salesian Missionaries Focus on Education and Technical Skills Training to Provide Poor Youth Hope for a Brighter Future

October 25, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries in Malawi have been providing primary and secondary education as well as technical skills training for poor youth for many years. In December 2015, the Salesian parish in Nkhotakota, a town in the Central Region of Malawi, was hard hit by a

UKRAINE: Salesian Center in Need of Renovation to Continue Programs for More Than 600

October 24, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries living and working in Odessa, the third largest city in Ukraine and a major seaport and transportation hub located on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea, are seeking funding to help renovate their building, which houses a chapel, youth center, kindergarten,

MALI: New Salesian Complex Provides Educational Programs and Boarding Houses for Students

October 21, 2016

(MissionNewswire) In May 2016, after construction was completed on Foyer Don Bosco, the educational facility opened in Touba, a small town in the Koulikoro Region of southwestern Mali. The facility is part of a project named “Guaranteeing access to a quality education for the displaced

EAST TIMOR: Don Bosco Technical School Provides Students Hands-on Broadcasting Education and Experience

October 20, 2016

(MissionNewswire) The Don Bosco Technical School in Fatumaca, East Timor provides vocational education that helps youth gain an education and prepare for the future. More than 250 students, 11 percent of whom are girls, attend the school taking three-year courses in carpentry, mechanics and electronics. The

INDIA: Yamaha Expands Partnership with Salesian Missionaries by Opening New Yamaha Training Center at Don Bosco Polytechnic

October 18, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. has expanded its partnership with Salesian missionaries in India by opening another Yamaha Training School located at Don Bosco Polytechnic in the town of Thirukkazhukundram, which is in the Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This training

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY: Salesian Missions Focuses on Ending the Cycle of Poverty

October 17, 2016

(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions joins the United Nations and organizations around the globe in honoring the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The day acknowledges the effort and struggle of people living in poverty, gives them an opportunity to be heard, and focuses on what