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Don Bosco Vazhikaatti, a Salesian institution that provides career guidance, training and job placement within the Salesian Province of Tiruchy, India

INDIA: Mentorship program prepares older youth for future

May 6, 2025

Don Bosco Vazhikaatti, a Salesian institution that provides career guidance, training and job placement within the Salesian Province of Tiruchy, India, conducted a mentoring program for older youth at Don Bosco Care Home in Nilavarapatti.

Salesian missionaries are responding to the needs of people after a devastating oil spill occurred in Los Vergeles, in the Quinindé district of the Esmeraldas province, Ecuador.

ECUADOR: Salesians provide aid for families impacted by devastating oil spill

May 6, 2025

Salesian missionaries are responding to the needs of people after a devastating oil spill occurred in Los Vergeles, in the Quinindé district of the Esmeraldas province, Ecuador. The spill was caused by the rupture of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System and caused severe environmental and social

Salesian missionaries facilitated free legal assistance and citizenship access for people in Indigenous communities across 14 villages in the municipalities in Água Boa and Nova Nazaré, Brazil.

BRAZIL: Indigenous people access legal assistance in 14 villages

May 5, 2025

Salesian missionaries facilitated free legal assistance and citizenship access for people in Indigenous communities across 14 villages in the municipalities in Água Boa and Nova Nazaré, Brazil. Salesian Deacon José Alves served as a bridge between the communities and the public defenders during the meetings

Don Bosco Vocational Training Center, located in Rango, Rwanda, ensures youth who are vulnerable can access the skills training they need to succeed in life. Uwimana Patience is one student who has found hope through tailoring courses

RWANDA: Skills training helps provide hope for young mother

May 2, 2025

Don Bosco Vocational Training Center, located in Rango, Rwanda, ensures youth who are vulnerable can access the skills training they need to succeed in life. Uwimana Patience is one student who has found hope through tailoring courses. As a single mother of a newborn child,

Ten Belgian students from the Salesian Province of San Giovanni Berchmans volunteered at the Kebene Children’s Home in Ukunda, near Mombasa, Kenya.

KENYA: Belgian students volunteer at children’s home

May 1, 2025

Ten Belgian students from the Salesian Province of San Giovanni Berchmans volunteered at the Kebene Children’s Home in Ukunda, near Mombasa, Kenya. From Feb. 25 to March 6, students from the Salesian house "Don Bosco" in Hechtel, Belgium, learned and provided support to children and youth

The Niraivu Psychological Empowerment Program held a graduation ceremony at the Don Bosco Evening Study Center in Thalavadi, India.

INDIA: Students graduate from psychological empowerment program

April 30, 2025

The Niraivu Psychological Empowerment Program held a graduation ceremony at the Don Bosco Evening Study Center in Thalavadi, India. The graduation marked the culmination of a year-long program for 87 tribal children from 15 villages and also highlighted the work of their teachers.

Salesian missionaries provided clean water access in the Salesian St. Philip Rinaldi Community, Malawi, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

MALAWI: St. Philip Rinaldi Community has clean water access thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

April 29, 2025

Salesian missionaries provided clean water access in the Salesian St. Philip Rinaldi Community, Malawi, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The project was funded by the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative” and impacted staff and students of the Salesian pre-novitiate and the Don Bosco

Salesian missionaries within the Salesian Mission of Bomboiza in Ecuador celebrated the opening ceremony of a new Artisan Training Center.

ECUADOR: Youth learn employable skills at new center

April 29, 2025

Salesian missionaries within the Salesian Mission of Bomboiza in Ecuador celebrated the opening ceremony of a new Artisan Training Center. Salesians of Don Bosco, Daughters of the Divine Savior and Salesian collaborators came together in March to launch the project. During the ceremony, the facilities,

Salesian missionaries are continuing to respond to the needs of people impacted by the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Mandalay, Myanmar* on March 28

MYANMAR: Salesians provide ongoing aid for people impacted by earthquake

April 28, 2025

Salesian missionaries are continuing to respond to the needs of people impacted by the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Mandalay, Myanmar* on March 28. More than 3,500 people have died and 3,000 people are injured, according to reports from the military government. However, there are

Salesian missionaries were able to construct a new soccer field for students at Blessed Klymenty and Andrey Sheptytskyi in Lviv, Ukraine*, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions,

UKRAINE: Students have new soccer field thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

April 28, 2025

Salesian missionaries were able to construct a new soccer field for students at Blessed Klymenty and Andrey Sheptytskyi in Lviv, Ukraine*, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The donation impacted more than 400 students who regularly use the field.