Don Bosco Calauan, located in Calauan, Philippines, has a feeding program that distributes more than 7,000 meals each day. Currently, 3,500 children and adults receive daily rice porridge for breakfast and then rice with a side dish for lunch. Every six months the recipient list
The Salesian parish in the town of Beayop in the Diocese of Ebibeyín in Equatorial Guinea has clean, fresh water thanks to the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.” The water well project provided funding for a new water well, tower and pump. The project is
Students from the St. Anne Orphanage were granted scholarships to attend Don Bosco Vithayalai in Battambang, Cambodia, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The scholarships were provided in February 2022 and May 2021.
The Salesian-run Operation Mato Grosso, with the aid of Italian benefactors, provided 300 food baskets to Indigenous Xavante families in the villages of Campinápolis, Brazil. Today, there are about 10,000 Xavante people in the region, spread over more than 200 villages. These communities face extreme
Don Bosco Boys Town, located in Nairobi, Kenya, inaugurated a new IT and Innovation Center. The new facility adds to the existing computer center, which provides computer education to youth finishing secondary school.
Tea farmers in the Tinsukia District, in the state of Assam, India, received financial support thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. Thirty-five farmers are cultivating 7.59 hectares of land. Fourteen farmers have already harvested their first tea leaves and are making a profit. The
Salesian missionaries have been providing education and social development programs for poor youth and their families in Zimbabwe since 1995. Salesian missionaries are working to grow their educational presence. During a recent trip to Hwange, Rector Major Ángel Fernández Artime blessed the foundation stone for
Salesians Sarrià Vocational Training School, Barcelona, Spain received an award as part of the Green Roofs project, promoted by the Barcelona City Council to enhance nature within the city. The school is equipped with photovoltaic panels, two wind turbines, a drip irrigation system, an insect
The Salesian Youth Center, located in České Budějovice, Czech Republic, has been providing services for Ukrainian children who fled when the war erupted. The center employs two Ukrainian women to run programs for Ukrainian children. Masha Shumkova is a teacher and Olena Halushka is a
The new Don Bosco Primary School, in Bacău, Romania, will launch in September. The new school will be in addition to the Salesian oratory, a day center for minors, and a vocational guidance center that are already in operation within the city. Salesians also operate