(MissionNewsire) Salesian missionaries in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador, operate a restaurant named Mamma Margaret, which feeds the elderly who live in public housing or on the street. Many of the people who come to the restaurant have no one to take
(MissionNewsire) Don Bosco Recreation Center at Don Bosco High School Matunga in Mumbai organized two summer camps held in April and May. The camps had more than 1,600 youth participating in sports and arts activities. Don Bosco institutions across the Mumbai province have been leaders
(MissionNewsire) Salesian missionaries in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s cosmopolitan capital, launched their sixth campaign to collect school supplies in order to provide poor youth the necessities they need to focus on school and advance in their educational studies. In March 2016, students attending Salesian schools collected
(MissionNewsire) Salesian missionaries operate the Open Arms Community in the town of Camporeale, located within the Province of Palermo in the Italian region of Sicily. Here missionaries provide education and social development services to the many unaccompanied minors who come to Italy seeking a better
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Recreation Center at Don Bosco High School Matunga in Mumbai organized two summer camps held in April and May. The camps had more than 1,600 youth participating in sports and arts activities. Don Bosco institutions across the Mumbai province have been leadersin providing youth with world class sporting and educational facilities and infrastructure
(MissionNewsire) One month from the 7.8 earthquake that killed 660 and initially left tens of thousands homeless in Ecuador, thousands of people still remain in informal shelters which lack basic services. The earthquake, which struck on April 16, destroyed water systems, collapsed roads, and affected
(MissionNewsire) Floodwaters and landslides across Sri Lanka have forced more than 500,000 people to leave their homes in search of safety and shelter after three days of incessant rains and destructive landslides. ABC news is reporting that at least 60 people have died and more
(MissionNewsire) Salesian missionaries at the Don Bosco Oratory in the village of Kabgayi, located south of the city of Gitarama in Muhanga District in the Southern Province of Rwanda, just completed a water well project in cooperation with Logic Engineering. The project included drilling for
(MissionNewsire) Salesian Father Serafino Chiesa, in collaboration with other non-governmental organizations and volunteer groups, has worked to connect the village of Kami back to Bolivia’s national power grid. The refurbished turbines supply light and technology to students, improved medical care to patients, and power to
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Foyer has launched its "Improvement of equipment” project in Kandi, a town in the Alibori Department of eastern Benin. The goal of the project is to improve the educational capacity of the Salesian school to better provide basic education and skills training