Salesian missionaries from Portugal and Cape Verde, through Mission Don Bosco, the Salesian Missionary Procure of the Sant'Antonio Province of Portugal (POR), have launched a campaign to help support those impacted by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco on Oct. 1. The earthquake, one
Students in the Salesian Banpong Band took part in a preparation camp to get ready for their upcoming performance at the Salesian Sports Festival, Thailand, which will be held in January 2024. The camp brought together 220 youth from five different Salesian schools.
The Waves of Change Maritime Training program with Salesian Institute Youth Projects graduated 242 students from life skills training, leading to 200 letters of intent for employment. One of the graduates from earlier this year has landed his dream job with MSC Cruises and is
Don Bosco Fambul, one of Sierra Leone’s leading child-welfare organizations located in Freetown, offers the Girls Shelter GO+ program to support young girls who have been forced into sex work. Some of the girls are as young as 9 years old. Since the program was
Three Salesian oratories (youth centers) in Piura, Peru, are making infrastructure upgrades thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. Bartolome Garelli, Maria Auxiliadora and Domingo Sage oratories needed significant reconstruction and new roofs. Donor funding not used for repairs will be used to purchase trophies
Salesian past pupils launch food distribution program (MissionNewswire) The National Federation of Salesian Past Pupils of Pakistan, with support from the local Don Bosco Lahore Association, launched a food distribution program to support 130 families in five Christian areas affected by the attacks in Jaranwala. Reports
Don Bosco Children’s Home, located in Kabwe, Makululu, Zambia, has a new vehicle to provide services thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. More than 1,250 youth in primary and secondary school in the Makululu compound, which is the largest and poorest settlement in southern
Students with Don Bosco Institute’s CEDESP Vila Paulistana unit visited the LOGA Logística Ambiental de São Paulo S.A., which is responsible for the collection, transportation, treatment and final disposal of household and health waste in São Paulo, Brazil.
Don Bosco Green Alliance, Greenline Mumbai and Don Bosco Youth Services hosted the youth conference “Youth Eco-Activists for Justice and Peace” on the Don Bosco Campus Matunga in Mumbai, India. The event brought together 45 youth from all over the city with the common goal
Salesian missionaries live and work among the refugees at Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp in the border town of Palabek, Uganda. They have been supporting refugees since the opening of the camp in 2016. Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp is currently home to nearly 72,000 refugees and asylum