Salesian Missions joins the international community in celebrating Global Handwashing Day 2024. The day, organized by the Global Handwashing Partnership, is celebrated each year on Oct. 15 and is dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of hand-washing with soap.
Youth attending programs at the Salesian Madre del Salvador Center, in the Santa Marta neighborhood in the Parish of La Merced, Ecuador, have a new recreation and sports area thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. Youth and their families in the area live in situations
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring International Day of Rural Women, which is celebrated each year on Oct. 15. This day, which was first established in 2008, recognizes “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including Indigenous women,
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring International Day of the Girl on Oct. 11. The day, first held in 2012, was established to promote equal treatment and opportunities for girls. It is an acknowledgment by the world that there
Students attending the Salesian Ceferino Namuncurá School, located in Salta, Argentina, are participating in the “Eco-school and school garden” project. This project facilitates activities and experiences that reinforce the value of care and protection for the environment. Students are engaged in using renewable energy, the
Teachers from the primary, secondary and junior college schools within Don Bosco Naigaon, located in Mumbai, India, participated in a seminar on specific learning disorders. The seminar was led by Father Edward D'Souza, an educator specializing in learning disorders.
Salesian missionaries in Tambacounda, Senegal, have opened the Beteya Guinar Boutique to sell chickens. The boutique is the result of a collaborative project promoted by the Don Bosco 2000 Association and co-funded by the Don Bosco Works in the World Foundations in Lugano and Milan,
The Salesian Mission Office in Madrid and the Real Madrid Foundation have collaborated to provide 600 youth and more than 700 adults with psychosocial and socio-sports activities over the next two years in Ukraine*. The project is funded by the European Union.
Salesian missionaries working and living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo* are responding to two emergencies. They have been providing aid and support for people who have been impacted by the ongoing violence in the country. Now, Salesians are faced with growing cases of
Don Bosco Kep, located in the Kep province of Cambodia, hosted the governor of the province, H.E. Som Piseth, to officially open the "Five Thousand Trees Planting Program" created by the Don Bosco Green Alliance Cambodia branch. The local government has donated 5,000 saplings so