More than 9,700 Haitian refugees and their families, who fled their home country due to the ongoing political crises and settled in the community of Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, have received meals to support their nutritional needs. The meals were provided through a partnership between Rise
More than 1,600 students attending Don Bosco high schools in Ngozi and Buterere, Burundi*, had access to better nutrition during the first half of 2024 as a result of a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger.
The Salesian provincial office in Johannesburg, South Africa, has initiated an environmental project, Eco-Ubuntu, aimed at 15,000 youth from Salesian schools. The project will also target their families and broader community. Salesians have come together with lay partners, Salesian sisters from Mary Help of Christians,
The Don Bosco Youth Vocational Training Center, located in Vientiane, is the only Salesian center in Laos. It started in 2004 with five past pupils who were graduates of the Don Bosco Technological College in Bangkok, Thailand. They wanted to start a small training center
Eco Pals, part of the Don Bosco Green Alliance, organized a day-long workshop on eco-leadership for the student leaders of Jyoti Nivas College, located in Bangalore, India. Led by Father Anil D’sa, Eco Pals conducted activity-based sessions on caring for the Earth for 300 student
UniSalesiano, the Salesian University in Araçatuba, Campo Grande province of Brazil, collaborated with the Santa Casa Hospital and the Municipality of Araçatuba to inaugurate new facilities for the Medical Specialty Clinic.
The Salesian Polytechnic University (UPS), located in Guayaquil, Ecuador, held the 10th International Congress of Science, Technology and Innovation for Society (CITIS 2024). The event brought together more than 1,000 participants, including exhibitors, teachers, students and guests. It offered workshops, conference sessions, a technological innovation
The Salesian St. Artemide Zatti Community in Ashaiman, Ghana, held a youth ministry leadership capacity-building and training workshop thanks in part to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The goal of the week-long workshop in March was to increase the training capacity in the new province
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Literacy Day. Celebrated each year on Sept. 8, the day was launched in 1967 to “remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights and
Salesian missionaries held the first Xavante Youth Day on July 24, at the Salesian center in São Marcos, Brazil. The day, which had the theme “Your dreams have gone much further”, brought together 30 youth from Indigenous villages.