The Salesian Missions provincial office in Johannesburg launched the Hydroponics Eco-Ubuntu project to instill a green mindset within communities in South Africa by facilitating accessible and practical green interventions. The promotion of hydroponics, a soil-less farming technique that maximizes resource efficiency and minimizes environmental impact,
Salesian missionaries in the St. Francis de Sales Province of France – South Belgium will open a new nursing training institute (IFSI in French) in Lyon in September 2024. This one-of-a-kind Salesian institute in France will start with 15 students.
Students from primary and secondary classes at Don Bosco Tonj in South Sudan* have been working on the school farm to ensure that there is enough food to eat during the ongoing civil war and serious economic crisis impacting the country. People in the South
Salesians operate the Mama Margarita Refectory in San Lorenzo, Peru, where many residents face challenging conditions of poverty. This is especially true for the elderly and Indigenous people who come to the city for health reasons, and then find themselves alone.
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating World Youth Skills Day, celebrated on July 15 each year since 2014. The United Nations designated the day as a way to bring greater awareness of the importance of technical and vocational education and
Don Bosco Fambul Hospital, along with its partners from Spain, conducted a medical outreach program early this year in During Town, Peninsula, Sierra Leone. The medical team, consisting of specialized eye doctors from Visió Sense Fronteres, offered a wide range of services including diagnoses and
Salesians and students with the Salesian Educational Center Talca, Chile, have been focusing on environmental efforts, including the development of an educational native forest. Recently, a group of third- and fourth-year students planted 20 native trees.
Youth in Salesian programs in Timor-Leste have access to better nutrition through a new year-long project that has launched thanks to a partnership with the Don Bosco Foundation Timor-Leste, Salesian Missions, and Rise Against Hunger. The nutrition project, called “Rewrite the Future,” began in January
Don Bosco Muhazi is relaunching its musical training for students as part of its work with vulnerable youth in Rwanda. Salesians began their work in Muhazi starting with teaching reading and writing. Later, they opened short vocational training courses focused on helping poor and disenfranchised
Don Bosco Technical Institute, located in Embu, Kenya, provides youth from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds a chance at an education. The institute hosts Don Bosco Embu Farm, which was set up by the late Brother Umberto Rizzetto, who worked at the school since its founding