At the Marie Dominique Center, located in the Koumassi suburb near Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast, 236 young women started professional training to help them improve their skills and living conditions. The center is run by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
Salesian missionaries have launched Pibuiwena Arte Xavante project activities at the São João Batista Youth Center in Poxoréu, in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The project aims to promote the production of Indigenous crafts made by Indigenous families to help them improve their income.
The Salesian Hostel in the Don Bosco community of Onitsha, located in the Anambra State of Nigeria, has the support needed for a new roof project thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. While the roof is not yet completed, the funding helped pay for
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating World Water Day. Led by U.N.-Water, the organization that coordinates the United Nations’ work on water and sanitation, the day has been honored on March 22 every year since 1993.
Don Bosco ITI in Bidar, India, is collaborating with the Carmel Seva Trust and the Bidar Central Jail to offer skills training to men in prison in an effort to help rehabilitate them. The workshops will include training in electrical skills and plumbing. Currently, the
The Salesian Il Traghetto (the ferry) Day Center in La Spezia, Italy, has been working with youth ages 6-18 for the past 15 years. The center was founded in 2009 by Father Antonio Integlia, who is now a missionary in Patagonia. In 2010, full activities
The Maria Auxiliadora Salesian School in Villena, Spain, organized a garlic sowing session for primary and grade school students. Students from grades 1-5 took part in the sessions. The school features a vertical garden where the garlic and other vegetation are grown. A vertical garden
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Day of Happiness, which falls each year on March 20. In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that recognized happiness as a “fundamental human goal” and called for “a
Twenty-five youth who were formerly homeless have been given a second chance at life thanks to Don Bosco Tech in Rongajan, Assam, India. The students are part of a unique hospitality training program under the stewardship of Salesian Brother Sunny Joseph and his dedicated team,
Radio Don Bosco Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo* lost some of its most valuable equipment during February rainstorms. Its 2,000-kilowatt transmitter was severely damaged by lightning, which hit the facilities and destroyed the motherboard circuit. The failure was so severe that it