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Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Dar Mariam House

SUDAN: Salesian sisters’ home damaged in war

January 22, 2024

The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Dar Mariam House in Khartoum, Sudan*, was again impacted by the ongoing war in the country. On Jan. 2, a sniper from one of the rebel groups involved in the conflict set fire to the second floor of

Salesian-run Hogar Fundación Institute in Vigo, Spain

SPAIN: Salesian Institute celebrating 75 years of vocational training

January 19, 2024

The Salesian-run Hogar Fundación Institute in Vigo, Spain, celebrated its 75th anniversary with a commemorative day that included dignitaries, past pupils and teachers. Since 1948, the institute has provided vocational training in the city and its surroundings to ensure that youth have an opportunity to

Salesian cooperators in Kokopo, Papua New Guine

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Annual event brings joy

January 18, 2024

Salesian cooperators in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, conducted a series of awareness programs in the villages belonging to the Mary Help of Christians parish, including Tobera, Malex and Ramale. The events started at the beginning of Advent and culminated on St. Stephen’s Day on Dec.

Don Bosco Technical Secondary School in northwest of Nairobi, Kenya

KENYA: Students graduate ready for workforce

January 17, 2024

Don Bosco Technical Secondary School (Don Bosco Embu), located in the municipality of Embu, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya, helps supply the workforce with qualified candidates while giving poor youth a chance at an education and a better life. Many of these students lack other opportunities

Salesian-run St. Xavier's Secondary High School in Pathaliaghat, Tripura, India

INDIA: Students win brass band competition

January 16, 2024

The Salesian-run St. Xavier's Secondary High School, located in Pathaliaghat, Tripura, India, has won first prize at the Eastern Zonal Inter-School Band Competition in the girls' brass band category. The school represented the state of Tripura in the competition held Dec. 22.

Salesian Polytechnic University's Faculty of Bilingual Intercultural Education

ECUADOR: 12 Achuar students graduate university

January 16, 2024

The Salesian Polytechnic University's Faculty of Bilingual Intercultural Education graduated 12 Achuar students, who are part of an Indigenous population in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This is the fifth graduation from the university of Achuar students who are from the Wasakentsa community in Ecuador.

Opera Don Bosco Onlus Foundation in Milan

ITALY: Foundation celebrates 10-year anniversary

January 15, 2024

Opera Don Bosco Onlus Foundation in Milan, Italy, is celebrating 10 years in operation bringing education and basic necessities to the most vulnerable. On its anniversary, the foundation has highlighted projects that have been made possible by its donors. A Salesian noted, “One of the

Salesian Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, in Porto Velho, Brazil

BRAZIL: Youth learn to give back

January 15, 2024

Youth from the Salesian Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, in Porto Velho, Brazil, collected toys for other youth and children who are in an orphanage at the Madre Mazzarello Social Center run by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. The Shrine of Our

SIERRA LEONE: Youth rescued from streets

January 12, 2024

Salesian missionaries have been serving in Sierra Leone since 2001, when they began working to rehabilitate former child soldiers. In the years since, Don Bosco Fambul, located in the capital city of Freetown, has become one of the country’s leading child welfare organizations. It offers

INDIA: Sustainable agriculture promoted

January 11, 2024

Don Bosco Green Alliance, an international collective of youth from Salesian institutions and organizations that contribute to global environmental action, thought, and policy, participated in a two-day conference titled “Back 2 Nature”, which was held in November 2023, in Bangalore, India.