Salesian centers in Aleppo, Damascus and Kafroun, Syria*, are offering summer camp for more than 3,400 youth, aged 9-17. The camps run for a month and a half with the theme “Don Bosco World.” The camps are a much-needed respite for youth during the midst
The Salesian University Center (UniSales) based in Vitória, Brazil, was awarded first place in the Professor Gabriel Mário Rodrigues Award for Innovation in Higher Education. The awards were created and organized by Semesp, an institution representing higher education providers in Brazil. UniSales won the award
The Salesian Family Home in Lviv, Ukraine*, is planning a summer camp in Pula, Croatia, in August for children. Salesians need help to bring 65 children aged 6 to 19, as well as 10 leaders who will accompany them, to Croatia for this camp. Fifteen
More than 50 students from the Salesian SME program, located in Hatyai, Thailand, came together with teachers and parents to plant mangrove trees and release small crabs at the Mangrove Forest Conservation Club in the Singhanakhon District. The goal was to have a positive impact
Salesian missionaries operate the Don Bosco Socio-Sports School in Lungi, Sierra Leone, thanks to support from the Real Madrid Foundation and the Salesian Mission Office in Madrid. Through soccer, basketball and volleyball, youth, ages 5-17, are learning values and healthy hygiene and habits while improving
The Salesian Music Center in Lisbon recently celebrated its 30th anniversary of enabling anyone with an interest or skill to sing or play an instrument. The school does not require prerequisites to apply.
Salesian missionaries opened a multifunctional sports facility in Monrovia Central Prison in Liberia to provide support to the prisoners. The facility was built thanks to Don Bosco Mondo in Bonn, Germany, and has been dedicated to Pope Francis. Don Bosco Mondo received support from financier Peter
The Don Bosco Vazhikaatti team from Chennai and Trichy, India, has been recognized by the Tamil Nadu government’s Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare (ADTW) Department for its outstanding contribution providing career guidance to students in Adi Dravidar Welfare hostels and schools. Its efforts have positively
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. In 2013, United Nations member states adopted a resolution that designated July 30 as the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The day aims to raise awareness about
Migrant students from the Salesian Garelli 95 Association, located in Pontoise in the French department of Val-d'Oise, have put their harrowing journey to music in a video called, “This is My Story.” The music video was created for “Festclip”, the Salesian festival of short films