Don Bosco Job Placement Network hosted its first job fair at Nitika Don Bosco, located in Tangra, Kolkata, India. More than 160 youth registered for the event that featured seven companies. Don Bosco Job Placement Network was started four years ago to help youth find
Salesian missionaries have been working to address food shortfalls and other needs in the face of ongoing conflicts in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. With funding recently received, Salesians were able to provide food items including wheat, Famix (multivitamin food), cooking oil, macaroni, rice and
After a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Salesian university UniSalesiano, with campuses in Lins and Araçatuba, resumed its Missionary Volunteering Program with 30 participants, including Salesian staff. For a week in July, the participants gained firsthand experience working within Indigenous villages of Meruri
Salesian missionaries held a service fair at the Santo Domingo Savio Oratory in Tijuana, Mexico. The oratory is one of six in the Salesian Tijuana Project and located in one of the poorest and most violent neighborhoods of the city. Youth are faced with increased
Ukrainian refugees being sheltered with Salesian missionaries in Slovakia and Poland have been featured in a new documentary produced by The Malta Independent. Journalists Neil Camilleri and Giuseppe Attard produced the documentary about their first visit to Ukraine in March. With the documentary, the two
Salesian missionaries in Slovakia and Poland are still working to provide support and education for Ukrainian refugees. From offering shelter and meeting basic needs to organizing activities that bring a sense of joy, Salesians have been working with young refugees and their families to ensure
Salesian missionaries at Don Bosco Children and Life Mission (Don Bosco CALM), located in the town of Namugongo just northeast of the city of Kampala, Uganda, received funding for five dairy cows thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing World Humanitarian Day. Celebrated every year on Aug. 19, World Humanitarian Day honors the humanitarian efforts worldwide that support people in crisis.
The Don Bosco Institute for Youth and Education, based in Gradignan, provides and oversees homes and services scattered throughout the New Aquitaine region in southwest France. A total of 47 facilities and centers help several thousand children, older youth and adults in need each year.
Salesian missionaries with the Tijuana Project run a summer camp in Tijuana, Mexico, that offers children a chance to engage with their peers in a safe environment. Since 1987, the Salesian Center in Tijuana has been providing services to migrants and poor youth living on