(MissionNewswire) In February 2016, volunteers from the Spanish nonprofit Ayuda Contenedores (Help Containers) and the Salesian-run Youth and Development Center joined together in Pamplona, Spain to load a food container that will be sent to Benin. The container carries 23,000 kilos of non-perishable food which was
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries are assisting the small village of Kumbrabai, 100 kilometers from the capital city of Freetown in Sierra Leone, which has been severely impacted by the Ebola virus. The village once had 270 residents but 82 villagers succumbed to Ebola and 65 more who
(MissionNewsire) In the capital city of Medellin, violent drug wars routinely tear families apart. To find enough fighters for the county’s brutal civil war, guerilla groups aggressively recruit and often kidnap young boys and girls, some as young as 8 years old. Other youth have
(MissionNewswire) The Laura Vicuña Foundation, managed by the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, celebrated its 25 year anniversary at the end of December 2015. Founded in 1990, the foundation runs a center for the healing and recovery of
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have completed a water well project in Morobo, a village less than two miles away from Don Bosco Gumbo, a Salesian center located in the town of Gumbo on the outskirts of Juba, the largest city and capital of South Sudan. The village
Enhanced education within this nation is rather quickly turning into a need on the online business group in place of an extravagance. On the earlier the people who experienced a secondary faculty preparation nevertheless experienced the chance to fabricate a first-class entire world for themselves
(MissionNewswire) In February 2016, 23 students from Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, New Jersey and 12 chaperons, went on the school’s annual mission trip to Masaya, the capital city of Masaya department in Nicaragua. Each year over the school’s winter break, students accompanied
(MissionNewswire) Youth participating in Salesian-run Manzini Youth Care programs in the city of Manzini in Swaziland have received access to better nutrition thanks to a recent shipment of fortified rice-meals. The donation was made possible through an ongoing partnership between Salesian Missions and Stop Hunger Now,
(MissionNewswire) Construction of new bathrooms and a clothes washing space is underway at Don Bosco Mariapuram located in the city of Warangal in the state of Telangana in Southern India. The project includes the construction of separate bathrooms for boys and girls as well as two
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions joins UN-Water, the organization that coordinates the UN’s work on water and sanitation, and the international community in celebrating World Water Day. Every year since 1993, the international community has celebrated World Water Day on March 22, focusing attention on the importance of