John Bosco the Worker Center in Ciudad Bolívar, Colombia, offers educational opportunities and a safe haven for local youth in a region impacted by violence and poverty. Established in 1994, the center is today recognized as a leader in technical training and known for teaching
The Salesian-run educational institution CESAM-DF, located in Brasilia, Brazil, has started a new one-day artisanal bakery training project. The short training to help families was conceived by Lu Alckmin, who is the wife of Vice President Geraldo Alckmin. The opening day of the project was
More than 9,700 Haitian refugees and their families, who fled their home country due to the ongoing political crises and settled in the community of Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, have received meals to support their nutritional needs. The meals were provided through a partnership between Rise
More than 1,600 students attending Don Bosco high schools in Ngozi and Buterere, Burundi*, had access to better nutrition during the first half of 2024 as a result of a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger.
The Salesian provincial office in Johannesburg, South Africa, has initiated an environmental project, Eco-Ubuntu, aimed at 15,000 youth from Salesian schools. The project will also target their families and broader community. Salesians have come together with lay partners, Salesian sisters from Mary Help of Christians,
The Don Bosco Youth Vocational Training Center, located in Vientiane, is the only Salesian center in Laos. It started in 2004 with five past pupils who were graduates of the Don Bosco Technological College in Bangkok, Thailand. They wanted to start a small training center
Eco Pals, part of the Don Bosco Green Alliance, organized a day-long workshop on eco-leadership for the student leaders of Jyoti Nivas College, located in Bangalore, India. Led by Father Anil D’sa, Eco Pals conducted activity-based sessions on caring for the Earth for 300 student
UniSalesiano, the Salesian University in Araçatuba, Campo Grande province of Brazil, collaborated with the Santa Casa Hospital and the Municipality of Araçatuba to inaugurate new facilities for the Medical Specialty Clinic.
The Salesian Polytechnic University (UPS), located in Guayaquil, Ecuador, held the 10th International Congress of Science, Technology and Innovation for Society (CITIS 2024). The event brought together more than 1,000 participants, including exhibitors, teachers, students and guests. It offered workshops, conference sessions, a technological innovation
The Salesian St. Artemide Zatti Community in Ashaiman, Ghana, held a youth ministry leadership capacity-building and training workshop thanks in part to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The goal of the week-long workshop in March was to increase the training capacity in the new province