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 food, clothing, crisis intervention services,

Don Bosco Muhazi Technical-Vocational School, in the Gasabo district in the Kigali province of Rwanda, is celebrating the arrival of educational materials that will enhance the students' activities. The materials were financed by the ACTEC project, a development program co-financed by the Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid.

Students at Recanto da Cruz Grande, located in Itapevi in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have been working on a garden as a food source. Over the last several months, the students prepared the seedlings and the soil, planted, and looked after the garden. They were excited recently at

The Salesian-run FUSALMO, located in the municipality of Soyapango in the San Salvador department of El Salvador, won first prize in the nongovernmental organization category in a contest facilitated by the “Helping those who help” program, an initiative of the Gloria Kriete Foundation, which grants funds for social projects. The

Sister Seli Thomas, a member of the Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate Help of Christians, has been awarded the “SATA - Sisters Anti-Trafficking Award”, given to sisters engaged in the fight against human trafficking. Sr. Thomas, from Krishnagar, West Bengal, India, received the award on Oct. 31 during a ceremony

The Salesian Sneha Bhavan orphanage provides a home and a new life for orphaned, abandoned or trafficked girls. It is also providing a refuge from the violence raging outside of the center. According to an article in the Global Sisters Report, ethnic violence began on May 3 in Manipur between

The “nARTure” project aimed to foster the bond between youth and their cultural and natural environment through innovative workshops in Spain, Portugal and Greece. Workshops focused on sustainable cultural practices and the close relationship between body expression and nature. Supported by European Union funds, the project concluded at the end

The Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, in collaboration with Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, Comboni Missionary Sisters and Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, facilitated the “How are the girls?” study, according to a Vatican News story. The research explored how the COVID-19 pandemic

Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring International Migrants Day. Each year, International Migrants Day is held on Dec. 18 to recognize the efforts, contributions and rights of migrants worldwide.

Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring Human Rights Day, celebrated each year on Dec. 10. Human Rights Day commemorates the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.