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INT’L DAY OF CHARITY: Salesian Missions highlights life-changing social programs for poor youth and their families

Sep 05, 2022

Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring the International Day of Charity celebrated each year on Sept. 5. The date was chosen by the General Assembly of the United Nations to commemorate the anniversary of the passing of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 “for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitute a threat to peace.”

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY: Salesian Missions highlights programs that support and educate youth

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Aug 12, 2022

Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing International Youth Day. Celebrated each year on Aug. 12, International Youth Day was established by the United Nations to raise awareness of issues affecting young people around the world.

HAITI: Women and children in Salesian communities receive soap donation from Eco-Soap Bank

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Aug 01, 2022

Women and children in Salesian communities in Haiti have access to better hygiene thanks to a soap donation secured by Salesian Missions. The shipment of soap was from Eco-Soap Bank, a humanitarian nonprofit organization working to save, sanitize and supply recycled soap with hygiene education for the developing world.

HAITI: Youth take part in music education to stay off streets

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May 10, 2022

Youth from the Lakay Don Bosco musical program, which is known as “With our musical instruments we fight violence,” recently put on an event to showcase their talents. There are more than 100 youth involved, who are from Lakay Don Bosco and the surrounding La Saline neighborhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The goal is to support youth through musical education to help them escape the violence in their neighborhoods.

GLOBAL: Salesian Missions launches annual ‘Loaves and Fishes’ fundraiser to support critical aid shipments

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May 09, 2022

Salesian Missions recently launched its annual “Loaves and Fishes” fundraiser which raises funds to ship life-saving aid to more than 130 countries around the globe. Because the cost of shipping critical aid is far less than its value, donations are multiplied many times over. For every dollar donated, Salesian Missions is able to ship $14 worth of critical goods to its programs.

HAITI: Food shipment supports more than 3,700 families after earthquake

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Apr 25, 2022

More than 3,700 families across several Salesian programs and educational centers in Haiti had access to better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger. In the second half of 2021, two shipments were sent to Haiti to support nutritional efforts after the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 14 killed more than 2,000 people and left thousands injured and homeless.

HAITI: Salesian students receive better nutrition thanks to partnership with Rise Against Hunger

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Dec 20, 2021

Students attending Fondation Vincent and Don Bosco Lakay in Cap-Haïtien and Don Bosco Lakay/Lakou in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, had better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger. In 2020, each center received a shipment of donated rice-meals to ensure students had a healthy meal during the school day.

HAITI: Children living on the streets get a second chance

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Apr 27, 2021

Lakay Don Bosco was established in 1988 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by an Italian Salesian priest. Father Attilio Stra launched the project to respond to the needs of marginalized children and older youth who live on the streets in serious risk. For more than 30 years, this has remained the mission of Lakay Don Bosco.

HAITI: Salesian Missions reflects on 10 years of rebuilding Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake

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Jan 10, 2020

Since the devastating earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, the work of Salesian missionaries never wavered and didn’t stop when the rubble was cleared away. Missionaries have remained as they always were—an integral part of communities across the country. Rebuilding Haiti has not been easy. Yet progress can be seen in the rebuilding and reopening of schools, feeding programs and youth centers. All aim to provide poor youth with an education and training in skills and trades to help them escape poverty and establish a sustainable livelihood.

HAITI: Rinaldi Foundation programs help youth gain work experience and find stable employment

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Aug 19, 2019

(MissionNewswire) The Rinaldi Foundation, the Salesian Planning and Development Office in Haiti, has been funded for a second year of a project to aid young adults—aged 18 to 27—to gain work experience and find employment. The project has been made possible through the support of […]