The Don Bosco Center, located in Zway (Batu), a town in Oromia, Ethiopia*, has opened a nursery school in its missionary station in Hobe. The station has a chapel dedicated to the Most Holy Saviour and an oratory where members of the community, lay collaborators and animators organize various activities
Salesians of Don Bosco’s St. Vincent de Paul Parish, located in Gumbo, South Sudan*, launched a six-month cycle of trauma healing sessions, bringing together more than 300 participants from both Don Bosco’s internally displaced community and the host parish community. The participants’ involvement demonstrates their desire for healing, reconciliation and
Salesian missionaries in Quito, Ecuador, had the funding to help support education and health for students living in poverty thanks to donor funding. The funding came from Salesian Missions.
Salesian Missions provided donor funding for a new photovoltaic system at the Salesian Missionary Inspectorate of the Amazon Salesian School of Work, located in Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil. The institution now generates clean and renewable energy, reducing electricity costs and strengthening its environmental sustainability actions. The system includes 197 photovoltaic modules,
Salesian missionaries in Kankata village, located in the Bidar District of Karnataka State, India, have recently opened the St. Thomas Church. The new chapel is thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions.
Salesian missionaries have a new chapel in Naegaon Garo Village of St. John Bosco Parish Kokrajhar, Assam, India, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The chapel was completed in November 2025.
Salesian missionaries continue to help support the people of Ukraine* four years after the war began. The war has transformed the lives of millions of people and profoundly affected an entire generation of children. They have faced destroyed schools, interrupted lessons, forced displacement, and constant power and heating cuts.
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring Feb. 12 as Red Hand Day, also known as the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers. The day was started when the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of
Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins Catholic organizations around the globe in honoring the Catholic World Day of the Sick. Every year on Feb. 11, the Pope marks the day with a special message calling for spiritual and physical closeness to all those
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring International Day of Education on Jan. 24, recognized since 2018. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed International Day of Education as a celebration of the role of education for peace and development.