Don Bosco Fambul is national leader in child protection

(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Fambul, located in Sierra Leone’s capital city of Freetown, is one of the country’s leading child-welfare organizations. It has been on the forefront of efforts to help save young women who have faced abuse and prostitution and to rehabilitate children living on the streets and reunite them with their families.

The organization’s Hope Plus program provided essential support to youth in the first quarter of 2026. This impacted 10 younger students and 30 youth attending the Salesian Vocational Skills Training Center. Each student received food, financial assistance, and clothing to help them continue their education and skills training.

A Salesian explained, “Hope Plus is designed to bridge the gap for youth who need support to stay in school or complete their vocational training. By providing these essentials, we help remove barriers that might prevent them from reaching their full potential. We believe in these young people and their ability to create better futures for themselves.”

During the distribution, Father Edwin Tangie shared encouraging words with the youth. He reminded them to keep working hard toward independence, emphasizing that they should not depend on anyone but instead shape their own lives for greatness. He encouraged them to set clear plans and work toward achieving them, whether monthly goals or bigger aspirations for 2026 as a whole.

Don Bosco Fambul is a national leader in child protection, operating the largest interim care and therapeutic centers for abused children in the country. Since it was established in 1998 to rehabilitate and reintegrate child soldiers, it has grown to support the country’s most vulnerable children and youth through two main campuses in Freetown.

Young people in the country face significant challenges in accessing education. With too few teachers and many school buildings destroyed in the war, resources are thin. Persistently high illiteracy rates mean that an estimated 70% of Sierra Leone’s youth are unemployed or underemployed.

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Sources:

Embrace Newsletter January-March 2026

Don Bosco Fambul

Salesian Missions – Sierra Leone

UNICEF – Sierra Leone