The Salesian Youth Center at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Cebu, Philippines, has launched the #Let’sPlantPositivity initiative, a challenge to promote urban agriculture among youth. Started on July 9, youth were challenged to grow fruit and vegetables at home to teach them about cultivation,
As people in Venezuela continue to suffer from the country’s economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, Salesian missionaries remain living and working in the country. Missionaries are helping distribute food, water and hygiene products. They have helped returning migrants, organized community kitchens, supported people in
Salesian missionaries with Don Bosco Konkan Development Society in Goa, India, were able to provide more than 50,000 people with nutritional support thanks to donors, including funding from Salesian Missions. Salesian missionaries continue to supply food and sanitary kits to people who are now dealing
In Ethiopia, Salesian missionaries are working to address increasing needs in the face of the growing coronavirus pandemic. At 16 vocational training centers, they are distributing food, drinking water and hygiene kits. Salesians have also launched awareness campaigns to promote good practices to prevent coronavirus
Salesian missionaries have been working in Madagascar to support families with food and hygiene supplies to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Although schools in Ivato have been closed, Salesians continue to pay teachers and employees, including offering them a one-time bonus. Salesian missionaries also
The Catholic News Service article “COVID-19 robbed refugees ‘of the little that they had,’ says Salesian” focuses on the increasingly desperate situation for refugees at the Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp in Uganda, as well as the Salesians of Don Bosco efforts to save lives. The article
Don Bosco Fambul staff members are using what they learned during Ebola to prevent coronavirus infections in Sierra Leone. One of the first steps was to turn their headquarters into a first-aid base and transfer youth who were not infected to other buildings. The bus
On Sept. 21, Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe by celebrating the International Day of Peace—with this year’s theme of “Shaping Peace Together” calling for compassion, kindness and hope in the face of the global pandemic.
Salesian missionaries in Nigeria are responding with aid and prevention measures for those impacted by the pandemic. Five communities in northern Nigeria are being provided clean water access for drinking water and hand-washing. At a hospital for mothers and children, there is an awareness program
Following safety protocols, 136 Salesian schools throughout Spain started again, educating more than 95,000 students and employing thousands of teachers and staff members. Salesian teachers and staff members worked over their summer holiday to prepare for the new school year, including how to address some