Salesian missionaries with Retreat-Don Bosco in Yercaud, India, recently held a 21-day training course in nursery and nature preservation for 40 people. Because Yercaud is a hill town, most people earn their living through tourism. Given the lockdown, residents have seen poverty and hunger on
Salesian Missions joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing World Humanitarian Day. Celebrated every year on Aug. 19, World Humanitarian Day honors the humanitarian efforts worldwide that support people in crisis. In honor and celebration of World Humanitarian Day 2020, Salesian Missions
Salesians of Don Bosco in East Timor are providing food relief to those most in need—including widows, the elderly, those living in poverty, people with disabilities and orphans. Over three months, there were 1,174 beneficiaries. Funding was provided through Salesian Missions.
Programs for youth at Don Bosco Snehalaya, located in Guwahati within the Indian state of Assam, are being supported through Salesian Missions donor funding. Salesian missionaries operate five homes for poor and orphaned youth in the region, as well as educational programs, summer activities and
Salesian missionaries in Tijuana, Mexico, are still responding to the influx of people needing food assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, while already stretched thin providing for those who need food assistance in the city. Each day, the Padre Chava Refectory provides upwards of 1,200 meals
Nhlanhla Lucky Mdlalose, a member of the Salesian Youth Ministry team at Bosco Youth Center, located in Walkerville, Johannesburg, South Africa, coordinates relief efforts to help those who are most vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic. Because of the suffering, youth have taken it upon themselves
Mary Help of Christians in Kasama, Zambia, was able to provide meals to youth in need thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Feed My Starving Children. The food arrived in May and become a lifeline in the face of the pandemic. Sister Godelieve
Salesian missionaries are helping those in need in Ethiopia as it grapples with several emergencies. COVID-19 infections are increasing and adding challenges to medical professionals dealing with outbreaks of cholera, measles and malaria. The country is also facing its second wave of locusts, with around 30,000 hectares of land already
Salesian missionaries at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, who are operating the Don Bosco Gumbo camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Juba, South Sudan, have access to food, hygiene products and other items to help care for the well-being of those in the camp.
Worldwide, an additional 6.7 million children under the age of 5 could suffer from a severe malnutrition known as “wasting” before the end of 2020, said humanitarian leaders who analyzed the COVID-19 crisis and its risks to childhood malnutrition. The report and statistics were recently