The Salesian St. James Major Province in Spain recently coordinated a “Training Plan for the Development of Online Skills” project for educational centers. During the lockdown that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic, teachers had to quickly learn how to teach their lessons online. As a result
Four 18-year-old students, two of whom attend Salesian schools in Milan, Italy, have started a project to help families have access to computers at home for distance learning. The website PC4U.tech was set up to handle both donations and requests for a computer. The idea
Lockdown restrictions have brought vulnerable Syrian households closer to the brink of financial ruin. Tens of thousands of jobs have been eliminated. Meanwhile, the foreign support that sustained many Syrian households is drying up. Salesian missionaries operate three centers in Kafroun and the particularly high
Salesian missionaries in South Sudan are working with local populations as the effects of coronavirus spread across the country. There are five Salesian communities in the country. In Gumbo, there is a camp for internally displaced persons directly managed by the Salesians. The camp currently
During the coronavirus pandemic, San Juan Bosco Salesian Institute in Granada, Nicaragua, is continuing to provide quality education to its students with technology for online education. The process has been complex because it also required engagement from parents. The Salesian Institute monitors progress of online
To respond to increasing needs during the coronavirus pandemic, Salesian Missions has funded projects in seven countries to date that address nutritional support, sanitary and hygiene, and educational materials for prevention. These activities help respond to the local need and help families who have been
Radio Salesian, based out of Salesian College Sonada in Darjeeling, India, has been selected by India’s Community Radio Association as a partner to raise awareness about COVID-19 through a national project sponsored by UNICEF. Titled “Mission Corona,” the five-month initiative will feature a 25-minute weekly
The Salesians are the only institution that works with detainees at the Pademba Road Prison in Sierra Leone. Recently, fear of COVID-19 led to a riot that ended in unrest, fires and deaths among the detainees. The Salesian team working in the prison managed to
Salesian missionaries with Don Bosco House in Ivato, Madagascar, are helping poor and disadvantaged families, supporting them with donations of food and medicines, and assisting them in building small houses. The project has helped 70 families and a foster family home with around 25 children.
Retreat-Don Bosco in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu, India, launched a new livelihood program, known as CALLS, for those who have lost their jobs and those without any means of survival because of the pandemic. With most of Yercaud’s tourism industry shut down, residents have seen poverty