The Salesian-run Cité des Jeunes School in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, had the roof blown off its boarding building due to strong winds and torrential rain. Youth have been evacuated, and no one was hurt during the incident. The boarding school welcomes 100
Don Bosco Ngangi Center, located in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, received a visit from Fondong Julius, from the office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). The purpose of the visit was to assess the
The Salesian Projects Office of the Central Africa Province opened a second Mamma Margherita Bakery. This new bakery is located in the Kilobelobe district, a municipality annexed to Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It helps to train youth in baking and also provides ongoing
Youth who were evacuated from Don Bosco Ngangi Center in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the Nyiragongo volcanic eruption have returned to the center. Don Bosco Ngangi Center, which is home to 250 children across two sites, was spared any damage, but families
Don Bosco Ngangi Center in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, is responding to the needs of people impacted by the recent Nyiragongo volcanic eruption. Salesians, Salvatorian Sisters and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians had to remove all of the children from the Maison
Salesian Tuwe Wafundi School of Trades holds conference for young women leaders [caption id="attachment_27230" align="alignright" width="248"] DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO[/caption] (MissionNewswire) The Salesian Tuwe Wafundi School of Trades, part of the Don Bosco Center in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), welcomed 21 girls and
Jean-Claude Michaël Imani is a 17-year-old young man who had a second chance at life thanks to the Don Bosco Center in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. After life on the street, Imani began life at the center, which provides shelter, education and family
Father Albert Kabuge, Salesian provincial of the Central Africa Province, recently visited Salesian programs in Bukavu and Goma and made an appeal for support for 75 abandoned children and babies living at the Ushindi Center Orphanage. These children are accessing shelter, care and basic needs,
The Don Bosco Center, located in Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been supporting women who wish to join women’s groups run by the Association Villageoise d’Epargne et Crédit (AVEC), an association for savings and credit in the villages. With the pandemic,
Salesian missionaries with the Assumption of Mary Province of Central Africa, are supplying drinking water for distribution to the local population in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The water, which has been labeled Don Bosco Water, is bottled and distributed to the local population.