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
Salesian missionaries at the Don Bosco Vocational Training Center in the Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp in Uganda hosted the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) launch of the “Facial masks for refugees and host community” project on July 8. Salesians, alongside refugees in the camp,
[caption id="attachment_24025" align="alignright" width="248"] UGANDA[/caption] (MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries at the Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp in Uganda are working to provide prevention information and food support in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been no coronavirus deaths in Uganda to date, but there are 696
Salesian missionaries and refugees at the Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp in Uganda are facing food shortages as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In April, refugees in the camp received 70 percent of their regular food ration. Salesian missionaries at Palabek are working to counter
Salesian missionaries at Don Bosco CALM in Uganda are working to keep youth in their programs safe while assessing what is happening with street children in the surrounding community. Street children cannot access clean water and have no money to buy soap or sanitizers. Recently,
More than 2,300 poor youth across three Salesian programs in Uganda had access to better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger. The rice-meal shipment was shared with Don Bosco Children and Life Mission (Don Bosco CALM) in the town
Salesian missionaries at Don Bosco Palabek, within the Palabek Refugee Settlement in Uganda, are providing much needed psycho-social support and pastoral care for thousands of Christian residents. They also operate four nursery schools that educated 743 students in 2019. Salesian missionaries also started the Child
When Robert Ocan heard rebel gunfire in the city center, he organized his family's escape and that of almost 7,000 other people. Thanks to his mobile phone, he warned the schoolteachers to bring the children into the bush. Now at Palabek Refugee Settlement, he is
Palabek Refugee Settlement in Uganda is currently home to 34,000 people. It was officially set up in April 2016 to reduce congestion in larger refugee camps in the northwestern corner of Uganda. Salesian missionaries at the settlement are offering much-needed psycho-social support and pastoral care
Poor youth in Uganda had access to better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions and Rise Against Hunger. The rice-meal shipment was shared with Don Bosco Children and Life Mission (Don Bosco CALM) in the town of Namugongo. The Salesian organization provides services