The plight of street children in Nigeria and the work of Salesian missionaries with them was recently highlighted in “The Oratory,” a film by The Nollywood Factory in collaboration with Salesians of Don Bosco. The movie was directed by Obi Emelonye, a Nigerian film director,
Fifty students from the Salesian University School Sarrià, located in Barcelona, Spain, have created a single-seater car (EM-04) capable of competing in Formula Student, an international tournament promoted by the Society of Engineers that brings together more than 800 universities.
More than 1,100 students and 100 teachers at Don Bosco schools in Lahore and Quetta, Pakistan, have clean drinking water thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The project was part of the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative.”
For the last four years, Salesian missionaries in Vientiane, Laos, have been distributing meals and gifts on Christmas Day to poor people who live in the waste dump on the city’s outskirts. Most recently, it was a collaborative effort of Salesian missionaries and sisters, along
The Salesian oratory Casa Valdocco in Torre Annunziata, Italy, held its annual soccer match on Dec. 21. The event brought together children from local communities and a representative of the National Association of Magistrates from the courthouse in Torre Annunziata. The event enabled youth to
Close to 4,000 people living in four villages in the Bono region of Ghana have access to clean water thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The project, part of the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative,” provided new boreholes, pumps and water towers in the
Residents in the Dwein village in the Aboabo area of Ghana have access to clean water thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. The project, part of the Salesian Missions “Clean Water Initiative,” provided a borehole, submersible mechanical water pump and water tank. There are
The Salesian Regional Museum in Rawson, Argentina, has received the Fitterling Fund, a collection of 500 ceramics, including intact pieces and fragments, made in Pre-Columbian times in northwestern Argentina. The collection reflects different cultures, techniques, and beliefs, including Ciénaga, Aguada, Aguada Portezuelo, Yocavil, Belén Vaquería,
The Salesian Mission Office in Turin, Italy, has launched a new project at Don Bosco City in Medellín to keep youth safe from mines in Colombia. Youth often go into abandoned coal mine tunnels to extract minerals that their families can use for money and in
Residents in the village of Nafa Nkwanta, Ghana, have access to clean water thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions. Part of the “Clean Water Initiative,” the project provided a new water source benefiting 36 people who are actively involved in rearing livestock and other