Mission News
The Gift of Good Health for Those in Desperate Need
July 28, 2025
While much of Brazil enjoys considerable wealth, the inequalities between rich and poor are staggering. Impoverished children and families living in desolate areas are excluded from society and unable to access the healthcare services available to the rest of the population. But thanks to a...
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Your Generosity Inspires Poor Students in Rwanda
July 28, 2025For the 260 kids who attend the Don Bosco Muhazi Technical and Vocational School in Rwanda, devastating hunger and unstable living conditions had created overwhelming obstacles to learning. But now, thanks to caring friends like you, Salesian Missions has provided food assistance and essential...
Expanded Opportunities in Madagascar
July 28, 2025Imagine a country so poor that almost 19 million people live below the poverty line. And of those, 5.7 million are children. Homelessness, food instability, families struggling to survive, and an epidemic of child labor … the crisis seems overwhelming. But with you by our side, our missionaries...
Bright Futures for Vulnerable Girls in DRC
June 27, 2025With their hearts full of gratitude, 56 vulnerable girls have settled into a long-awaited Salesian-run girls boarding school at Foyer Anuarite. It’s the newest facility within Don Bosco Ngangi in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it addresses the urgent needs of girls and young...
Press Releases
INT’L YOUTH DAY: Salesian Missions highlights social and educational programs for youth in need
August 12, 2025
Salesian missionaries work in more than 130 countries around the globe. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 12, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing International Youth Day. Celebrated each...
Read Full StoryTHE GAMBIA: Salesian missionaries increase beekeeping activity thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
August 12, 2025Hives provide new source of income for students, school. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug 12, 2025) Salesian missionaries in Kunkundjan Mariama, a small locality in Banjul, The Gambia, were able to increase their beekeeping activities thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of...
ZAMBIA: Salesian missionaries host pastoral education for 2,000 young adults thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
August 11, 2025Sessions include focus on child protection. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 11, 2025) Salesian missionaries in Kabwe, Zambia, had the funding for pastoral programs for young adults thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Salesians reached more...
ZAMBIA: Salesians improve chapel at Don Bosco thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
August 4, 2025More than 50 Salesians and 200 youth use chapel. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 4, 2025) Salesian missionaries were able to improve and furnish the chapel at Don Bosco in the Sacred Heart of Jesus post-novitiate community in Zambia thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm...
News Coverage
(National Catholic Reporter/Global Sisters Report) Monday Starter: Admist violence in the world, UISG calls for global day of prayer
August 14, 2025
Aug. 11, 2025 (Excerpt) Salesians mark two international UN days this month The development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, which includes Salesian sisters, are marking two international dates established by the United Nations — International Youth Day on Aug. 12 and World Humanitarian Day on...
Read Full Story(National Catholic Reporter/Global Sisters Report) Salesians mark UN day for children in conflict
June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 (Excerpt) Salesian Missions, the U.S.-based development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, is joining efforts to promote the United Nations’ annual International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, marked on June 4. The day, which received the U.N. designation in 1982,...
(OSV) Archbishop encourages hope as death toll in Myanmar surpasses 3,000
April 7, 2025April 4, 2025 (Excerpt) Burmese Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay said that despite the suffering caused by the deadly earthquake, the people of Myanmar are clinging to hope in God’s mercy. In an interview published April 3 with Fides, the news agency of the Dicastery for Evangelization,...
(National Catholic Reporter/Global Sisters Report) Monday Starter: Salesians mark UN’s World Water Day
March 22, 2025March 22, 2025 (Excerpt) Salesian Missions joined other humanitarian groups on March 22 in marking World Water Day, a United Nations-led commemoration to bring attention to the need for safe, clean water. In an announcement, the Salesians noted that in addition to drawing attention to the...
