Mission News

Aug 2025 enews - stoyr 1 - Brazil - The Gift of Good Health for Those in Desperate Need
The Gift of Good Health for Those in Desperate Need

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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August 2025 enews - story 2 - Your Generosity Inspires Poor Students in Rwanda
Your Generosity Inspires Poor Students in Rwanda

For the 260 kids who attend the Don Bosco Muhazi Technical and Vocational School in Rwanda, devastating hunger and unstable living conditions created overwhelming obstacles to learning. But now, thanks to caring friends like you, Salesian Missions has provided food assistance and essential supplies...

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August 2025 enews - story 3 - Madagascar - Expanded Opportunities Made Possible by You
Expanded Opportunities in Madagascar

Imagine 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...

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July 2025 enews - story 1 - Bright Futures for Vulnerable Girls in DRC
Bright Futures for Vulnerable Girls in DRC

With 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...

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Press Releases

ZAMBIA: Bosco Carpentry School has new car thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

Students benefit from reliable transportation at school. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 29, 2025) Bosco Carpentry School in Kazembe, Zambia, purchased a new car thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The school provides courses in carpentry...

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INDIA: Don Bosco College establishing canteen thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

Students to access nutritious, affordable food on campus. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 28, 2025) Salesian missionaries with Don Bosco College in Bangalore, India, are establishing a new canteen thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The...

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GEORGIA: Salesian missionaries work to establish vocational education center with residence thanks in part to donor funding from Salesian Missions

Up to 30 youth will live at Center while completing education. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 21, 2025) Top of Form Salesian missionaries in Tbilisi, Georgia, are working to establish a vocational educational center and residence for youth who are vulnerable thanks in part to funding from Salesian...

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WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY: Salesian Missions highlights vocational and technical education for youth who are disadvantaged

Salesians offer more than 1,000 vocational, technical, professional and agricultural schools. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (July 15, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating World Youth...

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News Coverage

(National Catholic Reporter/Global Sisters Report) Salesians mark UN day for children in conflict

June 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,...

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(OSV) Archbishop encourages hope as death toll in Myanmar surpasses 3,000

April 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,...

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(National Catholic Reporter/Global Sisters Report) Monday Starter: Salesians mark UN’s World Water Day

March 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...

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(Global Sisters Report) Salesians mark International Women’s Day

March 10, 2025 (Excerpt) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, was among the church-based groups celebrating International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8. The annual international commemoration honors “the economic, political and social achievements of...

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