Mission News
Our Clean Water Initiative Saves Precious Lives
March 31, 2025
It’s a global crisis. One in 11 people – that’s a total of 703 million worldwide – do not have access to clean water. Adults are getting sick – and children are dying – from preventable diseases simply because they’re consuming contaminated water. Our Clean Water Initiative was...
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Hope for Children Amid Unrest in Syria
March 31, 2025At a time when families are struggling amid turmoil and unrest in Syria*, the Salesian Center in Aleppo is bringing hope, opportunity – and a sense of normalcy. That’s because the Center offers a safe place where children can continue to learn while engaging in recreational activities with...
Empowering At-Risk Girls in Sierra Leone
March 31, 2025In a desperate attempt to survive and escape their misery, impoverished young girls in Sierra Leone often find themselves succumbing to drugs, theft and prostitution. Their well-being is a top priority at Don Bosco Fambul in Freetown where many of these damaged victims of poverty are on the path...
Salesian Scholarships Give Hope to Vulnerable Children
March 13, 2025The outlook for impoverished youth in Sub-Saharan Africa is concerning. More than one out of every five children between the ages of 6-11 – and a third of children between 12-14 – are out of school. That number increases to nearly 60% for young people between the ages of 15-17. Fortunately,...
Press Releases
ZAMBIA: Don Bosco Farm established for education thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
April 22, 2025
Farm to provide hands-on education, food for students. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 22, 2025) Salesian missionaries in the St. John Bosco Community, located in Lusaka, Zambia, created the Don Bosco Farm to enhance learning experiences for students thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S....
Read Full StorySalesian Missions mourns the passing of Pope Francis
April 21, 2025Pope Francis had close ties to the Salesians of Don Bosco. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (April 21, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins the Salesian Family and the international community of Catholics in mourning the passing of Pope Francis. Although a Jesuit...
INDIA: Salesians empower women with skills training thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
April 21, 2025Women become financially self-sufficient through tailoring and computer classes. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 21, 2025) Bosco Education & Skill Training Center for Women, part of the Konkan Development Society in the Gadag district, Karnataka, India, offered skills training to vulnerable women thanks to...
BETHLEHEM: Salesians hold Christmas activities thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
April 16, 2025Events bring together 200 youth. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 16, 2025) Salesians in Bethlehem were able to organize Christmas events in 2024, thanks in part to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Additional funding for the events was received...
News Coverage
(OSV) Archbishop encourages hope as death toll in Myanmar surpasses 3,000
April 7, 2025
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,...
Read Full Story(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...
(Global Sisters Report) Salesians mark International Women’s Day
March 10, 2025March 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...
(PR Web) Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival to be held in Manhattan for the first time
September 26, 2024NEW YORK, NY Sept. 25, 2024 (Excerpt) Young filmmakers from around the globe will highlight their creativity through original, short films about how to take positive action to combat climate change during the grand finale of the third annual 2024 Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF...
