Mission News
The Everyday Disaster of Unsafe Water
June 3, 2025
The people of Malawi struggle with thirst, hunger and malnutrition on a daily basis. Add that to the crisis of unsanitary water and the results are devastating … human and livestock illness, crop failure, and potential death. It paints quite a bleak picture. But thanks to caring friends like you,...
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A Farming Program That Feeds the Body … and the Mind
June 3, 2025Thanks to caring friends like you, the Don Bosco Farm in Lusaka, Zambia is now home to a new arrival of chickens, pigs and cattle. What’s more, impoverished students from the local Salesian-run agricultural school are gaining the skills necessary to provide a sustainable food supply for their...
A Haven of Hope
June 3, 2025Windows with full panes of glass, doors that open and close, fans that circulate air, and lights that provide a warm glow. Impoverished youth are now benefitting from these improvements at the Mission Hostel in Murshidabad, India – all made possible by your kindness and generosity. “These kids...
A Loaves and Fishes Miracle
May 5, 2025You can perform a modern-day miracle. Just as Jesus transformed two loaves of bread and five fish into enough food to feed thousands of people, our annual Loaves and Fishes appeal multiplies every $1 you give into $14 worth of life-saving supplies. “We’re fortunate to have strong, long-standing...
Press Releases
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: Salesian Missions highlights projects that positively impact the environment
June 5, 2025
Salesians adding environmental education, activities to curriculum. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 5, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating World Environment Day held annually on June...
Read Full StoryINT’L DAY OF INNOCENT CHILDREN VICTIMS OF AGGRESSION: Salesian Missions highlights programs that support youth facing conflict
June 4, 2025Salesian missionaries around the globe work to ensure youth are safe, have basic needs met. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (June 4, 2025) Salesian Missons, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring International Day of...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 550 people see positive impact of meals through Rise Against Hunger and Salesian Missions partnership
June 3, 2025Meals help families face significant economic challenges. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 3, 2025) Families of students attending the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in the Dominican Republic received meals to support their nutritional needs. The meals, impacting 550 people, were...
DR CONGO: More than 1,200 people receive healthy meals through Rise Against Hunger’s partnership with Salesian Missions
June 2, 2025Shipment provides meals for 6 programs. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 2, 2025) Oeuvres Maman Marguerite, a network of Salesian centers located in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo*, received a shipment of nutritious meals through a partnership between Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm...
News Coverage
(National Catholic Reporter/Global Sisters Report) Salesians mark UN day for children in conflict
June 2, 2025
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,...
Read Full Story(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...
(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...
