Mission News
This past November, Cyclone Ditwah unleashed devastating rains, catastrophic winds, and terrifying landslides across the small nation of Sri Lanka. The destruction caused by the storm has obliterated communities, infrastructure and emergency response …
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Our Partnerships … and You are Helping to End Hunger
March 5, 2026Feeling the constant gnawing pain from an empty stomach is not something that any child should have to endure. Hunger can derail a child’s focus, making their ability to succeed in school nearly impossible. Yet this is a sad reality faced by hundreds of thousands of youth every day. That’s why we partner with other…
Solar Panels Shed Light on Education
March 5, 2026In Sarh, Chad, impoverished young people rely on the Don Bosco Center as a lifeline for education and a pathway out of poverty. But frequent power outages across the region have long hindered daily life. To address this issue, our Salesian missionaries have launched an ambitious initiative to install 40 solar panels, bringing dependable electricity…
Restoring Hope for Earthquake Victims
February 3, 2026For families living in Mandalay — Myanmar’s second-largest city — daily life is filled with uncertainty and hardship. In March 2025, a powerful earthquake severely damaged the city’s infrastructure, leaving millions of people in crisis…
Press Releases
Church brings deep sense of pride to community. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (March 24, 2026) Salesian missionaries have constructed a new chapel in the village of Kapesa, Kazembe, Zambia, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The funding supported clearing the land, digging the foundation, creating…
Read Full StoryBETHLEHEM: Salesian Missions supports Salesian Bakery in providing free bread to vulnerable people
March 23, 2026Bakery is historical institution in Bethlehem. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (March 23, 2026) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, helped support the Salesian Bakery, a historical institution in Bethlehem. With the support provided in part by Salesian Missions, the bakery was able to provide free bread to 111 vulnerable families…
WORLD WATER DAY: Salesian Missions highlights water projects that make clean, fresh water available in communities
March 22, 2026‘Clean Water Initiative’ makes building wells, supplying clean water a priority. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (March 22, 2026) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating World Water Day. Led by U.N.-Water, the organization that coordinates the United Nations’ work on water…
INT’L DAY OF HAPPINESS: Salesian Missions highlights programs that educate and empower youth
March 20, 2026Goal is for youth to live healthier, happier lives. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (March 20, 2026) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Day of Happiness, which falls each year on March 20. In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly…
News Coverage
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 Aug. 19. Salesian Missions said the U.N. days…
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, "acknowledges the pain suffered by children throughout the world who…
(OSV) Archbishop encourages hope as death toll in Myanmar surpasses 3,000
April 4, 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, Archbishop Win said that the suffering of…
(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 universal importance of water, the day, marked every March 22,…
