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
MALAWI: St. Philip Rinaldi Community has clean water access thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
April 29, 2025
Project part of the Salesian Missions ‘Clean Water Initiative’. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 29, 2025) Salesian missionaries provided clean water access in the Salesian St. Philip Rinaldi Community, Malawi, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of...
Read Full StoryUKRAINE: Students have new soccer field thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
April 28, 2025Donation impacts more than 400 students. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 28, 2025) Salesian missionaries were able to construct a new soccer field for students at Blessed Klymenty and Andrey Sheptytskyi in Lviv, Ukraine*, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the...
ZAMBIA: Don Bosco Farm established for education thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
April 22, 2025Farm 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....
Salesian 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...
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...
