Mission News
From Hunger to Hope in India
November 3, 2025
Children growing up in the slums of India rarely attend school. All too often, they are forced to forego educational opportunities because of extreme poverty. Instead, they are thrown into the workforce at a very young age, where they face harsh conditions and mistreatment. Their parents have no...
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Turning the Page on New Opportunities
November 3, 2025Students at the Don Bosco Secondary School in Nkhotakota, Malawi can now access books that were once beyond their reach, thanks to a brand-new library. For this small impoverished community, the library is more than just a collection of books — it’s a gateway to opportunity, knowledge and hope....
A Sense of Normalcy for At-Risk Youth in Syria
November 3, 2025Amid the turmoil and danger that plague Syria, our missionaries are providing programs and activities that offer children a sense of normalcy. For 2,200 young people struggling to cope with the chaos that surrounds them, these moments of joy make a world of difference. In Damascas, Aleppo and...
Clean Water for Refugees in Uganda
October 2, 2025At the Salesian-run Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp in Uganda, 93,000 refugees are now benefiting from a new high-capacity water tank that can store enough life-saving clean water for the entire community throughout the annual dry season! This vital project was made possible thanks to the...
Press Releases
CATHOLIC WORLD DAY OF PEACE: Salesian Missions highlights programs that lead to peaceful environments
January 1, 2026
Programs address social, economic needs of youth. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Jan. 1, 2026) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins Catholic organizations around the globe in honoring the Catholic World Day of Peace. Every year on Jan. 1, the Pope marks the day with a...
Read Full StoryNIGERIA: Donor funding from Salesian Missions supports Don Bosco Stitches project
December 30, 2025Young women learn skills to find jobs, start own business. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Dec. 30, 2025) Salesian missionaries with the Mary Help of Christians community have received the funding to support the Don Bosco Stitches project in Lagos, Nigeria. The donor funding is from Salesian Missions, the U.S....
EL SALVADOR: Salesian sisters have new truck to carry out mission work thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
December 29, 2025Truck helps provide better emergency assistance for children and women in rural areas. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Dec. 29, 2025) Salesian sisters with the Laura Vicuña Pro Education Foundation (FUNELAVI Foundation) have a new truck to help support their social projects in El Salvador. The truck was...
UKRAINE: Salesian Lyceum has locker rooms for sports fields thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
December 23, 2025Donation impacts youth participating in activities. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Dec. 23, 2025) Salesian missionaries at the Salesian Lyceum in Lviv, Ukraine*, are providing new locker rooms for the students using the sports fields. The funding for the project is thanks to donor funding from Salesian...
News Coverage
(National Catholic Reporter/Global Sisters Report) Monday Starter: Admist violence in the world, UISG calls for global day of prayer
August 14, 2025
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...
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,...
(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...
