Mission News
No one—let alone a precious 8-year-old boy—should have to endure life on the streets. At Don Bosco Makululu in Zambia’s Kabwe district, Salesian missionaries help children like John rediscover their dignity and give them hope for brighter futures. And it all starts with clean water. Access to...
Read Full StoryCarrying on Don Bosco’s Legacy
October 4, 2024Living his life’s vocation on the streets of Turin, Italy, John Bosco never refused to help a poor child in need. To him, every marginalized and exploited young person deserved equal opportunities for education and employment. Our missionaries in Ciudad Bolívar, Colombia feel the same. The...
Creating New Recipes for Brighter Futures
October 4, 2024Who knew that baking a loaf of artisanal bread could change a person’s life? Well … the former first lady of Brazil did. And when she first approached our missionaries at the Salesian Center for Young Apprentices in Brasília (CESAM-DF), the idea for a new training program came to light. That...
Learning Lasts a Lifetime
September 1, 2024Don Bosco once said, “To teach is to touch lives forever, for the lessons imparted by a teacher echo through eternity.” This month, we’re proud to recognize the countless Salesian educators around the world whose students are building brighter futures thanks to them—and your support of...
Press Releases
Don Bosco Anbu Illam Homes cares for 105 vulnerable youth. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct. 28, 2024) Salesian missionaries were able to provide comprehensive care for vulnerable youth who reside at Don Bosco Anbu Illam Homes in India thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm...
Read Full StoryINDIA: More than 700 students benefit from learning tools thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
October 22, 2024Interactive boards promote engaging environment at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct. 22, 2024) Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, located in Perambur, Chennai, India, purchased 15 sets of interactive intelligent panel boards to facilitate a more dynamic and engaging learning...
MYANMAR: Salesians improve pre-novitiate house thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
October 21, 2024Young men at house also benefit from new educational materials. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct. 21, 2024) Salesian missionaries in Myanmar* had the financial support for improvements and maintenance for a pre-novitiate house thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the...
INT’L DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY: Salesian Missions highlights life-changing programs that aid poor youth
October 16, 2024Youth gain education, support for basic needs to help find path out of poverty. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct. 17, 2024) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring the International Day for the...
News Coverage
NEW 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...
Read Full Story(National Catholic Reporter) UN Water Conference shows global consensus on universal right to water
March 30, 2023NEW YORK, N.Y. March 30, 2023 (Excerpt) The first day of the U.N. Water Conference, March 22, was international World Water Day, a day marked by Salesian Missions, the New York-based development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The Salesians have made clean water projects a priority because...
(ACI Africa) On World Water Day, Salesian entity reviews its “Clean Water Initiative” in Africa
March 27, 2023MAPUTO, Mozambique March 27, 2023 (Excerpt) On the occasion of World Water Day marked March 22, officials of Salesian Missions, the U.S.-based development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), have reviewed the entity’s global project dubbed “Clean Water...
(ACI Africa) Salesians in Burundi boost learning in partnership realizing “access to better nutrition”
March 13, 2023BUJUMBURA, Burundi March 13, 2023 (Excerpt) Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) in Burundi are boosting learning at their institution in the country’s Catholic Diocese of Ngozi in a partnership that is realizing “access to better nutrition”. In a March 6...