Mission News
Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the world, robbing millions of people of their freedom. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), children now account for nearly 40% of all detected trafficking victims worldwide, with the number of child victims increasing by 31% in recent years. Behind every…
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Giving Children a Safe Place to Learn
July 6, 2026For years, children in Khallet Taha, a remote village in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank, faced a difficult challenge before their school day even began. For many families, reaching the nearest classroom required a long journey on foot, making education difficult to access.
Their Circumstances Do Not Define Their Future
July 6, 2026Every child wants to feel like they belong. For Jorge, a 13-year-old student in Quito, Ecuador, that feeling seemed out of reach. After his mother was incarcerated, he was left alone until his grandmother was able to take him in. Even then, life remained difficult. At his previous schools, he was teased because he wore…
Hope Rises Through the Darkness
June 3, 2026Fear, uncertainty and loss are daily realities for millions of people worldwide whose lives have been shattered by the horrors of war. Families are often forced to flee with little more than the clothes on their backs. Children are robbed …
Press Releases
Salesians offer more than 1,000 vocational, technical, professional and agricultural schools. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 15, 2026) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating World Youth Skills Day, celebrated on July 15 each year since 2014. The United Nations designated the…
Read Full StoryBRAZIL: Salesian Center in Porto Velho has new electrical system, air conditioning thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
July 14, 2026Project ensures continuity of community events. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 14, 2026) Salesian missionaries renovated the electrical system and installed an air conditioning system in the auditorium of the Salesian Center in Porto Velho, Brazil, thanks to donor funding. Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, provided the funding that…
CAMBODIA: Don Bosco School secured with new wall thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
July 13, 2026Wall improves safety for more than 600 students and staff. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 13, 2026) Salesian missionaries improved the safety of the Don Bosco School in the village of Andaung Chen, located in the Battambang Province of Cambodia, by building a wall around the school perimeter. Donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development…
INDIA: Don Bosco Anbu Illam has new chapels for boys and girls homes thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
July 8, 2026New chapels benefit 110 youth. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 8, 2026) Don Bosco Anbu Illam in India had donor funding to renovate the chapels in both the boys and girls homes thanks to Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. These chapels serve as vital centers for the community, hosting…
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 are…
(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 his…
(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, also…
