Mission News
A New Well of Hope for Homeless Youth
October 4, 2024
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...
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Carrying 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
GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY: Salesian Missions highlights clean water projects
October 15, 2024
Programs ensure youth have access to clean water and soap. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct 15, 2024) Top of Form Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins the international community in celebrating Global Handwashing Day 2024. The day, organized by the Global...
Read Full StoryINT’L DAY OF RURAL WOMEN: Salesian Missions highlights projects that empower rural women
October 15, 2024Programs strive to empower young women and girls by providing education and training. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct. 15, 2024) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring International Day of Rural...
ECUADOR: Youth center has new recreation area thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
October 15, 2024Activities at Salesian Madre del Salvador Center help reduce youth’s exposure to violence. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct. 15, 2024) Youth attending programs at the Salesian Madre del Salvador Center, in the Santa Marta neighborhood in the Parish of La Merced, Ecuador, have a new recreation and sports...
INT’L DAY OF THE GIRL: Salesian Missions highlights education and social programs for girls
October 11, 2024Salesians are ensuring young girls access education around the globe. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Oct. 11, 2024) Top of Form Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring International Day of the Girl on...
News Coverage
(PR Web) Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival to be held in Manhattan for the first time
September 26, 2024
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...
