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Around the world, over 2 billion people are in need of clean water. Without it, precious lives – including millions of children – are vulnerable to preventable illnesses and even death. That’s why your support of our Clean Water Initiative is so important. And it’s making a huge difference.
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New Building Expands Educational Opportunities
March 31, 2026The impoverished community surrounding our Salesian Technical and Vocational Center in Mahajanga, Madagascar is celebrating the construction of a new building which will benefit its 400 students, plus provide educational opportunities for even more young people living in the region.
Scholarships Deliver New Hope for a Better Future
March 31, 2026Educational opportunities are especially difficult to come by for young people living in sub-Saharan Africa. But thanks to a scholarship program funded by our kind donors, 325 students from 18 communities across six West African countries are being given the chance to change their futures.
Responding to a Destructive Cyclone in Sri Lanka
March 5, 2026This past November, Cyclone Ditwah unleashed devastating rains, catastrophic winds, and terrifying landslides across the small nation of Sri Lanka. The destruction caused by the storm has obliterated communities, infrastructure and emergency response …
Press Releases
Salesian missionaries offer more than 150 medical clinics and hospitals in mostly rural areas. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 7, 2026) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian and other international organizations in honoring World Health Day on April 7. In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) held the…
Read Full StoryINT’L DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE: Salesian Missions highlights sports programs that build bridges among youth
April 6, 20262026 theme is ‘Sport: Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers’ NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 6, 2026) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in celebrating the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, which is celebrated each year on April 6. The United Nations…
INDIA: Catholic community in Kankata village has new chapel thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
April 6, 2026New chapel restores pride, unity within community. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 6, 2026) Salesian missionaries in Kankata village, located in the Bidar District of Karnataka State, India, have recently opened the St. Thomas Church. The new chapel is thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco.…
UGANDA: Salesian community in Palabek has new solar power system thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
April 1, 2026System enhances daily living and community activities. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 1, 2026) The Salesian community in Palabek Refugee Settlement, located in Uganda, has a new solar power system thanks to donor funding by Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The funding enabled the successful installation of 60 high-quality…
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…
