Mission News
Bright Futures for Vulnerable Girls in DRC
June 27, 2025
With their hearts full of gratitude, 56 vulnerable girls have settled into a long-awaited Salesian-run girls boarding school at Foyer Anuarite. It’s the newest facility within Don Bosco Ngangi in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it addresses the urgent needs of girls and young...
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Safe Homes for a Community in India
June 27, 2025At first glance, there appears to be litter strewn along the banks of a major drainage canal in Kapali Bagan, which is located in the Tangra region of Kolkata, India. Long, tattered pieces of plastic hanging on poles, and piles of colorful junk are scattered amid the chaos of children running...
Hope for Families Affected by War
June 27, 2025Families impacted by the war in Lebanon* are receiving vital assistance to help provide relief from the chaos and suffering surrounding them. Thanks to your generosity, we’re delivering nutritious food, clean water, safe shelter and other essential supplies to those who have already lost so much....
Missionary Cooperative Program
June 27, 2025After professing his faith, Fr. Nesly stayed in his native country of Haiti to serve some of the poorest, most marginalized youth with nowhere to live but the streets. For several years, Father Sean has served hundreds of children living in the destitute, informal settlements around Johannesburg,...
Press Releases
MYANMAR: Don Bosco Youth Center has new bathroom facilities thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
July 9, 2025
Project part of Salesian Missions ‘Clean Water Initiative’. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 9, 2025) Youth at Don Bosco Youth Center in Mandalay, Myanmar*, have a new building for bathrooms and showers thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don...
Read Full StoryNIGERIA: Salesian missionaries renovate student hostel thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
July 8, 2025Students have affordable accommodations in positive environment. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 8, 2025) Salesian missionaries were able to renovate the Zefferino Namuncura Hostel in the St. John Bosco Community of Ondo, Nigeria, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of...
GHANA: Salesians expand Don Bosco Chapel thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
July 7, 2025300 students from Don Bosco Technical Institute attend chapel. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (July 7, 2025) Salesian missionaries at the Don Bosco Technical Institute and hostel, located in Odumase, Sunyani, Ghana, were able to expand the Don Bosco Chapel thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the...
ARGENTINA: Don Bosco’s Argentine Explorers receive funding to support educational efforts thanks to Salesian Missions
July 2, 2025500 participants of national congress gain knowledge to share with youth. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 2, 2025) Don Bosco’s Argentine Explorers were able to host a national congress to discuss topics that impact Don Bosco scouting in Argentina thanks to funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S....
News Coverage
(National Catholic Reporter/Global Sisters Report) Salesians mark UN day for children in conflict
June 2, 2025
June 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,...
Read Full Story(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...
(Global Sisters Report) Salesians mark International Women’s Day
March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 (Excerpt) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, was among the church-based groups celebrating International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8. The annual international commemoration honors “the economic, political and social achievements of...
