Mission News
Educational Opportunities for Youth in Venezuela
August 28, 2025
Turmoil in Venezuela* is forcing many of its citizens to seek asylum in neighboring countries. For those who remain, daily life is marked by harsh and unforgiving conditions. Poverty and hardship are constant realities and earning a living is incredibly difficult. But thanks to you, there’s hope...
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New School Offers Relief for Children
August 28, 2025Thanks to your generosity, the Salesian Sisters in Nigeria are opening a new nursery and primary school in Ikorodu. Having served this impoverished community for many years, the Sisters are deeply attuned to the needs of its people. The absence of a public elementary school for young children,...
A Shelter of Hope for Vulnerable Families
August 28, 2025Surviving in South Sudan* is a struggle. Twelve years of internal conflict, compounded by a war in neighboring Sudan, has turned the entire region into a humanitarian crisis. Amid this turmoil, our Salesian missionaries remain on the front lines, caring for thousands of children and adults at the...
The Gift of Good Health for Those in Desperate Need
July 28, 2025While much of Brazil enjoys considerable wealth, the inequalities between rich and poor are staggering. Impoverished children and families living in desolate areas are excluded from society and unable to access the healthcare services available to the rest of the population. But thanks to a...
Press Releases
INT’L DAY OF CHARITY: Salesian Missions highlights social programs that meet basic needs
September 5, 2025
Education, workforce development provided for youth and their families. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Sept. 5, 2025) 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 of Charity celebrated...
Read Full StoryNAMIBIA: Salesians continue work on new St. John Bosco Church thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
August 26, 2025New space provides more comfort, better accessibility. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug 26, 2025) Salesian missionaries in Rundu, Namibia, completed phase three of a construction project for the new St. John Bosco Church thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians...
SYRIA: Orphan Project brings support, joy to children thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions
August 25, 2025Children at 2 orphanages access counseling, participate in activities. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 25, 2025) Salesians were able to help support children at two orphanages in Aleppo, Syria*, thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Both an...
WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY: Salesian Missions highlights educational and aid efforts around the globe
August 19, 2025Projects improve lives in DR Congo, Guinea, Haiti and Ukraine. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 19, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing World Humanitarian Day. Celebrated every year on...
News Coverage
(National Catholic Reporter/Global Sisters Report) Monday Starter: Admist violence in the world, UISG calls for global day of prayer
August 14, 2025
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...
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,...
(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...
