Mission News

Far too many children in India have difficult lives. High rates of extreme poverty drive thousands of them to the streets, where they struggle with the daily horrors of rampant exploitation, forced labor, physical violence, trafficking and worse. At a Salesian-run home in Konaseema, located in the...

Child trafficking is a daily fact of life in Benin. Some are unsuspecting victims of broken trust. Others are betrayed by staggering poverty. All are abused, exploited and lacking hope. At Foyer Don Bosco in Kandi, Salesian missionaries are lighting the path forward through rehabilitation and...

One of the poorest countries in the world, Madagascar is a place where nearly 90 percent of residents live in abject poverty—including 82 percent of kids under the age of 18. Far too often, this harsh reality forces parents to abandon their children—a situation our Salesian missionaries are...

At a time when a record 84 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes, Salesian missionaries are providing life-changing assistance to nearly 400,000 men, women and children affected by war, persecution, famine and other disasters around the world. One of them is Rimonda. Recently...

Millions of youth across India struggle to receive an education—and the stable employment opportunities it provides—due to persistent issues surrounding caste, class and gender. As a result, less than 10 percent of the country’s working-age population has completed a secondary education,...

Three years ago, Salesian Brother Lothar Wagner surveyed a plot of barren land and saw a promising opportunity. Today, nourished by his vision, hundreds of former street children are cultivating the seeds for more vibrant futures at the Don Bosco Kuajok in South Sudan. This work is more important...

Amid the ongoing horrors of violence in Ukraine, Salesian missionaries throughout the country continue to provide crucial humanitarian aid—despite meager resources and the very real danger to their own lives. Today, thanks to a new partnership between Salesian Missions and MedShare, these...