Accelerating Toward Brighter Futures
September 12, 2022
Today in South Africa, more than a third of young people ages 15-24 are extremely poor—largely because they lack access to quality education and employment opportunities. At the Salesian Institute in Cape Town, hundreds of promising students in that same demographic are gaining the knowledge and...
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A Meaningful Gift from the Heart
September 12, 2022Every morning, Father Elie Nyandwi rises before dawn with the same two questions on his mind: Do we have enough food to feed the children today? And will we have the resources we need to continue? Thanks in part to a new partnership between Salesian Missions and a generous U.S.-based benefactor,...
New Beginnings for Youth in Despair
September 12, 2022Paulo was just 10 years old when he saw a friend fatally shot during an attempted robbery. Sadly, he wasn’t really shocked; the two boys, along with three other friends, had been spending the majority of their time on the streets where—with each passing day—their future prospects grew dimmer...
Nurturing Healthier Futures
August 12, 2022In the Xavante village of Santa Fé, Brazil, access to health services is complicated. Multi-dimensional poverty among the families who live there, combined with the remoteness of their community and few nearby physicians, leaves them especially vulnerable to otherwise preventable illnesses—with...
A New Lease on Life
August 12, 2022Far 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...
Lighting the Way Forward in Benin
August 12, 2022Child 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...
A Second Chance for Homeless Youth
July 11, 2022One 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...
Empowering Displaced Refugees
July 11, 2022At 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...