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,...
Read Full StoryA Second Chance for Children on the Streets
June 8, 2022Three 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...
Collaborating for Care in Ukraine
June 7, 2022Amid 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...
High-Tech Hopes for Students in Cameroon
June 7, 2022Since 1992, Salesian missionaries in Yaoundé, Cameroon have been providing traditional and technical education for marginalized youth. Today, for the first time, students enrolled in computer science classes at Don Bosco College are learning their coursework on new, up-to-date computers, thanks to...
Soap for Better Health
May 9, 2022Good health requires good nutrition. It also relies on basic hygiene—most especially, handwashing—which is a practice that can be difficult for impoverished children and families to follow. Thanks to our annual Loaves and Fishes campaign, generous donors like you are delivering the gift of...
Unwavering Commitment, Empowering Outcomes
May 9, 2022Marginalized girls and women around the world remain particularly vulnerable to poverty and its ill effects. Our Salesian missionaries focus on empowering them with the education, social support and employment opportunities they need to create better futures for themselves and their families....
Plumbing the Odds With Don Bosco
May 9, 2022In Samoa, a significant number of rural residents struggle with wealth inequality, a lack of livable-wage employment, and gender-based job discrimination. At the Don Bosco Technical Center (DBTC) in Alafua, missionaries offer subsidized and free education to youth whose families otherwise could not...
Water for Everyone: A Worthy Ongoing Goal
April 6, 2022Water, as Pope Francis reminds us in Laudato Si, is a basic human right. Yet billions of people around the world still lack a safe water source for drinking, cooking and washing. Addressing this crisis requires bold action—and Salesian missionaries are ready to respond. “When marginalized...