Growing Sustainable Futures from the Ground Up
November 5, 2021
Agriculture is the economic mainstay of Sagamu, Nigeria—yet many of the region’s disadvantaged residents are excluded from the opportunities it provides. A new Salesian-run training program at St. Joseph’s Farm aims to change that, one student at a time. Salesian missionaries established St....
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Changing Lives, One Safe Water Source at a Time
October 16, 2021The Evuna stream is brown, dirty and often completely dried up due to the lack of rain and a prolonged dry season. Yet thousands of people in rural Nkerefi, Nigeria depend on this unreliable water source for their survival. Or, at least they used to; that is, until friends of Salesian Missions...
Making a Difference in Refugee Communities
October 14, 2021Education is one of the most effective tools young refugees can use to rebuild their futures. And yet, around the world, millions of them remain deprived of the opportunity to obtain an education. Undaunted by statistics, Salesian missionaries at the Palabek Refugee Resettlement Camp in northwest...
Saving a Precious Resource … and Providing for the Future
October 14, 2021In the Philippines, where hundreds of thousands of residents depend upon the “blue economy” to improve their job prospects, livelihoods and contributions to a sustainable ecosystem, Salesian missionaries are leading an innovative new program to save one of our planet’s most precious...
Salesian Graduate “Pays it Forward”
September 8, 2021Deepu was alarmed. Throughout his home state of Chennai, India, children were dropping out of school due to pandemic-related restrictions and their inability to learn from home. And then a lightbulb went off—one that promises to illuminate the path forward for dozens of disadvantaged students....
Tooling up for Brighter Futures in Nigeria
September 8, 2021How do you prepare young girls to grow up to be self-sufficient adults? By teaching them marketable skills, inspiring them with an entrepreneurial spirit, and providing the tools they need to succeed. In Nigeria, a new Salesian-led program is doing just that, thanks to support from our generous...
Youth Gain Skills to Ensure Employment
September 8, 2021For the second year in a row, millions of students around the world face uncertainty about their studies—and parents and teachers alike worry about the ongoing negative impacts of another disrupted school year. Not so in Samoa, where our Salesian missionaries continue to educate some of the...
Supporting Critical Needs in Poor Communities
August 9, 2021At more than 150 Salesian-run medical clinics, our missionaries provide critical health services to those who otherwise couldn’t access or afford it in some of the most rural regions around the world. They are on a mission to ensure that every person has equal access to medical care and lives in...