Mission News

When children don’t have enough to eat, they’re more likely to get sick. And when children are hungry and ill, they can’t succeed in school. That’s why we’re launching a vital new project in Timor-Leste together with our international humanitarian partner, Rise Against Hunger. “Rewrite...

“For the first time, I feel sure of what I can do.” These words, from a young lady in Rwanda named Florence may seem at odds with her country’s reputation for supporting gender equality and female empowerment, but the lingering effects of deeply rooted cultural norms still affect public...

Not too long ago, twin brothers Rivo and Rija didn’t dare to dream. Past abuse, poverty and deprivation had taught them to expect little and hope for even less. Then, the Salesians of Don Bosco entered the scene. Finally, Rivo and Rija could imagine something different—a way to transform their...

More so than almost any other place on Earth, youth in Sierra Leone struggle to survive because of the consequences of abject poverty. Yet amid overwhelming adversity, there’s hope for something better and it starts at Don Bosco Fambul. As one of the country’s leading child welfare...

The details may differ, but the story is the same. In Thailand, just like most places around the world, global economics often conflict with environmental health. That’s why students at the Salesian Saengthong Vitthaya School are learning new ways to restore nature’s balance. Saengthong...

Little Anjana was just three years old when her father died. By age five, she had already endured a lifetime’s worth of beatings from the man who took his place. At Jyoti Snehalaya (“House of Love”), she rediscovered her childhood—and reclaimed her future. Jyoti Snehalaya, a long-term...

Across Ethiopia, clean water for drinking, cooking and crops is so scarce that it drives people to desperate measures just to get their hands on a small jug of it. It’s a disaster of poverty so large that it should register as a humanitarian crisis but instead, it’s an unfortunate reality of...