Overcoming Adversity in the Solomon Islands
September 10, 2019
In the poverty-stricken community of Ranadi, a suburb of Honiara in the Solomon Islands, overcoming economic adversity is an uphill battle for families—one often fought, and lost, in the trash heaps of the local dumps. Destitute parents often keep their children out of school to help them dig...
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Changing the Life of a Young Migrant
September 10, 2019She is the daughter of a migrant worker who bounced back and forth between Morocco and Italy during her most formative years. As a child, Fatima never dreamed she could overcome the social, cultural and language barriers she faced in her adoptive country…until one compassionate teacher helped...
Tracing the Pattern for Brighter Futures
September 10, 2019Despite being a country rich in oil, millions of people in the Republic of Congo—nearly half the country’s population—live in abject poverty. And, despite concerted governmental efforts to combat discrimination, girls and young women suffer the additional effects of gender inequality, which...
Critical Health Care Changes Lives
August 9, 2019Young Nataly could have died from the tumor growing undetected in her left leg. Fortunately, her aunt’s foresight led this 17-year-old to a health clinic run by Salesian missionaries in Quito, Ecuador—and she now walks without pain, grateful for her second chance. Born in Pesillo, a rural...
Planting Seeds of Hope in Argentina
August 9, 2019“Dreaming big” isn’t typically something that youth in Rodeo del Medio do. In this rural agricultural community of just over 12,000 people, where employment opportunities are few, students often see little point in studying or remaining in school—an attitude that fuels the kind of prolonged...
Helping Girls Reclaim their Futures in Angola
August 9, 2019They are sisters in misfortune: the hundreds of orphaned, abandoned and abused girls and young women living on the streets of Luanda, Angola. Surrounded by garbage, dust and the harsh realities of having to search for food while fending off gangs, traffickers and violence, it’s nearly impossible...
So That It May Not Happen Again
July 10, 2019It’s impossible to see, or to understand, the deep emotional scars hidden behind their stoic expressions. And yet, for those who survived an exceptionally brutal civil war in the Ivory Coast, the lasting traumas of their experiences remain far too real. In Duékoué, our Salesian missionaries...
Pathways to Employment for Marginalized Youth in India
July 10, 2019With more than 440 vocational training centers located in all 29 of India’s states, the Don Bosco Tech Society (DBTS) is comprised of the largest non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to preparing marginalized youth for long-term employment and financial stability. At a recent job fair...