Mission News

From the moment he first began working with young, marginalized youth living on the streets of Turin, Italy, Saint John Bosco understood the transformational power of recreation in their lives. “Let [children] have full liberty to jump, run and shout as much as they please,” he said. “[Sports...

Five years ago, Seny Diallo risked his life in search of a better future: fleeing his desperately impoverished hometown of Tambacounda, Senegal, for Europe’s distant shores. Today, thanks to Salesian missionaries, he returns to his country equipped with the knowledge, skills and deeply personal...

“To educate a woman is always a great investment; it is to guarantee a good future for our nation.” So said H.E. Ken Satha, governor of the Kep province in southern Cambodia, during a 2012 dedication ceremony for a girls’ dormitory at the Don Bosco Technical School. Today, Father Albeiro...

Recently, a diabetic woman with a seriously infected leg showed up at the Zatti Clinic in San Benito Petén, Guatemala for a second opinion after having been seen at the local hospital. “The hospital doctor told her he would have to amputate,” recalls Father Giampiero de Nardi, the clinic’s...

In February, we highlighted the early efforts of our missionaries serving in Uganda’s Palabek refugee settlement. In the few short months since, four Salesian priests have made remarkable strides: equipping residents to live dignified, productive lives both within, and eventually outside, the...

Homeless — yet dignified and fearless — young children personally visited the president of Chile to request his assistance on their behalf. “They asked for a new house, because theirs had burnt down,” recalls the country’s minister for social development, Alfredo Moreno. “Now, those...

According to the United Nations, more than a dozen countries around the world continue to recruit, enlist and exploit children in armed conflict — with devastating results. Psychologically traumatized by atrocities they’ve participated in and witnessed, these innocent child soldiers are...