A Legacy of Care in Guatemala
August 13, 2018
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...
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Rebuilding Lives in the Palabek Refugee Settlement
August 13, 2018In 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...
Rising From the Ashes
August 13, 2018Homeless — 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...
Rebuilding the Dreams of Former Child Soldiers
July 13, 2018According 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...
Training Unemployed Youth in Laos
July 13, 2018Despite boasting one of East Asia’s fastest-growing economies, Laos struggles to offer adequate and meaningful employment opportunities for its youth. According to the World Bank, as many as 96,000 young people are in search of jobs in a given year. This is why, in the rural community of Vieng...
Shattering Gender Stereotypes in Tanzania
July 13, 2018“Many people think that only boys can become electricians,” says 21-year-old Grace. “I am happy to disappoint them.” With help from Salesian missionaries in Dodoma, Tanzania, a growing number of young women like Grace are shattering gender stereotypes through their participation in...
Cradling the Dreams of Indigenous Children
May 7, 2018Nestled in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, the indigenous region of Iaureatê, Brazil may be remote — but the afflictions of civilization certainly are not: alcohol smuggling, drug trafficking and substance abuse regularly threaten traditional values and destroy the family structure. Here,...
A New Generation of Environmentally Committed Citizens
May 7, 2018What can we do to protect and respect God’s astonishing creation…the planet Earth? At times, any effort seems futile; the constant barrage of bad news — worsening smog, melting polar ice, floating islands of plastic waste — is disheartening. In India, the “Don Bosco Green Alliance” is...