It may seem odd to consider the violin as a powerful weapon. But in the capital city of San Salvador, El Salvador -- where brutal gang warfare renders the country one of the most dangerous places on earth -- close to 1,000 at-risk youth are battling the violence, crime and poverty of their...
Read Full StoryClean Water for Children in Rwanda
July 8, 2015As part of an ongoing commitment to improve access to clean water, and the infrastructure that supports it, Salesian missionaries in Rwanda recently completed a project that now delivers fresh drinking water and improved sanitation to hundreds of school children and their families.
Nepal: The Race Against Monsoon Season
June 9, 2015In Nepal -- where monsoon season looms large over the destruction and havoc already wreaked by two devastating earthquakes -- Salesian missionaries are transitioning into phase two of their disaster response efforts: medium-term relief.
Our Mission in Action
June 9, 2015What is it really like to work with some of the most impoverished youth and families around the world? What are the challenges, rewards, heartbreaks and successes? For eight weeks beginning in June, you can hear directly from some of our Salesian missionaries stationed across India, Central...
South Africa: From Gang Member to Role Model
June 9, 2015They are huddled on almost every corner, yet feel mostly invisible -- except for the stares of disgust from passersby who judge them as being inferior, delinquent or criminal. Malnourished, ill and traumatized, their days are awash in alcohol and their hours numbed with sniffing glue, the only...
Haiti Five Years Later: Your Support is Making a Difference
May 8, 2015In early 2010 -- shortly after a devastating earthquake shook Haiti to its core -- Salesian Missions was determined to raise funds for the construction of the Salesian Youth Center at the Politechnique Don Bosco (aka DB Tech) in Fort Liberté. Five years later, that promise has been realized --...
A Transformative Experience at Don Bosco Kep
May 8, 2015In Cambodia, where an estimated 700,000 people are living with a disability -- full inclusion in the educational system, in job training programs and in employment itself -- often remains elusive. Invisible to society, physically challenged youth therefore face an additional task: how to improve...
Nepal: Salesian Emergency Response
May 8, 2015They awaited no official requests. They sought no outside advice. Instead, just moments after a catastrophic earthquake ravaged the region of Kathmandu, Nepal -- and at great peril to their own lives -- Salesian missionaries rushed to assist and tend to the victims.