Mar 2024 - enews story 3 - Zambia - A Silver Jubilee of Hope
Big Plans, Bright Dreams

Across Makululu, Zambia, homeless youth often become society’s failures—the lack of education, employment opportunities, and meaningful social support leads to despair, substance abuse, and family breakdown. At Don Bosco Children’s Home, vulnerable youth with nowhere else to turn find refuge...

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Mar 2024 enews - story 2 - Ecuador - Meeting God on the Soccer Field
Meeting God on the Soccer Field

In February 2020, Father Agustin Togo had a vision—to engage and inspire Achuar children through sports. Specifically, he wanted to use soccer to motivate at-risk youth to attend school, and build their spiritual, moral values to guide their lives and paths forward. Four years later, the Yankuam...

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Mar 2024 enews - story 1 - sierra leone - Big Plans, Bright Dreams
A Silver Jubilee of Hope

Creativity. Independence. Love, patience and kindness. At Don Bosco Fambul’s Child Care Center in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Salesian missionaries nurture the first two qualities with an abundance of the other three. And brighter futures blossom because of it—as our own Father Gabriel Stawowy...

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Feb 2024 enews story 1 - DRC - Living by Don Bosco’s Example
Living by Don Bosco’s Example

Hardship is a constant fact of life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—where far too many people already struggle to get by on just $1 a day. Now, escalating conflict is only making things worse. Thankfully, a group of dedicated past Salesian pupils have delivered a small glimmer of...

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Feb 2024 - enews story 2 - Tanzania - Young Women Breaking Barriers
Young Women Breaking Barriers

There’s a saying in Africa that goes something like this: “When you educate a girl, you educate an entire society.” Still, many societies on the continent remain resistant to gender equality, which makes such an education challenging to acquire. Recent graduates from a Salesian school in...

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Feb 2024 - enews story 3 - Brazil - Cultivating Sustainable Futures in Brazil
Cultivating Sustainable Futures in Brazil

Ever since its original inhabitants first began farming the land, “Brazil” and “agriculture” have been nearly synonymous. The country’s rich soil, copious water, and abundant sunshine make farming a viable economic choice for both small family enterprises and large industrial operations....

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Jan 2024 enews - story 1 - Keeping Vulnerable Kids safe in the Dominican Republic
Keeping Vulnerable Kids Safe in the Dominican Republic

Nearly two-thirds of children younger than 14 in the Dominican Republic experience some form of physical, psychological or verbal abuse at home. This violence, driven by poverty, regularly leads many of them to the streets. And that’s why Salesian missionaries in Santo Domingo created the...

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jan 2024 - enews story 2 - Italy - Speaking the Language of Hope
Speaking the Language of Hope

Tenin. Mamadou. Bernard. Suleyman. Their backgrounds are as diverse as their names, ages and countries where they were born. But all are united by one common purpose … to build better lives and futures in Italy, far from the conditions that drove them from their homes. With help from our Salesian...

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