World Water Day: “Water, water everywhere…”
April 5, 2013
“Water, water everywhere, only if we share” was this year’s theme for World Water Day, recognized internationally on March 22nd. The Salesians are taking those words to heart as we deliver life-saving water supplies to impoverished communities.In the African village of Kong, Togo, families...
Read Full Story
In Cambodia: Waiting for a Chance
March 14, 2013The Don Bosco Technical School in Sihanouk Ville has been flooded with requests from orphans and poor children who desperately want to attend school and learn a trade. But because of limited funds, many of them are still waiting for that chance.It’s a crisis our Salesian missionaries are working...
In India: Girl Rescued from Child Marriage
March 14, 2013Note: photo changed to protect this child.On February 13th, friends of 16-year-old Shoba (not her real name) notified Don Bosco Childline that the young girl was about to be forced into marriage. Our social workers only had one week to intervene before it would be too late.Child marriages are a...
Lay Missioner Journal: The Courage to Make a Difference
March 14, 2013When Lorena Zamora said goodbye to everything and everyone she knew and loved in the States, it was one of the hardest things she had ever done. But her experience as a Salesian Lay Missioner in the impoverished region of Okinawa, Bolivia, has been the most rewarding by far.Her favorite assignment...
Lay Missioner Journal: A Lifelong Dream Come True
February 13, 2013Ever since she was a child, 24-year-old Grace Loeffler felt a calling to serve the impoverished children of Africa. At last, the young nurse from Pennsylvania is living her dream as a Salesian Lay Missioner in Maridi, South Sudan, where she is volunteering at a new hospital.
In Guatemala: An Educational Revolution
February 13, 2013What started as a simple Salesian effort to provide spiritual support to remote villages neglected during a civil war, has grown into an educational revolution that is training hundreds of teachers and giving thousands of impoverished children the chance to break free from poverty.The remarkable...
In India: Flood Victims Give Thanks
February 13, 2013“Don Bosco came to us in our trouble and cared for us much more than anyone else,” exclaimed a farmer who lost his entire livestock and farm after devastating floods struck Dambuk, India, in September.Without warning, relentless and unforgiving rains swelled the Dibang River and wiped out...
In Chile: Mother and Children Rescued from Despair
January 18, 2013Rose Queipul was at rock bottom when she was found by Salesian outreach staff in Santiago, Chile. The 40-year-old woman was living in an abandoned car and her battered body showed years of neglect, poverty, abuse and homelessness.What’s worse, she had two children by her side.Fortunately, her...