New Computers, New Skills for At-Risk Students
May 6, 2024
Much like their peers here in the United States, youth across Argentina are eager to learn relevant, cutting-edge skills that will help them succeed in the classroom, further their education, and build rewarding careers. Yet poverty and a lack of resources often derail those dreams. Kind friends...
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Quenching Thirst and Delivering Dignity
April 3, 2024Clean water. In a world where impoverished communities desperately lack it, it’s one of the simplest ways to deliver dignity. In Lagos, Nigeria, a brand-new well is doing just that, thanks to the generosity of our compassionate donors. Here, as many as 100,000 youth live on the streets … a...
Bicycling into the Future
April 3, 2024Like most kids her age, 9-year-old René had always dreamed of having her own bike—one she could ride to school, to visit her friends, and to explore. But she never thought her dream would come true—until kind friends like you came along. Thanks to our generous supporters, we recently helped...
Overcoming Poverty by Empowering Women
April 3, 2024How do you empower families and communities to transcend poverty and build more stable futures? As Salesian missionaries have long understood, you educate women. And that’s the goal of a new vocational training program in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Offered through the Marie Dominique Center in the...
Big Plans, Bright Dreams
March 6, 2024Across 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...
Meeting God on the Soccer Field
March 6, 2024In 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...
A Silver Jubilee of Hope
March 6, 2024Creativity. 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...
Living by Don Bosco’s Example
February 8, 2024Hardship 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...