Mission News

Deysi was born on March 15th, 2003, in Okinawa, Bolivia. When she was three months old, her mother went outside to look for food, leaving Deysi and her two older brothers inside their home – a small wooden structure with a plastic tarp roof.

Nearly three out of every four children in Ethiopia are deprived of an education. Many parents struggle to provide for their families by begging on the streets for food and money. Children are forced to do the same, and as a result sacrifice the chance to attend school.

In a country where one out of every three citizens barely survives on less than a dollar a day – and where forty percent of children are chronically malnourished – Cambodia's booming tourism business is generating new opportunities for employment and financial independence.The Salesians in...

Today, the Salesian distribution warehouse in Haiti is virtually empty. Relief supplies that once filled this enormous facility have made their way to devastated communities and suffering victims. But more help is desperately needed.Recently, Jessica O'Connor from our Salesian Missions office in...

Seeing Deguna's smile today doesn't show the hardship he has lived through in his short 6 years of life. But it does reflect the love, medicine and education provided by the Salesian Missions.  He also serves as a witness of the hope that comes from being cared for.

More than two months have passed since 30,000 refugees escaped to the Salesian Center in Duekoue and the situation remains desperate. The threat of violence continues in the wake of a controversial presidential election back in November. Until the situation stabilizes, tens of thousands of refugees...

Photo credit: UN Photo/R Lemoyne (1999)Over the past several years, thousands of families have been forced to abandon their homes, their belongings and their livelihoods in the midst of ethnic violence and turmoil in Kosovo. But now, the outlook for peace and stability is encouraging – and many...