Unwavering Commitment, Empowering Outcomes
May 9, 2022
Marginalized girls and women around the world remain particularly vulnerable to poverty and its ill effects. Our Salesian missionaries focus on empowering them with the education, social support and employment opportunities they need to create better futures for themselves and their families....
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Plumbing the Odds With Don Bosco
May 9, 2022In Samoa, a significant number of rural residents struggle with wealth inequality, a lack of livable-wage employment, and gender-based job discrimination. At the Don Bosco Technical Center (DBTC) in Alafua, missionaries offer subsidized and free education to youth whose families otherwise could not...
Water for Everyone: A Worthy Ongoing Goal
April 6, 2022Water, as Pope Francis reminds us in Laudato Si, is a basic human right. Yet billions of people around the world still lack a safe water source for drinking, cooking and washing. Addressing this crisis requires bold action—and Salesian missionaries are ready to respond. “When marginalized...
Helping Distraught People in Ukraine
April 6, 2022Amid the chaos and violence in Ukraine—and a refugee crisis so profound that it lacks precedent in this century—our Salesian missionaries are serving on the front lines of despair … helping thousands of distressed civilians with crucial humanitarian aid and more. Within the country, and in...
Nourishing Hungry Youth in Colombia
April 6, 2022Roleidys is just 11 years old, yet she’s already experienced hardships no child should endure. Today, she and dozens of other vulnerable kids in Bogotá, Colombia can finally enjoy regular, nutritious meals thanks to compassionate friends like you. In the Los Mártires neighborhood where Roleidys...
Brighter Futures are Dawning in Egypt
March 10, 2022Education and skills training are a set of golden keys that can unlock the chains of poverty. Unfortunately, far too many youth in Egypt lack access to its power—a situation further complicated by global migration. Thanks to our generous donors, thousands of participants have learned...
Vulnerable Children Can Stay in School
March 10, 2022Eight-year-old Yoselin works hard in school. Yet—like many impoverished parents in Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia—her father and mother worried constantly about whether they could afford the tuition. That’s when kind-hearted friends of Salesian Missions stepped in to help with scholarship funds....
Selfless Solidarity in Pakistan
March 10, 2022Today, more than 3.5 million people—many of them precious children—have been uprooted, displaced and deeply affected by conflict in Afghanistan. In neighboring Pakistan, at Don Bosco Lahore in Peshawar, our dedicated Salesian missionaries recently welcomed hundreds of refugee families with open...