Sustaining Communities through Farming
January 11, 2023
How do you reverse the tide of generational poverty in a country where nearly 90 million people suffer from it every day? You start, literally and figuratively, by teaching young people how to fish—which is exactly what Salesian missionaries are doing at St. Joseph’s Farm in Sagamu, Nigeria....
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Being of Service to the Young
January 11, 2023Not too long ago, members of the 153rd Salesian Missionary Expedition departed Valdocco, Italy for remote regions around the world to serve ad gentes (meaning “to the nations”). During this month when we celebrate our patron saint’s feast day, it’s fitting to recognize these dedicated...
Let’s Stop the Scourge of Hunger Together
November 1, 2022It’s time for our dedicated Food Distribution Appeal—an annual campaign that funds the delivery of crucial nutritional aid to children and families in need around the world. At a time of skyrocketing global hunger, we’re depending on compassionate friends like you to help us stop this rapidly...
Closing the Gender Gap Opens New Doors
November 1, 2022Caste, class and gender—more than anything else—contribute to a lack of opportunity among India’s working-age population. Through the Don Bosco Job Placement Network, underserved young adults, nearly half of which are women, recieve the training and support they need to find sustainable,...
Helping Kids be Kids in South Sudan
November 1, 2022You wouldn’t know it from their shouts of laughter, bursting forth as they run along the rows of makeshift shelters their families call home. But these precious girls and boys suffer heartbreaking deprivations that no child should have to endure. That’s why, every day, our Salesian missionaries...
Clean Water for Vietnam
October 12, 2022In the central highlands of Vietnam, access to safe drinking water depends on who you are and where you live. But thanks to our many generous friends, more than 2,500 impoverished youth and low-wage laborers no longer have to worry about foregoing other basic needs in order to obtain clean drinking...
Old Traditions, New Possibilities
October 12, 2022Slovenia’s cultural heritage is steeped in craftsmanship—skills that once sustained generations and bound communities together with the ties of shared tradition. Today, Salesian missionaries in Veržej are resurrecting what’s been lost to modernization and the passage of time—by training...
New Opportunities and Hope for Disabled Youth
October 12, 2022In 2010, Father Jaime Reyes Ratana formed Don Bosco on Wheels to provide wheelchairs and social support to a small group of youth with disabilities in Guadalajara, Mexico. This program has become so successful that Mexico’s government extended a special invitation—to establish the first...