Mission News

Since 1992, Salesian missionaries in Yaoundé, Cameroon have been providing traditional and technical education for marginalized youth. Today, for the first time, students enrolled in computer science classes at Don Bosco College are learning their coursework on new, up-to-date computers, thanks to...

Good health requires good nutrition. It also relies on basic hygiene—most especially, handwashing—which is a practice that can be difficult for impoverished children and families to follow. Thanks to our annual Loaves and Fishes campaign, generous donors like you are delivering the gift of...

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....

In 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, 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...

Amid 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...

Roleidys 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...