ROME Aug. 25, 2021 (Excerpt) With more than 5.5 million people fleeing Venezuela in recent years because of lack of opportunities, the Salesians in the South American country are warning that the people don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. See the full article here: Salesians warn...
Read Full Story(ACI Africa) Salesian missionaries in Mali offering ‘healthy educational entertainment’ to needy youth
July 3, 2021SIKASSO, Mali July 3, 2021 (Excerpt) Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) ministering in Mali are offering educational entertainment to “disadvantaged young” in the neighborhood of Bamako in the country’s Archdiocese of Bamako. See the full article here:...
(ACI Africa) Salesian missionaries offering education to Togolese youth at risk of social exclusion
June 24, 2021LOME, Togo June 24, 2021 (Excerpt) Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) are offering education to at least 183 Togolese youth who are at risk of social exclusion. The youth are trained at the Foyer Jean XXIII Education and Formation Center in the Togolese city of...
(ACI Africa) Salesian entity facilitates self-sustainability initiatives for Catholic school in Eritrea
June 19, 2021ASMARA, Eritrea June 19, 2021 (Excerpt) The U.S.-based development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), Salesian Missions, is facilitating self-sustainability initiatives at the Don Bosco Technical School in Dekemhare, a town located some 25 miles Southeast of...
(Catholic News Service) COVID-19 robbed refugees ‘of the little that they had,’ says Salesian
September 24, 2020PALABEK REFUGEE CAMP, Uganda Sept. 24, 2020 (Excerpt) Carrying her hungry baby on her back in the traditional African baby wrap, 38-year-old Adol Majok struggled in the long line of people waiting to get food rations and other essential items distributed by Catholic groups. “My children are...
(ACI Africa) On International Youth Day, Salesians review their service among young people in Africa
August 12, 2020COTONOU, Benin August 12, 2020 (Excerpt) On the occasion of the International Youth Day (IYD) marked Wednesday, August 12, the leadership of Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), has reviewed the various support initiatives that...
(Global Sisters Report) Bringing Catholic social teaching to boys recovering from street life
August 11, 2020NAIROBI, Kenya Aug. 11, 2020 (Excerpt) Kartel is from Umoja slum in Nairobi. Another social worker and I found this 4-year old at a garbage dump site, shivering with cold. We took him to the hospital and then looked for his sole caretaker, a 14-year-old brother. They were living alone much of the...
(The Morung Express) NMA with Salesians of Don Bosco Province provide relief items
July 27, 2020KOHIMA, India July 27, 2020 (Excerpt) The Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) in collaboration with the Salesians of Don Bosco Province distributed relief items to the quarantine centres and COVID Hospitals in the state. See the full article here: NMA with Salesians of Don Bosco Province provide...