COTONOU, 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...
Read Full Story(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...
(The Catholic Spirit/Catholic News Service) Pope makes surprise visit to summer camp for kids of Vatican employees
July 21, 2020ROME July 21, 2020 (Excerpt) When Zoe, 10, showed up late for summer camp at the Vatican, she did not expect to see Pope Francis there. “I froze because it was a surprise and I had never seen him before. I liked him a lot. I was very happy and I said ‘hello,’” she toldRead more about (The...
(The Times of India) COVID warrior priest dies after contracting virus
July 21, 2020KOLKATA, India July 21, 2020 (Excerpt) Don Bosco priest Joseph Aymanathil, who had been feeding slum kids during the Covid pandemic, succumbed to the virus on Sunday. See the full article here: COVID warrior priest dies after contracting virus Learn more about the work we do in India.
(Crux) Papal aide sees whole drama of trafficking in one Sierra Leone woman
June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 (Excerpt) In his famed poem “Auguries of Innocence,” William Blake spoke of seeing “a world in a grain of sand.” In a sense, that’s what Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny sees in the death of a 23-year-old woman from AIDS in Sierra Leone last week – both the tragedy, but...
(Asia News) Salesians and volunteers at the Don Bosco Technical School in Phnom Penh
June 1, 2020PHNOM PENH, Cambodia June 1, 2020 (Excerpt) As one Cambodia’s foremost professional schools, the Don Bosco Technical School has been recognised by the government as a model educational facility. With branches in Sianoukville, Poipet, and Battambang, the school provides thousands of young people...
(The Union Journal) The curse of the witch children
May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 (Excerpt) They play, run, jump, play, get on the swings and do stunts on each railing they find in their path. Like any other child his age. Are the children sorcier or sorcerer children who reside in the Don Bosco home of the Salesian Missions of Togo and, although now they canRead...