(National Catholic Reporter) Salesian-run ministries in Uganda aid South Sudanese fleeing violence

PALABEK REFUGEE CAMP, UGANDA Nov. 3, 2017 (Excerpt) As civil war escalates in South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, refugees fleeing violence gather over the border in northern Uganda to ask God for peace. They sing hymns and sometimes recite the rosary. Others fall to their knees and weep in...

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(Catholic News Service) Salesian home gives former child-soldiers new lease on life

ROME Feb. 2, 2017 (Excerpt) While the process of healing and reconciliation continues in Colombia after 52 years of war, Salesians in the country are helping some of the most vulnerable victims of the conflict: former child-soldiers. On the lush green hillsides of Colombia’s second-largest city,...

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(Ink Stick Media) Haitians south of the border: A tale of two cities

TIJUANA, MEXICO Jan. 29, 2017 (Excerpt) In 2016 and early 2017 Haitians started pouring into Tijuana. And they came in droves. The sheer numbers overwhelmed the downtown shelters. At one point some shelters that had room for 30 people, usually Mexicans that the U.S. deported, were occupied by...

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DR CONGO: Reuters Photographer Captures Life at Center Where Salesians Care for More than 3,000 Abandoned Children, HIV/AIDS Victims

MissionNewswire (Aug. 6, 2013) Reuters photographer Thomas Mukoya captured a day in the life of abandoned children and at-risk youth at the Salesian-run center in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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COLOMBIA: NPR Tells Story of Salesian Center Helping Former Child Soldiers Start New, Positive Lives

(National Public Radio / May 30, 2013) A Morning Edition piece on National Public Radio (NPR) tells the story of two young people who are receiving help from a Salesian youth center in Cali, Colombia, after spending years living through the horrors of war as child soldiers.

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CATHOLIC NEW YORK: Salesian Leader Sees Recovery in Haiti

(Catholic New York / Jan. 23, 2013) Three years after a catastrophic earthquake devastated Haiti, life is improving for the Haitian people, said the vice provincial of the Salesians’ Province of Haiti. He added that much remains to be done, and that the Salesians are doing all they can to help,...

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Piedmont Post Highlights Volunteer’s Effort to Help Street Children in Philippines

 (June 27, 2012) Julien Levy, a 2011 graduate of Piedmont High School wrote an article published in the Piedmont Post about his volunteer experience at the Tuloy Foundation Orphanage. The orphanage is a Salesian-run establishment that works with the many street children in the Philippines. It was...

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