Country: South Africa
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE: Salesian Missions highlights life-changing humanitarian aid, scholarships and support for poor youth around the globe
Programs in India, South Africa, South Sudan and Thailand illustrate the work of Salesians strengthening the ideals of peace through education and social supports. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Sept. 21, 2020) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in recognizing the International Day of Peace, observed on Sept.…
South African Youth Serving the Poor
It’s winter in South Africa, and poverty-stricken residents are struggling particularly hard this year—especially children and the elderly. Rather than stand by idly, a young man with the spirit of Don Bosco has rallied 14 of his peers to assist some of their most vulnerable neighbors in Soweto. Nhlanhla is a member of the Salesian…
GLOBAL: Salesian Missions funds COVID-19-related projects to ensure Salesian organizations can provide nutritional support and prevention measures in countries around the globe
Salesian Missions has supported nutritional and prevention projects in Burundi, Timor-Leste, India, Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, South Sudan and Zambia NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Sept 3, 2020) The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has impacted countries around the globe and left people—particularly migrant workers—stranded, impacted livelihoods and pushed people further into poverty. Homeless children who beg on the streets to earn money…
SOUTH AFRICA: Salesian Missions funding supports food relief in Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa
Salesian missionaries are ensuring youth and their families have their basic needs met during the pandemic. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug 24, 2020) Salesian missionaries, with the Salesian Planning and Development Office in Johannesburg, South Africa, were able to provide food support to Salesian sites in Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho and South Africa thanks to funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm…
GLOBAL: More children at risk of life-threatening malnutrition due to COVID-19, says new global report
Salesian Missions is fighting hunger around the globe through nutrition projects supported by partners to provide ongoing food relief. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 7, 2020) Worldwide, an additional 6.7 million children under the age of 5 could suffer from a severe malnutrition known as “wasting” before the end of 2020, said humanitarian leaders who analyzed…
GLOBAL: Salesian Missions provides funding to Salesian COVID-19 related projects in 7 countries
Salesian Missions has supported nutritional and prevention projects in Burundi, India, Peru, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Togo and Uruguay. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 15, 2020) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, has answered the call to help Salesians in countries around the globe respond to local needs brought about…
Advice for Girls in South Africa: “Aim higher!”
Innocentia Vilakazi is a woman in a man’s world: a successful welder who helped build Mbombela Stadium—home to South Africa’s 2010 FIFA World Cup—as well as the imposing Medupi Power Station in Limpopo. She’s also an instructor at the Don Bosco Educational Projects (DBEP) in the suburbs of Johannesburg—where she reminds all of her students,…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Salesian missionaries from around the globe travel to US to share stories about helping at-risk youth
Talks will be centered around the mission of the Salesians of Don Bosco, to end the cycle of poverty by providing education and opportunities to at-risk youth in more than 130 countries, in some of the poorest places around the globe. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (July 3, 2019) — As part of the annual Mission Cooperative…
Global Sisters Report: Where gangs are family, job training offers chance to escape violence
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICADec. 14, 2017(Excerpt) It’s not the gangster language itself that worries Sr. Ana Maria Mainero, a Salesian Sister of Don Bosco. What worries Mainero is when young children start using those words, signifying their uneasy relationship with neighborhood gangs. Words like hos (“hello”), kapadien (“captain”), stiek (“stab”), skiet (“shoot”) and daala (“I…