Mission News
Before Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti on October 4th — killing 1,000 people and leaving 50,000 homeless, with food and safe drinking water desperately scarce — Salesian missionaries throughout the island were already working hard to address a critical issue that will likely get worse before it gets better: chronic hunger.
Help Share the Bounty this Thanksgiving
November 7, 2016
Before Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti on October 4th — killing 1,000 people and leaving 50,000 homeless, with food and safe drinking water desperately scarce — Salesian missionaries throughout the island were already working hard to address a critical issue that will likely get worse before it gets better: chronic hunger.
Instruments of Hope
November 7, 2016
A house without music is like a body without a soul. And so, in the tradition of Saint John “Don” Bosco — who first observed this truth more than a century ago — students at La Cisterna (“The Cistern”) Youth House in Santiago, Chile have breathed new life into this Salesian-run program.
Devastation in Haiti: Relief Efforts Underway
October 14, 2016
Haiti — an already-fragile nation still working to rebuild after a catastrophic earthquake in 2010 — has suffered another devastating blow: a Category 4 hurricane that has killed hundreds of people, with thousands more still at risk. Salesian missionaries on the ground have launched direct relief efforts but the need is vast.
Heroic Work Saves Youth from Homelessness and Hopelessness
October 14, 2016
According to UNICEF, as many as 28 million children around the world are classified as refugees or internally displaced persons — with millions more likely unaccounted for. We see it every day in the news: so many vulnerable children fleeing the horrors of war, the aftermath of natural disasters, or the effects of persecution and…
Child Sponsorship Program Offers Real Hope
October 14, 2016
Young Josephine was in seventh grade at a Salesian school in Kazembe, Zambia when something unimaginable happened: in a heartbreaking attempt to escape the agonizing grip of poverty, Josephine’s parents sold her for a mere $30. Such desperation is one of the many reasons that Father Slawomir Bartodziej established the “Distance Adoption Program” in this…
A Future Free of Exploitation for Cambodia’s Children
September 6, 2016
In the poverty-ravaged neighborhoods of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, living conditions are atrocious, drug and alcohol abuse rampant, and domestic abuse “normal.” Here, children are especially vulnerable — to hunger, illness, violence, and despair. And it gets worse. During the last decade alone, they have fallen prey to something even more horrifying: human trafficking.Vulnerable children and young…
Education and New Hope for Migrant Youth
September 6, 2016
In the slums of Vadodara, India, children are a precious commodity. Sent out by their parents to beg for money, toil on brick farms, or even commit petty theft, they bring in desperately-needed cash to help support their families. But they pay a big price: significant loss of hours in school, where they could instead…
Visit the Prisoners: An Act of Mercy in the Philippines
September 6, 2016
Since 2010, Salesian missionaries in the Philippines have conducted an innovative program on behalf of youth in legal trouble. From the day it opened, the “Magone Home Aftercare Program” has already accomplished remarkable success.
Bringing Medical Care into the Streets… and to Street Children
August 10, 2016
They are everywhere — so many of them, in fact, that society no longer sees them: the millions of girls and boys living on the streets of India. Alone, they struggle with deplorable conditions, the dangers of exploitation and abuse, and the sinking feeling that there may be nothing to eat that day, or the…