Mission News
Four years after Salesian missionaries first envisioned a new hospital for the people of Tonj, South Sudan, it has officially opened. Completed thanks to a collaboration with the Italian youth volunteer organization TonjProject Onlus — founded by a Salesian priest in Lombardy — and the generosity of many loyal supporters, the hospital will increase access…
Giving Hope to Children in Crisis
September 8, 2014
According to United Nations estimates, more than 150 million children worldwide are living outside the care of their families. While the reasons are many (domestic abuse, natural disasters, and loss of a parent to war or disease top the list), their options are few. In Colombia — as in the more than 130 countries where…
Don Bosco Students ‘Pay it Forward’ in the Solomon Islands
September 8, 2014
More than a decade ago, the film character Trevor McKinney “invented” a bold new idea: the act of paying good deeds forward. Today in the capital city of Honiara, Solomon Islands, students at the Don Bosco Technical Institute are doing just that — by fabricating and delivering critical items to victims of April’s devastating cyclones…
Ebola Crisis in West Africa: Your Help Desperately Needed
August 14, 2014
Hope for Central American Child Migrant Crisis
August 14, 2014
During the past year, tens of thousands of Central American children have fled horrific violence and poverty in search of safety and a better life in the United States. And as usual, whenever the well-being or safety of children are in jeopardy, the Salesian family raises its collective voice in support of humane response. As…
Improving Access to Health Care around the Globe
August 14, 2014
This past May, Salesian missionaries in Pucallpa, Peru organized a free medical campaign to serve residents who otherwise could not afford care. Since 2005, similar initiatives throughout Peru have helped improve the quality of life of those living in extreme poverty — and have shined a spotlight on a much broader effort to provide health…
Education: Paving a Path Toward Peace
July 17, 2014
More than three years after the outbreak of war in Syria, little children breathe an air of sadness and pain. Their homes, families and innocence have been brutally torn from them by continued and horrifying violence; their futures literally smashed apart. In cities around the war-torn country, and in refugee camps across the border, Salesian…
Nourishing Bodies and Minds Around the Globe
July 17, 2014
Right now in Madrid, Spain, our missionaries are providing hot meals to more than 50 girls and boys attending programs at a Salesian center in the city. Hit particularly hard by the economic decline, these children’s families are struggling to meet basic financial demands — and are having to make the impossible choice between paying…
All the World a Village
July 17, 2014
Less than a year after super-typhoon Haiyan wreaked widespread destruction across the Philippines this past November, positive signs of progress have emerged from the rubble. Much of this progress can be credited to the hard work and determination of our Salesian missionaries — who are leading reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts throughout this island nation.
Addressing the Global Water Crisis
June 10, 2014
Here in the developed world, we take water for granted. Readily available from municipal pipes or backyard wells, we drink it, bathe in it, and brush our teeth in it — all without fear of becoming ill. Unfortunately, for 783 million people around the globe without access to a clean water source, water-borne sickness is…