Mission News
Quenching Thirst and Delivering Dignity
April 3, 2024
Clean water. In a world where impoverished communities desperately lack it, it’s one of the simplest ways to deliver dignity. In Lagos, Nigeria, a brand-new well is doing just that, thanks to the generosity of our compassionate donors. Here, as many as 100,000 youth live on the streets … a...
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Bicycling into the Future
April 3, 2024Like most kids her age, 9-year-old René had always dreamed of having her own bike—one she could ride to school, to visit her friends, and to explore. But she never thought her dream would come true—until kind friends like you came along. Thanks to our generous supporters, we recently helped...
Overcoming Poverty by Empowering Women
April 3, 2024How do you empower families and communities to transcend poverty and build more stable futures? As Salesian missionaries have long understood, you educate women. And that’s the goal of a new vocational training program in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Offered through the Marie Dominique Center in the...
Big Plans, Bright Dreams
March 6, 2024Across Makululu, Zambia, homeless youth often become society’s failures—the lack of education, employment opportunities, and meaningful social support leads to despair, substance abuse, and family breakdown. At Don Bosco Children’s Home, vulnerable youth with nowhere else to turn find refuge...
Press Releases
NAMIBIA: Students have new school furniture thanks to donation secured by Salesian Missions
April 16, 2024
Furniture Reuse Solutions donation used in classrooms, computer lab and staff room. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 16, 2024) Don Bosco Private School in Namibia received classroom furniture thanks to a donation from Furniture Reuse Solutions secured by Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the...
Read Full StoryINDIA: Salesian Missions funds project to help support migrant children
April 15, 2024Children attend study centers, receive health and nutrition services. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 15, 2024) Salesian missionaries with Bosco Vikas Gramin Kendra were able to support children in migrant communities in the Central Maharashtra region of India thanks to funding from Salesian Missions, the...
SYRIA: Critical cardiovascular care made possible by Salesian Missions
April 15, 2024Patients receive life-saving surgeries, medical care. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 15, 2024) Close to 220 people in Aleppo, Syria,* were provided critical cardiovascular medical care thanks to support provided by Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. These patients...
INT’L DAY FOR STREET CHILDREN: Salesian Missions highlights programs that give children hope for a better life
April 12, 2024Salesian programs aim to help children live safely, meeting their basic needs. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 12, 2024) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian and international organizations around the globe in highlighting the plight of homeless...
News Coverage
(National Catholic Reporter) UN Water Conference shows global consensus on universal right to water
March 30, 2023
NEW YORK, N.Y. March 30, 2023 (Excerpt) The first day of the U.N. Water Conference, March 22, was international World Water Day, a day marked by Salesian Missions, the New York-based development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The Salesians have made clean water projects a priority because...
Read Full Story(ACI Africa) On World Water Day, Salesian entity reviews its “Clean Water Initiative” in Africa
March 27, 2023MAPUTO, Mozambique March 27, 2023 (Excerpt) On the occasion of World Water Day marked March 22, officials of Salesian Missions, the U.S.-based development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), have reviewed the entity’s global project dubbed “Clean Water...
(ACI Africa) Salesians in Burundi boost learning in partnership realizing “access to better nutrition”
March 13, 2023BUJUMBURA, Burundi March 13, 2023 (Excerpt) Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) in Burundi are boosting learning at their institution in the country’s Catholic Diocese of Ngozi in a partnership that is realizing “access to better nutrition”. In a March 6...
(ACI Africa) War victims in North Kivu, DR Congo, benefit from Salesians’ “improved” facilities
February 28, 2023KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo Feb. 28, 2023 (Excerpt) At least 1,800 victims of violent conflicts in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have benefited from the medical care provided by the U.S.-based development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians...
