Giving hope to millions of youth around the globe
Roleidys is just 11 years old, yet she’s already experienced hardships no child should endure. Today, she and dozens of other vulnerable kids in Bogotá, Colombia can finally enjoy regular, nutritious meals thanks to compassionate friends like you. In the Los Mártires neighborhood where Roleidys lives, extreme poverty touches every corner. Wedged among downtown Bogotá’sRead more about Nourishing Hungry Youth in Colombia[…]
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (March 9, 2022) The Youth Services Organization, located in the headquarters of Bosconia, in the Los Martires area of Bogota, Colombia, was able to provide food service for more than 60 children and older youth each day thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians ofRead more about COLOMBIA: Children in poverty have healthy nutrition thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions[…]
At least 46 United Nations member states still recruit children under the age of 18 into their armed forces. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Feb. 12, 2021) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring Feb. 12 as Red Hand Day, also known asRead more about INT’L DAY AGAINST THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS: Salesian Missions highlights educational and social programs for child soldiers[…]
Across Colombia, millions of people facing extreme poverty live in areas rich with mineral resources—where informal work in unlicensed mines easily hides labor exploitation as economic opportunity. In three different mining communities near Medellín, our Salesian missionaries are focused on a resource more precious than gold or coal—the children who live there, and how toRead more about A Breath of Fresh Air Outside the Mines[…]
Programs help poor youth receive an education, understand their rights and find a path out of poverty. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Dec. 10, 2021) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring Human Rights Day, celebrated each year on Dec. 10. Human RightsRead more about HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: Salesian Missions highlights programs that ensure youth understand their rights[…]
Salesian Missions highlights educational and social programs that combat child labor. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 12, 2021) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring World Day Against Child Labor. Every year since 2002, the day is celebrated on June 12 andRead more about WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOR: Salesian programs combat child labor[…]
Salesian Missions highlights programs that support at-risk youth and those dealing with trauma. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 4, 2021) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. Recognized on June 4 each year sinceRead more about INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INNOCENT CHILDREN VICTIMS OF AGGRESSION: Salesian Missions highlights programs that support at-risk youth and those dealing with trauma[…]
Salesian Missions highlights programs offering education and psycho-social support to former child soldiers. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Feb. 12, 2021) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and the international community in honoring Red Hand Day, also known as the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers.Read more about INT’L DAY AGAINST THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS: Salesian Missions highlights programs[…]
For more than 54 years, Salesian missionaries at Cuidad Don Bosco (Don Bosco City) in Medellín, Colombia have worked hard to rescue thousands of youth from violence and exploitation. Juan David was one of them. Now a law student at the Latin American Autonomous University, this former street kid credits his success to the opportunitiesRead more about At Don Bosco City, Child Laborers Find New Hope[…]
Salesian programs in Colombia, El Salvador, India and South Africa ensure that youth are able to access the education and social programs they need to have hope for the future. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Nov. 20, 2020) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around theRead more about UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY: Salesian Missions highlights educational and child rights programs that bring hope to children around the globe[…]