Giving hope to millions of youth around the globe
Giving hope to millions of youth around the globe
Salesian Missions is providing opportunities for children and families struggling to improve their lives in Mongolia. Specific focus is on students who are having difficulty coping in a traditional high school setting and on families that are arriving in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar in desperate search of employment.
While the poverty rate has fallen to 21.6 percent in Mongolia, many people remain near the poverty line and vulnerable, according to the World Bank. Salesian programs provide the critical extra support for children and families to ensure they have equal opportunities for a better future.
Since Salesian missionaries began providing education and shelter to poor youth in 2001, programs have grown to meet the new challenges in Mongolia.
At-risk youth who have not been able to complete a traditional high school education have found educational opportunities at the Don Bosco Technical and Industrial Training Center in Ulaanbaatar. The training facility, which opened in 2001, started with 30 students and today has more than 300 gaining skills in car mechanics, tailoring, secretarial services, welding and construction.
Nearly 90 percent of the students at Don Bosco Technical and Industrial Training Center can be defined as school dropouts and come from very poor families. Students receive training that is critical to their success. To guarantee the best opportunities after graduation, courses are structured in collaboration with local industries. Creating coursework to meet the needs of local industry increases the rate of student success upon graduation. As a result, the employment rate for graduates of the center is among the highest in the country.
In the last two years, the past pupils of the Don Bosco Technical and Industrial Training Center have committed themselves to strengthening the sense of belonging between the past pupils and the Salesian family. In recent times they have also produced a brief institutional video in which they present several testimonials about the great education they received.
The first gathering of Don Bosco’s past pupils in May 2017 brought together 400 graduates and was the starting point of a movement that does not intend to stop. To date, they have gathered data from around 80 graduates from the Don Bosco Training Center, identified a young scholarship recipient and launched sporting competitions to bring awareness to Salesian education.
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