Zambia

Salesian missionaries in Zambia are responding to the urgent needs of children in crisis. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has taken a devastating toll on Zambia’s children. There are 1.2 million children classified as orphaned and vulnerable by UNICEF, and these children struggle to find education, basic services and hope for their future.

Over the past three decades, incomes in Zambia have fallen steadily. Poverty is widespread with 64% of the total population living below the poverty line and rising to 80% in rural areas. These families do not have adequate income to meet their basic food requirements.

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Provide technical & vocational training

Rescue children facing adversity

Build orphanages & shelters for homeless youth

Empower girls & women through education

Provide youth centers and safe activities

Provide clean, safe water

Deliver life-saving meals

Deliver essential equipment & supplies

Improve infrastructure

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ZAMBIA: Salesian missionaries host pastoral education for 2,000 young adults thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

Sessions include focus on child protection. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 11, 2025) Salesian missionaries in Kabwe, Zambia, had the funding for pastoral programs for young adults thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. d

ZAMBIA: Salesians improve chapel at Don Bosco thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

More than 50 Salesians and 200 youth use chapel. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (Aug. 4, 2025) Salesian missionaries were able to improve and furnish the chapel at Don Bosco in the Sacred Heart of Jesus post-novitiate community in Zambia thanks

ZAMBIA: Bosco Carpentry School has new car thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

Students benefit from reliable transportation at school. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 29, 2025) Bosco Carpentry School in Kazembe, Zambia, purchased a new car thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of t

ZAMBIA: Salesian out-station churches install benches thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

New seating brings dignity, comfort to people in 3 churches. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (June 23, 2025) Salesian missionaries were able to add benches for three out-station churches that are part of the St. Mary’s Parish in Zambia, than

A Farming Program That Feeds the Body … and the Mind

Thanks to caring friends like you, the Don Bosco Farm in Lusaka, Zambia is now home to a new arrival of chickens, pigs and cattle. What’s more, impoverished students from the local Salesian-run agricultural school are gaining th

ZAMBIA: Don Bosco Farm established for education thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

Farm to provide hands-on education, food for students. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 22, 2025) Salesian missionaries in the St. John Bosco Community, located in Lusaka, Zambia, created the Don Bosco Farm to enhance learning experiences

ZAMBIA: Makeni Post Novitiate House has new library books and computers thanks to funding from Salesian Missions

Students and faculty members benefiting from new resources. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 14, 2025) The Makeni Post Novitiate House, within the Salesian Sacred Heart Community in Lusaka, Zambia, was able to purchase library books and co

ZAMBIA: Post Novitiate House has new security thanks to funding from Salesian Missions

Project includes solar lighting to prevent theft. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (April 7, 2025) The Makeni Post Novitiate House, within the Salesian Sacred Heart Community in Lusaka, Zambia, was able to add new security and a solar lighting sy

Our Clean Water Initiative Saves Precious Lives

It’s a global crisis. One in 11 people – that’s a total of 703 million worldwide – do not have access to clean water. Adults are getting sick – and children are dying – from preventable diseases simply because they’r

WORLD WATER DAY: Salesian Missions highlights projects that ensure clean water for youth

‘Clean Water Initiative’ makes building wells and supplying clean water a top priority. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (March 22, 2025) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizati

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Agriculture Training Programs

Salesian Missions includes agriculture in its vocational training programs – to ensure that youth of Rwanda learn better agricultural practices as well as keep the school self-sustaining in the face of the country’s food shortages.

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Salesian Missions includes agriculture in its vocational training programs – to ensure that youth of Rwanda learn better agricultural practices as well as keep the school self-sustaining in the face of the country’s food shortages.

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Salesian Missions includes agriculture in its vocational training programs – to ensure that youth of Rwanda learn better agricultural practices as well as keep the school self-sustaining in the face of the country’s food shortages.

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