NEWS
(ANS – Rome) – In 2022, at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Italian Salesian bodies active in international solidarity – the Salesian Mission Office in Turin, Missioni Don Bosco; the DON BOSCO NEL MONDO Foundation; the Foundation “Opera Don Bosco onlus" (Milan); the Foundation “Opera Don Bosco nel mondo” (Lugano) and the Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo NGO (VIS) – decided to coordinate their work to make their emergency response concrete in the face of the needs arising from the context of war. A series of projects thus came into existence, that over these two years have accompanied the Salesians and the local population to cope with the particularly heavy situations they have had to endure.
(ANS – Córdoba) – The La Foggara Community Social Services Centre in the Poniente Norte area, opened its community kitchen at the end of last month, which will feed 30 families in the Las Palmeras neighbourhood of Córdoba, Spain. The event, which took place in the presence of famous chef Ferran Adriá, began the activities of this complex, entrusted to the care of the Fundación Don Bosco and which will provide training in healthy cooking and help prepare complete and balanced meals for 120 people per week.
(ANS – Chuma) – In recent months, 80 indigenous women from the Province of Muñecas, in Bolivia, have participated in training courses supported by the Spanish Salesian NGO for development "Bosco Global" aimed at emancipating them, through training in leadership, self-care and shared responsibility in domestic care.
(ANS – Rome) – After the publication of the new document on the Salesian Youth Oratory-Centre on 8 December 2023, prepared by the Salesian Youth Ministry Sector and the result of an in-depth process of reflection, updating and collaboration with all the Provinces, the Sector has scheduled the official presentation worldwide of this document: it will take place on Wednesday, 24 April 2024.
(ANS – Ashaiman) – "We were keen to pass through here, to visit this centre, to see what had been explained to us, the activity actually taking place here and, above all, because of the model it presents, because of the formula which is also a model for other situations": this is how the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella expressed himself, on Saturday, 6 April 2024, during his visit to the Don Bosco Salesian Vocational Training Centre in Ashaiman, not far from the Capital, Accra, in one of the last stages of his State Visit to West Africa.
United States - WORLD HEALTH DAY: Salesian Missions highlights health programs for people in poverty
(ANS – New Rochelle) – Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian and other international organizations in honoring World Health Day on April 7. In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) held the First World Health Assembly and designated the day to mark the founding of WHO. The first World Health Day was held in 1950. Every year it serves as an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a particular theme of importance related to global health.