Recently we have visited Tanzania to see our ongoing projects including the one called Supporting Self-employment in Agriculture through Building Practical Skills. The project is focused on training local farmers from Iringa and Njombe regions in growing apples. Apples are a valuable crop in Tanzania as its price does not fluctuate throughout the year and thus […]
We are very excited that student numbers are steadily increasing at the Don Bosco Technical Institute Marsabit in northern Kenya. There are currently 100 students on the apprenticeship, including 54 girls and 46 boys – for the first time in the school’s history, more girls than boys have been enrolled in practical skills courses. In […]
Our next trip was to the northern part of Kenya, the town of Kakuma, known for its huge refugee camp. This Kakuma refugee camp was set up by the death march of several thousand boys from South Sudan 30 years ago. Since then, the camp has been growing steadily. The Salesians of don Bosco operate […]
Thanks to this year’s Tehlička 2021 collection (Brick), we are helping the Salesian community in Yakutsk rebuild their house, which is in a state of emergency and in urgent need of renovation. The first part of the reconstruction is dedicated to repairing the roof. The redevelopment started during the summer holidays and is actively involved […]
On the last weekend of September, a group of courageous youngsters met in Liptovská Štiavnica near Ružomberok to start their annual preparation for Salesian missionary volunteering. Over the weekend, they met not only among themselves, but also with the Salesian volunteering and organizing team. They had the opportunity to share their motivations, which led them […]