Salesians animators spending time with children in Gabčíkovo
Gabčíkovo is a little village 50 Kms from the SDB Provincial House at Bratislava. The government has set up a facility there to host refugees from Ukraine. There are approximately a thousand of them now, many of them children and adolescents. These are the poorer ones among the refugees – they have no relatives or…
SIGN UP FOR A ONE-YEAR MISSION
Are you willing to give your time in service to the poor? Do you want to experience a year abroad? Would you like to have an unforgettable time on a mission? Do you want to experience a new culture and maybe learn a new language? Would you like to meet new people? Do you want…
VISIT OF THE SALESIANS IN UKRAINE
Don Peter Jacko, SDB and Martina Bábiková (coordinator of humanitarian aid for Ukraine) went on a short organizational visit to Ukraine at the end of May. In Lviv, they visited “Mariupolis”- a town for people from Eastern Ukraine. They heard many stories of people fleeing the war and had the opportunity to see for themselves…
SAVIO PLANNING AND REVIEW WEEK
Our entire team of SAVIO o.z. met personally and online during the first week of June. We evaluated the last year, all the activities and projects we have been involved in, and about which you will soon be able to read in our annual report for 2021. Those of us, who gathered together in person…
EDUCATION OF THE YOUNGEST IN SOUTH SUDAN
Find out the requirements and fill in an application form by 20 September 2022 at least. The first training session will be held on 23-25 September 2022. We are looking forward to see you there! And if you want to know what it looks like on such a mission, follow our social media or read…
RETURNING VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers Maria and Kristian returned from their year-long mission at the end of May. Maria spent a year in the Salesian community in Didia, Tanzania. She taught at the local high school, helped on a rice farm and spent her free time with the youth. Kristian, for his part, worked in Kenya at the Salesian…