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EPDB — Don Bosco Schools for the People:
Their Origin and Development

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Our Lady of Copacobana Province, Bolivia — What began as a handful of educational activities has blossomed into 265 schools and colleges dealing with 110,000 pupils, and a complement of some 4,500 teachers and administrators. It is known as Don Bosco Schools for the People or EPDB in its Spanish acronym. The number of families involved in this education system is not easy to calculate, however we can say that the educational influence is growing and renewing society.

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Short Films for Powerful Values

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Chennai, St Thomas the Apostle Province, India

Don Bosco Institute of Communication Arts (DBICA) has emerged as one of the premier media institutes actively involved in imparting values, skills and promoting media literacy among young people and those involved in the field of media in India. DBICA continues to provide a good avenue for media critics and professionals to discuss media and social issues through seminars, research, short film festivals and various other campaigns.

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CECHACI Don Bosco – Mixes Prelature

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Our Lady of Guadalupe Province, Oaxaca, Mexico

Salesian missionaries from the Mixes Prelature, along with the Salesian Sisters, and supported by a group of Past Pupils, Volunteers and other commited lay people, have set up the CECHACI Centre in the Chinanteca region, or more concretely in Río Manso Joc., Choapam, Oax, México.

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Don Bosco Fambul —
"Credible Model for Alternative Coexistence"

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Blessed Artemides Zatti Vice Province,
Sierra Leone

“The street boys who undergo rehabilitation at our house are neither beaten nor are they attacked verbally. We differ from the other institutes in Sierra Leone offering extra-familiar education.”

  • Deep wounds resulting from the civil war
  • Training and support for youth
  • Model for non-violent conflict resolution

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2010
"I am with you"
The Salesians of Don Bosco walk with the Gypsy youngsters

The Salesians, always distinguished by their activity on behalf of the poor and marginalized, walk alongside the various ethnic groups which make up the Gypsies in the provinces in Europe.

We encourage you to set out for and enter into this new frontier in order to “walk together with young Gypsies” and to be a sign of God’s love for them.

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