Salesian Missions, Inc.

Salesian Missions is the North American fundraising and international development office of the Salesians of St. John Bosco which supports the works of over 30,000 Salesian missionaries in over 130 countries throughout the world working on behalf of the young and the poor. Salesian missionaries improve the lives of poor young people around the world through education, technical vocational training, feeding programs, community development, health clinics, and orphanages.

The objective of the Salesian missionaries throughout the world is to teach young people various trades that will help them find decent jobs and become self-sufficient, contributing members of society. The Salesians insist that the needy help themselves in whatever way they can, even minimally. They do not encourgae dependence or paternalism, but strive to live up to the working maxim, "helping others to help themselves."