This week is Refugee Week. As conflicts across the world displace more people than at any time in human memory, the lives of young people are especially shattered, and as Salesians, we are called to help them just as Don Bosco did in Valdocco for marginalised young people in his own time.

For the few asylum seekers who make it to the UK, the problems are not over. They face increasing hostility, long periods of uncertainty, and for young people, an ongoing disruption of their childhood and adolescence.

The Valdocco in Britain project is a new summer camp being organised by the Salesian Youth Ministry team to provide a Salesian-style holiday experience to asylum seeking / refugee young people (aged 14-17), but we need your help to make it happen.

The team has created a fundraising page on JustGiving, and is seeking donations to help make the project a reality. If you can, please consider making a donation, no matter how small, and please pray for the success of the project, and for the participants and volunteers.

Thank you.

Find out more and donate.