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Mission:

As the name of “Jugend Eine Welt – Don Bosco Aktion Austria “ (Jugend Eine Welt = Youth One World) means, we want people to get closer to form ONE WORLD. In the spirit of the pioneer in youth work, Don Bosco, we want to help young disadvantaged people to have the fair chance for a successful future.

Example activities:

Voluntary services: Organisation, preparation an accompaniment of young people who commit themselves for 12 months to work with children and young people in a selected project of the Salesians of Don Bosco or the Salesian Sisters. They get involved with street working, street children, professional training schools or oratories. They do this service voluntarily without payment.
Fundraising: Jugend Eine Welt tries to collect funds in Austria/Europe to support projects of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Salesian Sisters worldwide. Therefore Jugend Eine Welt is also cooperator of the Austrian Development Agency which is part of the Austrian Government.
Project Financing: The project department discusses projects sent in by partners and evaluate them. They prepare them for fundraising activities in Austria/Europe. They are in contact with donors and official departments (e.g. Austrian Development Agency).
Educational work in Austria/Europe: To bring the problems and the situation of people in our partner countries to a wider public Jugend Eine Welt does educational work in Austria/Europe. We offer workshops, go to school classes or organise big campaigns. The topics are, for example, fair trade or the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.

Background:

Jugend Eine Welt – Don Bosco Aktion Österreich was founded in 1997. It is a NGO with a separate legal persona and structure.

The aim is to support children and young people worldwide. Therefore we work together closely with the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Salesian Sisters. They have projects in more than 180 countries worldwide and can guarantee to be partners on the spot.