About VIA Don Bosco

VIA Don Bosco is a Belgian NGO that has been working for the quality education of young people for over fifty years. Inspired by Salesian pedagogy, we support and finance technical and vocational schools in 15 countries—including Belgium—empowering youth to acquire first-rate technical skills and essential life skills for social integration and the job market Each year, our programmes give more than 20,000 young people access to quality education—43% are girls—through capacity-building, employment offices, teacher training, and support to 90+ partners Aligned with SDGs 1, 4, 5 and 8, we strengthen local education systems for inclusive, decent work futures. We also actively support young people in finding or developing decent jobs. In Belgium, our global citizenship education—launched in 2003—builds critical, responsible, active, and solidarity-minded students. Through hands-on projects like “School 4 School” and “School 2 School,” interactive workshops, and international classroom partnerships, students reflect on injustice, consumer choices, and shared responsibility, becoming informed global citizens. By bridging global and local, VIA Don Bosco fosters just, inclusive and sustainable futures for youth everywhere.