Bringing a bright future to our students
La Salle School-Rumbek
Rumbek, South Sudan
The school is in Rumbek, South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation that became independent in 2011 after a long and bloody war with northern Sudan. Due to the ongoing civil war, started in 2013, many of the already insufficient educational infrastructures have been destroyed or misappropriated and converted for other use. Educational attainment is extremely poor because of the lack of schools, qualified teachers, and materials. In order to respond to this urgent need, La Salle School- Rumbek opened its doors in March 2018 in the Loreto Sisters’ existing facilities, with a first The Brothers’ goal is to build and equip a brand-new school, which will be able to host more than 300 students.
La Salle School-Rumbek Brouchure (pdf)
Bamboo School
Thailand
The Bamboo School is located on the border of Thailand and Myanmar. Constructed from bamboo, the school houses children of immigrant families who have no rights and are considered stateless. These children are denied access to Thai schools and the Bamboo School presents the only opportunity for them to receive an education. Tuition is free for students and parents contribute a small plate of rice veryday which the school enriches with additional nutritional component and often serves as the only meal of the day for these children. The school has an outreach action which helps the kids in getting the legal documents from Thailand authorities.
Bamboo School Brochure (pdf)
Além Project
Tabatinga, Brazil
The Além Project (Animación Lasallista de Evangelización y Misión) has its coordination centre in Tabatinga, a town of about 60 thousand inhabitants in the heart of the Amazon, in the “triple border” between Brazil, Colombia and Peru. However, the main feature of the project is that – being its action itinerant – it will impact a number of rural communities through the forest. The socio-educational activities have a special focus on the empowerment of the Indigenous population. The efforts entail the following fields: providing teacher training, literacy and vocational training for youth, and promotion of sustainable practices through workshops and sensitization initiatives.
Além Project Brochure (pdf)
El Otro Lado
USA-Mexico Border
The Bamboo School is located on the border of Thailand and Myanmar. Constructed from bamboo, the school houses children of immigrant families who have no rights and are considered stateless. These children are denied access to Thai schools and the Bamboo School presents the only opportunity for them to receive an education. Tuition is free for students and parents contribute a small plate of rice veryday which the school enriches with additional nutritional component and often serves as the only meal of the day for these children. The school has an outreach action which helps the kids in getting the legal documents from Thailand authorities.
El Otro Lado Brochure (pdf)
La Salle Technical College- Hohola
Hohola, Papua New Guinea
The Bamboo School is located on the border of Thailand and Myanmar. Constructed from bamboo, the school houses children of immigrant families who have no rights and are considered stateless. These children are denied access to Thai schools and the Bamboo School presents the only opportunity for them to receive an education. Tuition is free for students and parents contribute a small plate of rice veryday which the school enriches with additional nutritional component and often serves as the only meal of the day for these children. The school has an outreach action which helps the kids in getting the legal documents from Thailand authorities.
La Salle Technical College-Hohol Brochure (pdf)
New Community Adrien Nyel
Molenbeek (Brussels), Belgium
This project is the response of the Lasallian Region of Europe and the Mediterranean to the commitment to carry out a new educational community in the area of Molenbeek (Brussels, Belgium). The aim of this project is to create an international community that goes beyond borders, responding to the educational needs of vulnerable youth in a mostly Muslim and marginalized neighborhood in the capital of the European Union. The educational community of Molenbeek is part of the wider ADRIEN NYEL project that includes the actions carried out by the CasArcobaleno project in Scampia (Naples), La Salle Home in Iasi (Romania) and Hogar La Salle Community (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain). ADRIEN NYEL communities are places for living, experiencing and serving those most in need, opened to International Volunteering. This project is coordinated by Fondazione De La Salle Solidarietà Internazionale ONLUS.
Adrien Nyel Community Brochure (pdf)
OKI-NI-SOO-KA-WA Blackfeet Immersion
USA
OKI-NI-SOO-KA-WA (Come and See) Blackfeet Immersion provides the participants with an intercultural experience in Browning, Montana. A community of Brothers and volunteers serve at De La Salle Blackfeet School where the immersion takes place. It invites students and teachers to affirm a common bond among all peoples as children of God and challenges perceived boundaries between oneself and others as well as oneself and God. The OKI-NI-SOO-KA-WA Blackfeet Immersion experience includes direct contact with the people of the Blackfeet American Indian Reservation as well as prayer and reflection, all in the context of community, simplicity and service learning.
Blackfeet Immersion Brochure (pdf)
From lasallefoundation.org <https://lasallefoundation.org/beyond-the-borders-initiatives>
