AMERICA

We are 4778 FMA working in 593 communities

In 1877 the Institute crossed the oceans to America with its first missionary
expedition to Montevideo in Uruguay. It was indeed an extraordinary achievement
at such a short time since the foundation (1872).

Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil,
Canada,
Chile
Colombia

Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Guatemala

Haiti,
Honduras,
Mexico,
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Paraguay,

Peru,
Puerto Rico,
United States,
Uruguay,
Venezuela

TYPES of SERVICE in AMERICA:

Teaching in schools at various levels
After school activities involving study and recreation
Evening school for the poor
Oratories and youth centres
Promotional and professional centres
Mission centres in the villages among the indigenous people
Basic communities
Communities inserted in slums and on the outskirts of big cities
Shelter homes for the street children
Our presence in the social administrative structure for the defending of rights of
youth and women
Teaching in private parish and public schools at every level

[Promoted by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Salesian Sisters www.cgfmanet.org]

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