“GENEROSITY HAS THE MIRACULOUS POWER TO TRANSFORM. IT TURNS HUNGER INTO FULLNESS,  THE LONGING FOR EDUCATION INTO A SEAT AT A SCHOOL DESK, THE COLD OF THE STREET INTO A SAFE HOME, WOUNDS OF BODY AND SOUL INTO A PATH OF HEALING, SAD EYES INTO RADIANT STARS.“

This year too we invite you to take part in our collection and we offer you a way to give a gift to the very poorest people in the world. Thanks to you we are able to provide support to people who need our help.

The proceeds of this year’s collection will be used:

• to support the Salesian school and its students at the mission in Marsabit, Kenya, by opening a school bakery

• to help women — mothers — at the mission in Tonj, South Sudan, by growing peanuts

• for humanitarian aid during crisis situations in the coming year 2026

• to equip the primary school in the city of Huambo, Angola, so that in September 2026 it can open its doors to 640 poor children

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE FOUR GIFTS ADVENT COLLECTION:

• by prayer
• by a financial contribution to the bank account:
  • IBAN: SK5511000000002626853119
  • Variable symbol: 2512045614

In the note for the recipient you can specify the gift you have chosen (Education, Agriculture, Humanitarian Aid, or Where it is most needed).

• by payment via QR code

Thank you for helping us help the poor!

Let’s help young people in Kenya stand on their own feet

Thanks to your help, young people at the mission in Marsabit (Kenya) will have better access to education.

Together we can support the running of the Salesian school bakery, which will keep the vocational training school operating sustainably and help young people from poor families gain practical skills.

Support the school bakery that helps the local vocational training school operate more sustainably and more independently.

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE FOUR GIFTS ADVENT COLLECTION:

▸ by prayer

▸ by a financial contribution to the bank account:

IBAN: SK5511000000002626853119

Variable symbol: 2512045614

In the note for the recipient you can specify the gift you have chosen (Education, Agriculture, Humanitarian Aid, or Where it is most needed).

▸ by payment via QR code

Thank you for helping us help the poor!

Let’s help families in South Sudan stand on their own feet.

Thanks to your help, we can support 30 vulnerable women in the Tonj area (widows, women heading households, displaced women) as they start a small-scale peanut butter production.

Peanuts are commonly grown in the region, but they are mostly sold raw. By processing them into peanut butter, the women can earn more, improve their families’ nutrition and secure a more stable income. The project will give them training and simple equipment, and will help them find buyers, so they can keep up production after the support ends.

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE FOUR GIFTS ADVENT COLLECTION:

▸ by prayer

▸ by a financial contribution to the bank account:

IBAN: SK5511000000002626853119

Variable symbol: 2512045614

In the note for the recipient you can specify the gift you have chosen (Education, Agriculture, Humanitarian Aid, or Where it is most needed).

▸ by payment via QR code

Thank you for helping us help the poor!

Earthquakes, pandemics, floods, famine and war do not pick a day or an hour, and they threaten people’s lives all around the world. Thanks to your contributions we can respond immediately to appeals from countries where people are unable to help themselves and are falling victim to humanitarian disasters.

Thanks to your contributions we can respond at once and help where people cannot help themselves. We have already helped the victims of the war and earthquake in Syria, children and young people who fled the violence to Lebanon, as well as suffering communities in South Sudan. Be part of the support that saves lives.

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE FOUR GIFTS ADVENT COLLECTION:

▸ with prayer

▸ with a financial contribution to the bank account:

IBAN: SK5511000000002626853119

Variable symbol: 2512045614

In the note field you can specify the gift you have chosen (Education, Agriculture, Humanitarian aid or Where it is needed most).

▸ by payment via QR code

Thank you for helping us help the poor!

Help us open the gates of the school at the Huambo mission in Angola.

Be part of the support that arrives at just the right time. The proceeds will be used to equip a primary school in the city of Huambo in Angola so that in September 2026 it can open its gates to 640 poor children.

Your gifts help us complete the funding of mission projects that would otherwise be unable to continue.

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE FOUR GIFTS ADVENT COLLECTION:

▸ with prayer

▸ with a financial contribution to the bank account:

IBAN: SK5511000000002626853119

Variable symbol: 2512045614

In the note field you can specify the gift you have chosen (Education, Agriculture, Humanitarian aid or Where it is needed most).

▸ by payment via QR code

Thank you for making it possible for us to help the poor!

Four Gifts Advent Collection – help for the missions

In previous editions of the Four Gifts Advent Collection we have helped several Salesian mission works around the world.

KENYA

• We provided financial support for the construction of a drainage system at the Salesian Don Bosco Boys Town centre in Nairobi (Kenya), which protects the school from flooding during heavy rains and provides a safe environment for the education of young people.

LEBANON

• In the Lebanese town of Hossun, thanks to your gifts, it was possible to hold a summer full of games, learning and outings for more than 400 children from refugee families from Syria and Iraq. The programme included creative activities, camps and the distribution of food aid.

ANGOLA

• We started an agricultural project at the Salesian mission in Dondo (Angola), through which 50 poor families were supported in growing crops. By providing seeds and tools for cultivating the soil, as well as ensuring training, we helped them start growing crops suited to the local climate. Thanks to this, they can secure a livelihood and improve the living conditions of their families.

PALESTINE

• We supported a Salesian bakery in Bethlehem, which distributes hundreds of loaves of bread daily to the Palestinian population. The food aid was directed to the most vulnerable groups of the population: children, the elderly and people with disabilities.

SOUTH SUDAN

• We supported the studies of girls in need in their final year at St Don Bosco Secondary School at the mission in Maridi, South Sudan. Thanks to this support, the students were able to complete their secondary education successfully.

TANZANIA

• We supported local farmers and farming families in Tanzania.

SYRIA

• We provided humanitarian aid for people in Syria affected by the devastating earthquake.