(ANS – New York) – “Salesians Missions Inc.” in Collaboration with the NGO Committee on Financing For Development (FfD) once again gave visibility and voice to those at the Grassroots working for Another World That Is Possible. Findings of Survey conducted in seven countries on the status of Social Protection, Financial and Digital Inclusion and Climate Finance before and during COVID-19 era were presented at the side event organized during the FfD Forum 2021.

(ANS - Parañaque City) - Chaired by Msgr. Francesco Panfilo, Salesian Archbishop Emeritus of Rabaul, the solemn Eucharist for the opening of the Holy Door of the Jubilee was celebrated in the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Parañaque City on Sunday, 11 April. Due to the anti-contagion restrictions of Covid-19, only a small number of faithful were able to participate in person in the celebration, which was still touching and emotionally involving, also thanks to the coincidence with the Feast Day of Divine Mercy.

(ANS - Rome) - Day after day, people from all over the world look on at the photos and videos of the brutalities emerging from the streets of Myanmar with horror: large columns of security forces, in full riot gear, surrounding peaceful demonstrators, water cannons fired upon the growing crowd, demonstrators who are beaten ... Young people are the victims of the inhuman violation of democracy.

(ANS - Madrid) - The meeting of the Parish Councils of the Salesians of the "St James the Greater" province took place on Saturday 13 March. Over 100 people attended the event and it was a moment of sharing prayer, reflection and good practices.

(ANS - Nairobi) - Starting this year, Don Bosco Tech Africa (DBTA) convenes two annual stakeholders assemblies (ASA): the first took place from 22 to 26 March and involved the Economer, the Planning Office and Development, the Provincial Delegates for Youth Ministry, the Provincial Technical and Vocational Training Centers and the Provincial Job Service Officers; the second shall be held in September.

(ANS - Cuenca) - As part of the celebrations for the centenary of the Salesian publishing house "Editorial Don Bosco" (EDB), Fr Francisco Sánchez, Provincial of Ecuador (ECU), presided over a solemn Eucharist on 19 March, the feast day of St. Joseph, at the "Mary Help of Christians" parish in Cuenca.

(ANS - Madrid) - The State Coordination of Salesian Social Platforms was created in 2000 to coordinate the ten social entities of Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) of Spain that promote the social inclusion of vulnerable children, young people and families through integral education. Twenty years later, it can still be said that the Coordination has preserved the spirit in which it was originally conceived and that, through the projects of the various Platforms and in their various fields of action, it continues to give effective responses for integration, socio-work integration and the integral development of its beneficiaries.

(ANS - Brasilia) - On the afternoon of March 15, the General Councilor for Social Communication (CS), Fr Gildásio Mendes, met in digital mode the SC Delegates of the Brazilian Provinces in the presence of the Coordinator for Communication of the Conference of the Salesian Provinces of Brazil (CISBRASIL), Fr Gilson Marcos. The six Provincial Delegates present, who form the National Commission for Communication (CONAC), are: Euclides Brito (Brazil Campo Grande - BCG), Pedro Barreto (Brazil Sao Paulo - BSP), Zeca Almeida (Brazil Manaus - BMA), Fr Fernando Dirceu (Brazil Porto Alegre - BPA), Igor Gomes (Brazil Belo Horizonte - BBH), and Fr João Carlos Rodrigues (Brazil Recife - BRE).

(ANS - Madrid) - Self-disinfecting furniture, a Covid-19 alarm network and an air quality meter are proof that the talent and research of young people studying in the Vocational Training Centers (VCT) can help society in the fight against the fearsome coronavirus. Thirty projects of 19 VTCs scattered in 9 Autonomous Communities throughout Spain participate in the 34th edition of the Don Bosco National Award, a competition in which more than 2,000 students have already participated during its more than three decades of life.