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Don Bosco students are always smart in everything and everywhere. Gambella is a small region in the South west of Ethiopia with a population of less than 500,000 people and the inhabitants of this region are belonging to several tribal groups of which the Agnuak and Nuer are the majority. The Salesians of Don Bosco has been functioning for more than 20 years in the region. Don Bosco Catholic School is a well-known school of the region which caters to more than 800 students from grade 1 up to grade 10 and has a good name in the region for providing quality education through quality management, quality teachers and quality infrastructure. The GREEN CLUB has been in function for more than three years but of late has taken very active role in conscientising the people about the need of a healthy environment to live in. Two days were selected for cleaning the town and all the students of the Green Club enthusiastically went about the town clearing all the plastic covers, plastic bottles papers, carton wastes and so many other materials that are littered in the town. Definitely it was an eye-opener for the municipal management too, who have pledged to take measures to keep up the cleanliness of the town and keep going the good work started by Don Bosco students. The students also wore the T-shirts with the caption ‘EARTH FIRST’.

Abba Lijo Vadakkan SDB
Rector

Macas, Ecuador - July 2022 - After two years and two months of formation, 4 aspirants from Cuenca and 2 from Macas made their promise as Salesian Cooperators during the Eucharist celebrated on July 16 at the Cathedral of La Purissima in Macas, presided over by Msgr. Néstor Montesdeoca, SDB, Apostolic Vicar of Méndez. Diana Valle, Jéssica Guamán, Henry Guamán and Juan Arévalo joined the Salesian Cooperators' Centers "Bartolomé Garelli" and "Corazón de María" in Cuenca. Julio Logroño and Sandra Choez are the first couple of Salesian Cooperators in Macas. Through their promise, they make a commitment to spread this vocation in the city and strengthen the shared mission of the Salesian Family. Present at the celebration was Verónica Mariño, provincial coordinator of the SSCC who encouraged the new Salesian Cooperators to continue to form and cultivate this vocation of service.

Dalat City, Vietnam, 19 July 2022 - The training program for leaders of the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) was organized by the Provincial Youth Ministry Commission on July 16 and 17, 2022 at the Don Bosco Da Lat Community. There were 74 participants, who were representatives of different works and groups of the Salesian communities: oratories, youth groups, students, aspirants, migrants, catechists, Salesian volunteers' group ‘Heart in hand'.

Ypacaraí, Paraguay - July 2022 - The Salesian Province of Paraguay (PAR) has begun its XXII Provincial Chapter. The goal is to strengthen the action of GC28 in the province and to deepen the 8 program guidelines of the Rector Major, as well as to update the Provincial Directory in its sections of formation and administration for better service in the mission. The Regulator of the Provincial Chapter is Fr. Dionisio Medina and it takes place July 17-23, with 22 Chapter members and 12 special guests, including members of the Salesian Family (SF) and lay people involved in the work of the works and SYM. Activities began on July 17 with a retreat led by Fr. Francisco Miranda, Provincial Delegate for Youth Ministry. On July 18 after the opening acts of the assembly, the focus of the day was the presentation of the 2019-2022 State of the Province report by Provincial Fr. Mario Villalba. Afterward, invited lay people and SF members joined the work of the commissions and participated in it for the first three days. In the afternoon, the work continued with two video lectures on "The Identity of Salesians Today," by Fr. Miguel Ángel García, General Councilor for Youth Ministry, and the "Reality of Youth Today" by Dr. Jorge Baeza, a Chilean sociologist. Then space was given to the personal reading of the first document on the Implementation of GC28 in the Province.

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