(ANS - Coxipó da Ponte) - Br Mario Bordignon, a 71-year-old Salesian Coadjutor, has lived among the Bororo indigenous people of Mato Grosso, Brazil, for over thirty years. In addition to evangelization, the Salesian is engaged in the work of preserving the local culture, in favoring their self-sufficiency and in helping them to defend their rights against those who would like to trample on them.

(ANS - Lima) - Álvaro Napurí is 21 years old and has been living in a reception house of the Don Bosco Foundation of Peru since he was 13. Thanks to these spaces, which are common in many countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia, children, adolescents and young people in situations of social risk and poverty find a home in which complete care is given to them in an environment that is familiar and educational, as per the educational charisma of Don Bosco.

(ANS – London) – Paul and Alan are two BOVA volunteers (Bosco Volunteer Action). Alan is the first volunteer BOVA project has sent to Don Bosco Ashalayam, Kolkata. He is spending 2 months initially with the community in Kolkata and hopes to return for a longer term placement over the course of his career break. Paul is currently on his gap year before beginning university this September, and he joined Angela, another BOVA volunteer, at the community of Don Bosco Hotel School Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Motivated by putting his faith into action through service, Paul will spend 6 months with the community initially assisting at the “Gelato Cafe” run by the community and their students.