Lahore, Pakistan - February 2021 - The Salesians of Don Bosco in Lahore and Quetta, with the collaboration of a group of lay people and the Salesian Cooperator Afzal Aftab, organized a "Day of Peace". Thirty-five participants - girls and boys, Muslims, Catholics and Christians of other denominations - shared their reflections on the possibility of a peaceful community, the difficulties faced in Pakistan to pursue peace and their role as young people to promote it. Participants were sensitized to create, build and sustain a peaceful society and shared their experience of peace and the difficulties encountered in developing their potential to achieve a better society. The event ended with the intervention of Fr Samuel Adnan, SDB, and the singing of the prayer for peace of St. Francis of Assisi.

Bujumbura, Burundi - January 2021 - On 30 January, for the last day of the novena to Saint John Bosco, the poor and abandoned children of the city of Bujumbura, accompanied by the Past Pupils of Don Bosco and some parents, went on a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians of Buterere. On the occasion, children and adults invoked the intercession of Mary Help of Christians so that the "EADB" project of the Past Pupils could continue to find the necessary means to support the poor and abandoned children of Bujumbura.

New Delhi, India - February 2021 - On 8 February, in the chapel of the "Don Bosco Technical Institute Okhla", Fr Biju Michael, Councilor for the South Asia Region, presided over the inauguration ceremony of the new Provincial of the Salesian Province India-New Delhi (INN): Fr Davis Maniparamben. During the celebration, gratitude was expressed to the outgoing Provincial, Fr Jose Mathew, the traditional lamp was lit and the year of celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the INN Province was inaugurated.