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Dar es Salam, Tanzania - November 2020 - The students and staff of the “Don Bosco Oysterbay” Vocational Training Center and the Planning and Development Office of Dar es Salam celebrated an initiative in favor of the environment, cleaning up some streets of the city and some areas of the beach and the fish market.

Yercaud, India - November 2020 - To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Past Pupils of Don Bosco, the Past Pupils of the "Sola Tribal Children's Home" have undertaken an initiative aimed at painting the government-run schools in the tribal villages, which are mostly neglected. On November 29, the past pupils started with the Kotachedu school in Yercaud Taluk, also joined by two Salesians from "The Retreat" in Yercaud, who are identifying the schools most in need of intervention. Masters undergraduates who are doing an internship at the Shevaroyhills Tribal Development Institute have also joined the past pupils in this venture.

Bogotá, Colombia - November 2020 - On 28 November, at the National Shrine “Nuestra Señora del Carmen”, the Salesians Édgar Enrique Velásquez Camelo and José Hernando Gómez Ramírez were ordained priests by the laying on of hands and consecrating prayer of Msgr. Héctor Julio López Hurtado, SDB, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Girardot. The two Salesians belong respectively to the Colombia-Bogotá (COB) and Colombia-Medellín (COM) Provinces. The Eucharist was concelebrated by Fr John Jairo Gómez Rúa, COB Provincial, and Fr Luis Fernando Valencia, COM Provincial.

Gabutu, Papua New Guinea - November 2020 - "You are children of Don Bosco and as you enter the next phase of your life, always remember to strive to be good Christians and upright citizens," said Fr Alfred Maravilla, SDB, General Councilor for Missions, during the graduation ceremony to 250 students of the “Don Bosco Technical Secondary School” (DBTS) of Gabutu. Present at the ceremony, which took place on November 27, in addition to Fr Maravilla, the DBTS Rector, Fr Pedro Sachitula, SDB; the Superior of the PGS Vice Province, Fr Gregorio Bicomong, SDB; and Fr Ambrose Pereira, SDB, Secretary of the Social Communication Office of the Episcopal Conference.

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