(ANS - Torre Annunziata) – The Emera project caters for one hundred and thirty children between 6 and 17 years, including 11 ethnic Roma and 6 young people who had dropped out of school for more than a year and are being prepared for eighth grade. There is a large team of educators, including five young people doing Civil Service and 6 teenagers on probation, sent by the Juvenile Justice Centre, who have joined their younger companions. These are some of the numbers of the Emera project run by the Salesian "Small Steps Big Dreams" Association and supported by Social Ambit no.30, which includes the areas of Torre Annunziata, Boscoreale, Boscotrecase and Trecase.

(ANS - Lyon) - From 5 February to 25 May 2016, Fr Tadeusz Rozmus, Councillor for the Salesian Region of Central and Northern Europe, visited all the religious communities of the Salesian Province of France-South Belgium on behalf of the Rector Major. As envoy of the tenth Successor of Don Bosco, Fr Rozmus heard the views of the confreres and lay people involved in the Salesian mission.

Santa Cruz, Bolivia - June 2016 - In the city of Santa Cruz, on Tuesday 31 May and Wednesday 1 June, a benefit concert called "Hope Overture" took place. It was written and performed by the "Camerata del Oriente" to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Don Bosco Project. The concert was held in the theatre of the Don Bosco Project. The proceeds will benefit the 900 vulnerable children, adolescents and young people at risk that annually pass through the six family homes run by the project.