Imphal, India - May 15, 2016 - May 15 was the 15th anniversary of the death of three Salesians the Salesian novitiate at Imphal in the Province of Dimapur (IND), who were killed during a robbery on 15 May 2001: Fr Raphael Paliakara, Master of Novices, Fr Andrea Kindo, Socius, and the assistant Joseph Shinu.

(ANS - Manta) – A month after the earthquake that occurred in the north of Ecuador, in the area of ​​Manta, the situation has not changed much. Reconstruction is slow, it is difficult to have to start from scratch. The dead number 661, while 33,757 people were injured and there are 10,924 fallen or damaged buildings, according to data of the National Secretariat for Risk Management. Many families are living in tents and makeshift houses and many have stories to tell.

(ANS - Guwahati) – On 10 May last, the Councillor General for the Salesian Missions, Fr Guillermo Basañes, spoke to the teachers of the Azara Campus of Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU). His theme was "Fighting the globalization of indifference with service”. Fr Basañes is currently doing the Extraordinary Visitation to 28 works of the Province of Guwahati in the states of Assam and Meghalaya.