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Soyapango, El Salvador – June 2016 – At the "Universidad Don Bosco" (UDB) was held the International Congress on Prosthetics and Orthotics, entitled “Week of O&P Workshops: Uniting Frontiers”. Through workshops, conferences, speeches and demonstrations of international specialists, the event aimed at providing a contribution to orthopaedic rehabilitation in order to improve the quality of life and the full integration in society of disabled people. About 160 professionals in this sector could be present at the exhibitions and demonstrations of innovative products of 14 international firms. UDB is the only institution in Latin America with a faculty certified by the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO).
(ANS – Tirana) – A hymn of gratitude, first of all to the Lord, for the Graces he has poured in abundance, and then to all the youth, the staff and the educators who collaborated to fill with significance and service the time of the Academic year. This was the “Thank you Feast”, which was celebrated yesterday, June 20th, at the Salesian house of Tirana, in Albania.
Cuenca, Ecuador – May 2016 – On May 6th, the Salesians and the Municipality of Cuenca inaugurated, in front of the “Collegio Técnico Salesiano” a new statue of Don Bosco and a new small square dedicated to the Saint of the Youth. The place was done by the Municipality of Cuenca, and the statue is the work of David Pacurucu, an alumnus of the Salesian Polytechnic University of Cuenca.
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – June 2016 – from June 6th to 10t, at the “Don Bosco Technical School” of Gabutu, was celebrated the “Week of Science”, during which students interacted and did team work, with practical activities in which they applied the notions they had learned. Besides, the various classes presented their projects submitting them to a jury, participated in various scientific games and in the main event of the week, the scientific quiz game, “Knowledge is Power”.