(ANS - Santiago) – On 8 March at Silva Henríquez Salesian Catholic University, the first year students were officially welcomed. Of the total of 1,690 new students, 1,106 were admitted free of charge, equal to 64.5% of the total number.

(ANS – Phnom Penh) – Joseph Sinnott, a Salesian High School student and Eagle Scout, completed a project to collect and repair bicycles for Salesian students in Cambodia. At the end of 2015, 39 bicycles were distributed to students supported by the Don Bosco Children Fund, a Salesian-run organization that assists poor youth between the ages of six and fifteen who are either unable to go to school or have had to drop out due to poverty.

(ANS - Turin) - During the bicentenary year of the birth of Don Bosco, at the instigation of and with the support of the CRT Foundation, the National Film School, Animation Department of Turin, the Salesians started a project called "Don Bosco - Thoughts inspired by the Bicentenary of his birth." Various traits of the Saint of Youth are portrayed in several short animated films.