Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - April 2016 – An International Meeting of  Co-Partners for Development took place from 25 to 29 April. It was intended as  part of the project to strengthen the Offices of Development and Planning of the Salesian works in Africa and the Caribbean. The project is the result of an agreement between the European Union, VIS (International Voluntary Service for Development) and the Salesian Family. The aim of meeting was to share experiences of development in the Projects Offices of the various Salesian Provinces also from the point of view of human rights. The conclusions were very positive and the excellent development in the two years of work was acknowledged.

Bagé, Brazil - May 2016 - As part of the Extraordinary Visitation to the Province of Porto Alegre, Fr Natale Vitali, Councillor for the American Southern Cone Region, met the management team of the Salesian College of Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora which has over 600 students. 

Delhi, India - May 2016 - From 29 April to 1 May at Don Bosco Okhla in New Delhi, the Salesian Cooperators of 8 Provinces (Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Tiruchy, Shillong, Guwahati, Bangalore and Delhi), participated in the national training program for formators in gender equity education. 

Argentina - May 2016 - In the past few months four priests have been ordained. For the Northern Province: Fr Federico Salmerón (on 6 March in Tucumán), Fr Marcos López (on 7 March in Salta), and Fr Miguel Bencharsky (on April 16 in Posadas) and for the Southern Province, Fr Diego Carrasco (on 23 April in Buenos Aires).

Benediktbeuern, Germany - April 2016 - On 22 and 23 April in the monastery of Benediktbeuern over 200 benefactors and friends of Salesian work celebrated the 15th anniversary of the founding of Don Bosco Stiftungszentrum, an organization founded in 2001 to promote projects on behalf of children and young people in Salesian houses around the world. Among those present were the Rectors of various Salesian works, project staff, Salesians and also Bishop Stefan Oster SDB, of Passau, who opened the event. Participants were able to get to know each other and learn about some Salesian projects in Germany and abroad. In 2015 the Don Bosco Stiftungszentrum distributed over 1.6 million euro. 

Belo Horizonte, Brazil - April 2016 - The first stage of formation for Salesian youth leaders of the Province of Belo Horizonte was held on 9 April with 35 participants from the parishes, schools and social works.