Hyderabad, India - March 2016 - The first regional seminar on Participatory Action Research was held on 14 and 15 March at "Don Bosco Navajeevan". Research on youth at risk in India had been done previously by 30 researchers. Through the direct involvement of children, the research aims to make the centres in their care more suitable for children.

Brussels, Belgium - March 2016 - On 19 and 20 March a hundred young people from the Salesian Youth Movement gathered for a Lenten meeting on the theme of forgiveness and mercy.

Castelnuovo di Porto, Italy - 24 March 2016 - Pope Francis celebrated Mass of the Last Supper at the Reception Centre for Asylum seekers in Castelnuovo di Porto (Rome). During the rite, the Pope washed the feet of 11 refugees - Muslims, Copts, Hindus, mostly refugees from Africa and the Middle East - and one worker at the centre. (Photo courtesy of L'Osservatore Romano") 

Mumbai, India – 13 March 2016 - More than 1,200 women from the poorest suburbs of Mumbai participated in the program for International Women's Day, organized by the Don Bosco Development Society.

Joinville, Brazil – 13 March 2016 - Fr Natale Vitali, Councillor for the American Southern Cone Region, presided at the Eucharistic celebration at the meeting of the Salesian Youth Movement in the state of Santa Catarina.

Piribebuy, Paraguay - March 2016 - Over 100 young people from the "Friends of Dominic Savio" and "Friends of Laura Vicuña" movements, attended a meeting entitled "Always be cheerful." The young leaders from various parts of the country shared recreation, prayer and reflection on the Year of Mercy.