Aptos, United States – June 2024 – The St Francis centre in Aptos, California, hosted the Annual Leaders Conference, which took place from 7 to 13 June. Immersed in the experience of Don Bosco's oratory, the participants had a formative experience of Salesian youth spirituality and leadership development.  The young people have documented all the activities through social networks, giving a living testimony of how the Salesian oratory is a home that welcomes, a school that educates for life, a church that evangelises and a playground where friends can meet and share moments of life.

Goma, D.R. Congo – June 2024 – The Don Bosco Ngangi Youth Centre, on the sidelines of the Day of the African Child on 16 June, organised two days of activities to promote and protect the rights of vulnerable children in and around Goma. On 17 June, Florentin Kahwa, an expert in child protection, conducted an awareness-raising session for those responsible for the controls of the Don Bosco Ngangi refugee camp. During this session, emphasis was placed on the need to discourage parents from using their children for begging and other dangerous jobs on the street, a problem unfortunately very visible in Goma, especially at this time when several displaced people have settled on the borders of the city of Goma. On 18 June, a celebration was organised at the Casa Gahinja in the centre, bringing together displaced children, street children and other children in difficult life situations. Under the gaze of the authorities of the Provincial Division of Social Affairs in North Kivu, representatives of the Project Office, the VIS, Welt Hunger HILFE and Egee NGOs, these children sang and danced for peace. Father Jacques Balabala, SDB, of the Ngangi Community, presided over the Eucharistic celebration and spoke with the many children present about their rights. Several activities took place after the Mass: raising awareness of children's rights, folk dances, songs for peace and a fraternal meal. The Salesian community thanked Don Bosco Mission Bonn and all the benefactors and collaborators of the Salesian works that support these initiatives for the vulnerable children of Goma.

London, Great Britain – June 2024 – On Saturday 15 June, King Charles III of the United Kingdom, made public the list of honours for his birthday, a list that collects the different orders of awards and recognitions awarded by virtue of their merits to the citizens of the United Kingdom and the other fourteen realms of the Commonwealth. Among them is Maureen Devereux, the mother of Sean Devereux – Salesian past pupil and Salesian Cooperator, teacher and volunteer murdered in Kismayo, Somalia, in January 1993, at the age of 28, while working on development projects for UNICEF. The woman, co-founder and administrator of the "Sean Devereux" Children's Fund, will be awarded the honour of Member of the Order of the British Empire for the services she continues to give, in memory of her son, in the fields of education and humanitarian support for young people in Africa. “I am shocked, humbled and deeply honoured" commented Maureen Devereux. I accept it on behalf of the Fund, its dedicated trustees, past and present and the very many friends and family who have helped establish, run and support our charity over many years. The essence of Sean lives on in us today more surely than his death, to keep his vision alive and The Sean Devereux Children's Fund continues to help less fortunate Children in Africa.”