Salvador, Brazil – 8 March 2016 - the International Women's Day Celebration at the Salesian College in Salvador. The staff consists of 80% women.

Guntur, India - March 8, 2016 - The Salesian Institute for Rural Integral Development organized a special celebration for International Women's Day.           Fr Thathireddy Vijaya Bhaskar, Provincial of Hyderabad, presided.  He stressed the importance of programmes to assist women in the various Salesian works.

Itajaí, Brazil - March 2016 - As part of his Extraordinary Visitation to the Province of Porto Alegre (BPA), Fr Natale Vitali, Councillor for the American Southern Cone Region, visited the Parque Dom Bosco social work which assists over 400 poor children.