Antioquia, Colombia - July 2016 - From 14 to 16 July, the Youth Ministry Coordinators of the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians held their 14th Annual Meeting on the theme "A ministry which restores human dignity." The event which had the attendance of the youth of the Colombian SYM National Council, was attended among others by Fr Miller Barbosa, Provincial YM Delegate-Bogotá and Fr John Jairo Gomez, Provincial of Medellín.

Ypacaraí, Paraguay - July 2016 - On 16 and 17 July, the 5th Vocational Encounter of the year was held at the House of the Salesian Family (CAFASA), with the participation of more than 40 young people from various parts of the country.

Warsaw, Poland - July 2016 - The Zambian delegation to SYM2016 in Krakow was met at the Oratory Don Bosco in Warsaw.