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The Mass Communication and Journalism students of Salesian College Siliguri and Students of Don Bosco School Oodlabari in neighbouring Jalpaiguri district have teamed up to produce short radio dramas to create awareness on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One radio drama each is prepared for the 17 SDG goals.
11 Sustainable cities and communities
- Fr. C.M. Paul SDB
16 August 2023

The youth from the three Salesian parishes in Ahmednagar organised a cleanliness drive at Chand Bibi Mahal, Ahmednagar, on August 13 in preparation for Independence Day. With masks and hand-gloves fifty-five youth from the three Salesian parishes in town, namely, Don Bosco Church, St Anne’s Church, and St John’s Church with Salesian Father James Tusacno, Father Vishawas Pereira, Father Ajay D’ Monte and Father Richard Burkhao initiated the cleaning drive.

03 Good health and well-being
- Fr Richard Burkhao sdb
22 July 2023

Over 100 students and faculty members from Salesian College Sonada and Sonada Higher Secondary School, along with monks from Sonada Monastery, police personnel, members of NGO and employees of the Forest Department, participated in planting over 1000 saplings in Tukrey Forest in Gorabari, Darjeeling.

13 Climate action
- Arvind Khalkho sdb
17 July 2023

The staff and students of Don Bosco Junior College Yerwada, Pune, in collaboration with the NGO Being Volunteer, participated in a Tree Plantation Drive at Mahalunge Forest Land on July 15 with the goal of instilling a passion for sustainability in students to make the world a better place.

11 Sustainable cities and communities
15 Life on land
27 June 2023

The students of Don Bosco school, Mariapuram, Warangal, in Telangana district, launched a tree plantation campaign on the five acres of land chanting Grow Bosco (‘Bosco’ in Italian refers to wood/forest). The children went on the plantation drive of fruit-bearing saplings with the accompaniment of bugles and drums.

07 Affordable and clean energy
5 June 2023
In a spirit of proactive engagement Don Bosco College Youth Centre, Mannuthy, Thrissur, celebrated World Environment Day. The meaningful event symbolized a collective commitment to environmental conservation and sustainability. They distributed 200 plants in the neighbourhood. 
11 Sustainable cities and communities
- Robin Mathew SDB

The Forest Man of India,  Padma Shri Mr. Jadav "Molai" Payeng joined the scouts and guides on New Year’s Day of 2023 for the plantation drive wherein over 3500 saplings were planted in the Assam Don Bosco University, Tapesia campus, Guwahati, Assam. This was to give the participants of the 14th National Boscoree an impetus of working towards a closer relationship with mother earth.

13 Climate action

The General Councilor for Youth Ministry, Fr. Miguel Angel García Morcuende, visited the India-Chennai Province (INM) from October 25-31. Despite the little time, he was able to visit 16 Salesian houses, starting from the Provincial House where he met with the heads of the Salesian Institute of Graphic Arts (SIGA, in English), the Salesian Institute of Communication Arts (DBICA), and the Salesian Institute of Psychological Services (DBIPS) in Niraivagam. He was also at "St. Mary's Catholic High School - CBSC" and the Basilica, as well as the local shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes; he went to the "St. Gabriel" center, "Don Bosco Beatitudes," "Don Bosco Tech Campus," as well as "Don Bosco Gandhi Nagar," the Katpadi work, "Don Bosco Polur," in Veeralur, "Don Bosco ITI," "Don Bosco Matriculation School," and "Wisdom Town."

The General Councilor for Youth Ministry, Fr. Miguel Angel García Morcuende, visited the India-Chennai Province (INM) from October 25-31. Despite the little time, he was able to visit 16 Salesian houses, starting from the Provincial House where he met with the heads of the Salesian Institute of Graphic Arts (SIGA, in English), the Salesian Institute of Communication Arts (DBICA), and the Salesian Institute of Psychological Services (DBIPS) in Niraivagam. He was also at "St. Mary's Catholic High School - CBSC" and the Basilica, as well as the local shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes; he went to the "St. Gabriel" center, "Don Bosco Beatitudes," "Don Bosco Tech Campus," as well as "Don Bosco Gandhi Nagar," the Katpadi work, "Don Bosco Polur," in Veeralur, "Don Bosco ITI," "Don Bosco Matriculation School," and "Wisdom Town."

15 November 2021
The Eco Team of Don Bosco Green Alliance (DBGA) in South Asia met on November 9, 2021, to share the various eco practices initiated in their respective Provinces. The team comprised of the Green Animators and Province representatives for DBGA from the region. They discussed the possible ways of effective communication and coordination among the members and the DBGA central team for a convincing impact on the environment.
- Fr Ricopar Royan
The Season of Creation - an ecumenical movement celebrated by the World Council of Churches along with the Catholic Church was launched at the MumbaiSalesians` Novitiate-Salesian Training Institute [STI] Nashik, on 04 September 2020. The month long celebration that began with an Eucharistic adoration is to culminate on the feast day of St Francis of Assisi on 04 October.
- BISMumbai Correspondent
The opening session of the virtual meet of the Salesian Youth Movement Coordinators of South Asian Region on the International Youth Day [12 Aug 2020] was addressed by Father Jerry Thomas Don Bosco South Asia Green Alliance Coordinator. Speaking on ``Empowering the Young to lead Movements`` he invited SYM animators and leaders to ``Listen to the dreams of the young and enable them to live their dreams and passions.`` The challenge thrown to the 16 participants representing the provinces of South Asia was, ``What is the non-negotiable rule of your presence? Is it that every young person who visits any of the Salesian presence feels like returning again?``
- Father Robert Simon - DBYASouth asia
On 05 August, on the Foundation Day of the Salesian Province of Tiruchy, `Retreat-Don Bosco` Yercaud completed the 21-day training course in Nursery and Nature Preservation `Project CALLS` supported by Jugend Eine Welt of Austria and Don Bosco Network South Asia. Through this programme, people got to Learn-Work-Earn their livelihood. Yercaud being a hill station, people earn their living through tourism and the travel industry. With the lockdown continuously extended, the people, especially in the hill-station left with nothing to survive, managed to learn, work and earn through the Shevaroyhills Tribal Development Institute [STDi].
- BISSouthAsia Correspondent
The General Chapter 28 has profoundly renewed the General Council of the Salesian Congregation. For this reason, today we begin, with Father Biju Michael, Regional Councilor for South Asia, a series of interviews designed to get to know the new Councilors who assist the Rector Major in the animation and government of the Congregation a little better.
- BIS Correspondent - Courtesy InfoANS
On 05 June 2020, 46th World Environment Day, Don Bosco Green Alliance, an international collective of young people from the Salesian Family institutions, who contribute to global environmental action, thought and policy, launched a new campaign `Rethink, Reconnect, Renew`. This campaign will be run throughout the ongoing Laudato S�` Year. Father Savio Silveira-Convener Don Bosco Green Alliance addressed a letter on the launch of the new campaign to the Alliance Members.
- BIS Correspondent