Press Release EN

The Salesian Pastoral Youth Service (SPYS) in collaboration with the Don Bosco Youth-Net (DBYN) is currently hosting 37 young people from ten different countries for a training course entitled “Empowering Young People – a training course on how to manage Youth in Action projects from inception to post-evaluation” at Savio College in Dingli.

In August a group of young Salesian animators from the Salesian Pastoral Youth Service (SPYS) participated in an intercultural youth training course in Brussels Belgium. The Course was funded by the European Youth in Action Programme. Based on Don Bosco’s principle that play is a necessary endeavour for young people’s well being, the theme of the week was ‘Fairplay(ing) – Intercultural learning through the use of play’.

August had merely started when a group of 17 young dynamic people left our long awaited summer to attend EURIZON, a youth encounter organized every year for all the European Don Bosco youth organizations. The place that awaited them was in the midst of the most beautiful Bavarian landscapes, in 'Benediktbeuern' south of Germany. This assembly was open to everyone and the focus of the encounter was about intercultural learning and values: developing the personalities of young people to help them become active citizens.

From the 8th till the 15th of April 2007 the Salesian Youth Ministry Office of the United Kingdom hosted the Don Bosco Youth-Net training course: Training for DBYN trainers. The training course aimed at training youth workers and youth leaders from DBYN’s partner organisations to become international trainers.