Don Bosco Pre-Novitiate, Wyra, 9 April 2020: “No epidemic can bind the helping hands of Don Bosco”. 200 years ago Don Bosco was serving the people with the help of his boys during an outrageous epidemic ‘Plague’. Now, the spirit of Don Bosco has inspired Salesians all over the world to serve the affected by Covid 19.
Here, at Don Bosco, Wyra the Salesians have helped the needy in the neighbourhood, Pinapaka. The Pinapaka Don Bosco Society extended help to 50 families as per instructions received from the Home Ministry of India, in 12 villages spread over 2 mandals.
The essential provisions were distributed to them to these poor families identified with the help of the panchayat presidents of the respective villages. Don Bosco had planned to oraganize volunteers from the villages where the Salesian activities are active to render services to the elderly persons with disabilities, children, transgenders, and other vulnerable groups. Alongside, provisions were also provided for migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh who are camping in a nearby village.