The Salesian Pastoral Youth Service (SPYS) is a Maltese

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team of religious and

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that aims to develop and implement a programme of

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formation for young people. The project started in 1995 by developing programmes with a target group in the local area of

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, Malta, and now operates nationally. The group now also has involvement on a wider

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an scale as well as in developing countries through its international office, SPYS.int. SPYS has been since 2004 also a member of the Don Bosco Youth-Net - a network of European Salesian organizations that provides training and support to young people.

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External links

Official Website
Youth organisations based in Malta Catholic youth organizations Youth organizations established in 1995