(ANS – Heverlee) – “Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw,” the European network of Salesian youth organizations, in partnership with Bosco Base, the Salesian Youth organization in Flanders (BEN) is launching “Animakit,” their new app for Games and Tools for animators.

After more than two years of brainstorming and hard work, Animakit is now available on both the AppStore (iOS) and the PlayStore (Android). Thought as a toolkit for Salesian animators, it can be used by youth workers and educators in schools, youth centers, and parishes.

The app is a collection of games and activities that can be used for different age groups, different spaces, differentsituations and different group sizes. The app also includes a dice roller and a randomiser where you are given 3 prompts to create your own activities. It also has a new category with Good Nights ideas.

The app has been built to accommodate future growth as well. It is for now available in English and in Dutch but could have more languages as well as other categories that will be implemented in the near future and information about the different youth organisations.

So, feel free to download it and check it out on App Store and Google Play.

Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw is an international network of Salesian youth work offices and youth organizations that work in the style of Don Bosco. The network assembles 18 organizations, +1,000 employees, and +9,000 volunteers, who cater to over 125,000 children and young people in 16 European countries. The task of the network is to create and promote international activities for and by the young. Next to that, we create possibilities for our member organizations to share their good practices and start up new projects together. Furthermore, we represent the voice of Don Bosco young people on European and international level through advocacy work. All actions that we carry out within the network are basedon the pedagogical system of Don Bosco, a pedagogical approach with a tradition of over 170 years.

Bosco Base is the Salesian Youth organization in Flanders, Belgium. Bosco Base guides young people in their journey from animator to instructor and in their commitment as volunteers. Bosco Base provides formation and support according to Don Bosco’s pedagogical vision. By taking up an engagement in youth work at home or abroad, young people acquire skills for life.