What we did | July23
Summer is advancing but the work of ASCS volunteers and workers continues with commitment.
In early July, the assembly of the ReVolved to the Balkans network was held where the status of initiated projects and the development of future ones were discussed. The network is a collection of more than 30 associations that aim to facilitate interactions and initiatives promoted individually or in collaboration between various entities operating along the “Balkan route.” As we have often told you, ASCS is present with the project Borders at the borders along the European migration routes in order to monitor the condition of people on the move to denounce violence and injustice but also collaborate with local associations.
The July-August issue of Altreconomia featured the article “Refoulement and asylum barriers. Return on the Italy-Switzerland border.” The topic of the article is the condition of people transiting this border area (readmissions, asylum access hindered in Switzerland) written by Irene Segone and Davide Pignata ASCS operators. You can read the article at the following link.
In the two weeks of service, training and sharing with migrants at Ventimiglia and Trieste with the Attraverso23 project, young girls and boys were able to touch these boundaries, be among people on the move, and understand the issues and contexts in which injustice and violence are perpetrated. In these places, however, they also find solidarity, listening and welcome from those who still have hope in humanity and change.
The next camps will be held in theAgro Pontino, in Cuneo, Cosenza, and Oulx. Find all the registration information here!
Also in the Rome office of ASCS, meetings continue to be held with other associations, people and universities. In the last summer meeting of the Integrated Reception Network, we hosted at Casa Scalabrini 634 workers from associations in the Roman territory and beyond to talk about future prospects, opportunities and services for migrants and others in terms of housing and work autonomy. The work of the network involving more and more entities and associations is a symptom of the need to collaborate in synergy with other entities with whom we share goals to address structural issues.
“How do you look for a room to rent?”, “What is a deposit?”, “What are the expenses I have to face when I move out on my own?” These are just some of the questions that many young people ask when they leave the shelters, but even those coming out of Scalabrini House 634. Therefore, within the NEAR project, with CivicoZero Onlus as lead partner, we organized a new Living Workshop. Since the start of the project, we have been able to meet 11 young people full of questions and even concerns about such a complex issue as housing. Through exercises and sharing each person’s experiences, an attempt was made to guide and respond to individual needs.
As every year, 634 came to visit us at Scalabrini House this summer, 70 children and animators from Saints Marcellinus and Peter Parish “Ad Duas Lauros “to learn about home and talk about the richness of diversity. Welcoming them was Eiyosyas, who lives in the Home with his family and was able to attend three weeks of summer camp, playing and having fun with his friends.
We conclude this month’s report by wishing a safe journey to Camilla and Giacomo, the volunteers who left for a 3-month volunteer experience in the Migrant Houses in Tijuana and Santiago, Chile, respectively!
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