{"id":28842,"date":"2026-04-20T14:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/transforming-anger-practicing-solidarity\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:51:56","slug":"transforming-anger-practicing-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/transforming-anger-practicing-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming anger, practicing solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:25px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:2px solid var(--awb-color2);border-radius:21px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"maison-effata-calais\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/maison-effata-calais.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/maison-effata-calais.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-25876\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20900%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/maison-effata-calais-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/maison-effata-calais-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/maison-effata-calais-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/maison-effata-calais-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/maison-effata-calais.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color6);--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-margin-right:25px;--awb-margin-bottom:25px;--awb-margin-left:25px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:38px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\">Transforming anger, practicing solidarity<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;max-width:200px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#fec96b;border-color:#fec96b;border-top-width:3px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:25px;--awb-padding-right:25px;--awb-padding-bottom:25px;--awb-padding-left:25px;--awb-padding-top-medium:60px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:60px;--awb-padding-left-medium:60px;--awb-padding-top-small:30px;--awb-padding-right-small:30px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:30px;--awb-padding-left-small:30px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-image:linear-gradient(90deg, var(--awb-color2) 45%,var(--awb-color2) 45%);--awb-bg-position:center bottom;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:12px 12px 12px 12px;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInUp\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top-small:25px;--awb-margin-right-small:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:15px;--awb-margin-left-small:15px;--awb-max-width:50%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:21px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"678\" title=\"icon home\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa-.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa-.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-25877\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27678%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20678%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27678%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa--200x170.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa--400x339.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa--600x509.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/icon-casa-.png 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:30px;--awb-padding-right:30px;--awb-padding-bottom:30px;--awb-padding-left:30px;--awb-padding-top-medium:70px;--awb-padding-right-medium:70px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:70px;--awb-padding-left-medium:70px;--awb-padding-top-small:40px;--awb-padding-right-small:40px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:40px;--awb-padding-left-small:40px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:12px 12px 12px 12px;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.12%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:1.7;--awb-letter-spacing:0px;--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:#ffffff;\"><p style=\"color: var(--awb-custom11);\">Maison Effat\u00e0 is located in what used to be the rectory of Notre Dame Cathedral in the center of Calais, a city in northern France where large numbers of transients hoping to reach the United Kingdom converge. The House houses frail men who are offered protection, health care, shelter, as well as recreational activities.  The basic idea is to be not just a guesthouse, but a place for sharing and relationships. <span style=\"color: var(--awb-custom11);\">Since its inception in January 2024, the House has hosted more than 150 transients and has also provided occasional hospitality to family members of shipwreck victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"#\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.calais\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Discover THE CONTEXT<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-1 calais\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-background:var(--awb-color3);\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-1\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The context of Maison Effat\u00e0<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>For more than two decades, Calais, the closest European port to the British coast, has been the scene of a steady, high flow of migrants in transit attempting to reach England by makeshift means. The migrants come mainly from countries in the Horn of Africa-particularly Sudan-and from the Middle East and Central Asia. They are mostly single men, but there is no shortage of women, children and entire families.  <\/p>\n<p>By precise political choice, the entire institutional reception is concentrated in centers far from the French coast or otherwise poorly connected to it. The policies adopted by local governments and the central government focus on the security aspect: countering informal migrant settlements and deterring departures. <\/p>\n<p>The journey to the United Kingdom is made mainly in two ways: by buying, at great expense, a place on one of the dinghies that criminal organizations put out to sea when weather conditions permit and surveillance slackens, or by smuggling themselves aboard the many heavy vehicles that board the cross-Channel ferries every day.<\/p>\n<p>The increasing deployment of forces and means, financed largely by the British government, makes departures increasingly difficult, and they take place from increasingly peripheral locations and under increasingly precarious security conditions. While far from the numbers of the Mediterranean route, there is no shortage of accidents, sometimes fatal. In 2024, more than one hundred fatalities were recorded, while since the beginning of this humanitarian emergency, deaths exceed five hundred. Also in 2024, some 65,000 asylum seekers reached British shores.   <\/p>\n<p>Migrants in transit arriving in Calais live in informal encampments of various sizes &#8211; so-called &#8220;jungles&#8221; &#8211; mostly located on the edge of the city, at disused factories or in areas of dense uncultivated vegetation. Over time, the jungle phenomenon has spread to other towns on the Opal Coast, mainly Dunkirk and Boulogne-sur-Mer. Local government efforts are all geared toward making the phenomenon invisible and marginalized, pushing it out of urban centers.  <\/p>\n<p>In the face of the stubborn refusal to address the issue from a humanitarian point of view, organizations operating in the area have formed a very cohesive and effective network. The network deals with the distribution of basic necessities, comfort goods, offers guidance and accompaniment services at the legal, bureaucratic and health care levels. <\/p>\n<p>The area of shelter remains the one where the need for intervention is most keenly felt. In Calais, there are three shelter houses in operation &#8211; including Maison Effat\u00e0 &#8211; which, while far from meeting the entire housing need, offer shelter and comfort to at least some of the most fragile people. <\/p>\n<h3>What ASCS does in Calais<\/h3>\n<p>Since the beginning of 2024, ASCS with its workers and volunteers has been animating the activities of Maison Effat\u00e0, a shelter for transient migrants capable of accommodating ten people, giving priority to individuals with frailties, due to injuries sustained during the journey or previous illnesses, or otherwise people particularly tried by life in the informal camps.<\/p>\n<p>Maison Effat\u00e0 aims to be more than just a guesthouse and to also be a place of encounter and where relationships are fostered. Beneficiaries participate in the management of house life, contributing to the care and cleaning of the premises, preparing food together with the staff, each one compatibly with the possibilities that their psychophysical conditions give them. The House staff carries out accompaniment and guidance in health and even bureaucratic matters, in consultation with other organizations in Calais. It organizes creative and recreational activities of which the residents of the house are not just users but actors and promoters. ASCS volunteers in Calais also collaborate with outside activities and participate in initiatives proposed by the network of organizations.    <\/p>\n<p>Maison Effat\u00e0 is also an active member of the Toiles network, which brings together foster homes throughout France. All Maison Effat\u00e0 staff activities are carried out with the collaboration and under the supervision of the Scalabrinian Fathers of Calais.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-margin-top:60px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:25px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>My name is <span style=\"color: var(--awb-color6); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">Silvia, I am 24 years old<\/span> and now two years ago I first approached the field of welcoming migrants by doing a year of community service in a center for asylum seekers in Milan. Through that experience I realized that I had found a context that suited me, my values and aspirations. So I started looking for a place where I could live a volunteer experience for a few weeks and, after some research and some advice, <span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">in July 2025 I left for two months in Calais<\/span>, a place that until recently I knew very little about.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-28801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12.jpg\" alt=\"Calais Silvia\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 36px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 36px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">Human rights violations and the vacuum of institutions<\/p>\n<p>In Calais, I was confronted with a harsh reality, an extremely precarious context in which what should be basic rights are constantly trampled upon and in which institutions completely obstruct the lives and prospects of people on the move. In Calais, every 48 hours police forces clear out so-called <i>jungles<\/i>, informal encampments scattered in and around various parts of the city. Institutions do not guarantee essential services and do not provide places of shelter.Filling this void are a number of associations, including ASCS, which, together with the Scalabrinians of Calais, runs Maison Effat\u00e0, a shelter for men in transit.  <\/p>\n<p>Living in that house for two months was <span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">an intense, enriching, sometimes complex experience.<\/span> I saw trusting relationships and deep friendships created in a very short time, learned how many bonds are created by sharing the same living space, cooking together, playing together. <\/p>\n<p>So I realized that there is no need to speak the same language when you now know exactly what time a person wakes up in the morning, how many eggs they will cook for breakfast, and how they will try to cheat for the umpteenth time during the usual board game.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">Maison Effat\u00e0 is a special home, welcoming, full of solidarity, mutual care and sincere affection<\/span>; it is a safe place where people who are going through heavy periods of their lives and their journey can find tranquility, rest, support, recreation. In that home I learned how important it is to listen and try to understand others: in such a context one has the material opportunity to try to decentralize one&#8217;s gaze, <span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">not to assume<\/span> that one always knows what is best for others, but to learn to really listen. You get a chance to deconstruct that Eurocentric approach that we unfortunately carry around with us, often unknowingly.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-28800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-13.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-13-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-13-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-13-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-13-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-13.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: 36px; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: 36px; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Creating spaces of resistance and care<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a border territory, Calais is a peculiar place, filled with contradictions: it is a place full of indifference, institutional violence, suffering and death. But in the midst of all this is a small city within a city (which, after all, is not so small) inhabited by dozens of volunteers who devote months of their lives to supporting people on the move, creating spaces of resistance and care where institutions create only neglect and injustice. <\/p>\n<p>Calais is a place that inevitably fills you with anger, but the most important thing I have learned from living there is that <span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">it is possible to take out that anger, share it and turn it into concrete actions<\/span>, which constitute a daily attempt to change things and a clear opposition against border policies. I am absolutely convinced and sure that that part of Calais will continue to organize, to work every day to oppose that violence, to fight for safe and legal avenues of movement for all people who wish to continue their migratory journey across the Channel, or in any other direction. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-14.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-28799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-14.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-14-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-14-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-14-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-14-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-14-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-14.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6); font-size: 36px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6); font-size: 36px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">40 km of sea to cross<\/p>\n<p>When the sky is clear, from Calais beach one can see the cliffs of Dover: it is a very short distance that divides the French and English coasts, yet that sea too already counts many, too many victims. Women, men, children, people who were simply trying to cross that short stretch of sea, but which is easy to cross only for those with strong passports. For everyone else, however, the only solutions are to attempt the sea crossing by relying on smugglers or to try to squeeze into some truck bound for England. Living in a border place one risks getting used to all this, to see people looking at those cliffs on the other side of the sea with their eyes tired but full of hope for their future. <span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">I hope that no one, in Calais or elsewhere, really gets used to this, that it cannot be normalized, that it must continue to mobilize those who believe that borders should not exist, those who believe in justice and freedom<\/span>.   <\/p>\n<p>Effat\u00e1 in Aramaic means &#8220;Open.&#8221; At Maison Effat\u00e0, in fact, one learns empathy, caring, one knows the true meaning of the word &#8220;home.&#8221; By living there one learns to share, to know oneself, to care for oneself and others sincerely, to respect and love each other.  <\/p>\n<p>In Calais I learned how anger is an important emotion, because when it is shared and transformed it can <span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">give rise to new realities that can counter injustice <\/span>and create small attempts at change, where solidarity is at the center and where human beings are truly treated as such. Maison Effat\u00e0 proves every day that an alternative to those ruthless migration policies is not an unrealizable utopia, but is a concrete and viable possibility. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:25px;--awb-padding-right:25px;--awb-padding-bottom:25px;--awb-padding-left:25px;--awb-padding-top-medium:60px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:60px;--awb-padding-left-medium:60px;--awb-padding-top-small:30px;--awb-padding-right-small:30px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:30px;--awb-padding-left-small:30px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color2);--awb-bg-image:linear-gradient(90deg, var(--awb-color2) 45%,var(--awb-color2) 45%);--awb-bg-position:center bottom;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:12px 12px 12px 12px;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInUp\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>This is just one of the many stories and testimonies of our volunteers who choose to put themselves out there every day.  <a style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/maison-effata-calais\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">Click here to read the General&#8217;s story, which we experienced at Maison Effat\u00e0 and still carry in our hearts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To be able to keep the doors of our Houses in Calais, Ceuta, Cape Town and Rome open, we need you. Your support turns into immediate protection for people on the move, like Marwan.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/dona.ascs.it\/unacasacheaccoglie\/~mia-donazione\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Join us<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-top-small:50px;--awb-padding-right-small:10px;--awb-padding-left-small:10px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1170px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:35px;--awb-padding-left:35px;--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-bg-color-hover:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:10px 10px 10px 10px;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-spacing-right-small:5px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-spacing-left-small:5px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:45px;--awb-margin-bottom:35px;\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 45px; line-height: 1.15; font-family: 'Fira Sans'; font-weight: 900;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Fira Sans\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"900\">Altre storie di accoglienza<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-no fusion-blog-layout-left\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;--awb-title-font-size:24px;--awb-title-line-height:1.25;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:5px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -5px !important; margin-right:-5px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-4 isotope fusion-blog-equal-heights\" data-pages=\"5\" data-grid-col-space=\"10\" style=\"margin: -5px -5px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-29353\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-29353 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry 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category-integrated-welcoming tag-ascs-en tag-borders-project tag-calais-en tag-france tag-international-solidarity tag-maison-effata tag-migrazioni-en-2 tag-testimony tag-volontariato-en\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid var(--awb-color2);border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color2);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Progetto-senza-titolo-25.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Calais border\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Progetto-senza-titolo-25.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Progetto-senza-titolo-25-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Progetto-senza-titolo-25-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Progetto-senza-titolo-25-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Progetto-senza-titolo-25.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" 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