{"id":28857,"date":"2026-04-20T14:55:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/across-the-sea-the-words-of-michael\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:57:21","slug":"across-the-sea-the-words-of-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/across-the-sea-the-words-of-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"Across the sea: the words of Michael"},"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;\">Across the sea: the words of Michael<\/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><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Hi, <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 am Michele, I am 26 years old and I live in Treviglio<\/span>, a small town in the province of Bergamo. I studied international cooperation and I am currently in Sierra Leone doing international community service with Caritas Italiana. Talking to a friend who had done an international volunteer experience with the Scalabrinians in Mexico, I thought that since I was waiting to apply for civil service, I could spend myself volunteering somewhere and that is how <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\">I met ASCS and left for Calais<\/span>.  <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">Calais and the flap of water to cross<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Calais is a city located in northern France, in one of the poorest regions of the country, is a city of  <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">modest size, with wide beaches overlooking the English Channel and from which on sunny days one can see the white cliffs of Dover. But, perhaps, Calais is not known for this, but rather for the <span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">encampments <\/span>(Jungle) spread almost everywhere in the city and for the <span style=\"color: var(--awb-color6); font-weight: bold;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">thousands of migrants <\/span>who wait patiently for the propitious moment <span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\">to cross that strip of water (40 km) that separates France from England<\/span>, for a new life, across the sea. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-7.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-28777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-7.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-7.jpg\" alt=\"Calais Michael 1\" 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-7-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-7-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-7-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-7.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>&#8220;Open up&#8221; and Maison Effat\u00e0.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">In this emergent and ever-changing context, <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\">Maison Effat\u00e0<\/span> offers some stability, a place <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">welcoming place to stay, to rest, waiting to start again. <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">&#8220;Effat\u00e0,&#8221; an Aramaic word meaning &#8220;open,&#8221; used by Jesus to heal the deaf-mute, is the name of the <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">house run by ASCS with the support of the Scalabrinian fathers present in Calais, and this is the symbolic word of my experience and an invitation, addressed to me, &#8220;open up.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Migrants arriving at Maison Effat\u00e0 are identified and proposed by Secours Catholique (the Caritas <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">France) among those deemed most vulnerable and, after a brief interview, welcomed inside the house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Migrants can stay up to 6 weeks, with some exceptions in the case, having available <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">meals and a bed, although most of them during their stay, <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\">still attempt the crossing, especially at night.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">The maximum capacity of the house is 10 guests and only 2 other facilities in the whole of Calais accommodate <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">migrants in transit, all the others (and we are talking about thousands of people) live, or rather survive, in <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\">makeshift encampments, tents or abandoned warehouses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Maison, &#8220;home,&#8221; there couldn&#8217;t be a more apt word than that, but before you welcome someone <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">one has to be welcomed, and so it was for me, I was welcomed into the house by <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\">Michele <\/span>(house coordinator) and <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\">Sofia<\/span> (volunteer), still disoriented in the place I had heard so much about and was now there around me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Life in the house did not follow a real routine, as indeed in any house, there were some <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">common moments, such as dinner and the weekly meeting, but much of the time the boys were free, often going to the various jungles (divided by nationality) to make travel arrangements or, on open days, to the Secours Catholique center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Importantly, <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\">all the people who pass through the house have as their goal to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\"><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\">reach England<\/span> and, therefore, Maison Effat\u00e0 is placed as a piece within their journey, not yet the destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-8.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-28776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-8.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-8.jpg\" alt=\"Calais Michael 2\" 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-8-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-8-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-8-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-8.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; color: var(--awb-color6);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Sharing everyday life<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">My presence in the house I think was more like that of a roommate than a volunteer, or <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">at least I like to think of it that way, not a place where you go for a few hours a day to provide &#8220;service&#8221; but a place that you inhabit, where you stay, spaces that you share with young people, often younger than you, 24\/7&#8230;you&#8217;re not just volunteering but something even deeper, you&#8217;re <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\">sharing the everyday<\/span> with these people and that, trust me, changes everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">Indeed, it is in everyday life that you come into contact with these people, but not as someone to be cared for or  <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">who needs help, but simply someone with whom to share a hot tea or a game of cards. It is by being in relationships that the dichotomy between those who help and those who are helped, between those who offer a service and those who receive it, slowly gives way to the flourishing of a <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\">&#8220;healthy&#8221; and therefore true relationship<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">It is in this space, in this way that your eyes and ears finally &#8220;open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-9.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-28775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-9.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-9.jpg\" alt=\"Calais Michael 3\" 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-9-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-9-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-9-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-9-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-9.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\"><strong 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\">Some thanks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">So &#8220;thank I wish&#8221; (as Mariangela Gualtieri would say) <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\">Yussef<\/span>, for his incredible <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">ability to take care of others, <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\">Mohamed<\/span>, for teaching me that the word lawyer and avocado are spelled the same way in French, <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\">Abdu<\/span>, for acting as our translator during meetings, <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\">Ammar <\/span>for playing ludo and teaching me to snap my fingers the &#8220;Sudanese&#8221; way, <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\">Omar <\/span>for being a silent presence, <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\">Walid <\/span>for being a leader despite his young age, and all the others I was lucky enough to meet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">And finally, a thank you, perhaps the biggest thank you, goes to Michele and Sofia, two truly spectacular people (not  <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">they paid me to say it quietly), with whom I am grateful to have shared a piece of my journey and whom today, despite the miles of distance, I can call friends. Thank you from me for what you have done and, in Michele&#8217;s case, are still doing for the migrants in Calais, and also a thank you, I am sure, from all those people who knocked on the door and found you opening it, &#8220;<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\">Welcome home<\/span>.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">P.s. I would like to dedicate this short article to all the children, fathers, mothers and brothers who lost their lives <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 300; color: #333333;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Roboto\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"300\">in the crossing, in the hope of a better future, across the sea.<\/span><\/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-25938\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-25938 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-house-that-welcomes category-development-cooperation category-integrated-welcoming tag-a-house-that-welcomes tag-ascs-en tag-cape-town-en tag-lawrence-house tag-reception-of-migrant-minors tag-scalabrini-en tag-social-housing tag-south-africa tag-trauma-informed-care tag-unaccompanied-refugee-minors\">\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\/2024\/09\/SA24-25.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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\/2024\/09\/SA24-25.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SA24-25-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SA24-25-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SA24-25-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SA24-25.png 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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/lawrence-house-cape-town\/\" aria-label=\"Lawrence House &#8211; Cape Town\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15 25px 0px 10;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/lawrence-house-cape-town\/\">Lawrence House &#8211; Cape Town<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-28842\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-28842 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-house-that-welcomes category-development-cooperation 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\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Calais Silvia\" 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\/04\/Progetto-senza-titolo-12.jpg\" 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-12-400x300.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.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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/transforming-anger-practicing-solidarity\/\" aria-label=\"Transforming anger, practicing solidarity\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15 25px 0px 10;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/transforming-anger-practicing-solidarity\/\">Transforming anger, practicing solidarity<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-30467\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-30467 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-a-house-that-welcomes category-development-cooperation tag-ascs-en tag-ceuta-en tag-diocese-of-cadiz-and-ceuta tag-migrant-crisis tag-san-antonio-house tag-solidarity tag-spain-morocco-border tag-testimonials tag-volontariato-en tag-welcome\">\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<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:15 25px 0px 10;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/diary-from-ceuta-reception-amid-tensions-and-an-emergency\/\">Diary from Ceuta: Reception Amid Tensions and an Emergency<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-29361\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-29361 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-house-that-welcomes category-development-cooperation 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\" 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0px 10;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/edi-stopped-looking-at-the-sea\/\">Edi stopped looking at the sea<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background fusion-parallax-fixed nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling lazyload\" 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