Terra del Fuoco

Terra del Fuoco is an association for social promotion in cultural field, founded in 2001 by a group of young people springing from the students’ movement in Torino, Italy. It is an NGO operating in the field of international cooperation. The activities are organized based on four strands of intervention: – international cooperation and cooperation to development – education to active citizenship in an European context – cultural promotion and social support to migrant communities – social and cultural promotion in the Mediterranean area. Since 2005 Terra del Fuoco adheres to Libera – Associazioni, nomi e numeri contro le mafie, a second-level organization committed to the social struggle against mafias, operating on a national level. The main objectives in our work are: - To promote the social and economical development of depressed areas, above all of the new fellow member Countries of EU and the Countries within the EU area of influence, through international cooperation. We intend to promote and extend the social anti-mafia through the promotion of democratic processes, of the culture of human rights and of the social struggle against international organized crime. - To promote the cultural growth of the young European citizens and the sense of European citizenship, through international youth exchange and international educational projects. - To promote the social role of the migrant communities through projects focused on social and cultural support; to promote multicultural education, especially among the young and younger Italians; to support the overcoming of the cultural gap among the young migrants of the second generation.