Via Carducci, 32
Milano
Italy
- Democracy and community development
- International/Cultural relations
- Research
- Youth and education
Vitality onlus trains and coaches people in need towards the full deployment of their potential, promoting active citizenship, entrepreneurship and social innovation.
Vitality onlus contributes to the generation of more open, inclusive and integrated communities in which differences are considered resources for their ongoing and balanced development.
Vitality onlus facilitates connections between people, ideas, projects, training techniques, technologies and community networks, generating a connected space in which everybody can contribute:
a) People who need to “re-start” wherever their personal growth have been “interrupted”.
b) Volunteers with time to give and/or professional experience in administration, business management, coaching, communication, counselling, education, training, IT, social innovation, mentoring, career counselling.
c) Non profit organizations, public bodies, education and training centres, universities, research centres, companies and professionals with our same vision.
Vitality onlus, following its method, has undertaken constructive relationships with several stakeholders.
From 1999 to 2004 activities were focused mainly on the school system. 14 projects were implemented in Italy in the field of language training for trainers, teachers and pupils; intercultural learning for psychologists, teachers and families; photo laboratories and exhibitions for the public at large. This phase involved 20 institutions, 500 teachers and educators, 7.000 children and captured the attention of more than 100.000 visitors.
• In 2013 the project ExtraTime was implemented in Milan in collaboration with ARCI - Rete Sportelli Immigrati (Network of Migrants’ Support Helpdesks). It has provided assistance to 30 adult migrants in order to increase their employability and entrepreneurship through an innovative approach that combined personal development, training and technical assistance.
• In 2014 the project SAL – Sportello Abitare Lavoro (‘Work and Living’ help desk) was implemented in Milan, in conjunction with ASF Italia (Architects Without Borders Italy). It has helped 24 adult immigrants in improving their conditions and those of their families by providing an integrated service to support them with both job and housing counseling.
• The programme YEBI (youth employment and business incubation), supported the development of Young Ambassadors, the network of 13 foreign university students in Lombardy and their 6 social and educational projects.
• in 2015
• SAL continued by providing former beneficiaries supplementary assistance when needed.
• YEBI coached 13 developing 3 out of 5 main project ideas:
- Blogenius, to increase institutions and businesses’ online visibility to an international audience. A partnership with ICPT is ongoing to an Italian-Indonesian knowledge exchange;
- Expo Piccoli, to offer primary
schools training on food safety and food security by engaging children in laboratories and sensory experiences;
- Explorations, in collaboration with Explora, the Expo2015 destination management organization, to offer a first hands storytelling able to attract visitors from targeted countries;
• RABAB is the first edition of the Rimini based intercultural music festival, under development in co-operation with the Rimini Cultural Council. It aims to reduce the gap between different cultures using sounds, voices and words as a way to better understand each other.
• REC is the project, under development in collaboration with ASF Italia, Municipality of Milan, Politecnico University and Fondazione Somaschi for the urban and social integration of the ROMA settlements in Milan.
Our contribution will focus on sharing and developing our approach with sensitive target groups such as adult migrants and youth (expecially Not in Employment, Education or Training). We also develop our latest programme RABAB which intend to develop intercultural dialogue through arts.
We think ALF network would be the right place for us to share ideas, methodologies and approaches. It would help to find partners locally, nationally and abroad. It could also represent an opportunity for developing transnational projects.